Roundup: all the Xbox One Black Friday deals currently live

$150 off Xbox One X and $100 off Xbox One S Like the PS4 dealswe wrote aboutearlier this week, plenty of Black Friday Xbox One games and console deals are now live across the web from your favorite retailers (if there’s even such a thing). The advertised $150 and $100 off Xbox One X and Xbox One S promotions are live and we haven’t seen any major deals that deviated from this standard offer....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Stephen Fields

Second Life is serious business

Wait? People still play this? The most shocking thing about this video may be the fact thatSecond Lifeis still apparently a thing. I mean, it’s 2015 and there are plenty of other creepy hamlets of the Internet to get your fuck on. Why are there still people messing withSecond Life? Oh well, to each his or her own. So long as the “game” can continue to give us golden turd nuggets like this exchange caught on video, then I guessSecond Liferemains relevant … at least for us....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · Susan Cole

See how Elite Dangerous is shaping up on PS4 ahead of its Q2 2017 launch

It’ll debut with every expansion and the Horizons season pass It’s been slow going for PlayStation 4 owners waiting onElite Dangerous. Xbox One and especially PC players are well acquainted with Frontier Developments’ sprawling space sim by now, and as much as a surprise “It’s out real soon!” announcement would’ve hit the spot after all this time, that’s not the case. But we do have a release window for the slow-and-steady PS4 port, and it’s Q2 2017....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Christina Lane

Senior Capcom designer leaves for SNK Playmore

Happy trails Hidetoshi “Neo G” Ishizawa hasdepartedCapcom for a new position at SNK Playmore. Though Ishizawa may not be as familiar a name as, say,Yoshinori Ono, the fact remains he’s been with Capcom since 1995 and hascredits on a myriad of beloved titles, includingStreet Fighter III: Third Strike,Marvel vs. Capcom 2,Darkstalkers 3,Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, and, fittingly enough, bothCapcom vs. SNKtitles. Ishizawa has also worked on theResident EvilandDevil May Cryseries, but most of his experience is with fighting games — something Capcom isn’t making many of these days....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Patrick Byrd

Seven reasons why I haven’t bought Street Fighter IV yet [Update]

I’ve been a fan of theStreet Fightergames for more than half of my life. The first game in the series I ever played wasFighting Streeton the TurboGrafx-CD. Despite its crappy two-button controls, narrow selection of playable characters (Ken and Ryu), and a multitude of other “flaws,” I absolutely loved the game, and on some level, I still do. Ever since then, I’ve picked up everyStreet Fightergame brought to the home market (with afew exceptions) on the day they’ve been released, but with the release ofStreet Fighter IV, that long tradition has finally been broken....

June 8, 2025 · 10 min · 2074 words · Alyssa Davis

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 looks nice on the Wii U

I got a quick lookTekken Tag Tournament2 on the Wii U and it looked like… Tekken Tag Tournament 2. With that established, I went hunting for news! There was no confirmation that the game would support a dedicated “off-TV” mode to free the TV for other uses. That said, the GamePad displays the gameat all timesregardless, so if you want to watch something else on the TV, you’d just need to leave the Wii U running and change the input on the set....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Dana Charles

The Steam Holiday Sale will continue through the weekend

Weekend Encore announced Even with email notifications when games on your Steam wishlist go on sale, it’s still taken some effort to keep up with the digital distributor’sholiday promotion. There may be hope yet if you missed out on a deal; Valve is extending the sale with a “Weekend Encore” that will see the return of “a select number of the most sought-after titles.” These undisclosed games will come back with their biggest discounts beginning 10:00am Pacific on January 5 until 10:00am Pacific on January 7....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · James Foley

The top ten MUST play games of PAX East 2013

The best of the rest The PAX East show floor this year is a perfect reflection of how much of a transition period we’re in while we wait for the next-gen cycle to start. There are several big name titles on display here, but a lot of the floor this year was dominated by all the indies and smaller titles as they took over half the show: Out of everything we’ve seen this weekend, these were our top ten MUST play games of the show:...

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Danielle Castillo

Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad shutting its servers after just one year

Free-to-play Tom Clancy crossover game did not see success Ubisoft has announced that it is shutting downTom Clancy’s Elite Squadjust one year into its operation.As spotted by VGC, the free-to-play mobile title will receive its final update today, with the plug being pulled on the servers on July 19, 2025. “It is with a great deal of sadness that we are announcing we will no longer be releasing new content for Elite Squad,” reads a statementon the officialElite Squadwebsite....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Lisa Garcia

Ultimate Horror Tower Defense Traits Tier List

Let’s list and rank all traits in the game based on how effective they are for all units. I’ll show you which traits are the best for each unit so that you can craft the perfect build. Here’s my completeHorror Tower Defensetraits tier list. Table of contents Best Traits in Horror Tower Defense for Each Unit I’ll rank traits from best to worst acrossS, A, B, C, and D Tiersbased on both raw power and how effective and flexible they are for all units....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Scott Thompson

Valorant PS5 trophies won’t include a platinum

TheValorantPS5 trophies are out in the wild, and unfortunately, it doesn’t include a platinum. However, there will be a total of 16 trophies to get whenValorantfinally launches on the PS5 later this year. Pertrophy tracking site PSN Profiles, the list is out there, and incomingValorantplayers may be dismayed to find out there won’t be a platinum to earn. There will be six gold trophies to earn, however. They include: You can test your skills in theconsole version ofValorantstarting Friday through a Console Limited Beta this weekend....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 219 words · Janet Mcclain

Virtua Fighter 5 (360) goes gold, I hate Miguel [UPDATE]

Team Xbox hasnewsthat Sega’sVirtua Fighter 5for the Xbox 360 has finally gone gold and will be shipping on July 04, 2025. I could go into detail on why this title is so utterly amazing, especially in this incarnation, but the lazy way to do that is to just quote Team Xbox: The Microsoft Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5 is based on the latest arcade version update and features both analog stick and D-pad control, as well as vibration support....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Katherine Aguilar

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 hits Xbox One on July 11, but you can play now in the open beta

Launching in Xbox Game Pass It’s nice to finally be able to tell Xbox One players when they can get sucked intoWarhammer: Vermintide 2. Fatshark is bringing the co-op first-person melee game to the platform on July 11, but more immediately, there’s an open beta running on Xbox One. You can queue it upright over here. The beta is expected to run until the final release on July 11, at which pointVermintide 2will launch regularly and also be available at no extra cost through Xbox Games Pass....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Dr. James Banks