Paper Mario is the next Mario Maker costume

Poor Luigi Nintendo keeps adding new levels withunlockable costumestoSuper Mario Maker, and I’m loving it. The next Mystery Mushroom outfit is based onMario & Luigi: Paper Jam. It’s a little weird looking, but that’s part of the charm. The costume’s Event Course will be up on December 2 (in North America, and Dec. 3 in Europe). Until then, you should try to earn some of the prior outfits (Cat Peach, Mario Kun (!...

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Brittany Bowman

PAX 09: Red Dead Redemption is at PAX, you can see it

Hello everyone at PAX. I hate you. We’re not friends and I’ll probably attempt to stare you to death with an evil stare the next time I see you. While you have fun I sit here reporting the news and crying. It’s hard to type with a wet keyboard, especially when all your friends and co-workers are off hanging out and playingRed Dead Redemption. Oh, you didn’t knowthe game was at PAX?...

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Latoya Simon

Rain World devs looking at consoles

Slug Cat Pups in demand on PS Vita and Wii U Rain World‘s kickstarteris in its last day, so if you’re looking to get in on all the game’s backer bonuses and the like, you better jump on that quick. Those newly revealedSlug Cat Pups need your protection. In case you missed it,Rain Worlduses a combination of traditional 2D animation and code-based procedural animation, giving the simple sprite based characters a unique, lifelike feeling....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · Crystal Villarreal

Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault hits Vita next week

It’s been a long time coming Afterbeing delayedin order “to provide the best gameplay experience possible,”Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assaultwill finally be playable on PlayStation Vita. Tin Giant has finished development on this portable version of the PlayStation Network title and will release it on Tuesday, May 21. In an attempt to garner some goodwill,Ratchet: Deadlocked HDwill be offered as a freebie to players who ownFull Frontal Assaultfor PlayStation 3, a nice little bonus in addition to the ability to transferFFAover to Vita thanks to Cross-Buy support....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Bryan Roach

Rayman: Fiesta Run dated for July 24, 2025

Yes please Can thebest iOS game around(sorryInfinity Blade) be topped by its sequel? If theRaymanseries’ recent streakis any indicator, then yes.Rayman: Fiesta Runreleases on June 02, 2025 on iOS, Google Play, and Amazon’s App Store for $2.99/£1.99. You can expectFiesta Runon Windows 8 as well. Fiesta Runhas new abilities, 75 levels, multiple boss fights — all brought to you by the stylized UbiArt engine. Sidenote: Very little of the video is translated, but it does show bits of gameplay....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 79 words · Matthew Morales

Rumortoid: June is the month of in-game XMB?

It’s still a rumor at this point, but the mighty Internet has beennot soquietly rumbling about something called in-game XMB, and its connection to every firmware update the PS3 has ever had. Did you actually think that this one would be any different? The latest word on the street has it that firmware update version 2.40 is the magic number — and we can expect it as soon as June. According tosourcesquoted by IGN, that universal friend’s list, trophies, and in-game messaging that PS3 owners have been jonesing over since the console was first released, will soon be a reality....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Amy Jackson MD

Sea of Stars gets an eShop demo today, locks in for August launch

Sailing the high seas this summer The long-awaited RPG from Sabotage Studio is finally set for release this August. And if that’s a bit too far away, there’s also some good news: a demo goes live on the Nintendo Switch eShop today. Sea of Starswas first unveiledback in 2020. Though the date hasshuffled around a bitsince then, the throwback RPG has consistently looked good in showcases and streams. Well, today, you won’t have to just watch and wonder....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Stephanie Miller

Sega sets tongues wagging with mysterious anniversary tease

‘Six Days Until Birth’ Iconic developer/publisher Sega is approaching its 60th birthday, but the old boy isn’t done just yet. In fact, a mysterious teaser popped up online this week, which seems to be suggesting an exciting reveal is headed our way next week. The image features the silhouette of a fighter wearing a karategi, which looks suspiciously similar to Sega’s ’90s mascot Segata Sanshiro, albeit having lost a few pounds....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Monica Lambert

Sims 4 Lovestruck Cupid’s Corner guide: How to match and what to do about mystery callers

Welcome to the online dating world withLovestruck’snewest app, Cupid’s Corner. Your character can now meet the love of their life with a click of a button. Or, become a heartbreaker with an endless series of dates. Whichever you prefer, we’re here to help by explaining how to use Cupid’s Corner inSims 4 Lovestruck. How to use Cupid’s Corner app in Sims 4 Lovestruck You can open the Cupid’s Corner app on your Sim’s phone, which will be marked with an arrow through the heart symbol....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 598 words · Kelly Young

Splatoon 2’s new 5.10 update is now live

The flood times never ends Arena-shooterSplatoon 2may be well into its twilight years, but fortunately Nintendo isn’t done keeping on top of the game just yet. A brand new update –labelled Version 5.10– is now live in-game, bringing a run of balance tweaks and bug fixes to the popular Switch title. The patch affects various weapons inSplatoon 2arsenal, such as the Luna Blaster, Bamboozler 14, and L-3 Nozzlenose. Changes pertain to factors such as damage, reload speed, and ink consumption....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Michelle Roman

Terraria’s Journey Mode could be my new favorite way to play

There’s so many options to dig into Terraria‘s Journey’s End update isn’t just rekindling the tireless sandbox game with new items (loads and loads of new items), it’s also adding Journey Mode – an alternate, player-choice-driven way to play. When it launches for PC on May 16 as part of the free update, Journey Mode will let you research and then duplicate items on an individual basis, control weather and the passage of time, fine-tune difficulty settings including enemy spawn rates, enable “god mode,” and increase the item placement range....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Michele Bradshaw

Terry Bogard, TERRY BOGARD, is coming to SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy

As revealed by the game’sPlayStation Trophy list, itappearsthatFatal Furyhead honcho Terry Bogard will be a selectable character in SNK’s upcoming femme-fighterSNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. Because there apparently aren’t enough female characters in over thirty years of SNK games, the hat-throwing superstar seems to have bagged a spot on the roster which, to date, is yet to include B. Jenet, Vanessa, theMetal Sluggirls, Elizabeth, Cham-Cham or any of a number of awesome gals from SNK’s catalogue of arcade classics....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Jeffrey Schmidt

That Contra reboot game just looks…ugh

Konami partnered with Tencent So you may have heard ofTencent, that company seemingly bent on global domination of multiple industries, including your vidjas (want to know something crazy? It owns 48% of Epic Games!). Since Konami loves money, it has partnered up with the company, bringingContra Mobileto a device near you! Wait, what? Yeah, I saidContra Mobile, a fully dedicated passion project that reboots the original game in a total loving and not manipulative way....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Christopher Oliver