Bethesda shows off a new Fallout 76 area, double XP event incoming

Wastelanders is still on the way So, the allegedly amazing savior DLC,Wastelanders, is still coming in 2020 and may salvageFallout 76‘s reputation with a gigantic free expansion and NPCs. Anyone? Hello? Bethesda is still plugging away with this new content update, and today they’re giving us a bit more info beyondthe NPC tease they already dropped. One of the new zones inWastelandersis the Watoga Underground, billed as the “City of the Future....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Thomas Sutton

Blizzard meets board games in new Monopoly and Risk

In the last few years, videogame themedboard gamesseem to have found a market; whether it be for thehardcore fanof the series or the avid board game collector. During the 109th New York Toy Fair this past weekend,USAopolyhave announced two new editions ofMonopolyandRISKcentered around two distinct Blizzard universes. Monopoly: World of Warcraftwill take players all aroundAzeroth, from the Twilight Highlands to the Swamp of Sorrows, looking to take as much land as their gold will get them....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Sara Marshall

Blizzard won’t be making WoW expansions forever, also annual content

Blizzard will not be churning out content forWorld of Warcraftuntil the sky rips in half and the ground begins bubbling blood. In the meantime, it looks as though Blizzard is quite content with putting out expansions through the global warming crisis. In an interview withMTV Multiplayer, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime confirmed that his company wouldn’t toss out content forWoWforever, but will strive to “decrease the amount of time in between expansions....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Brenda Conner

Build an ecosystem, for free, with PS Vita’s Ecolibrium

Make birds happen in some grass! Sony will be releasingEcolibriumonto the PlayStation Store this week, giving PS Vita users another free app to fiddle with. You keep stuff like this up, Sony, and I’ll be happy with you formore than five minutes! Players choose from a range of flora, fauna, and objects to create their own carefully balanced ecosystem. Feed and hunt for animals, and release them into the wild using the Vita’s NEAR functionality....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · John Glass

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets final update ahead of Season One, details battle pass contents

The Hat Squad Tonight will see Activision’s blockbuster shooterCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warreceive its excitingSeason One content drop. Developer Treyarch has added one final update to the title earlier this morning, which is now available to download on all platforms. There are no patch notes – with details likely coming alongside the Season One premiere – butdedicatedCoDcommunity member Drift0rhas already started to pick away at the details, listing numerous weapon re-balances, (thank heavens I already maxed out the AUG), as well as the foreboding arrival of the H....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Jose Hawkins

Capcom snubs Onimusha/Dino Crisis, wants new IP

Old franchises unlikely, new franchises desired Resident Evil Revelationsproducer Masachika Kawata has admitted Capcom isn’t too hot on the idea of returning toOnimushaorDino Crisisanytime soon. According to the developer, Capcom’s more interested in brand new IP right now. “Capcom has obviously never shied away from bringing back our older IPs to new generations, but I do think it’s more important for us to focus on creating new IP as we move forward,” he toldVideogamer....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Maria Chavez

Confirmed: Dead Rising Wii box art features fewer zombies than 360 box art

Oh Capcom. I love you guys. Really, I do.Street Fighter IV? Looks and plays great.Mega Man 9? I was feeling it and its controller-smashing retro difficulty (even though you never sent that retro box to us like you had promised).Dark Voidis looking slick, too, with its vertical combat and jet-pack goodness. And evenNeoPets Puzzle Adventureis on my “must have” list this holiday. So I’m sorry it’s so hard to get behind the upcoming port … remake … whatever you want to call it,Dead Rising: Chop Till You Dropfor the Wii....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Thomas Padilla

Contest: Win a Genesis cart for retro action game Little Medusa

SEGA! Games these days, am I right? It’s all downloads and teraflops and megawatts and gigabytes. What happened to the good old days when you could buy a game at a store, read the instruction manual on the way home, pop it into your console, and immediately start playing? Let’s bring those days back. Retro developer extraordinaireMega Cat Studiosis bringing back the glory days of gaming with their exclusive run of physical games designed for the NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis platforms....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Robert Perez

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pre-order now on Steam

you may put money down on your Steam download ofCounter-Strike: Global Offensivetoday, ahead of the August 21 release date. Why would you do that? Well, pre-purchases on Steam get both a 10 percent discount and early access to the beta, set to go down on August 14. If you don’t preorder, terrorists win. If you don’t preorder, it would be globally offensive. In related news, for both the series and discounts, this week’s Midweek Madness (August 7-9) will bring “huge savings” on the entireCounter-Strikefranchise....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Christina Garcia

Cultist Refuge dungeon guide for Diablo 4

Clear out the Cultist Refuge The Cultist Refuge is one of the quickest dungeons to clear inDiablo 4. With three easy objectives, no Boss encounters, and a handful of Elite packs, the dungeon has become a popular farming spot. Dungeon farming is always best when you are efficient. As such, we have created this Cultist Refuge dungeon guide forDiablo 4. Unlocking and finding the Cultist Refuge dungeon Although most optional dungeons are accessible by default, Cultist Refuge is not....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Jesse Black

Darksiders 3 is coming to Switch with all the DLC in tow

Not #Darksiders2 Darksiders 3came out in 2018, which is forever ago in the current global situation. But for all of you Switch fans that waited to try it out in portable form, you’re going to beat the Steam Deck PC version:THQ Nordic has confirmedthatDarksiders 3Switch will arrive on September 30. That includes both DLC packs —Keepers of the VoidandThe Crucible— and the entire package is going for $39.99. Note that on Xbox One the game is $10 new physically, and on PS5, it’s around $15 or so for a physical copy....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Joseph Williams

Desperados III closed beta rides into town this month

Saddle up for your chance to get involved Mimimi Productions and publisher THQ Nordic are set to hold a closed beta on upcoming sequelDesperados III.The beta, which will take place between July 9 and July 21, will afford the 500 selected players am opportunity to dive into a much more strategic wild west experience than most similarly-themed games offer. Beta players will get the chance to experience a closed-to-finished build ofDesperados III, while the developer will take the opportunity to gather feedback, check out stats, poke around for bugs, glitches and other such last minute changes....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Trevor Chen

Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King is a fantastic collection of a few very old games

‘Roar at monkeys’ Many retro games do hold up. I mean look at the masterpiece that isVVVVVV. Based on a heavily Commodore 64 aesthetic, it uses new-school design but is firmly rooted in an old school foundation. Many retro games are what I like to call “clean,” with simple mechanics that it executes to the letter. AladdinGenesis andLion KingSNES (and friends) are not what I’d call fully “clean” games, but as far as licensed joints go, they’re above board....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 650 words · Dale Goodwin