How NeverEnding Legacy subverts the vices of idle game design

I wrote this because I realized how much time I wasted on Swarm Simulator and I want to atone for my sins If you’re expecting some fresh hot takes on why idle games are bad, this isn’t the article you’re looking for. The internet beat that topic to death years ago because, to be frank, we need fewer traditional idle games that badly. Instead I’m tackling that goal from a more optimistic angle, by explaining howNeverEnding Legacy(which you can play here!...

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 848 words · Ashley Vang

How to lay siege to Dragonbane Keep in WoW Dragonflight

World of Warcrafttypically has some sort of endgame activity, and inDragonflight, that includes sieging Dragonbane Keep. Here’s how to pick up the quest, where to find it, and how to finish it. Step 1: Unlock the ability to siege Dragonbane Keep Dragonbane Keep is located in the southwest corner of The Waking Shores: and it serves as a point of attack for your allied forces in theDragonflightexpansion. To participate/get any credit from the actual siege, you’ll need to get to renown level five in the Valdrakken Accord faction....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 504 words · Diana Carter

How to solve the Village Chief Manor combination lock puzzle in the Resident Evil 4 remake

Look to the book Of course theResident Evil 4remake has ample puzzles to suss out, and some of them take a different approach compared to the original. Here’s how to easily solve the combination lock puzzle in the Village Chief Manor; just past the valley sequence, in Chapter 2. Check out the book in the upstairs hallway to get the answer key The book has all the answers you need.You can find it in the upstairs hallway, and all of the answers are labeled with green text....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Vicki Barker

Inafune’s Soul Sacrifice has been dated in Japan

July 21, 2025 Inafune has been hard at work priming his latest game for the PlayStation Vita,Soul Sacrifice. Billed as an action RPG, the four player coop game is ready to launch on July 11, 2025. Soul Sacrificewill launch with both a standalone Vita game, and a “double pack” to save a little scratch on the side with a friend (similar to Valve’s Steam multipack deals). It’ll also have ahardware bundle option when it launches, featuring a sexy new red Vita, a nice carrying case, headphones, a 4GB memory card, and more....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Terri Nunez

It takes three continents to screw in a BioShock 2

The lightbulb-screwing adage is ridiculously old, but it’s too hard to resist the temptation to give it aBioShocktwist when the opportunity presents itself. Let’s try it: How many continents does it take to create aBioShock 2? The answer is three.Wow. “We have a lot of help from a lot of different people,” BioShock 2 developer Hogarth de la Plante said during the roundtable discussion that took place after our recent demo of the game....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · Derrick George

I’m seriously considering buying this ‘Modern Super Sonic’ figure

Haha, modern Sonic First 4 Figures has another Sonic toy up its sleeve — the Modern Super Sonic. For $224.99 (or $249.99 for the light-up version) you too can own another Sonic figure, all-juiced up with the Chaos Emeralds set to the tune of the newer character design. The standard and special editions are limited to 1500 and 600 units respectively, and are set to ship in the first quarter of 2016....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Lori West

Link and Samus figmas to be restocked this winter

Get your wallets out! “Remember me?“ It’s our old friends: Max Factory’sfigma Linkandfigma Samus! These sexy poseable figurines were all the rage when they released last year, and they quickly sold out. If you missed that window, it was off to eBay and the exorbitant markups. Well, balls to that! Max Factory has decided it was high time for a reprint of these in-demand items. The even better news is that both Link and Samus will now be distributed through proper American vendors, which wasn’t the case during the first run, prompting Western buyers to go through middleman channels or pay obscene shipping fees....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Lindsey Fritz

Live Show: Sony’s here with Hohokum and Helldivers

Oh my god I’m all about Hohokum Have you guys seenHohokum? Of course you have, it’s the charming and beautiful game about everything and nothing. I realize that’s not a very apt description, but there isn’t really a better way to describe it. All we know is that it’s pretty, colorful, and you can fly around as a space (?) worm. Fortunately, for me the other game we’re playing today is much easier to describe....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Dan Foster

Lo-fi horror Sniper Killer coming from creators of Bloodwash

Qu’est-ce que c’est? Torture Star Video has announced the next game from Bloodwash duo Black Eyed Priest and Henry Hoare,Sniper Killer. The short-form horror game isdue for releaseon PC sometime in 2023. The twist inSniper Killeris that you control both the eponymous sharpshooter and a detective trying to stop them. While the sniper has the goal of simply delivering high-caliber snacks into the faces of their victims, Detective Comardy is searching for clues and trying to end the killings....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Andrew Morris

Microsoft: ‘Our goal right now isn’t to do anything else other than support Steam’

Haha Games for Windows Live Speaking to PC Gamer, Microsoft had a bit to say about the ol’ Games for Windows Live and Steam feud. After shuttering the former down in favor of not screwing over its consumers with a bad service, they quickly shifted gears into Windows 10, and evidently, Steam. Kevin Unangst,senior director for PC gaming states, “We are not intending to compete with Steam. If anything, we want Steam to be even more successful – they’ve done great things for PC gamers in terms of having a single store…our goal right now isn’t to do anything else other than support Steam and help it run great on Windows 10....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · April Jackson

Nintendo labels new Fatal Frame trailer ‘extremely spoopy’

Nintendy has the dankiest of memes Nintendo has taken a page out ofSega’s bookand proved that it is hip, cool, and totally down with the jive slang and dank memes of the internet today by labeling the new trailer forFatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water“extremely spoopy.” I’m a huge fan of Nintendo’s meme-worthy sense of humor as it is always lighthearted, and fun, which are words I don’t often use about the games industry as of late....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Samuel Davis

Nyko’s Miniboss NES Classic controller and extension cord are nice supplements to the woeful default option

Setup was painless for me Nyko recently sent me a few samples for itsNES Classicline of products, and I’m really glad it did, because the on-board solution Nintendo gave us is pretty bad. While I adore the Classic itself as a piece of hardware, the whole situation with the controllers is a joke. Not only are they really tough to find (going for $100+ on eBay), but they also only sport 30 inches of slack — that’slessthan the originals did....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Corey Graves

Pikachu wearing a Gengar is the best thing you’ll see all day

Pretty fly for a Pikachu Starting tomorrow, Japan will kick off a Pokemon Halloween Parade event. At participating Pokemon Center affiliates and online, you’ll be able to buy spooky merch, most of which features Pikachu. You’ll find such items as the “Jack-o’-Pikachu,” a Pikachu with a growth coming out of his head, the always popular witch Pikachu, and a few other appropriate guests like Litwick. I’m definitely going to look into buying one of those keychains....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 76 words · Belinda Sutton