We’ll also get a release date TheDragon QuestHero is, as of right now, my favorite addition toSmash Bros. Ultimatethrough the season pass. As a 10-year fan (and counting) of the series, it’s great to see some representation in the biggest fighting game in the world. Currently, we know he’s coming this summer. On Tuesday, we’ll find out exactly when he’ll release during a special video on the character featuringSmashdirector Masahiro Sakurai....

The crew has a new look, and the game ties into the show At the “Year of Sonic” event, Sega has revealedSonic Boom— a new sub-franchise in theSonicworld. The new brand will not only sport the previously announced TV show, but two new games on the Wii U and 3DS. This is part of the exclusive deal with Nintendo. The Wii U game will be headed up by developer Big Red Button (led by a former Naughty Dog art director), and the 3DS version will be handled by Sanzaru Games (the studio that developed the newSly Cooper)....

October’s release schedule is now slightly less crazy As part of its financial results, Take-Two Interactive announced that Turtle Rock Studios’ cool-looking shooterEvolvehas been pushed from an October release to Jul 30, 2025. In a statement, 2K said the additional time will allow Turtle Rock “to fully realize the vision forEvolveand meet our collective standards of creative excellence. We are encouraged by the press reaction and fan excitement coming out of a very successful E3, and we are now certain we are headed in the right direction with the game and we are confident in delivering a genre-defining product whenEvolvelaunches on June 11, 2025....

Slay the Princesswas one of the biggest indie surprises of 2023, and its Steam player count has since exploded past the stratosphere after popular YouTuber Markiplier began a playthrough video series on June 22. To help the climb ofSlay the Princess, developers at Black Tabby Games launched a Steam promo campaign that shaved off 20% of the game’s price, then did players one even better. In a series of tweets originally caught byPCGamesN, Black Tabby Games’ official Twitter account addressed the people getting into the game through Markiplier’s video series....

It can get pretty annoying Sonic Frontiershas somewacky puzzles, and this callback to Sonic’s pinball days is easily near the top of the list. Sonic Frontiers: Clear the pinball game and solve the puzzle of the Ancients’ gate Your goal is to achieve the confusingly named “get” score (at the top right hand corner of the screen). You have control over the left and right flippers, but nothing else, and there’s no “shake” button....

Skeleton hair, purse-puppies, and vehicles! I’ve always had a strange relationship with the characters fromSpyParty. With the old “basic” character models, there really isn’t much detail or emotion put into any one character. Yet, I always find myself saying things like “ugh, Suit Guy has been standing in that one spot forever. Typical Suit Guy tactics” or “Lady Frump always has to have a drink in her hand…I think she has a problem....

If you’ve been on the fence about picking up a VR headset and also happen to be a giant Trekkie, HTC has some good news from you. Going forward, HTC says thatevery Vive headset it sellswill come bundled with a copy of the multiplayer stress simulator,Star Trek: Bridge Crew. As its name would imply,Bridge Crewputs you and three other players in critical roles on the bridge of a starship in the midst of a deep space exploration mission....

A demo is also out right now TheSteamWorldteam is setting its sights on the big city.SteamWorld Buildis the newest game set in theSteamWorldsetting, arriving in 2023 for PC and consoles. Announced during today’sSteamWorld Telegraph,SteamWorld Buildis a city builder set in the same universe that’s tied together all of Thunderful’s steam-powered games. The new city builder will see you become the architect of your own mining town, excavating the ground beneath and building a town up top....

‘Everything rides upon this one choice’ If it seems likeTales of Xilliajust came out, well, it kind of did. The outstanding JRPG only launched a few short weeks ago, but that isn’t stopping Namco Bandai from promoting the impending sequel. The publisher has started the marketing machine with a short trailer featuring a sample of the title’s English voiceovers. Voice acting always seems to be a point of contention with localized games, but I really enjoyed the original’s cast and trust the follow-up will meet that same standard....

Horror studio to follow its own path for now Bloober Team – the horror-loving studio behind titles such asObserverandThe Medium– as backed away from acquisition talks from various potential buyers. The Polish studio had been looking into merging or selling to a larger conglomerate, but has decided its best option is to remain relatively independent for now. The news came in a report byPolish outlet Bankier, (as translated by VGC), where Bloober said it is more likely to try and work in cooperation with other companies, rather than be purchased or merged outright with them....

Battle and character rundowns are the highlights [Update:The UKXenoblade Chronicles 3site just opened up, which has some of this info in English.] The JapaneseXenoblade Chronicles 3site is open for business, andit has a lot of easily accessible info on the game. Due out on July 29 of this year,Xenoblade Chronicles 3will feature a combat system with up to seven party members, which is touched upon through various screens and a short rundown on said site....

This is Q-Games, after all The Tomorrow Childrenwas one of the more intriguing, albeit overlooked announcements out of this year’s gamescom and the more I hear about it, the better it sounds. And there’s plenty left to hear — the team at Q-Games had orders from PlayStation 4 system architect Mark Cerny to create “something that was a bit different,” according to founder Dylan Cuthbert. It shows. “If you were to distil it down to the most action-based elements — you explore the surrounding islands; you mine resources; you work out a way to get them back to town, then you use them to expand your town,” he explained in an interview on thePlayStation Blog....

Spoilerific! If you’re yet to play the penultimate episode of Telltale’s harrowing tale of survival and zombies, then don’t watch this video. Don’t even read this post. Go back to whatever it is you were doing, or, better yet, go and play the damn game. It might not be the best of the bunch, but it’s stillgut-wrenching as hell. Telltale has put together a brief video, breaking down the choices inAround Every Corner, and showing the decisions players made up until now....