Super Meat Boy: Rival Rush is making its debut at PAX West

One meaty CCG PAX West weekend is here and I know one game many people are eager to check out isSuper Meat Boy Forever. Team Meat is bringing an Xbox One build to the big show, but it isn’t the only game it’ll have for event goers to try out. Anybody who stops by booth #835 will also get a chance to testSuper Meat Boy: Rival Rush, a one vs. one collectible card game making its debut at PAX....

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Michelle Parks

This first-person superhero game has such raw potential

Megaton Rainfall Megaton Rainfallbrings that idea for a superhero game many of us have had at one point or another to life: it lets players fly around in space before seamlessly touching down on Earth to stop alien invaders. Even if what’s shown here is about all there in terms of content, I’m in. Besides the superhero draw, this should also appeal to fans ofEarth Defense Forcewho explicitly go out of their way to take down every last skyscraper....

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Sharon Young

Watch Villager pocket all of the moves in Super Smash Bros. Wii U

Is that Diddy Kong’s banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? [Update: Master0fHyrule made anupdated videofeaturing several moves that were left out of the original, including a really cool Zelda attack.] YouTuberMaster0fHyrulecompiled a video of almost every attack that the Villager can pocket and throw back at his opponents inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii Uand3DS. A lot of them are really surprising! Who knew you could pocket Pikachu’s Thunder?...

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Stephanie Giles

Weekend Deals: Wii U Splatoon bundle & ‘Buy 2 Get 1 Free’ GameStop used game sale

B2G1 returns for the 4th Nothing to do this 4th of July? How about some deals? Because we’ve got some deals. I mean they’re not Black Friday good but they’repretty good. Sorta. Kinda. (Do we earn our copywriting merit badge now, Mr. Scoutmaster?). Over at GameStop, for this weekend they’ve brought back their “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” sale on not only pre-owned video games, but also on accessories and console systems....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · David Evans

Big ol’ Bethesda sale: Cheap Dishonored 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and more

$24 Dishonored 2 and $20 ESO Gold It’s a weekend filled with big Bethesda sales across multiple digital retailers. After a quick look, the best deal residesat GMGwhere it is beating out Steam and Bundle Stars on pricing. So, if you’ve been enjoyingDishonored 2‘s demo and wanted more, head to GMG for a 58% off discount downto $24.79(this beats out Steam’s 50% off for the same Steam key). Other noteworthy picks in the sale includeThe Elder Scrolls Online, with the base gameat only $12while the complete Gold Editionis only $20(that’s also a historic low price)....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Gail Jones

BioWare co-founder on the danger of being acquired by EA

‘EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself’ What happened to BioWare? That’s a question some fans have been wondering for years now. Speaking toGamesIndustry International, studio co-founder Greg Zeschuk reflected on Electronic Arts’ acquisition and how that impacted the company. “The best analogy I use, in a positive way, is EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself,” he said. “It was really interesting because we really made all the choices we wanted to make ourselves; these are all things we wanted to try....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Joseph Reed

Concord effectively buried as Sony shutters Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi

Aninternal emailfrom Hermen Hulst today has revealed that Sony is shutting down its mobile studio, Neon Koi, as well asConcorddeveloper Firewalk Studios. It has also announced that they have reached the decision to “sunset the game” rather than attempt to salvage and re-release it in some form. Many of us were bracing for this possible outcome.Concordmay have been onethe most prolificand expensive failures to launch. It’s been reported that Sony bet big on the game, seeing it as their entry vector into the live service games market....

July 27, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Michael Solomon

Does Exoprimal have a single player mode?

An audience of one Capcom’s team-based dino-shooterExoprimalis out now, and it’s got a lot of prehistoric combat to wade through. Some might be wondering, though, whether you’ll need a party or ifExoprimalcan cater to the single player. The horde-shooter certainly has a competitive lean, but it also has a surprisingly entwined story with its missions and dino-slaying excursions. So, can you play it without all those pesky players around? Exoprimalis all about the multiplayer The answer is no, there is not a solely single-player option forExoprimalat this time....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Deborah Carlson

Double Fine reaffirms Psychonauts 2 is coming this year

Give ’em the old Razzle dazzle There might be some delays already this year, but Double Fine has reassured it’s still aiming for 2021. The studio tweeted today that yes,Psychonauts 2is still slated for this year. The statement reaffirms what the company’s Twitter account has said a few times before: thatPsychonauts 2is “this year.” No specific date has been set yet, “but it is real. It is playable. It is coming....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 200 words · Beverly Duncan

Ecco the Dolphin celebrates 20 years of aquatic majesty!

[Headerby Ashley Davis] Every other videogame franchise seems to be celebrating a major anniversary lately. However, there’s one little series that seems to have slipped everyone’s mind. Everyone except Dtoider TheManchild, whose retrospectivearticleonEcco the Dolphinreminds us that the Genesis original first landed on July 30, 2025. Wuh-WHUT!? And we didn’t even bake a cake! If we had known, I’d guarantee there would have been a week’s worth of features leading up to today....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · William Paul

Final wave of Gravity Rush DLC revealed

As predicted, the last bit of DLCGravity Rushwill have on offer (so far at least) is the Maid DLC pack. This pack is actually kind of odd, as it features a mission that involves doing actual maid-like duties, like cleaning and chores. The other included mission sounds kind of awesome, as it’s a mansion-murder mystery involving the property owner and her late husband. I’m getting flashbacks of thosemystery quests fromMGS: VR Missionsalready....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Lori Perkins

Free Anime Infinity Simulator codes [4x]

If you are looking for the greatest clicker game, well, look no further. Embark on a journey through every popular anime while fighting iconic heroes and villains. You might not be able to beat Goku or Naruto immediately, butFree Anime Infinity Simulatorcodes can give you a fighting chance. Free Anime Infinity Simulatorcodes will grant you Potions to keep on clicking, Gems to buy upgrades, and lots of Hero Tokens to harness the powers of anime heroes....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Gregory Ross

Ghost of a Tale meets funding goal, play your mouse lute!

Hurray! Ghost of a Tale, the promising game starring a mouse with aLUTE AND A HAT, made itscrowdfunding goal of 45.000€last night. There shall be much rejoicing. The game caught attention through its incredible design, carrying the familiar bleakness of titles likeDark Souls, combined with aTales of the Riverbankanimal aesthetic. The result is something that lies between grim and adorable. It also features undead pirate skeleton rats and frogs with little armored breastplates made out of shells....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Misty Schaefer