Vampire Hunter-ify yourself in Square Enix’s Bloodmasque

I’m getting that uncanny valley feelin’ in my leg If you’ve always wanted to be a digital vampire hunter, you’re in luck. Square Enix’s new iOS venture is titledBloodmasque, and get this — you may scan yourself into the game and become a stalker of the night. The game is actually a mobile RPG by way of Unreal Technology, but you can use your photos and headshots to put yourself in the game....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · David Greene

Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns is better value than a laundromat wash cycle

It’s finally here, the Konami/Poncle crossover everyone dreamed of the moment they first picked upVampire Survivors.Contrahas finally arrived to mow down waves and waves of identical enemies. Vampire Survivorsjust didn’t feel complete withoutBill Rizer and Lance Whosits. And there is no game that can’t be made better with the inclusion of guns. Just go back and ask 8-year-old Zoey, she’d definitely tell you Mario would be better with a gun.Vampire Survivorsalready had guns, but its arsenal was missing one thing:lots of guns....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 673 words · Laurie Villarreal

We just got a ton of info on the big Valheim Mistlands update

It’s still officially due out by the end of the year Valheim, which exploded at launch, is still going strong; and the game is about to host its Mistlands update before 2022 closes out.Thanks to a new blog postwe have a better idea of what it’s going to entail, and it seems like a lot of changes are on the way. Boasting the typical quality of life features and fixes, we’re also getting:...

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Michael Sanchez

Weekend PC deals: Dead Island, Painkiller, and Omerta

Dungeons and Dragons titles also reduced Weekend Deals is back after a two week break due to PAX East and a week’s vacation in New York but the chances to save some cash on PC games never ends. The Dungeons and Dragons rulesets have resulted in some classic RPGs, so if you haven’t already played them, you owe it to yourself to pick up the likes ofBaldur’s Gate, Planescape: Torment, andIcewind Dale inGOG....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · David Rhodes

What is the release date of The Taken King’s Sunless Cell Strike in Destiny 2?

As a surprise treat, Guardians will get the chance to take a swing at a repurposed Strike from the originalDestiny. The Sunless Cell will come toDestiny 2, getting a facelift in the process: it won’t be what you remember fromThe Taken King. The Sunless Cell was initially a Strike forThe Taken Kingexpansion in the originalDestiny.With the Dreadnaught and Oryx returning forEpisode: Heresy, it’s a timely and welcome addition to the game....

June 20, 2025 · 3 min · 489 words · Bonnie Norton

What time does Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora launch?

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorais nearly here, and, as is customary during the launch week of any game, Ubisoft has released its map of launch times for the game around the world. Some regions have it better than others, but the good news is that every platform can pre-load the game early. What time canAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorabe played on PC and console? Before we get to the launch times of the game, let’s take a look at pre-loads....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Sharon Wise

Will High on Life come to PlayStation?

Will we ever see this ‘Xbox launch exclusive’ on a Sony console? For better or for worse,High on Lifehas been one of the most talked about games of the past few weeks. Those who were already fans ofRick & Mortycreator Justin Roiland’s work, it’s most of what they love from him, but to others, this bug that traps players in an alternate version of Applebee’s is easily the funniest thing to come out of the game....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Isabella Clark

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty hit one million sales have some panda demons

Take no Shitieshou Koei Tecmo hasproudly announcedthat its period piece action-adventureWo Long: Fallen Dynastyhas surpassed one million shipments and sales since its initial release. The Team Ninja-developed adventure hit PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms on March 3. According to the publisherWo Long, which sees a mysterious protagonist battling demons against a stylized take on the Han Dynasty, has been played by 3.8 million players so far, taking into account its availability on the Xbox Game Pass service....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Vanessa Mcdonald

XBL Gold members can save on Bad Company 2 DLC this week

It’s not too late to get intoBattlefield: Bad Company 2, even withBattlefield 3on the horizon. Today through Monday, Xbox Live Gold members can grab a portion of the game’s add-on contentfor half price. If nothing else, you ought to download theVietnam expansion. Flamethrowers are fun, in case you hadn’t heard.

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 50 words · Anne Wilson

Xbox trolls, get ready to have your fun ruined: Microsoft will be censoring you

Rule one of Internet anonymity: you can be a dick. Anytime, anywhere, and there are no consequences. This rule has somehow managed to drip over to Xbox LIVE, where you can be called any colorful racial or sexual slur with hardly a thought. It seems fans of the F-bomb will soon have their cereal peed in, however, I couldn’t be happier to hear the news. The U.S. Patent office has granted Microsoft a brand-spanking-new patent to censor audio streams real-time....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · George Price

Yuffie returns this summer in Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

Coming to PS5 June 10 Sony ended its State of Play presentation with a bang, givingFinal Fantasyfans a new look atFinal Fantasy VII Remake Intergradefor PS5, with an additional new episode teased for the award-winning revisit to Square Enix’s classic PlayStation adventure. The PS5 edition will launch June 10, available instandard formatfor $69.99 or aDigital Deluxeedition for $89.99, with a free upgrade path. An action-packed trailer spotlit the return of feisty ninja Yuffie Kisaragi, who will re-join the action following the dramatic and calamitous ending ofFinal Fantasy VII Remake....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Michelle Smith MD

3D gaming: the future or just a gimmick?

[Editor’s Note: Despite how hard cameraman and tech guy Roy Malcomber tried, we had several technology fails. Apologies for the sound quality and the delay in posting.] We see a lot of futuristic technology here in the gaming world, whether it be the development of graphics, motion control or even hands-free gaming, but many gamers remain skeptical over the future of 3D gaming. Ben Berraondo from Nvidia once again spends time chatting with us, this time about the development of 3D gaming and how Nvidia is leading the way....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Mark Cook

A baker’s dozen of EA games come to Steam, all of them on sale

More to come EA is making good on thatpromise to bring more games to Steamnine years after an exodus from Valve’s platform in favor of its own marketplace, EA Origin. This rekindled relationship just took a big step forward as EA added 13 more games to Steam. This morning, EA put these games on Steam: Most of them are old, but some of them are relatively new. Also, all of them are on sale — a minimum of 50 percent but some all the way up to 75 percent off....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Daniel Perkins