Feed me Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s post-launch legacy is well underway. In addition to the revelation thatPersona 5‘s Joker is heading into the ring, Nintendo just released another highly anticipated oddball of a roster addition that was announced all the way back in November. Piranha Plant is pretty much everything you’d expect out of a DLC character: it’s outlandish and unique, functional and fun to play. If you don’t care about technical terms in the slightest, you’ll enjoy pretty much everything Piranha Plant’s kit has to offer....

Chucklesome romp exhibits gameplay features It’s been quite some time since I’ve seen a video game that looks quite as grim and bleak as Asobo Studios’ upcoming stealth adventureA Plague Tale: Innocence. Set in France, under The Inquisition and during a plague, players take control of young siblings Amica and Hugo, as they attempt to flee the city and its totalitarian oppressors. A new trailer from publisher Focus Interactive shows off various aspects of the adventure....

The Jungle Getaway update has arrived inDisney Dreamlight Valley, bringing Timon and Pumbaa to the Valley. Along with these additional characters and their accompanying quests, we’ve got a new Star Path to complete, The Night Show. The Night Show is filled with rock-inspired outfits, items, and decor. There are two Loungefly bags to pick up, and a whole bunch of spikes, rings, and plaid. There are only five tiers of rewards available for this Star Path event, but they’re jam-packed with great items....

Exploring the great outdoors is the main focus of the Nature’s Calling event inThe Sims 4, but it also includes many tricky tasks you might struggle to get done. Week three of this event has many tough quests to complete and plenty of rewards to earn. All of the prizes featured in this event are exclusive, so if you don’t earn them while it’s live, there’s no way to add them to your collection again....

Amazon is back with anothersale on game downloads, this time centered around theBattlefieldfranchise. The standout deal in my mind isBattlefield: Bad Company 2for $4.99, but there’s also the more recentBattlefield 3for half price and some savings to be found for players ofBattlefield Heroes. I spent most of last year feeling burned out on military-themed first-person shooters, so the odd videoalong these lineswas sufficient enough. I’m starting to feel the call of the Sirens, however....

After Croagunk Pokken Tournamentcan’t stop, won’t stop! At least in arcades, where it’s getting tons of new DLC in the form of extra fighters. Wii U isn’t getting anything just yet, while we wait for more information, or a potential Switch port. As per the official Twitter account, Bandai Namco has announced that they’ll reveal yet another character on December 1 — which, like the past, will probably include lots of footage by way of a livestream event....

Oh, and this lovely art Inti Creates seems to have everything together. They have their pedigree that they can use to get steady work (they developed some greatMega Mangames), and have been engaging in a combination of self-publishing and contract work for big publishers for many years. They also have modest sales goals, fully embodied by their celebration ofBlaster Master Zerohitting 110,000 downloads. Since launch they’ve addressed a number of early complaints and added in free DLC to boot, and that trend is going to continue with a new update this week....

Wants it ‘to be as simple and straightforward as possible’ After recently announcing that Team Deathmatchwould not be making the cutforDiablo IIIin its current form, Blizzard did mention that another aspect of player-versus-player, dueling, would move forward. Scheduled to arrive via patch 1.0.7, dueling will be accessible at a new in-game zone with up to four players supported, free-for-all style. A few notes,as described by Blizzard’s Wyatt Cheng: dying results in a respawn within the dueling zone; death isn’t permanent (this includes Hardcore characters); and players won’t take durability damage....

Valve’s operating system for the Living Room is live Have you been holding out on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in lieu of building your very own PC answer to the home console, the Steam Machine? Well wait no further, as the Steam OS Beta is now freely available for human consumption. The Linux-based operating system, based from Debian 7 and dubbed ‘alchemist’ in its current 1.0 state, comes with quite a few caveats for the time being....

An anonymous source has given Destructoid a portion of an internal document from developer Terminal Reality outlining an unannounced project with the working title, “Monsters.” Dating from 2008 with an expected release window in the fourth quarter of 2012, the concept for the game is described as, “Call of Duty 4set in a dark fantasy world ruled by Universal Classic Monsters.” Sources have told us that the project was pitched to Universal, who was seeking to revitalize their monster franchises, but thatMonstersis not currently in development....

PC to PS4 ports take weeks, not months PS4 lead system architect Mark Cerny gaveGamasutrathe full rundown on the upcoming system’s hardware specs. During that talk, he very lightly touched on what we can expect for the PS4 launch. Though he couldn’t give a title count, Cerny said that the launch lineup for PlayStation 4 is “going to be stronger than any prior PlayStation hardware.” This statement comes after his explanation of his design philosophy for the system, which focuses on both power and familiarity in what he calls a “supercharged PC architecture....

In an official post, EA Sports identifies some earlyCollege Football 25issues, specifically around Rosters and Likenesses, that are on its list of fixes. Adetailed posthas been shared for the community about some of the problems that have been identified, including problems with logos, Team Builder, and the Dynasty Mode. Additionally, the developers have shared a few workarounds that could be extremely beneficial for the community until the updates go live....

Even if it’s pulling back from storytelling The setting is anything but exciting. A labyrinthine office building, the sort of place where Karen from accounting navigates a maze of cubicles just to ask how your weekend was. She doesn’t care. She’s just looking to kill time before she has to go back to crunching the numbers. Elsewhere, there’s a janitor whose main concern is fixing coolant pumps and energy converters. It’s standard fare for video game chores — some mindless busywork to get you on your way....