All hail President Snail! I’ve longwished for theperfect road trip game. Since the early days of 3D, I’ve wanted the open road, not for racing, but for travel. I’m still searching. There is certainly a share of games about driving, but none have completely satisfied my craving.Euro Truck Simulator 2,My Summer Car,Jalopy— they’re all just missing that special sauce. It took me quite a while to come across the aptly namedRoad Trip....
Bold move, Cotton We’ve probably reached peak eSports. Speaking to ESPN, eSports organization Team Secret CEO John Yao has revealed that they’ve signed 13-year-old player Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson to their roster forFortnite. The thing is, there is no actual sanctionedFortniteevent right now. Yao explains, “Our guess is that Epic Games is also going to announce something and get behind the esports scene. And so, before everybody else jumps in and all the good players get signed up, we wanted to make a preemptive strike....
The PSPgo was an ill-advised, expensive, worthless waste of space. This is scientific, objectivefactthat can be proven in any court of law. But apparently it’s alright, because it was just a test. In fact, even though the PSPgo fell flat on its stupid face in America, Sony has employed its amazing skill at twisting reality to claim that this “test” was a sales success. “It was introduced in a mature lifecycle to learn more about what the consumer wanted and we’ve definitely learnt a lot,” says SCEE president Andrew House....
It would appear that the long-rumored PlayStation Phone is to remain long-rumored for the time being, with Sony categorically denying thatrecently released shotsof the device are real. According toNowGamer, a spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has said that the screens are “definitely fake.” The company as a whole has retained its official line of “We do not comment on rumour and speculation,” but even without Sony’s confirmation, analytical gamers have torn the PS Phone images apart and found many suspicious problems....
Splatoon 3fans woke up to big news this morning. Afterinitially being slated for Spring 2024, the second wave of the game’s DLC is getting a bump up. It’s now scheduled to be released toward the end of next month. Splatoon 3 Sider Orderis now confirmed to be heading our way on February 22. It’s included as part oftheSplatoon 3Expansion Pass. The pass consists of the already releasedInkopolisDLC and the upcomingSider Ordercontent....
Icons, decals, and event planning Blizzard has detailed the upcomingStarCraft IIpatch 2.1 that targets clan players. An in-game solution for scheduling events for groups and clans now exists, allowing club officers or owners to mark a date, title the event, set the duration, and provide a description all withinStarCraft II. Groups are also able to create and upload a custom 255 x 255 club icon, which should get interesting. Some gamers tend to run wild with this kind of freedom of expression....
See if you were impacted So I’m really enjoyingPhantasy Star Online 2 New Genesisso far, despite the current lack of endgame content. I’m trying to max out several classes (or get pretty close), and it hasn’t gotten old for me yet. A fewNew Genesisbugs like lag and errant issues have, but thankfully Sega has been pretty vigilant in terms of logging those issues; which looks good for the long term health of the game....
Are you ready? I mean it, seriously. I don’t think you’re ready for this one, but here we go anyway! Freelance artistBill Mudronmakes a lot of prints of his artwork andputs them up for sale. The store contains quite a few videogame-inspired pieces, though the subject matter runs the pop culture gamut — check out thecast ofArrested DevelopmentasPeanutscharacters. Last year, he made amassive map of Hyrulebased on the layouts of the original two NES games, but his latest map easily outclasses it....
Man, those pesky rocks. Being all tough to break and such. Good thing we have lasers to destroy them! Well, inTiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftoverswe do. After you’re done slicing them up to your heart’s desire you can pick up the pieces and throw them about with the grappling hook. Who knows? Maybe you’ll find some indie music inside. Tiny and Bigcombines everything I’d need in a perfect videogame; a bizarre story, physics-based puzzles, cel-shading, collecting tapes from indie bands and platforming....
It’s just called ‘Trackmania’ and it’s out this May Ubisoft Nadeo announced a new game in its long-running online racing game seriesTrackmaniatoday at the Trackmania Grand League finals in Lyon, France, and it’s releasing much sooner than expected.Trackmania, a simply-titled remake ofTrackMania Nations, is coming to PC on May 25, 2025. Trackmaniawill have a campaign, a level editor with new surface types and special blocks (like a slow-motion block that could be placed right before the finish line), and a daily track rotation....
Current gen titles to sport top-tier prices Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed that the publisher is to adopt a $70 USD price tag for all of its major releases going forward. The new price point, which is fast becoming industry standard, will be applicable to all of the publisher’s “AAA” titles. Speaking in a recent interview with Axios, Guillemot noted that the price change was in-line with other publishers in the industry that have also decided to add a further $10 to the Recommended Retail Price (RRP) of their biggest releases, particularly for current platforms such as PS5 and Xbox Series X....
Other platforms still on track for November Microids has announced that the remake of classic first-person shooterXIIIwill not meet its originally announced release date on Switch. While the PS4, PC, and Xbox One editions are all still set to launch on November 10, the Switch release has been pushed back to 2021. Playmatic’sXIIIis a remake of the 2003 Xbox and PS2 title, based on the 1980s Belgian comic book of the same name....
An unexpected contextual slide frame For each episode ofThe SimpsonsI can recite from memory, I can still watch that show and stumble upon a dusty, hitherto undiscovered or unappreciated (by me) gag. Even if it’s just a sign in the background. That show was real good for a long time. And while Iobnoxiously professthe greatness ofResident Evil 4, I recently learned that I have played that game a million times without ever activating one of the contextual melee attacks, the suplex (kneecap a fool, then run up to them)....
