Return to the land of 56k lightsaber battles Through Disney’s generous licensing agreement,GOG.comis helping bringStar Warsmemories and more back with its second wave of LucasArts game releases. These three great games became available today and for the first 72 hours are an extra 20% off: Although these prices aren’t the lowest these titles have been up for purchase at, GOG.com does have the advantage of DRM-free downloads and being a bro....

Escape from Monkey Islandwasn’t terrible, but it certainly had its share of problems. Released in 2000 for the PC (and 2001 for the PS2), the lastMonkey Islandtitle was a mash of old-school throwbacks (“Insult Sword Fighting”) and poorly designed fresh elements (“Monkey Kombat”). It was enough to make more than a few fans step back and consider if the franchise could continue on in a new generation. Eight years later, we have our answer: yeah, it totally can....

Here’s what you can get in WayForward’s horror dungeon crawler Silent Hill: Book of Memoriesis today getting a patch, making substantial improvements to the way the game plays. Based on player feedback, WayForward is hoping to make its PS Vita dungeon crawler a “kinder” experience by removing some of the less enjoyable elements. The studio toldRely on Horrorthat it has removed the nasty penalty for dying on a stage. Rather than boot you out of a game upon death,BoMnow restarts the stage while maintaining character progress, ending the risk of losing up to half an hour of gameplay on any given stage....

He’s Super Smashed, brother Game designer Masahiro Sakurai has stated that he officially considers himself “semi-retired”. The belovedSuper Smash Bros.director made the comment in a new interview with Japanese outletDenfaminicogamer. “Sakurai confirms that he is semi-retired,”reads a translation from Twitter’s PushDustIn. “He is 52 after all. [With]Smash Bros.for 3DS / Wii UandUltimate, he spent nine years in active development. Sakurai felt that if he is just continuously making games full time, and his life will be over before he realizes it....

DrinkBox Studios’Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attacklooked intriguing on PlayStation Vita, which is all well and good for those of you with the system. The puzzle-platformer is thankfully also heading on over to PC with a Steam release set for Wednesday, August 15. This version is packing in new features, including the usual (but still appreciated) Steam support for achievements, cloud saves, and leaderboards; updated minigame levels that better fit the new platform; gamepad and keyboard/mouse controls; higher-res art; and “more hidden references and bad jokes....

Of course there’s a Top Gun parody It’s been quite some time since a majorGTA Onlineupdate but Rockstar has broken its silence with the announcement of not heists. Sorry. Instead it’s The San Andreas Flight School update. Expect new air and land vehicles, aerial solo challenges, increased payouts for harder missions, and GTA$ bonuses for playing missions with other players. Okay, before you go unleashing your frustrations about heists in the comments I honestly think we won’t have to wait much longer....

Xaviant wrapped up its “deadly game show” battle royaleThe Cullinglast year, pushing the game through Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview in October. The studio thenannounced its shiftto a new project in December 2017. That game? A sequel. We’re already gettingThe Culling 2. Here’s how the studio describesThe Culling 2: “Cullcast Productions and everybody’s favorite host CHAS formally invite you to our biggest event yet! We’ve pumped up the brutality, expanded the battlefield, crammed in an arsenal of new firepower and dropped in just the right amount of fresh meat competition to makeThe Culling 2the most thrilling moment-to-moment action available on your planet of choice!...

When all is said and done, it makes good toast. Today, Jim positively reviewed thatBLOPS 2game everyone has been going on about while simultaneously warning against a lacklusterNinja Gaiden 3Wii U, Dale previewed a cool-looking and gorgeous Korean-developed MMO calledBless, Patrick Hancock reviewed the super neat FPS/RTSNatural Selection 2, we ask users toshake their derrierefor a copy of the amazingPersona 4: GoldenPremium Edition, and more! Destructoid Original:Team Fortress 2sdays: Veteran’s DayTreyarch on keeping Black Ops II open for allLive show: Call of Duty: Black Ops IICome party with Dtoid, Intel & TigerDirect in Miami...

Physical and digital bundles available Skybound Games has announced an all-in-one compilation package for Telltale’sThe Walking Deadseries. TitledThe Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series, the package will be released on July 22, 2025, for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (via the Epic Games Store) for $49.99. On consoles, a physical edition will be available that contains every episode — including the400 DaysDLC andMichonnespin-off — with over 10 hours of developer commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, a music player, and a short documentary titled “Return of The Walking Dead....

Storm Unity supports Child’s Play Starting Saturday, February 16th at 6:00PM EST, the folks over at Storm Unity will be running a24-hourMega Manmarathonevent to benefitChild’s Play. In addition to generalMega Manchicanery, you can also win prizes for participating, and there may be a few special guests involved if things work out — feel free to check outthe official sitefor more information. I’m always down for charity, so I’ll be checking this one out for sure....

Famitsurecently compiled a list of the Top 100 best selling DS games in Japan as of June 01, 2025, andCubed3has the entire list up. Now, admittedly, I haven’t heard of a lot of these titles, but the positions of certain games in this list will probably surprise you. The top ten in the list should come as no surprise to anyone, however: More Brain Training (Nintendo) – 3,417,9562) New Super Mario Bros....

There’s been a lot of talk aboutFinal Fantasy XIII-2’sunconventional soundtrackwhich features everything from rap to jazz to rock and more. The originalFinal Fantasy XIIIfeatured anexcellent soundtrack, and I personally feelXIII-2’scontinues the trend with one of the best soundtracks of 2011 (you can read my full reviewhere). Even more, fans in North America should rejoice given that the entire 4-disc soundtrack will beincluded with the collector’s editionof the game that launches in early 2012....

It’s been less than a month since PS3firmware update 3.72was released, but Sony can’t ignore the demand! Available to all PS3s from this morning, 3.73 is here! Unlike other firmware updates, this one isn’t mandatory, so only dedicated fans of the PS3’s most popular exclusive need apply. In this update, “Stability during use of certain PS3 format software has been improved,” which says nothing much about anything at all. Just the way we like it!...