DO WANT!!!! One of my favorite things about collector’s editions of games is typically the packaging. I don’t really care about all the useless crap I’m never going to use, but I love displaying awesome game art on steelbook cases. I even remember pre-orderingAssassin’s Creed IIIon Xbox 360 and canceling it just to get the rad steelbook. They are like catnip to me. In addition to getting acollector’s edition bundleof the game, Europe will also getting a steelbook case forSuper Smash Bros....

April 25 in Europe We knew that a localization was in the works, but now we have solid dates. NIS America has announced that Vita dungeon crawler RPGDemon Gazewill be released on April 22 in North America and April 25 in Europe, with both digital and retail versions available. This game follows Oz, a guy that takes up artifact hunting as he can’t quite recall his past. His newfound Demon Gazer abilities help him explore dungeons and hunt down the details of his past....

Alien-busting Riot Grrls XSeed Games has dropped a trailer announced a date for fun-looking rhythm-action gameGal Metal, which is coming to shred on Nintendo Switch later this month. The goofy-looking game, by new developer DMM, tells a completely twisted story of metal-hating (the music, not the material) aliens that come to Earth to destroy us all. Standing in their way are all-girl high school band The K.M.G: Kichijoji Metal Girls. As K....

In AD1987, development was beginning… The retro homebrew scene has really spread its tentacles and started grabbing us in new ways. What used to be a very underground niche has started gaining traction with what you could reasonably call big publishers like iam8bit and Limited Run Games. The retro market is going to keep getting bigger, and the appreciation for retro hardware continues to grow. If the tale of homebrew started with bootlegs and ROM hacks, progressed into hacked cartridges, then new cartridges produced by small companies like Super Fighter Team and RetroUSB would be the third phase....

No date yet It feels like forever ago, but2064: Read Only Memories(which was originally known as Read Only Memories) shipped nearly two years ago on PC. Since then developer Midboss has made its mark on PS4, and as of next year, Switch. Low key announced during E3, the cyberpunk Neo-San Franciscan adventure will be arriving on Nintendo’s newest console sometime in 2018. Now that all of the indies are coming out of the woodwork and seeing that the Switch is a viable platform, expect to see a lot more of these kinds of announcements....

I’d imagine that not many doubted this, but in case you were wondering it appears that my Japanese 3DS plays US DS releases just fine. The above copy ofShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey(awesome game) plays without issue. So does a couple of my European DS games. That’s probably because it wasn’t until the DSi age that they started tacking on region protection. For example, my US copy of US Korg DS-10+ does not boot in my Japanese DSi....

Preston Garvey In an interesting turn of events, Bethesda seemingly thought it would useFallout Shelterto promote the upcomingFallout 4, but the former has already donevery well for itself. Either way though you’re getting a hefty amount of cross-promotion, as Preston Garvey of the Commonwealth Minutemen, an upcomingFallout 4character, is making his way intoShelter. As of today you’ll be able to find him in lunchboxes, which can either be purchased for real money or earned in-game....

As mentioned by the upcoming film’s production company Last year, we heard about aplannedThiefmovie, but there’s apparently even more in store for the shadowy franchise. Production company Straight Up Films has alisting pagefor the “action adventure” feature-length film that also mentions an as-yet-unannounced newThiefgame: “Widely considered to be one of the greatest games ever created, a fifth sequel is currently in development to be released in step with this motion picture adaptation....

Coffee is a gift from the deities. That sweet caffeine is the perfect thing to get anybody through even the roughest days, and apparently, the characters inHello Kitty Island Adventureare not immune to its appeal and effects. The Espresso Machine is one of themany Cooking Stationsthat can be utilized to turn basic resources into gifts inIsland Adventure. It’s the only Cooking Station that has more than one location. The first is located in the Comedy Club of Rainbow Reef, with the secondary one in Hello Kitty’s Café, which becomes available to unlock later....

Fortnitequests often ask you to track down and visit unique locations around the island. Many of these spots aren’t marked by name on the map, so trying to find them is difficult. One such location you need to visit is a Republic Outpost. There aren’t many of these spots around the island, and all of them are very small. Figuring out where they are is decently tricky because of this, so here areall the Republic Outpost locations inFortnite....

Larian charts a course for Baldur’s Gate next year After several years in development and Early Access, Larian Studios is locking in a launch window forBaldur’s Gate 3. The next entry in the RPG series will arrive sometime in August 2023. Revealed at The Game Awards 2022, tonight’s trailer showed off more of what’s to come in the nextBaldur’s Gate. From old faces to new surprises, it seems like a lot....

Action Iron Chef I love cooking, as youhopefully well know. The initial inspiration forA la cartridgewasIron Chef, though it ended up something completely different. And so here is a game that speaks tenderly to my soul. Battle Chef Brigade,now doingsome crowdfunding, is what you’d get ifIron Chefcontestants had to go out and kill their own food to serve. It looks gorgeous, which just makes me hungry. It’s just like how food always looks so damn good in Ghibli films....

I, for one, am outraged People are keen on calling out Nintendo for anything they view as censorship when it comes to localization these days, but what about the games of old? Where is the outrage over what very well may be the first case of Nintendo denying fans what they seemingly all want, nipples? In the originalDonkey Kong, the leader of the bunch and title character has nipples. Big ol’ gorilla nipples....