Battle begins this weekend Bandai Namco have released the eleven characters who will be playable in the open beta of their anime fight-festDragon Ball FighterZ, which goes live on consoles this weekend. Come Sunday, players will be able to jump online and test out the tag-team battle action with Goku, Vegeta, Nappa, Krillin, Cell, Android 18, Piccolo, Freiza, Beerus, Gohan and Kid Buu. Pretty cool selection. Based on my time with the game thus far, I’m definitely gunning for Beerus and Vegeta first....

As we discussed last week, genius supercompany Silicon Knights has been looking for a new game to followup the critical acclaim and genre-defining success ofToo Human. While it was believed that this meantToo Human 2: Look Who’s Too Humaning Toowas on the way, a French press releasemay have leakeda completely new title entirely. The press release reveals the name of a potentially new IP calledSirens in the Maelstrom, which is simply listed as a console project from SK, with no further details....

But move swiftly and efficiently if you want it As Epic Games Store continues its holiday tradition ofoffering up a free gameevery day, today give sits users the opportunity to bag the high-speed, stunt-mechanic action-festSevered Steel, which is available to claim for the next few hours directly from the EGS dashboard. Developed by Chicago-based Greylock Studio and released in the spring of last year,Severed Steelis a first-person shooter of the speed ‘n’ style vernacular....

Better late than never? WB Games has been giving players the run around with PC support as of late, but it looks like there is a light at the end of the tunnel.Mortal Kombat XLhas now been confirmed for PC release, or at leastKombat Pack 2is heading to Steam. The port is still not being handled by NeverRealm Studios, but by a company called Qloc. They are a Polish company that has been responsible for most of Capcom’s recent PC ports, so at least we can rest easy about the quality....

A first look at the new IDW series Sega hasfound a new homefor Sonic comics at IDW Publishing, and this weekend at New York Comic Con, the company shared more specifics. Notably, writer Ian Flynn is back on board, which should please fans who dug the Archie Comics series. He even put together a short video for NYCC. “I’m overjoyed to keep running with the little blue hedgehog, and especially excited to be expanding my relationship with IDW at the same time,” said Flynn....

Of all of Spider-Man’s relationships, perhaps the most contentious is the one withPeter Parker’s sometime employer, J. Jonah Jameson. JJJ makes his vitriolic hate widely known, primarily through his paper,The Daily Bugle. However, why does this self-made newspaperman hate the wall-crawler so much? Why does a man with otherwise higher-than-average journalistic integrity have such a penchant for printing libel and subsequent retractions? Like any well-developed character, the answer is complicated....

Whoa, that was a big bug Final Fantasy Xlives in in the form of remasters. It’s been living on for quite some time actually, cementing its nearly two decade legacy with re-releases on PS3, PS4, Vita, PC, Switch, and Xbox One. So basically, Tidus has seen nearly every platform under the sun. The only problem is one of those platforms (PC) was rocked earlier this month on March 7 by a nasty issue....

‘Huge milestone for PC gaming,’ says Gabe Newell The beta for theLinux version of Steam, which supports around two dozen titles includingTeam Fortress 2andSerious Sam 3: BFE, is now live for the first wave of testers. According to Valve’s Frank Crockett, “An overwhelming majority of beta applicants have reported they’re running the Ubuntu distro of Linux” and the team will prioritize development of additional popular distributions based on user feedback....

Drive better I wouldn’t call myself a fan of racing games, per se.Dale’s a fan of racing games. I’m just kind of a curious bystander that likes to indulge every now and then. I think they act as sort of a palate cleanser for me, the pickled ginger at my videogame sushi party. Maybe the fact that I only have to worry about driving kind of recalibrates my brain after enough time spent playing games where there’s lots to keep track of....

Looking with the controller gives me a headache I have yet to finishThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter, which I picked up during its launch back in 2014, so I figured hopping into the brand newOculus Riftversion would be a good way to accomplish that. Barring some discomfort, it managed to draw me into the world a little more than the original release. For those who aren’t aware,Ethan Carteris a walking simulator of sorts that features a mysterious rural area called Red Valley, with plenty of occult themes in tow....

Look for them in the final game From Software has narrowed down thefan-made shieldsfor theDark Souls IIdesign contest and a few of them are spectacular. The sixwinning artistswill get their design put into the game, their name in the credits, and a signed copy ofDark Souls II. The winners of the Asia and United States categories — the lion and the tally-mark one, respectively — are my favorite, but these along with the green eye shield aren’t going to be in the game....

One last job? Rivewas supposed to be Two Tribes’ last game, but they’re not done yet! Just like the crew in Ocean’s 13 they’re coming back for “one last job,” but don’t get too excited — it’s quite literally just a port job. Yep, Two Tribes has announced thatRiveis being ported to the Nintendo Switch, in its “ultra-fast and super-challenging 60 FPS glory.” Like pretty much every other indie developer out there the Wii U version was taken out back behind the barn and shot (ha,the official description on Nintendo’s siteis even 404ed), and now we’re getting the Switch port instead....

It’s a shame everyone doesn’t live in a society where flying cars are the norm and affordable Internet is available at literally all possible locations. Perhaps then, Ubisoft’s newestform of DRM— which requires persistent online connectivity — wouldn’t be such a kick in the groin. Oh who am I kidding, of course it’d still be terrible. One of the groups most affected by this nonsense is soldiers. Writing in to Opposable Thumbs, one American soldier who is currently on duty in Iraq shared his experience with DRM....