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More updates are planned for this year Last year’sSpiritfarerwas a bit of a surprise. The cozy management sim about a boat sailing spirits through the afterlife made for a pretty compelling journey, and there’s more on the horizon. Developer Thunder Lotusannounced todaythat the Lily Update is live for free, to celebrateSpiritfarerclearing 500,000 copies sold. The update is currently available across all systems, including Xbox Game Pass where it’s still part of the lineup at the moment....

Don’t forget we also get to see Shinra The time has come to put up or shut up with theFinal Fantasy VII Remake. After years of waiting to find out what the hell the thing evenwas, we finally got the gist: we’re getting a “part one” early next year, and it’ll primarily deal with an expanded Midgar. It was pretty much all we needed to know after eons of rumors that the game was being split up into “parts,” and for the most part, I’m good with that until the game actually gets here....

The official Twitter page forStar Wars The Acolytejust teased the release of a trailer for tomorrow via a pretty ominous poster. Tomorrow.#TheAcolytepic.twitter.com/7A9HFPhm0m After the unanimous critical acclaim ofAndor, and the relative success ofAhsoka,The Acolytepromises to be Disney+’s next big bet in theStar Warsuniverse. Let’s see what all the fuss is about. What is Star Wars The Acolyte? UnlikeThe MandalorianandAhsoka, which take place in the times betweenReturn Of The JediandThe Force Awakens,The Acolyteis the series’ boldest attempt at a prequel yet....

Duringtoday’s Nintendo Direct, we got to see a few more details about the upcomingSuper Mario RPGremake. Specifically, we got to see a few new features in the game that should mix things up for those who have memorized the original game. First up, the way Action Commands work are a little differently now. For example, when you time your attacks perfectly with the requisite button press(es), you can hit the entire enemy party at once....

Dtoider Puppy Licks loves Luchadors. That’s why he’s painstakingly designed a Luchador mask for each ofSuper Street Fighter 4‘s combatants; even the ladies. Puppy Licks isn’t alone in his love of Lucha. Dtoid HQ is in a neighborhood that’s brimming over with Luchador imagery. There is actually a store right down the street that sells custom Luchador masks, for $100 a pop. I’m forwarding them this email, and requesting that Sagat mask ASAP....

10 years young There are some games out there that are true classics. Titles you’re able to dust off and have as much fun playing today as you did when they came out decades ago. One doesn’t need to look any further than last week’s release of the SNES Classic and the outpouring of both nostalgic joy from longtime fans and fresh discovery from new ones for examples. But when I think about classics, I notice two things....

Into 2015 In an effort to bring more people into the current era of consoles, Square Enix offered a special program that would allow players to upgrade their PS3 copy ofFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Rebornto the PS4. This process would eliminate your old copy and give you a digital license to the new version. It was scheduled to end on Jul 15, 2025, but now it’s been extended quite a bit to August 04, 2025....

A swan song There were a lot of great announcements during the Game Awards on Thursday, but my favorite of the night wasn’t part of the show. It was a simple tweet from the Onion Games account announcing the developer is at work on anew RPG. What is the game? Who knows, but with Yoshiro Kimura involved, you know it’ll probably be something special. In a blog post on the developer’s website, Kimura gives a little bit of info on what he and his team are planning....

Why is it that every time someone envisions the future, people have dumb haircuts? Jonathan Holmes tells Nintendo how to make it up to their core audience, Nick previews a bunch of Konami games, Peter Moore has been saying a lot of things this week, renting a purse will get you a free DS, and plenty more happened on Wednesday.Wednesday Regulars:Scraps: All revved up and no place to go (15-05-2025)...

Pokemon Playhouse hits mobile devices I know what you’re thinking: allPokemongames are for babies. And you’re right! But thePokemon PlayhouseAndroid and iPhone app is straight billing itself as the, “first-ever official digital Pokémon experience for preschoolers.” Does that meanyoucan’t play it? No. This is America. I use “baby wipes” for my asshole and I’m not a baby; America is just a backwards, savage hellhole that isn’t civilized enough for bidets....

And other assorted tidbits YouTuber VaatiVidya is back with anotherBloodbornelore video. This time, he examines a slew of smaller discoveries that didn’t make it into hisprior videos. A few of them surprised me. Pebbles being eyes, for one, because I apparently don’t pay close attention to item art. I never realized you’re able to prevent the Witch of Hemwick from summoning endless Mad Ones if you go into the fight with zero Insight....

A few folk have been wondering whyTransformers: Fall of Cybertronwasn’t announced for PC and, like most supremely confident PC users, assumed it was a conspiracy and they were being cruelly snubbed for a laugh. Well, the time to rejoice has come, for High Moon Studios has confirmed a PC release. “We are proud to reveal Fall of Cybertron for PC,”Tweeted the studio, proving what I said in the above paragraph....

Plus some more cloud games A new batch of games are coming to the Game Pass lineup, and on top of usual platforms, they’re also bolstering the cloud. Xboxannouncedsome July arrivals for Game Pass today, ranging fromTropico 6and the console version ofUFC 4to the fast action indie gameBloodroots. The lunch breaks are going to get breezier, as the builder-RPGDragon Quest Builders 2hits the cloud on July 8, and several other games are also coming to the service....