The beloved toy brand is joining the metaverse race For decades, LEGO has been synonymous with the idea of safe, wholesome fun for kids, including everything from toys to movies to video games to a theme park. The brand has become a favorite of both kids and parents alike, so it’s no surprise that Epic chose it to be the face of their metaverse for kids. That’s right, we’re marketing the metaverse straight to children now by way of a LEGO x Epic Games partnership....

Today should be a fun one with three bigger streaming events scheduled in the gaming world. I’ll be watching all three and want to invite you to join me in an exciting Friday triple-header stream session! First, theFinal Fantasy XIV Fan Fest kicks off at 1 p.m. ETwith a 1.5 hour Keynote presented byFF14Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida. You can watch along on theirTwitchorYouTubeonce the Fan Fest starts. Next up we have aDiablo 4Campfire Chat at 2 p....

No more ‘warning, cross-play might be busted’ menu screen Outriderslaunched with cross-play. Kinda! Since day one players were greeted with a message stating that the system may not work with certain platforms, but now those issues have been smoothed over, developer People Can Fly confirms. Taking to Twitter, the official account for the game explains that the Xbox version of the game has been patched to account for the cross-play problems, and that you may now properly cross-play between PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms....

Plus Monster Hunter and Gears of War Underneath my gruff exterior beats the heart of a kid obsessed with LEGO. Even now, if I see some of those little bricks, I drop what I’m doing, and start building, ignoring whoever else is in the room. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that I’m pretty excited forLEGO City: Undercover,which drops this week along with a whole bunch of other games....

Future Cat Games, the developer behind 2016 puzzle-adventureOneShot, has officiallyrevealedits new project. Next up isMargin of the Strange, which is set to make its full trailer debut along with a Kickstarter campaign on May 21. Ahead of that full trailer reveal, Future Cat Games shared a fittingly enigmatic teaser: Steam wishlisting has yet to go live at the time of this writing, but we at least know a little about the story and style thanks to theofficial website....

Analyst expects a cut next week Wedbush Morgan Securities’ Michael Pachter seems to think that a price drop is imminent for the PlayStation 3.GamesIndustryis reporting that the analyst expects the console to have its MSRP reduced to $199 on February 21st, the day following what is expected to be the reveal of Sony’s next home console. He went on to speculate that Microsoft will perform a similar price drop on the Xbox 360 sometime before this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in June....

I quite enjoyed the first installment in thePenny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darknessseries, my only beef being that it wasn’t long enough (but good episodic content never feels long enough). PSN owners finally can get their hands on Episode One tomorrow, but for Xbox Live and PC/Mac/Linux users, we have an even better surprise coming: Episode Two will be available this October 29th, just in time for Halloween!...

The Phantom Thieves strike again as 2020’sPersona 5 Strikershas sold over two million copies worldwide, adding yet another sales milestone to the fifth game’s growing list. According toPersona Central, producer Daisuke Kaneda announced the sales milestone in a blog post. “P5S has sold over 2 million copies worldwide,” wrote Daisuke, according to the translation. “I couldn’t be happier. I would like to thank so many people for their support. Thank you very much....

X-Men, prepare for an all out attack! X-Menhas been one of Marvel’s biggest properties for a long time, and not just in comic books. Before the days of the MCU, Marvel actually seemed to enjoy puttingX-Menon a pedestal. The mutant team had a character almost everyone could relate to and the plight of being ostracized by the masses is pretty timeless. I’m here today to talk about the mutant superheroes in video games, but not their past or even necessarily their future, just one specific, hypothetical game that seems like it could be damn near perfect....

Playable TimeSplitters 2 Easter egg Sure,Homefront: The Revolutiondoesn’t seem like it’s any good. I don’t have anything to complete that compliment sandwich with. It’s a bullshit term, anyways. Since when do you order sandwiches solely by bread? Or when are either pieces of bread different? Are you supposed to repeat the same bit of praise twice? Yeah, can I get a mortadella with sourdough on top and Dutch crunch on the bottom?...

Another strange Adult Swim game Adult Swimalways seems to publish games that havereally strange setups, but are backed by solid gameplay mechanics and can easily eat up an afternoon or possibly even a work day.Winnose, developed by Todd Luke, appears to continues that tradition. InWinnose, you control a living moai statue who has lost his other half and must find it through “giant body part avoidance.” Basically, enemies move according to a simple patterns or rules, and the moai head needs to get to the end without touching them....

July is getting a little cranky Panic hosted its first Playdate Update today, showcasing the games, accessories, and pre-order window for its handheld with a crank, the Playdate. Pre-orders for Panic’s Playdate will open in July 2021, and though no specific date was given during today’s stream, Panic says there will be aone-week warningbefore pre-orders open. The handheld will go for $179. The company also says it will keep pre-orders open and send Playdates out as they’re made, and if demand is higher than expected, it “might take a while” for Playdates to arrive....

Shouldn’t have stood it vertically, pal Technology and time cannot be stopped, that’s for sure. I remember people staring in wide-eyed wonder at the import PlayStation 2 I had standing in my store, running an apparently mind-blowing copy ofFantavision. You’d think the world was coming to an end with the nervous excitement. But that was another lifetime ago, and now the PS2, one of the best – andthebest-selling – consoles of all-time can now be found at a boot sale for ten bucks, bundled with a greasy controller and a scratched-beyond-belief disc ofSan Andreas....