It’s back to the 1920s in The Golden Wake

Wadjet Eye is publishing this point-and-click adventure game. The 1920s is another one of those time periods, rich in history but still passed over as a setting for videogames.The Golden Wakeis a new point-‘n’-click adventure game from genre specialist Wadjet Eye set in Miami that spans the ’20s and ’30s before the Great Depression. The game’s protagonist Alfie Banks is looking to cash in on the real-estate boom but with gangsters on his back, that might not be so easy....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Elizabeth Moreno

Klei ‘investigating’ Don’t Starve for PS Vita, mobile

iOS support less of a priority Klei Entertainment had previously mentioned it was “looking at” possibly doing a dedicated PS Vita version of its survival gameDon’t Starve, much to our delight. Now, community manager Corey Rollins tellsEdgethat the development team is investigating such a port. “Currently, a lot of people playDon’t Starve: Console Editionusing the PS4′s remote play, and really enjoy it. So we’re looking into a proper Vita release. As for iOS and mobile, that is something we’ve also been investigating and we think might work, but it’s not at the front of our development priorities right now....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Brett Williams

More than a quarter of Steam users are on Windows 10

Three percent growth in the past month While Windows 8 adoption was for a long time a joke within the core PC gaming community, it seems that Windows 10 has managed to shake a lot of its predecessor’s poor press. As of this month,27.64% of Steam usershave made the leap into relatively early adoption off the new operating system. No doubt there are a few key factors at play here. DirectX 12 support certainly helps, alongside the fact the upgrade was free and directly addressed many of the more public surface-level complaints consumers had regarding Windows 8....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Richard Guerrero

MultiVersus has welcomed 20 million players to its cartoon chaos

I wish all MultiVersus players a very Broken Bugs Publisher Warner Bros. Games and developer Player First Games have proudly announced that a staggering 20 million players have checked now checked out theMultiVersusopen beta. The free-to-play platform fightersoft-launcheda little under a month ago on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms and won over both fighting game veterans and casual players alike with its cartoonish brand of easy-to-pick-up animated action.MultiVersussees a star-studded roster of characters, pulled from a wide variety of WB properties, battle it out inSuper Smash Bros....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Julia Morales

Ni No Kuni II gets back on the road with The Tale of a Timeless Tome DLC

Bandai Namco has released a new trailer, teasing the release of the next installment of anime adventure sequelNi no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. This fairly major expansion will be launching for Level-5’s quaint RPG next week on March 19. InThe Tale of the Timeless Tome,Cat prince Evan and pals will be on the trail of a (kinda creepy-looking) rabbit, adorned in a snazzy tuxedo. Evan will encounter this strange character in his own dreams, before being led on another whimsical adventure....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Jamie Lang

Nintendo just added a few more My Nintendo Network missions

For Platinum Points My Nintendo, the replacement for Club Nintendo, kicked off a little over a month ago, and you guysare kind of mixed on it. But for those of you who do actively use it, it’s worth checking in today and grabbing a few extra Platinum Points. As of this morning, you can grab 30 Points for ticking the promotional email box live, and 10 Points for ticking the box to “receive monthly....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Brittany Miller

Nintendo opens up about pricing mobile games

‘Please understand’ Nintendo is getting into the mobile games space with its partner, DeNA, who will help with the “service side of things.” Responding to an investor question about how games will be sold, CEO Satoru Iwata explained that, first of all, Nintendo isn’t fond of calling it “free to play.” Imagine that! [W]e do not want to use the free-to-play terminology that implies that you can play games free-of-charge,” Iwata said....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Charles Wells

Overwatch’s microtransaction prices have been revealed

Cosmetic Loot Boxes only As of roughly 20 minutes ago,Overwatchwas released to the public. After months of waiting the game is finally here, and relatively close to the build all of us played during the latest beta phase. Except forone major difference— the in-game store is now live. While the $40 entrance fee ($60 on consoles) nets you access to future maps, modes, and characters for the foreseeable future, the game is also supported by cosmetic items in the form of Loot Boxes....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Samuel Barnes

Predator: Hunting Grounds will debut its gameplay during Gamescom Opening Night Live

Anytime. ThePredatorfranchise has quite the history with video games. From home computer tie-ins to the original movies, to numerousAlien vs. Predatorreleases, and even the PS2 and Xbox releaseConcrete Jungle, it seems that the intergalactic hunter is always prepped and ready to collect skulls in the digital realm. The next video game venture to feature the horror/sci-fi icon will be Illfonic’s multiplayer shooterPredator: Hunting Grounds,which will have players team up as a military unit assigned to take down the terrifying creature, while one lucky so-and-so gets to don the famous mask and gauntlet of the Predator itself....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · Sara Miller MD

PS Vita sells 42,648 units in third week

The PlayStation Vita is three weeks old and it’s been marked with yet another sharp sales decline. After selling 325,000 units in week one and 72,479 in week two, the Vita hits a fresh low with 42,648 sales. TheMedia Create sales chartplaces the Vita in fourth position, yet again trailing behind the 3DS, PlayStation 3 and its PSP predecessor. Yet again, the top ten software chart contains no Vita games....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Ronald Cordova

Rats’ Return: A Plague Tale: Requiem confirms October 18 release date

We All Fall Down Publisher Focus Entertainment has announced a release date for its dour, rat-riddenA Plague Tale: Requiem.The grim follow-up to the great 2019 releaseA Plague Tale: Innocencewill launch October 18 on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X. A Nintendo Switch port will also be available via cloud gaming. The Xbox edition will also be available via Xbox Game Pass on launch day. You can check out a brand new gameplay trailer for the stealth adventure below, as premiered during this morning’sFocus Entertainment Showcase live stream....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Paul Robinson

Same tree, same snowflake: Heroes of the Storm players really think Mei is the next character

It’s snowing in Heroes Remember when select people based an entire leak off ofwhether or not the “same tree” was found in a reflection? This is kind of like that, but in-game! Taking to Reddit, f1bermau5 shared a discovery that seems to imply thatHeroes of the Stormwill host yet anotherOverwatchcharacter very soon. Blizzard insists that multiple characters are still coming toHeroesthis year, and a recent tease (which covers various battlegrounds in snow) implies that Mei is headed to the Nexus....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Morgan Scott

Samurott joins Pokémon Scarlet & Violet in this week’s 7-Star Raid Event

It’s gonna bug you Ever sincethe fateful Pikachu celebration,Pokemon Scarlet & Violethave been on a tear with event content. We just finisheda sweet and easy Blissey raidthat ran concurrently withthe fight against Decidueye, and already our next 7-Star challenge is on the horizon. 『ポケットモンスター スカーレット・バイオレット』の★7の黒い結晶のテラレイドバトルに「最強のダイケンキ」が襲来決定!むしテラスタイプで、強力なポケモンだよ!出現予定の期間など、ゲーム内最新情報はこちら!https://t.co/rNbPcJA6pJ#ポケモンSV#最強のダイケンキ#テラレイドバトルpic.twitter.com/36bjGrGAGi — ポケモン公式 (@Pokemon_cojp)August 09, 2025 Via the official Japanese Pokemon Twitter account, Samurott will join Paldea from March 31stto April 2nd. These dates are based on UTC, so the event will go live by 8:00pm Eastern Time on March 30th....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · John Harris