Oh that Beck he’s so wacky Mighty No. 9is going for that “kooky weird Saturday morning cartoon” vibe with this new trailer, meant to showcase some of the game’s new modes, and that ever-popular brand™ buildingMinecraftpre-order bonus skin. Since it hit all of its stretch goals, it’ll ship with a ton of new modes, including boss rush, challenge mode, one-hit death, and online co-op challenges. As long as the final game is anything like the build that’s been playable for months now, it’ll end up okay, but it will probably never escape the drama to some degree....

Meet the E.M.M.I. It’s been a few weeks since we’ve heard fromMetroid Dread, but the echo of the announcement has been deafening throughout theMetroidcommunity. People are really excited for this revival of the classic timeline, to the pointwhere oldMetroidgames are topping the charts. Thankfully,a new bloghas dished out some sweetMetroid Dreadinfo. It’s essentially a dev diary, and deals entirely with the E.M.M.I. enemies, or “Extraplanetary Multiform Mobile Identifier.” They’re research robots, in a sense, and extract DNA from targets, but went dark after a mission and are “seemingly corrupted....

I was watching the Guerilla Collective Stream today whenW.I.L.D. Tactics’trailerhit the air. It seemed familiar. I was certain I hadn’t seen it before and didn’t recognize the art style, but there was something familiar. Then the Wild Gentlemen logo flashed on screen, and I knew. This is aChicken Policespin-off. Chicken Policeis something thatI always hover around. I named the next mainline game in the series,Chicken Police: Into the Hivemymost anticipated game of 2024....

‘It’s a good problem to have’ Production on Oculus Rift development kits is going to come to a temporary standstill in the very near future. According to a post onredditby Oculus VR, certain components that are used in theOculus Riftare no longer being manufactured, meaning that the company will soon run out of the necessary resources. However, Oculus VR is currently looking for new suppliers for these components in order to keep up with demand....

Still due in October As promised, Rockstar’s scheduledRed Dead Redemption 2trailer is right on time, and you can watch it below. It’s heavy on story, but also features a decent amount of in-game footage, including at least one stagecoach battle and some fisticuffs action. You can really see the enhancements Rockstar has made this past year since they first showed it off, as the facial details are pretty on point....

Now due on June 20 What was once due before the madness of E3, is now set to arrive after. The highly anticipatedYo-Kai Watch 4was set to launch in Japan on June 6, but has now been quickly pushed to June 20 just weeks before release. This is one of several delays for the first mainline console entry, with Level-5 stating repeatedly that the cause is quality related. As I’ve talked about many times before, Level-5 is at a tipping point withYo-Kai Watch 4....

For three years running Unlike many other games that constantly have wacky stories coming out of them,Minecraftis one game I consistently enjoy. It’s mostly because these situations are easy to replicate, and if you hear about something cool, you may usually log onto a server and play it for yourself. But one man has been on a journey for the past three years that would be difficult to replicate — he’s been trying to reach the end ofMinecraft....

The biggest job yet Payday 2‘s heists are much shorter than the first game’s or broken up into multi-day sections that allow for some reprieve. I’ve played levels in the firstPaydaywith equally unskilled, low-level friends for close to an hour, holding out against all odds before finally failing, our efforts for naught. If you missed that slow mounting tension as ammo supplies dwindle and the onslaught of hundreds of policemen continues,Payday 2‘s The Big Bank DLC is for you....

5:04:16 seems to be the time to beat Like anyMariogame,Super Mario Odysseyis conducive to speedrunning. It’s not just the scope of your basic abilities that makes this particular iteration so exciting, but the power to “capture” other enemies as Cappy, and turn yourself into an instrument of traversal. So how are people actually playingOdysseyto even speedrun it? Well, prospective world-record setters are getting their hands on it by way of demo kiosks all around the US, attempting to best all sorts of completion parameters....

JACKPOT! JACKPOT! JACKPOT! Loot your change drawer, Zen Studioshas confirmedthatPinball FXis going to drop on Switch next week. July 04, 2025, to be precise. To be clear, this is the–I don’t know–reboot ofPinball FX. Because they got up toPinball FX3and then decided tostart the sequence over. This is especially interesting because you’re able to already getPinball FX3on Switch.Pinball FXis kind of built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 4. I’m not sure why that’s necessary, but it means that your tables don’t carry over from the previousPinball FXgames....

Duke Nukem, forever Lost in the litany of angry questions about bald-faced lies and dogs 69ing Gearbox’s Randy Pitchfordrecently facedin an open Twitter Q&A: the contents of Pitchford’s preceding keynote at the Develop conference. “I did not acquire the franchise merely so we could all experienceDuke Nukem Forever. That was the toll to pay to give Duke a chance,” Pitchford said. “That said, I liked that game. I got to see it from a slightly different perspective and it was marvelous to me,” he continued to spin like a top on a record in a centrifuge....

Coming on November 22 for five days As ifSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatedidn’t have enough to do, Nintendo is still running spirit events for completionists to dig into. As a reminder,here’s a toolthat will help you grab ’em all! There’s more coming too, as Nintendo has confirmed a new event centering aroundPokemon SwordandShield, the new hotness. The tweet itself notes that the event will be taking place on Friday (as is customary)....

I’ve never been that big a fan ofSplinter Cell, or at least the last-gen games that were clearly about stealth. There’s nothing wrong with stealth, but a demo of the first game never clicked with me, so it was always a series I ignored. Though I never got around to picking up the full game, a demo of 2010’sSplinter Cell: Convictionseemed much more enjoyable, even if it overhauled the game style....