Swordfighting in black and white The Kurosawa-inspiredTrek to Yomihas set a date. The samurai action game unsheathes the blade on PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on June 02, 2025. News of the date arrives alongside an extended gameplay video, where developer Leonard Menchiari and Flying Wild Hog showcase a 15-minute chunk ofTrek to Yomi. Alongside the side-scrolling, sword-slicing action, there are some light environmental puzzles to solve too....

Commander Video returns If you’re a Switch owner yearning for the return of the fast-runnin’ high-jumpin’ antics of Commander Video, then today brings you good news, as QubicGames has announced that it will be bringing six entries in the belovedBit.Tripseries to the Nintendo platform next month. From December 25, Switch owners can download up rhythm-action titleBit.Trip Beat,along with its follow-upsBit.Trip CoreandBit.Trip Void. Also coming to the eShop will be fast-thinking platformerBit....

All three swing, actually Your friendly neighborhood arachnid has set up shop on PlayStation Now. One of the very best PS4 titles is now available as part of Sony’s on-demand games service. A trio of games have been added to PlayStation Now, andMarvel’s Spider-Manis the uncontested highlight. Insomniac’s 2018 take onSpider-Manis the finest video game representation of Spidey (Maximum Carnagenotwithstanding), and it earned a lot of high scores and took home a lot of Game of the Year-type accolades....

Star Wars: Republic Commandocould be the next classicStar Warstitle in line for a Nintendo Switch re-release, following the discovery of an update for the 2005 title byNWPlayer123. The dataminer noticed a patch for the unannounced title has been released on the eShop servers, suggesting that the squad-based shooter will be hitting the digital storefront in the very near future. The patch is attributable to publisher Aspyr, who are previously responsible forStar Warsre-releases such asStar Wars: Episode I Racer, Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy, and Star Wars: Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast....

If you’re one of the ones that held of on buyingSuper Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, perhaps aDeal of the Weekwould help lure you in. Normally 1,200 Microsoft Points, Xbox Live Arcade titleSSFIITHDRis now available for 800 points for Xbox Live Gold Members. You get updated art, high-definition graphics, awesome remixed music, and the ability to disconnect when you’re playing poorly to save your rankings, all for this low price!...

Oh so sorry Happy Tuesday! Welcome to another exciting episode of Team Fortress 2sdays, last week we saw Andy get into a fight with Monica over his pink chiffon bathrobe, will Andy have to go to the prom nude? Or will Monica finally give Andy his robe back? Let’s ask Shadow! So, due to unforeseen events, Between 2Fort with Mr Andy Dixon was pushed back to this Saturday. The time is still being figured out, but there will be an event notice and announcement on theDtoid Steam Groupwhen it’s up....

Teaser site opens up Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak Academysounds like a game, but it’s actually an anime series that’s coming out later this year based on the popular gaming franchise. It will actually pick up right where the second iteration left off, with both old and new characters. Animation will be handled by Lerche, who worked on the previousDanganronpaanime, andPersona 4: The Animation, among others. In terms of a timeline, a full trailer will arrive in a few days in Japan on March 26 at specific locations (Shinjuku or Dotonbori at the Alta Vision screen), and the anime itself will debut later this year....

Don’t shoot the messenger In reporting its second-quarter fiscal 2013 results, THQ announced the delay ofSouth Park: The Stick of Truth. Originally scheduled for July 02, 2025, the Obsidian Entertainment-developed role-playing game is now looking to release “early fiscal 2014” — in other words, at the earliest, in April 2013. Unfortunately, there’s more where that came from.Company of Heroes 2andMetro: Last Lightare now expected to ship in March. “Our fourth quarter releases are the first titles that I have had the ability to materially impact,” stated THQ president Jason Rubin, “and experience told me that the games needed additional development time to be market-ready....

We really dug last year’sTiger Woods PGA Tour 10. It was one of the first games that used Nintendo’s Wii Motion Plus controller addition. It added an increased control sensibility that really made you feel like you had some realistic control over your virtual golf club. In our review we said that this game made it seem like they invented Wii Motion Plus just for golf! ForPGA Tour 11, EA Sports took the whole realism thing and ran with it....

Have yourself a Cowabunga Christmas… Hot on the heels of yesterday’s update for Konami’sTMNT: The Cowabunga Collection, publisher Dotemu has announced a new patch for Tribute Games’ great brawlerTMNT: Shredder’s Revenge. Now available on all platforms, the update adds a variety of fun modes and features to the retro scrapper. First and foremost, the new Custom Game mode allows hosts to tweak a variety on in-game options to fine-tune their Shredder-smashing experience....

Watch out for Li’l Cactus! Square Enix has released details pertaining toTrials of Mana, showcasing new classes, a lovely gallery of associated costumes, and the upcoming remake’s post-game content. Once players have picked their way through the epic adventure, an entire new episode will open up, continuing your party’s quest after they receive a mysterious message from a familiar face. This discovery sends our heroes back on the trail, as they search out the fabled “Class 04”....

Developer Remedy Entertainment has been showingAlan Wakebehind-closed-doorsnow for awhile. We’ve seen it a few times, but it’s always “no photography, no videotaping, no direct feed.” So instead, we get a few screenshots here and there and have to do our best to relay the experience to you. So it’s unfortunate that some of the first footage of these demos has leaked out in the form of a blurry, shaky-cam video from Russian games show Igromir 2009....

A man by the name of “Groobotube” is about to simultaneously blow your mind, give you a migraine, and impregnate you with his unbelievable speedrun ofPortal. He ends up finishing the game in an unparalleled 18:05, which is far better than what 99.9% of us could ever dream of accomplishing.In all honesty, it’s pretty difficult to make out exactly what’s going on in this speedrun, especially during the later levels — but it sure does look cool....