The perfect podcast game Minutes after I startedNo Man’s Skylast night, I was tasked with finding a wealth of Heridium. The scanner pulled one up that was a six-minute walk. Off I went, collecting resources and analyzing animals along the way. Six minutes seemed like a long time, but it’s far from the worst offender. Later, I had a 15-minuter, which ended up being longer because I’d get distracted by other side tasks....

Shoot all the things in the spiritual succesor to Super Stardust Housemarque made a name for itself with the addictive, colorfulSuper Stardust HD, one of the PS3’s early downloadable and indie exclusives. Housemarque followed with neat games likeDead Nationand the excellentOutland, but it’s now going back to its shmup roots withResogun. The “arcade action shooter”Resogunwas announced today at gamescom exclusiveely for PlayStation 4. It eschewsStardust‘s spherical system for a left and right moving circular one....

For the professional gamers out there Sound quality has come a long way from the beeps and boops of the early generations of gaming. Epic, modern AAA games require soundtracks, sound effects, and sound mixing that rival Hollywood’s best. Last year’s every-award-winnerGod of Warhas some of the best sound design I’ve ever encountered in a piece of gaming.Red Dead Redemption 2is another title from 2018 that excels at using sound to build its world....

It doubles in price on October 6 It may seem counter-intuitive, but this is a rare example of a time when you might want to purchase downloadable content before a game comes out. I know, I know — we usually rally against thathard, but bear with us just this once. For three years now (three years!) Harmonix has been running aDLC salewhere a ton of albums and singles have been discounted by around fifty percent....

And a few things that I didn’t love Thedelay of Ubisoft Montreal’s new open world IP,Watch Dogs, surprised many. With only a month away from launch, anda rather bold marketing pushfor the holiday season, Ubisoft appeared ready, but then we found it wasn’t. At all. It’s not too often you see publishers holding back a game’s release to further development, and it’s certainly admirable of them to be so honest....

Konami’s ultra-unnerving survival horror sequelSilent Hill 4: The Roomis now available to purchase on PC from classic game retailerGood Old Games (GOG). You can pick up the nightmarish adventure, DRM-free, for $9.99 USD. Originally released in 2004 for PC, PS2, and Xbox,Silent Hill 4sees the body-horror action relocated from the titular town to the fictional locale of Ashfield. It is here that everyman Henry Townshend finds himself suddenly unable to leave his metaphysically labyrinthine apartment, locked down by a terrifying, unknown menace....

That’s a lot of toys sold Activision’sSkylandersfranchise just topped $1 billion in worldwide retail sales, the company announced, inclusive of its toys and accessories, and hit that milestone in only 15 months. Last week,we reportedover 100 millionSkylanderstoys have been sold in the U.S. alone, and thatSkylanders Giants,released last fall, generated more than $195 million in U.S. sales during the holiday season. “The key to longterm success is continuing to bring breakthrough innovation every time,” Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing said during the company’s Toy Fair 2013 press conference last week....

There is an age in everyone’s life when the blanket reigns supreme. It keeps you safe, makes you comfortable, and can even double as a cape. When you get older a conversation about blankets isusuallynever a good thing. That is, unless it is a blanket modeled after one of the most recognizable videogame characters ever. ThisLink to the Pastblanket has to be one of the coolest things I could ever imagine wrapping myself up in at night....

All under one umbrella There’s going to be a new animation that plays whenever you boot up a PlayStation first-party game. It’s Sony’s way of “[get] ready for a robust, innovative, deep experience that [you’ve] come to expect from games coming from PlayStation.” PlayStation Studios is a new umbrella brand that will unify all the PlayStation first-party games. In a reveal onGamesIndustry.biz, Sony Interactive Entertainment senior VP and head of global marketing Eric Lempel says “We really want to back our games in a bigger way” and that “[it’s] an easy way for fans to understand what they’re getting into....

Maybe this one will actually work One challenge facing virtual reality designers is what they should do with the player’s hands. Some games, like flight simulators, have it relatively easy. A joystick and throttle can easily mirror what’s going on in a cockpit. But for most everything else, some sort of new controller is needed to avoid creating a disconnect between what players see and what they feel. Up until now, Sony has utilized PlayStation Move wands when demoing PlayStation VR, and while they work better than a DualShock controller in this circumstance, it seems the company is testing out other ideas and looking to push things further with new technology....

Plus some new challenges to tackle The next expansion forStranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Originadds a new job, dungeon, and more.Wanderer of the Riftbrings in the Blue Mage and sees Jack take on aFinal Fantasyclassic in Gilgamesh. Shown off in anew trailer,Wanderer of the Riftarrives on October 26. It’s also only available through the season pass forStranger of Paradise. Wanderer of the Riftadds the Labyrinth of Dimensions, a new dungeon that randomly reconfigures its rooms....

Get your green screens ready If you love to watch talented athletes wave their hands around and pretend to throw fireballs at each other, I have some good news for you.Street Fighter: Resurrection, a live-action mini-series intended to serve as a prologue for the events in the soon to be releasedStreet Fighter Vis on its way. Made by the team behindStreet Fighter: Assassin’s Fist,Resurrectionlooks like it will provide more of the same — decent production values, great live-action interpretations of the series’ iconic characters, and slightly (well, maybe more than slightly) goofy looking action....

Will go quick [Update:Gdammit it sold out. You can set an alert notification and all as it’ll come randomly back in stock throughout the day — but we’ll also let you know if another retailer carries it.] I’m not even going to start this post with some feeble attempt at an intro/small talk. Do you want the New Nintendo 3DS Super Mario Black Editionfor $99? The one that was released just for Black Friday?...