Overwatch’s Year of the Dog event begins Thursday

Lunar New Year The next limited-time event forOverwatchis going to be another Lunar New Year celebration. Last year, Blizzard celebrated the Year of the Rooster with lots of cosmetics and aCapture the Roostergame type. Come next Thursday, February 8,Overwatchwill be all about the Year of the Dog. 🎊 Wishing you prosperity in the Year of the Dog! 🎊 — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch)June 18, 2025 Game director Jeff Kaplanhas saidto expect “some pretty significant content” for this event....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Joshua Parker

PlayStation Plus’ February Catalog update adds a hearty helping of meaty RPGs

Last month’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog additions were decent. But this month, PlayStation really brought the goods if you’re an RPG fan. While the headliner for the month is the newestNeed for Speedtitle,Need for Speed Unbound, the true gems in my opinion are the addition ofTales of Arise,The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, andAssassin’s Creed Valhalla. An RPG-loaded Month Tales of Ariseis the latest entry in the Tales series and is an absolute banger of an RPG....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Daniel Costa

Preview the upcoming Banjo-Kazooie Symphony

Blake Robinson’s new orchestral tribute releases on May 31 Abridged soundtracks toBanjo-KazooieandBanjo-Tooiewere recently released online for free, andBanjocomposer Grant Kirkhope has been popping his headseeminglyeverywhere. Is it just me, or is the classic Rare platforming series undergoing a kind of mind share renaissance? We haven’t heard this much about the bear and bird since 2008 whenNuts & Boltswas a thing. TheBanjocelebrations continue withBanjo-Kazooie Symphony, an orchestral arrangement of the entireB-Ksoundtrack set to release on May 31....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Katelyn May

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown demo available January 11

DuringThe Game Awards, Ubisoft revealed a demo for the upcomingPrince of Persia: The Lost Crownwill be available on January 11. That’s exactly one week before the game action-adventure platformer releases on January 18. We also got a story trailer that shows some of the trials and tribulations protagonist Sargon will encounter in the Sands of Time in full 2.5D platforming goodness.The Lost Crownis the first new major entry in thePrince of Persiaseries since 2010....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Gary Suarez

Retro City Rampage is out October 9 on PS3, Vita, and PC

The 10-year wait is over Retro City Rampage. June 15, 2025. PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC. You read that correctly. Brian Provinciano’s NES-styleGrand Theft Autoparody has been cooking for just over a decade, and when it missed itsproposed May releaseearlier this year, it felt like development would continue forever. But with a launch date set for next Tuesday, there’s no wayRCRwill get the bump again… right? The game costs $14....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Grace Erickson

Ryse: Son of Rome will have a Season Pass

Of course! Microsoft has announced today that the upcoming Xbox One launch titleRyse: Son of Romewill have aSeason Pass. It’s $20, and it’ll net you all four expansions. The content in said expansions is said to include new equipment, a new mode, skins, 14 multiplayer maps, and some extras. You can purchase everything individually if you want, but the Season Pass will have an exclusive sword and shield (sigh). Be sure to stick around close to the Xbox One’s launch on November 22nd to find out whether or notRyseis worth it....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · Deanna Gutierrez

Sea of Thieves pets are coming soon, so start saving

You cannot pet the dog (yet) Sea of Thievesplayers are anxiously waiting for the opportunity toset sail with pets, but the wait shouldn’t be too much longer now. In a developer update, Rare’s Joe Neate spoke about the team’s current plan to test the critters with the Insider audience “fairly soon” before a wide rollout happens. This will actually be the second time pets have been available in theSea of ThievesInsider Programme....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Joshua Newton

Second chance: One-week PSN sale on Odin Sphere

PS2 Greatest Hit title goes half price Vanillaware’sOdin Sphereis priced to sell right now on PlayStation Network. you’re able to pick up a digital copy of the PlayStation 2 action-RPG for five bucks this week. Half price sounds pretty good, but more than that, the sale serves as a good reminder that this game exists. Plenty of us didn’t play the first time around, so here’s another opportunity for North American gamers....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Jennifer Fuller

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II looks stunning, but is a long way from completion

Senua prepares for another unnerving pilgrimage As a part of yesterday’s Xbox Showcase Extended presentation, the publisher checked in with developer Ninja Theory, which is currently hard at work on a sequel to the dark 2019 releaseHellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.Fans were left wanting after the anticipated sequel did not receive an update in Microsoft’s main E3 show at the weekend, and it seems thatSenua’s Saga: Hellblade IIdid not put in an appearance for the simple reason that the game remains in very early development stages....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Jennifer Peters

Skibidi Warriors codes (September 2024)

Updated: July 26, 2025 We found more codes! The never ending war between toilet accessories and living room technology must come to an end. Use everything at your disposal inSkibidi Warriors—from weapons of mass destruction to codes—to stop the incoming invasion. Skibidi Warriorscodes will grant you Potions and Weapons to fight the restroom warriors. However, don’t dilly-dally for too long—these codes won’t stay active forever.If you want more Roblox freebies, check out our list ofSkibidi Tower Defensecodesto get even more free resources to fight evil toilets in a similar experience....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Heather Jones

Standalone Wii U GamePad coming when content supports it

Nintendo suggests ‘some time next year’ Nintendo hasreiterated its stanceon the arrival of standalone Wii U GamePads. Speaking to Polygon, Nintendo product marketing manager Bill Trinen said that “None of the launch-window titles support dual GamePad play. As a result, we won’t be selling the GamePad as a separate accessory.” This explains why we didn’t get region-specific pricing for the controlleroutside of Japan. “It will be released once the content is there to support it,” explained Trinen....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Ann Thornton

Starbreeze’s Storm pitched as ‘Payday in space’

Well now we’re talking Little is known about Starbreeze Studios’ upcoming gameCold Mercuryother than that it is (or was, as of 2012) going to be free to play. According to one of the company’sinvestor reports, the game was eventually merged with a similar project thatPaydaydeveloper Overkill Software was working on before the studio was acquired calledStorm. That working title is being used for the combined game which was mentioned in amore recent reportas being essentially “Paydayin space” — a cooperative sci-fi shooter that “takes advantage of the design we have created inPaydaygames....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Margaret Shepard

Superhot asks that we do something different with a gun in our hands

Keep your cool One after another, I watched everyone playSuperhotwrong. They all made simple mistakes, threw their hands up in pleasant frustration, and then made the same mistakes again. Every single person was bad, and it was kind of amazing to witness. The reason everyone had such difficulty graspingSuperhot‘s gameplay is because it subverts what the past decade or so of playing video games has trained us to do. When we have a gun in our hands, we need to quickly shoot the other guys with guns....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · David Phillips