Capcom survey wants your input on key franchises

Here’s your chance, people Capcom is currentlyrunning a brief surveyregarding a bunch of its major properties as they relate to the company’s future dealings with digital distribution. “There’s no guarantees on what the outcomes will be, but I promise you, this data will be a factor in our decision making process,” writes Capcom’s Christian Svensson. The survey itself plays around with the notion of straight ports of the classics, HD remakes, franchise reboots and extensions, and original IP....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Monique Richardson

Change4Life campaign strongly implies that gaming leads to death

A campaign aimed at stimulating young people in a bid to fight heart disease and diabetes has caused outrage in the gamer community for using videogames as a scapegoat. British games publicationMCVhas attacked Change4Life, a campaign set up by The British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research and Diabetes UK, which first stereotyped gamers as being prone to heart problems with a TV advert, and more recently implied that videogames lead to death....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Kevin Washington

Contest – Nom Nom Galaxy + Wireless Headset

16 Total chances to win! International! To celebrate theSteamrelease ofNom Nom Galaxyand the numerous awards it’s received, the awesome folks atQ-Gameshave given you lovely folks a few chances at some cool stuffings. They also made this contestinternationalas well! What’s up for grabs? Well, let’s take a look. There you have it. Sixteen total chances to win! Woooooo!Oh wait, what do you have to do to win? Make us laugh, make us cry, name your favoritePixelJunkgame, doesn’t matter....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Christopher Baldwin

Diablo III’s higher Legendary drop rate is now permanent

+100 percent buff ForDiablo III‘s second anniversary, Blizzardintroduceda temporary one-hundred percent boost to PC and Mac players’ Legendary item drop rate. Which was great — the buff, not the fact that it was for a limited time. From the sound of it, this was enough of an incentive for manyDiabloplayers to log back in, at least for the week that it ran. But it’s not over! “Due to the overwhelming popularity of our Anniversary buff we have decided to keep the increased Legendary drop rate once the Anniversary celebration ends,”wrotedesigner Travis Day....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Scott Swanson

DICE is still targeting 64 players for its eventual Battlefield V battle royale mode

Not what I expected When I think “Battlefield,” I think “big player counts.” I can recall poppingBattlefield 1942into my PC for the first time and being in awe at the 64-player vehicular battles, a rarity at the time (generally it was one or the other). So when I hear 16 years later that EA and DICE are targeting 64 players forBattlefield V‘s battle royale mode, I’m understandably disappointed. Speaking to VG247, live service development director Ryan MacArthur noted that when Firestorm (their take on the battle royale genre)drops in March 2019, that the “current target is 64 players” — as a note battle royale games/modes typically aim for 100....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Laura Ross

Does Arena Breakout: Infinite have cheats?

Venturing into the Dark Zone can be absolutely brutal, especially when you have a bunch of mercenaries breathing down your neck. This may cause you to wonder if there are cheats inArena Breakout: Infiniteto help ease the tension. And we’re here to explain whether this feature is available or not. Are there cheats in Arena Breakout: Infinite? Arena Breakout: Infinitedoes not have any cheats.In fact, it has an anti-cheat system dedicated to stopping anyone who does it in their tracks....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · Matthew Bishop

Doom 2 becomes an espionage thriller with this upcoming mod

I must admit, I get a little antsy when I go a few days without talking about aDoomorDoom 2mod. I dunno, there’s just something satisfying about how an influential franchise that’s older than some people reading is still providing an outlet for creativity. One recent example comes from ModDB userGraaicko, and essentially transformsDoom 2into a CIA-based counter-terrorism shooter. With the promise that you’ll get to infiltrate enemy territory and stop a worldwide threat as Strike Team Eagle, “Shadow Elite” is a total conversion mod that should appeal to fans of espionage thrillers....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Steven Bell

E3 2013 in a nutshell, by I-Mockery’s RoG

A man, a camera, and a thirst for the truth Last year,I-MockeryandAbobo’s Big Adventure‘s Roger Barr broke new ground in videogame journalism with hispiercing critique of E3 2012. For anyone who has ever wanted to know the real E3 behind the glitz and glamor, his video series was mandatory viewing. RoG took time from working on his next game,Bionic Chainsaw Pogo Gorilla, to return to the LA Convention Center and turn the ESA’s dog and pony show on its head once more....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Ashley Walker

Elden Ring’s new enemy is becoming players’ new obsession

FromSoftware has revealed one of the new foes players will meet inElden Ring‘sShadow of the ErdtreeDLC. While it’s currently unknown if this character is a boss or a regular enemy, fans are already hard at work trying to figure out what or who they may be. The latest in what fans know to be avery long line of unsettlingElden Ringenemies was revealed to us in a post on FromSoftware’s officialElden RingX/Twitteraccount....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 426 words · Patrick Wade

Even though Pokemon Unite has Switch-to-mobile cross-play, Nintendo boss says not to expect it

‘We have no plans’ There’s still a lot we don’t know aboutPokemon Unite, which was revealed back in June. We do know that it’s a MOBA that’s basically designed aroundLeague of Legends‘ now-defunct Dominion mode, and that TiMi Studios (not Game Freak) is developing it, in conjunction with Tencent as its publisher. Basically, this feels like Game Freak and The Pokemon Company licensingPokemonin name only for a MOBA project that Tencent wanted to make....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Alex Bryan

Fallout 4 pre-order deal available now at GMG

Releasing 12-05-2025 Update 10/30: Release date is now confirmed to be 11/10/15. New code below. If you’re filthy hype thanks to the three-minuteannouncementtrailer and you’re the type to pre-order a game based solely on a trailer even without a release date,we’ve got a dealfor you! Riding the announcement trailer hype, Green Man Gaming hasFallout 4now available for pre-purchase on its site. (There’s a giant-ass backscreen on the front page.) Use the current available 23% off code for the next 48 hours and you’ll net yourself a Steam key for whenever the damn game gets released....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Kimberly Robinson

Final Fantasy XV’s multiplayer is now available separately

Comrades unite! True to its word, Square Enix has released a standalone version ofFinal Fantasy XV’smultiplayer component,Comrades. You’ll be able to find thison PSNandXbox Livefor $9.99 and it comes complete with 10 new bosses for players to battle with. If you already haveComradesthrough the season pass forXV, you won’t need to rebuy it as you’ll be given free access to this new version. PC players won’t have a separate version as it came bundled withXVat launch....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Justin Lewis

Fire Emblem Engage: How to redeem achievements for bonus Bond Fragments

Go back to the Café Terrace periodically Ah…achievements! Even if Nintendo doesn’t have a hardline system for them that connects to your account, they have joined the masses of publishers that add them into individual games. That lengthy list now includesFire Emblem Engage: here’s how to find the achievement redemption system, and what you get out of it. You can “redeem” achievements through the Bulletin Board in the Café Terrace Located directly in the Cafe Terrace against the wall to the left of the cafe counter is the Bulletin Board....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Teresa Jefferson