Keep a close eye on these guys, for more reason than one There were some strange goings on across the street from E3 this year. Girls were dancing in a tent all day for some reason, Ouya was having some sort of party, andDevolver Digitalrented some mini-trailers homes to show off a bunch of new games, such asLuftrausers,Dungeon Hearts,Shadow Warrior,Hotline Miami, and the newly announcedHotline Miami 2.Jasper Byrne, creator ofLone SurvivorandNew Game+was a frequent sight at this makeshift Devolver compound/BBQ hotspot....

Every week, sort of, features editor Anthony Burch discusses games and gamer culture in his “Rev Rant” video series. You can watch the previous rantshere. This week’s rant is about howModern Warfare 2skillfully combines first and third-person characterization to give the player a feeling of shared agency over Soap McTavish. It may just be me, but anytime I see footage from the last few missions ofModern Warfare 2I am overcome with an aggravating desire to play the entire singleplayer campaign all over again, from the beginning, in one sitting....

Introducing Starbase ARC EveryRocket Leaguematch starts with a kickoff, and the car soccer game was one of the titles to kick off this year’s Game Awards. The half hour-long pre-show segment was more full of announcements than you might expect, and developer Psyonix took this opportunity to reveal its next content update. On December 7,Rocket Leaguetakes aerials to a new level by bringing the game to space. A new map called “Starbase ARC,” which is a sort of futuristic industrial complex, will release for free....

Super Crash Bros. In the week of summer streamin’, one can always expect a flurry of leaks and rumors, and 2022 is no exception. Regarding everyone’s favorite crate-smashing psycho,Crash Bandicoot, the word on the street is that publisher Activision and developer Toys for Bob are preparing to reveal a brand new brawler/platform fighter starringCrash and The Boys… umm… The rumor was sparked by Window Central writer (and known spoiler) Jez Corden, speaking on a new episode of theWindows Central Gaming Podcast....

I’ve got no hate for series rebootDmC: Devil May Cry, and Jim seems to be on the same page, but it’s understandable that long-time series fans have some concerns over the use of the Unreal Engine and its ties to a 30 frames per second rate for the game, given that past titles have run at twice the frame rate. Capcom Japan producer Motohide Eshiro and supervising director Hideaki Itsuno were happy to address some of the concerns in a chat with Destructoid yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con....

History repeats itself For the longest time, Sega’sShenmueseries was renowned for being an incomplete saga — an epic tale that had no ending. It seems, ironically, that history is set to repeat itself, as it has been suggested that anime adaptationShenmue: The Animationhas been canceled, and will not receive a second season. The first inkling that the show would not be returning came from theCartoon Network Schedules Twitter, which noted that the anime had been removed from the Adult Swim VOD archive....

Time to play catch-up Sony has put together ananniversary salefor PlayStation VR and if you own one of these devices, you know how helpful deals can be — VR games aren’t cheap! This is a great way to flesh out your library. For my part, I’d recommend at least looking into the following titles:Battlezone,Headmaster,I Expect You to Die,Job Simulator,Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes,Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin,Resident Evil 7,Rez Infinite,Statik,Star Trek: Bridge Crew, andSuperHyperCube....

Hey, didn’t you hear? New York Comic Con is thenew E3! Or is the new E3 the new E3? I don’t know anymore; I’m so confused. But whatever the case is, New York Comic Con is going to be pretty big for gaming this year, and the event starts this week. We’ll be there, and so will SouthPeak Games, who have announced today they’ll be unleashing a slew of titles to the public....

A long time ago, on a console far, far away… THQ Nordic and Aspyr Mediahave announcedtwo new combo packs collating the latter’s recent remasters of some classicStar Warsvideo games. the double packs will arrive on PS4 and Nintendo Switch this very fall. The firstStar Warscombo pack includes the classic action RPGsStar Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi OutcastandStar Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. Released at the dawn of the ’00s, these two old-school adventures see a young Jedi forge their story in the ways of The Force....

If I had a nickel for every situation inStarfieldwhere it was up to me to spare or kill a major character in a faction questline, I’d have two nickels. It’s not a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.So far. Yes, like withthe Freestar Collective, the Ryujin questline puts an NPC’s life in your hands. You have the chance to spare or kill Imogene in the ‘Guilty Parties’Starfieldquest. Is Imogene guilty?...

LET’S GET STARTED! Back in September, we reported how WWE star and dedicated video game collector Asukahad started her own gaming channel on YouTube. Since then, KanaChan TV has been awash with cute, intriguing, and often downrightbizarrevideos, which spotlight the WWE Tag Team Championvisiting arcades,playingFinal Fight, and… erm…shredding cabbage. This week, Asuka, (real name Kanako Urai), took on her toughest opponent to date, far deadlier than Becky Lynch, Hikaru Shida, or even Charlotte Flair, as the Empress of Tomorrow battled with an unruly toy in the form of everyone’s favourite adora-blob, Kirby....

Awesome first-person puzzle-like game Superhotis a first-person puzzle-like game where you must kill everyone by using a gun. A gun, and bending time to YOUR WILL. Time moves forward at normal speed whenever you move. Stop moving, and time slows down to a crawl like you’re in bullet time. Oh snap,Matrixreference y’all! It’s a crafty little concept, and oh so very addicting. There’s a browser versionyou can play right now, and the developer is workingon a Steam versionwith expanded content....

We’re all pretty excited forMAGthese days, but to tell the truth the ability to fight large scale wars with hundreds of people has been around for a while. There are plenty of differences/improvements/apple to oranges comparisons, yes, but if you had a knackering to go to war on a major scale theMMOFPShas been answering that call for years now and all you had to do was turn on your computer to game....