Bubble Ghost Remake brings spirited adventure back from the grave this March

Whether you know it from the 1987 Atari ST original or ports like the 1990 Game Boy version,Bubble Ghostis BACK, baby! The aptly-titledBubble Ghost Remakegives the puzzle-adventure a fresh look, and it’s set to launch on Switch and PC on March 27. The concept ofBubble Ghost—which French developer Christophe Andréani created nearly 40 years ago—is right there in the title. As the titular ghost, players are tasked with guiding a bubble through an increasingly complex and treacherous mansion with nothing but the power of their breath....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Bethany Kelly

Carmageddon: Reincarnation announced

Last week, we turned your attention to acountdown clockticking away at theCarmageddonofficial website. It’s number is now up and, as you might have suspected, it’s the announcement of a brand new installment in the violent driving series. Stainless Games has reacquired the IP and is currently looking for a publishing partner forCarmageddon: Reincarnation, a download-only title. After more than a decade,Carmageddonis seemingly back. That ought to tickle a fancy or two....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Frederick Knight

China set to ban minors playing video games on weekdays

New regulation for under-18s to limit gaming even further According to a new reportfrom The Wall Street Journal, China is preparing to clamp down even harder on minors playing video games. The report suggests that an incoming regulation will ban youngsters from gaming entirely from Monday to Thursday, and even then only allow for one hour of gaming on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays. The regulation is expected to apply to all citizens under 18 years of age....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Shelby Martinez

CoD: Ghosts PC patch reduces required RAM amount

Further support for MLG also implemented A new update forCall of Duty: Ghostshas been rolled out by Infinity Ward on PC, which intends to fix numerous stability issues and provide improved performance for Nvidia and AMD users. Ghosts‘ third update on PC has also added a ‘#CODeSports’ option, which gives extra MLG support for the game through the inclusion of a Broadcast mode and the latest MLG rules which can be accessed in either online Private Matches or System Link....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Jose Escobar

Contest: Head off to Camp Crystal Lake with Friday the 13th: The Game for Switch

Some Friday the 13th for your Tuesday the 13th Today’s contest features a physical copyFriday the 13th: The Game: Ultimate Slasher Editionfor Switch! I don’t often play online multiplayer games, partly because I don’t have the time and partly because I’m just not terribly interested. I did play this one with Dtoiders several times, though, and it’s actually a lot of fun! I mean, running around smashing teenagers’ heads against walls and shoving spears through their guts shouldn’t be hard to get right, but you never know....

July 12, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Kristopher Mendez

Crash Bandicoot 4 confirmed by a ratings board leak

Now we wait on Activision “It’s about time.” That’s whatCrash Bandicootfans have been thinking for well over a decade now. TheN. Sane Trilogyremasters from 2017 were a good start, but those are just retreads of games from the PS1 era.Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueledfrom last year is mostly excellent in its own right but it’s also a kart racer, not a properCrashgame. As it turns out, “it’s about time” is perfectly apropos because it’s also the next game’s subtitle....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Alexander Valdez

Days Gone offers tips for surviving its swarms of Freakers

Spoilers: involves shooting and crafting Sony Bend has dropped a new trailer for their upcoming third-person adventureDays Gone, showcasing some of the enemies encountered in yet-another post-apocalyptic society and with the game’s protagonist, Deacon St. John, offering tips on staying alive to see another day. We get to see different variants of “Freakers” –Days Gone’srabid-like mutants – as well as catch a glimpse of the game’s weapon system and, you guessed it, customisation and crafting options....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 223 words · Amy Olson

Doods: NIS America is publishing Prinny

Being an incorrigible cynic, I had already writtenPrinny: Ore ga Shujinkou de Iinsuka?off as Japan-only fan service. Thankfully, the fine doods over atSiliconErahave proven me wrong, and given me a renewed hope in humanity: It seems like NIS America will be publishing thePrinny-centric 2D action game. Jack Niida, the Marketing Manager for Nippon Ichi Software America, confirmed Prinny’s stateside debut in a recent interview, adding that the game will be difficult:...

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Connor Nelson

EA FC 24 FUTTIES Founders evolution guide

The FUTTIES Founders evolution is now live inEA FC 24Ultimate Team, and it’s an easy set of upgrades available for free. This evolution has a huge pool of available cards to choose from. While the upgrades aren’t quite dramatic, it allows you to improve one of your higher-rated items. Since it’s free, there’s no harm in making full use of all the upgrades. Let’s take a look at the requirements of the evolution....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · James Carrillo

Fire Emblem: Three Houses brings the series to Switch

Spring 2019 Nintendo gave us a quick look at the upcomingFire Emblemgame for Switch, titledThree Houses. It looks to employ a heavily anime-inspired look with full cutscenes and a bigger battlefield. You’ll have full control of your character outside of the grid-based battle system and battles will now feature troop formations led by individual units. There will also be fully rendered battlefields and dramatic camera zooms with transitions for battles....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Steven Hartman

Frozen Cortex is releasing soon, so here’s a trailer!

Exiting Early Access on February 19 Frozen Cortex, the strategy game dressed up in sports clothing, is coming out soon! Like, really soon apparently. In less than a week, on February 19,Frozen Cortexwill come out of the Early Access incubation pod and be ready to be played by the masses. Considering how greatFrozen Synapsewas, this should be a no-brainer for strategy fans. For now, why not watch the new trailer? It has everything: live action, dramatic zooms, cats, jump scares, a toilet, and some deep symbolism....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Joseph Reeves

Grasshopper’s weird survival game Let it Die still has a pulse

It’s looking better in these new screenshots For the longest time, I didn’t know what was going on withLet it Die. I still don’t, to be completely frank, but the third-person survival-action title has resurfaced and it’s looking much better. Ahead of a playable showing this month at PAX East (booth #8116), Grasshopper Manufacture and GungHo have shared a few screenshots and also a short developer update video. As best as I can tell, this is a PlayStation 4 exclusive about battling lightly-clothed men who aremodeled to behave like other players....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Daniel Anderson

Hey Microsoft, no means no!

Dear Microsoft, Have you ever heard the word “no” before? When somebody says that word, it usually means they don’t want something or would like an ongoing activity to stop. So for instance, when you notify me via Xbox Live that my subscription is about expire, then ask me if I want to auto-renew, my saying “no” to that means Idon’t want to auto-renew. What itdoesn’tmean is that I would like an email the very next day telling me that youaregoing to auto-renew....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Margaret Reyes