Victoria will always have my Heart of Iron Paradox Interactivewill have quite the lineup at Gamescom 2014.Hearts of Iron IVand the new RPG IPRunemaster,along with several “secret projects,” will be among the in-house developed titles shown this year. Joining those with be the Paradox-publishedPillars of EternityandMagicka 2.Pillars of EternityandRunemasterwill both be available to play on the show floor. Pillars of Eternity, of course, is the Obsidian-developedKickstarter project.Hearts of Iron IVwill also be getting a public demonstration at Paradox’s “Fan Gathering” event....

Updated: June 02, 2025 We checked for new codes! All hell has broken loose—the research area is full of infected creatures, and all you can do is grab a gun and destroy them all. However, if they get you, you’ll be assimilated and fight the humans. Get all the resources you need to win by usingParasite Testingcodes. The codes will give you Credits and Levels—both essential for becoming tough enough and arming yourself to the teeth against the terrifying enemy....

Don’t miss this Originally released on the 3DS eShop several months ago,SteamWorld Dighas now come to Windows, Mac, and Linux via Steam. This port of the 2D mining adventure has a fresh coat of paint thanks to new high-definition art, and if it looks appealing in still images, wait until you see this in motion running at a smooth 60 frames per second. Tony Ponce reviewed the handheld versionback in Augustand while I generally agree with his assessment, the game left a much better impression on me....

InPersona 3 Reload, Elizabeth, the Velvet Room attendant, will ask for items ranging fromgame consolesto two-handed swords, with Juzumaru being one of many she’ll request. Here’s how to find Juzumaru so you may complete another request and obtain the Makouha skill as your reward. Where to find Juzumaru inPersona 3 Reload Juzumaru is a sword found in Tartarus’ Arqa block on Floor 36. After defeating the Floor 36 boss, you’ll encounter two purple chests, each requiring Twilight Fragments to open....

Do you rememberHeat? The 1995 crime film directed by Michael Mann? I don’t. I don’t even know who Michael Mann is. I don’t really watch film all that much. I’m too busy playing video games. It’s too badThe Last Jobwent unreleased then, since it’s supposedly inspired byHeat. I wouldn’t know, so I’ll takeGames That Weren’t’sword for it. It was in production at Acclaim Cheltenham (EGIII: Extreme G Racing, XGRA), but that came to a halt when Acclaim went bust in 2004....

Surprise release The second of Mike Bithell’s shorts,Quarantine Circular, is coming to Nintendo Switch today. Surprised announced during the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, the game is a pseudo-sequel toSubsurface Circularand follows the same gameplay template as that. This is a mostly dialogue-driven adventure where your choices will have an effect on the outcome. If you’re worried that you’ll need to know the plot of the first title, don’t be. Mike Bithell has stated that knowledge of the prior title isn’t necessary....

In an interview withMTV.com, Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime offers up some interesting tidbits about the near (and not so near) future of the Wii console. Highlights include: On online play:Fils-Aime repeats once again (much to the dismay of many) that the first online Wii title will bePokémon Battle Revolution… inJapan. He pegs “very early 2007” as when the company will be on board with online play in other regions. On Super Mario Galaxy:How does “any time between the end of March and next Christmas” sound to you?...

Ludicrous speed! Go! Apogee Entertainment and New Blood Interactive have announced that a release date has been nailed down for Nightdive StudiosRise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition. It’s set to launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on August 05, 2025. Originally intended to be a sequel to 1992’s seminal FPS,Wolfenstein 3D,Rise of the Triadabsolutely pushed the game’s engine as far as it could go....

A GameFAQs user has uploaded what they claim are images depicting unannounced download content forCastlevania: Harmony of Despair. The collection of eleven, blurry photographs of a television shows Maria Renard and Julius Belmont as additional characters as well as a seventh chapter set in an Egyptian pyramid. They certainlylookreal enough. And Maria is probably the most likely candidate of any character in the series to pop up next. Julius would be delightful as well, though I’ll admit to wanting to see Grant DaNasty in the game more than anything else....

Amazingly, it wasn’t even a Blizzard employee! There’s a player out there who has unlocked every singleWorld of Warcraftachievement there is, and it wasn’t any of the cast ofAzeroth Choppers. I kid, I kid. It was me. Joking again. Actually, it was Russian playerХируко, someone who’s got way more time on their hands than me or you. Or any of us for that matter. Хируко has unlocked all achievements, 205 of the 300 Feats of Strengths, and a smattering of Realm Firsts....

New content incoming? Over on the game sales spoiler website, better known as The Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea, there appears to be word of a brand new edition of Sega’sSonic the Hedgehogcompilation,Sonic Origins, which first launched on PC and consoles back in June 2022. The Korean ratings boardhas released a new listingfor the as-yet-unannouncedSonic Origins Plus,which applied for registration back in late December 2022, before receiving approval in January of this year....

Boss character returns as mimic? During this weekend’s Tokyo Game Show some lucky players got the opportunity to try out the single-player content of Namco Bandai’sSoulcalibur VI, arriving soon on PS4, PC and Xbox One. According to reports, players who were able to progress past level 20 of the upcoming fighter’s “Soul Chronicle” story mode, received a pop-up notification that they had “unlocked Inferno”. This, as I’m sure fans will be aware, refers to a long-time boss character in theSoulcaliburseries, a huge creature of fire and brimstone and the guiding force behind the legendary sword itself....

Beta tests for new service planned for 2015 Square Enix has announced the establishment of Shinra Technologies, a cloud gaming company spearheaded by erstwhile Square Enix president Yoichi Wada. The subsidiary, which takes its moniker from the organization inFinal Fantasy VII, aims to “break the stranglehold of having a fixed amount of hardware resources.” Apparently, individual game systems will be able to have their own dedicated servers, allowing a developer to create a single version of a product far more complex than what could be rendered on a console or PC....