The Starter Edition has been updated StarCraft II: Legacy of the Voidis out, and with it, a few new modes, such as the full co-op portion and Archon Mode — which allows two players to control one base. But if you aren’t willing to take the plunge yet, the Starter Edition has been updated recently to account for theVoidexpansion. In essence, you’re able to download the game for free and get all of the new units, but you can only play with friends....

Having played 100s of hours ofStardew Valley, I can say with certainty that the soundtrack is absolutely killer. Not only does it feature a combination of genuinely moving and upbeat tracks: but my wife and I also can’t help but hum to the vast majority of the score. That’s going to be a lot more exciting to do in person of course, when theStardew Valleyconcert tour kicks off next year....

Get to know the people that make great videogames [Art byBietol] We haven’t doneSup Holmesfor two weeks! Isn’t that terrible? Sinistar just moved to New York and it’s taken him awhile to get internet, but assuming that all goes well, we’ll be live today with Molly Carroll onDtoid’s Twitch streamat 1pm PST/4pm EST. That’s in just a few hours! We’ll be talking to Molly about what got her in the industry, how she started working atChucklefish, the meteoric success ofStarbound, what it takes to be an effective community manager, what it takes to get a game on PS4, and whatever else she wants to talk about....

A new agreement between Activision Blizzard and Chinese ISP Tencent will bringCall of Duty Onlineto Chinese gamers.COD Onlinehas been in development for two years now, designed specifically for the Chinese market. When it’s done it will bring free-to-play multiplayer action with weapon and character customization to tens of millions of players. An in-game store will let players enhance their gear and weapons, as well as nab perks created specifically for this market....

Just over a month ago, I shared some moreamazing worksby illustrator Jed Henry. These pieces of Nintendo fan art are rendered in the Japanese ukiyo-e style, re-imagining our favorite game heroes in imaginative new ways. Jed had plans to run a Kickstarter, starting on August 1, to turn at least one of his pieces into an actual woodblock print. It’s now August 2 — how is progress so far? Hmmm… yep!...

Goro is…well, he’s a lot like me. He’s a gamer, slacker, and internet addict, though my head quite isn’t as long as his. You’ll see in this new trailer for upcoming Vita gameTouch My Katamarithat during one of his struggles to break away from gaming and the internet, Goro finds inspiration to clean his life up. His inspiration? A washed out, fat, wrecked King of Cosmos, shown in a television news report....

Make new friends, but keep the old BlazBlue: Central Fiction’s2.0 update will be hitting Japanese arcades next Thursday, August 3. To give players a teaser of what’s to come, Arc System Works has shared the opening video that shows literal glimpses of the new character, Jubei, in action. I honestly have no idea what I watched, but it certainly is flashy and colorful. While I don’t have any problem withBlazBlueas a game, its been really exhausting trying to keep up with the constant updates....

Presentation set for Tuesday, June 15 The E3 2021 schedule is starting to looking pretty much filled out right now. Fashionably late to the party is publisher Bandai Namco, which has finally announced the time slot for its own E3 stream. Bandai Namco will take to the digital stage on Tuesday, June 15, with the action kicking off at the (particularly specific) time of 14:25 PT / 17:25 ET / 10:25 BST....

TILT While it doesn’t have a date nailed down, it’s not long until the scheduled release ofYoku’s Island Expressduring the second quarter of this year. In case you’ve forgotten about the pure bundle of joy/dung beetle pinball game, publisher Team17 has a new trailer out for it. This one is meant to showcase some of the unique abilities the insect protagonist has to aid its Sisyphean quest. Some of these were available in the PAX West build, like the noisemaker that can grab the attention of nearby characters (or just blown at random all the time because it’s fun)....

Dtoid Deals Now that the dust has settled on last year’s holiday releases and we’re comfortably into 2017, it’s safe to look back wistfully at everything you might have missed. There were a lot of big titles that launched in the September through December period; almost everyone surely had to skip something because of the sheer bulk of it all. Names likeBattlefield 1,Gears of War 4,The Last Guardian, andPokemondominated the conversation....

Thanks to the incompetent folks at Sega, we have details on a PS2-eraYakuzaHD collection earlier than they’d probably like. A listing for “Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition” went up on their site and was quickly taken down, this morning. The game is slated for a December 1st release on PS3 for $65 (5,229 yen), according to the listing. This news makes me want to pick-up a vending machine and toss it at a random pedestrian....

Wahoo [Update:Although they didn’t give exact numbers, Nintendo of Europe saysOdysseyis also their fastest-sellingMario, and it has surpassedMario Galaxy 2.] We kind of all knewSuper Mario Odysseywould do well, at least at this stage in the Switch’s release. You can’t really fault people for having doubts when it was crowned the “NX,” especially given Nintendo’s recent track record with the Wii U, and the loss of a lot of third-party support at the tail-end of the Wii’s life span....

The beginning of the end [Update:Anyone looking for theYakuza 6demo and wondering why they can’t find it can now rest easy. Sega delivered what they promised, but there wasan exploitin that some users were given access to the full game instead of just a trial. Why this probably happened is that the demo was actually the full game installation with most of the game locked out. This was more than likely done to ensure compatibility with save files in the final version, which is launching in mid-April....