Microsoft Wants to Revisit Killer Instinct with the "Right Team"

The Killer Instinct series hasn’t been locked away in a vault lately, but Head of Xbox Phil Spencer is talking about it like it is. The fighting game franchise was rebooted as an Xbox On...

Sonic the Hedgehog is Actually a Demon According to Shin Megami Tensei Mobile Game

It has always been a little weird that Sonic has needed to append “the Hedgehog” to his name. It’s very much adding information that asks more questions than immediately needed answering. Now we know...

Just Dance 2022 Isn't Coming to Wii So It's Officially Dead

Update: It has been pointed out that Just Dance 2021 also skipped the Wii but nothing from last year counts.

Koch Media Unveils Prime Matter, a New Publishing Label

Creating sub-labels for your publishing entity seems to be all the rage these days. Take-Two has multiple ones, such as the indie publishing label of Private Division, as it allows different goals and...

Report: "In My Games, All Women Are Whores," Says David Cage

Content warning: Misogynistic remarks and a homophobic slur are quoted in this article. 

Prince of Persia Sands of Time Remake Skips E3, Gets 2022 Release Window

Ubisoft has already announced most of its showcase at its Ubisoft Forward stream as part of E3 and Summer Game Fest. But there were a few mentions of “surprises” that would be coming out of the presen...

Injustice 2 Mobile Game Account Apologizes for Ill-Advised Pride Month Marketing

June is Pride month, a time to celebrate LBGTQIA+ people, self-affirmation, and equality. It’s also, perhaps frustratingly, a cynical period of time where a lot of companies and corporations coopt the...

Inside IGN's Battle for Editorial Independence

IGN, one of the largest websites dedicated to covering video game news and reviews, underwent a very public scandal this month. The trouble began when the site’s parent company, J2 Global, seemingly r...

Rumor: Square Enix Set to Announce a New Action-RPG Final Fantasy Spinoff

Over the weekend, a number of rumors have swirled about possible E3 announcements, as traditionally happens in the weeks leading up to the industry tradeshow. In particular, a rumor seemed to swirl ar...

They Put the Motherfucking Normandy in No Man's Sky

Commander Shepard’s ship, the SSV Normandy SR-1, now exists within No Man’s Sky, and I’m just enough of a fucking nerd to be already considering jumping back into Hello Games’ open universe g...

The New Skyward Sword Amiibo Brings a Plastic Zelda and Fast Travel Improvements

When Nintendo introduced amiibo in 2014, the most commonly heard refrain was “Okay, but what do they actually do?” The little plastic figures with often strange design choices also have NFC chips in t...

GDC's 2021 State of the Game Industry Report Points to Slow but Certain Evolutions

GDC has released its 2021 “State of the Games Industry” report, a collection of statistics resulting from over 3,000 game developers which represents the current industry. The report goes over topics...

Monster Hunter Rise Hits Six Million Units Sold

After Monster Hunter World, if you told me that a new Monster Hunter title was selling well, I am not sure my brain would really register a reaction. World so...

Lost Soul Aside Still Looks Cool and I Want to Play It Now

At the PlayStation Experience convention in 2017 — the last of its kind — there was a small gathering of people around two TV screens shoved off to the corner of the expo hall. I tried to see what eve...

Animal Crossing Adds Cheese Rolling and Very Little Else

So, according to Wikipedia, Cheese Rolling is part of an annual event held in the UK at Cooper’s Hill, wherein people run down a steep hill chasing after a rolling wheel of cheese and inevitably tumbl...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Comes to Switch, PS4, and PC in July

Ace Attorney hasn’t had a new, full game in English since 2016 — even though The Great Ace Attorney 2 hit Japan the very next year. Neither of those games, which serve as 19th centur...

How to Watch Big PUBG Mobile Influencers Fight to Conquer Karakin Today

PUBG Mobile esports aren’t for everyone. There’s a fine line between playing a game for fun and watching others play it for glory. The esports scene is a cutthroat arena that barely sleeps, w...

Sony Backtracks on Plans to Shut Down PS3 and Vita Stores

At the end of last month, Sony confirmed reports that it would be shutting down the PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable later in 2021. After being dragg...

New Report Paints Sony As Risk-Averse and Stifling Developers for the Hits

A new story from Bloomberg has shed some light on the current situation surrounding Sony’s first-party philosophy, and it sounds like the company is so dedicated to playing the hits that its studios a...

Deathloop Delayed Once More into September

Deathloop, Arkane’s time loop shooter, has been delayed once again. This time until September 14.