New Pop’n Music Portable screens hint at story mode

In case you haven’t heard thegood news,Pop’n Music Portableis on its way to the PSP, complete with 9-button mode and the classic art style fans have come to love. Now according to these screenshots spotted onAndriasang, this version also appears to include some kind of story, career or adventure mode as well. In the gallery you’ll see a few shots of Mimi standing on a board game type of map, which you’ll presumably have to work your way through in order to unlock new songs and such....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Katherine Deleon

Overcoming Fear: Deep Blue

Deep Blue Something [Feel like you’redrowningin spooky blogs yet? Well too bad! Michael Giff walks us through yet another horrible video game water level, and the shockingly simple way he was able to overcome his fear of it! Dtoid is always looking for cool blogs to promote to the front page, so get out there and write something cool! Make sure you brush your teeth tonight! – Wes] It’s impossibly deep!...

July 17, 2025 · 4 min · 670 words · Brett Harris

Popular fantasy betting site moves into eSports

Surely this can only turn out well Popular podcast advertiser and fantasy sports betting service DraftKings introduced a new feature to let fans bet on eSports. The company, which is projected to give away $1 billion in prize money this year, released a video this morning outlining its new “eSports” betting service, which currently only includesLeague of Legends. When there are eligible events to bet on, anyone over the age of 18 can download the app and will be able to pick a standard team....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Pamela Johnson

Promoted blog: Fat on games

[Dtoid Community Blogger ccesarano is buried under the weight of videogame availability, a (first-world) problem many of us are all too familiar with.Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] I’m a fat man. I’m a fat man that loves to eat food. I got fat because at some point in my life I decided I liked to eat exorbitant amounts of food even if I would be satisfied with a smaller portion....

July 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1556 words · Rebekah Hart

Review: Palo Alto Cubik

If you haven’t been able to tell by the fairly large number of headphone reviews I’ve done for this site, I have a thing for audio equipment. It’s probably the single biggest investment I make beyond my daily caffeine intake. As a result, I have a tendency to care quite about about how my things sound and what I can do to get the most from my music, movies, and games....

July 17, 2025 · 4 min · 648 words · Randall Page

Scribblenauts Mega Pack turns up on Taiwan ratings board

Sounds sketch The Taiwan Video Game Software Ratings Board hasrecently released a new listingfor aScribblenauts Mega Pack, coming to PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. No further information is available beyond the title, platforms and a logo, we also know the developer is Shiver Entertainment, who took over the series from its original developer, 5th Cell. “Mega Pack” can, of course, be interpreted as some kind of collection, so perhaps the word-based adventure series will be receiving a remaster compilation in the future....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Briana Holmes

Sea of Thieves launching ‘friends play free’ promo

Friends don’t let friends sail drunk Rare is looking to maintain its recent momentum with a“friends play free” promotion forSea of Thieves. From February 6–13, players can invite three pals to set sail with them on Xbox One or PC. As executive producer Joe Neate recently explained,Sea of Thieveshas had a prosperous past few months. “When I look at all of our key metrics across the game, whether it’s our watchable/sharable, or it’s our sales, or Game Pass even, we’ve seen a marked increase across all of those metrics fromShrouded Spoilsonward....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Kenneth Thompson

Shift 2 Unleashed add-on throws back to the legends

As of April 26, you’ll be able to download cars from the ’60s and ’70s forShift 2 Unleashed. The game has been out for a few weeks, so I suppose now would be the right time to toss more content fans’ way. The Legends pack ($10 on PlayStation Network, 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live) contains: Beyond these vehicles, there are new tracks included in the Legends pack as well. They are Dijon-Prenois (1972), Hockenheim (1982), Monza (1958), Rouen-Les-Essarts GP (1966), Rouen-Les-Essarts Short (1952), and Silverstone (1975)....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · Andrew Johnson

Some person’s favorite game of 2023, Slayers X, arrives on PS5 and Switch next week

The news you’ve been waiting for has arrived,(Zoey’s) top gameof 2023 is arriving on PlayStation 4 (and 5) and Switch on May 17, 2025. I’m talking aboutSlayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer[sic]. There was apparently somesort of streamtoday that nobody told me about, but thankfully, No More Robots gave me the details after the fact. I know some people wait until the Switch release of smaller games come around so they can ignore people on their morning commute....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Adam Nguyen

Sonic the Hedgehog’s movie design sure is something

Just hand over the Chaos Emeralds and do as he says The live-action movie design for Sonic the Hedgehog has finally stepped out of the shadows. Ahead of an official reveal, a merchandise style guideinadvertently leakedthe Blue Blur’s new face. Stare into the piercing eyes of this “chill,” “sarcastic,” “mischievous” little whippersnapper. The page on the design agency’s site has since been pulled, but here’s an excerpt from the listing:...

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Michelle Herrera

Swing, Swing on over to Rock Band 4 for some ‘classic’ DLC

Have you forgotten about the new year yet? Well, Harmonix certainly hasn’t as they’ve announced a slew of downloadable songs to kick off 2017. Along with some new hits come a few “classic” songs from previous games. While that is super neat, I’m a little confused as to where this leaves people who imported the previous games intoRock Band 4. Either way, at least late adopters can finally play some of the more popular songs....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Amy Perez

The Jack Attack continues, this time he sues the Alabama Bar

Our favorite sue-happy, one-man train wreck of an attorney Jack Thompson has already hit up the Florida Bar and Florida Supreme Court,Crecente’s Hair Palace, other people that poke fun at him with lawsuits, and now he’s going after the Alabama Bar. According toGamePolitics, the reasons for this suit goes back to a 2005 case,Strickland vs. Sony, in which two cops were gunned down by 18-year-old Devon Moore, a fan of GTA III....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Jennifer Chambers

This fan-made video has me pining for a real Mario Kart 8 battle mode

Why did it have to suck After following up7,Mario Kart 8was a breath of fresh air. I loved playing it for months on end, there was just one major problem — the “battle mode” sucked. I called Nintendo “out of their mind” back in 2014, and I stand by that statement to this day. I can’t believe they never patched arenas in! Well, the folks over at TheBitBlock have created what’s called a “Make Believe Digital Event,” in which they mock-up their dream content for big Nintendo games....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Christopher Duran