The industry analysts at EEDAR have looked into their crystal ball and have determined that the game with the most promising retail title out of E3 2011 is…Mass Effect 3. This was determined based on number of IGN page views and GameTrailer video views from June 5 to June 12.Mass Effect 3was followed byBattlefield 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, andAssassin’s Creed Revelationsin that order....

Final Fantasy XIVjust wrapped up its 2024 Fan Festival celebration in Tokyo, and announced a new player milestone in its wake. According to Square Enix, the officialFFXIVregistered player count now stands at over 30 million users. 🎉 Over 30 million adventurers!!! 🎉A huge thank you to our Warriors of Light around the world for your support 😭🙏 We look forward to bringing you all on even more exciting adventures!pic.twitter.com/SN4pEiPOTn Just days into 2024, the development team celebrated the 30 million registered players with a Twitter announcement....

Nintendo earnings reveal good times Nintendo have released their latestearnings reportand it seems there is much reason to celebrate for The Big N, given some of the figures contained therein. Nintendo Switch hardware is listed as having shifted 2.9 million units, taking the total to 7.63 million since release, whereas Switch software saw sales of 13.98 million units, for a grand total so far of 27.48 million units. Not too shabby....

Also a roundup on all FIFA 16 deals It feels likeevery gameis getting its own Xbox One Bundle this fall with the glut this September. The latest of the bunch is the above-picturedFIFA 16bundle, which launched on Tuesday this week (the game comes out next week — Tuesday, September 22). What’s interesting with this bundle is that in addition to the included digital copy ofFIFA 16, you’ll also get a year’s membership to EA Access — normally a $29....

Playable now on Windows, Mac, and Linux Playtonic Games released its “Toybox” demo (PC/Mac/Linux via Steam) forYooka-Layleetoday, and if you backed the Kickstarter campaign at a high-enough tier to secure a code, you might as well stop reading now andget to playing. It looks wonderful! You’re almost certainly in for a good time. To recap, this demo is a “self-contained, spoiler-free sandbox” meant to let players feel out the game and its core mechanics....

‘Now they’ll never save your brain, Hitler’ Rebellion has announced that itsSniper Elitespin-offZombie Army Trilogywill finally rise from its grave onto Switch this month. The British studio has also released a brand new trailer showcasing the horror-shooter’s over-the-top, hyper-violent action. Zombie Army Trilogy, as its name suggests, compiles the two campaigns that were previously released as DLC forSniper Elite V2with an all-new story chapter and a chaotic Horde mode. All of the above content supports co-op play for up to four players, allowing you and your pals to team up and lay waste to the resurrected Reich together....

[Update:Sony PlayStationhas confirmedthatHell Let Looseon PS5 andMortal Kombat XandPGA Tour 2K21on PS4 are October’s PlayStation Plus offerings. All three titles will go live October 5.] Mortal Kombat, Hell Let Loose, and PGA Like clockwork, it seems that Sony’s PlayStation Plus offerings for October 2021 have been leaked ahead of time. First spotted byFrench forum Dealabs(later reported by VGC). It seems thatHell Let Loosefor PS5 andMortal Kombat XandPGA Tour 2K21for PS4 are all set to join the PS Plus library in the coming weeks....

INSTANT KILL The PS Vita is selling poorly all over the world, even in thehandheld-loving Japan. But to truly understand justhowpoorly, you have to measure the numbers against those of the 3DS. According toMedia Create sales tracker data, PS Vita sales continue to plummet, moving a piddling 4021 units in Japan for the week of November 5 through 11. In contrast, the 3DS sold 134,652 units of the XL model and 52,425 units of the regular for a combined total of 187,077....

This game has to be performance art Life is Feudal: Your Ownfinally released on Steam last week after a hefty period in early access. The idea is great: take survival sims likeRustandThe Forest,and add a pinch ofMount & Bladeto make the ambitious medieval survival sandbox RPG I’ve been hoping for for a long time now. It’s just a shame thatLife is Feudalisn’t all that great. It performs incredibly poorly, it’s chock-full of bugs, and even the most populated servers feel like desolate wastelands....

Not done with Night City quite yet There’s more news to share aboutCyberpunk 2077. CD Projekt Red is airing a new Night City Wire, itsCyberpunk 2077update stream, on September 6. The new Night City Wire will air on CD Projekt Red’sTwitch channelon September 6 at 5 p.m. CEST. For U.S. viewers, that will be at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT. Choooom! There’s something new on the horizon – a special episode of Night City Wire!...

PC users get to play with ‘Enhanced Edition’ It’s beenquite the wait, but fans are now able to experienceAce Combaton their PCs with the release ofAce Combat: Assault Horizon: Enhanced Edition. What warrants the ‘enhanced edition’ tag at the end, you may ask? Well, according to Namco Bandai, the the PC version will come with “controls and graphics that have been optimized specifically for PC users” as well as “many of the DLC items released on the console versions of the game....

You’ve come a long way in yourSuper Mario RPGjourney, and now Bean Valley stands between you and a kingdom in the clouds. But, first, you have secrets to uncover. Bean Valley has three hidden treasure chests. To find them all, you’ll have to go down a few pipes and fight some freshly watered Piranha Plants. Here’s where to look. All treasure chests hidden in Booster Tower inSuper Mario RPG #1: Just on the path When you enter Bean Valley, you’ll see two pipes immediately in front of you....

What would you name an Android-based tablet with game controls that rips the PlayStation Vita’s design? Surely not “Droid X360,” right? This Android 4.0 little tablet in a Vita-like case has that silly name etched on the bottom of its screen.Eurogamersays that it has a 1GHz CPU, 512MB system ram and a Mali-400 graphics core — hardly Vita-level power. But it does feature a 5-inch touch screen and front and rear cameras, and even ups the Vita with its HDMI out port....