Standing on the edge of a revolution! Germany has a long history of banning violent video games from sale.Doomhad been outlawed until 2011 (which is just insane) andWolfensteinwas barred because of its use of Nazi imagery.Fallout 3wasn’t allowed until this year, as well. Now, though,Red Factionis finally legally available in Deutschland. Nordic games announced that the game is no longer on the list of titles deemed “damaging” to the country’s youth....

Get it while it’s hot CD Projekt Red has their hands full withCyberpunk, but until that one drops they’re toiling away withGwent— a standalone derivative of the card game inThe Witcheruniverse. That said,Gwentwill head into its open phase soon enough. We’ll get details as soon as next week, but if you’ve been putting it off, you may as well make the effort to get in now. Surprisingly I haven’t played much of this spinoff, as most of my card game time is spent inHearthstone, or dabbling in its many competitors like theElder Scrollsversion, and so on....

$500,000 in prizes The Halo 4 Global Championship will give gamers around the world the chance to play for $500,000 in prizes. Microsoft, 343, and Virgin Gaming have teamed up to bring this summerHalo 4tournament to the world, with its start kicking off at Rooster Teeth Expo on July 5 (and on Xbox Live on July 15). Competitors will play in free-for-all matches, working their way up qualifying rounds to make it to global leaderboards....

Weird concept, sure, but let’s roll with it This morning, during theFinal Fantasy Explorerslivestream, Square Enix revealed more about the game’s “Trance” feature, which will allow players to transform into characters from pastFinal Fantasytitles. The character they used to illustrate this new ability was Cloud fromFinal Fantasy VII, but it was mentioned that several other characters from pastFinal Fantasyentries would be in the game as well. While the time limit of the transformation will be very short, the “Legend Character” transformation will also have background music from their specific games....

A tranquil adventure Not all point-and-click adventures force us to piece together seemingly random objects in a specific context in order to progress, but I’ll always have memories of puzzle logic that even at the time didn’t seem quite so logical. A more straightforward or otherwise minimalistic approach has always felt ideal to me, which is why I’m looking forward toTengami, that game from ex-Rare staff which is visually reminiscent of a pop-up book....

Also known as Jean-Clod Van Sire Clodsire is an unassuming Pokemon at first glance. As the evolution of Paldean Wooper, this blobfish has unremarkable stats and underwhelming offense. That said, Clodsire can be a pain to fight against. As a hybrid Ground/Poison-Type Pokemon, Clodsire resists five Pokemon types and is immune to Electric attacks. While it does take Super Effective damage against four Types, this comes with some heavy caveats. If Clodsire knows the ability Poison Point, it has a 30% chance to poison any Pokemon that hits it with a contact move (think moves that would involve your Pokemon touching the enemy, like Close Combat or Flare Blitz)....

The Armorer skill is pretty easy to overlook inOblivion Remastered, but you should prioritize it as much as possible. In simpler words, this skill determines how well your equipment is maintained. While you can always repair equipment, it becomes tiring after a while. Leveling up the Armorer skill will ensure that your equipment remains usable for longer. The frequency of having to repair will also go down, giving you more time to explore the lands and complete different missions....

We’re so close Donut Countyshould appeal to fans ofKatamari Damacy. It’s a lighthearted game in which you are a hole that can move around and swallow objects to grow larger, and you’ll solve puzzles along the way. After a long wait, it’s nearly ready for us. The game is out for PC, Mac, iOS, and PS4 on August 28. In the three years since Ilast playedDonut County, creator Ben Esposito has added story elements....

Shake the sand loose from those undesirable places because it’s time we fill them with video game news from today’s episode that features the following: That’s right! We’re in a desert! A desert in which every grain of sand is a minute lost from our own cursed creation: video games. As I wander through these lost sands of time, I can’t help but wonder why I never heeded the warning fromhap inc’sMom Hid My Game!...

Patent hints at new external device Nintendo may finally be introducing voice chat to its hardware. Though it’s unclear if this relates to current or upcoming systems, Nintendo has filed a patent for an external device designed to enable in-game voice chat. The patent,which was filed in March 2015 in the US, is convoluted and a little difficult to understand, but the device is said to have “exemplary embodiments [that] relate to a computer-readable storage media, information processing apparatuses, information processing systems, and information processing methods, and particularly relate to computer-readable storage media, information processing apparatuses, information processing systems, and information processing methods that enable chat between users at distant locations....

BayonettaandViewtiful Joedesigner Hideki Kamiya has given Sony a stern finger-wagging, criticizingPlayStation All-Stars Battle Royalefor being nothing more than a rip-off. The developer went so far as to try and shame the publisher, shaking his head at the lack of visible morals. “No. I don’t like that game,” he told a fanon Twitter. “It’s just a rip-off … I don’t like rip-off, that’s all.” When a gamer tried to justify it by saying Sony was only listening to fans and capitalizing on a successful series, Kamiya responded with, “And throw morals away....

Break out the curry Over the weekend,La-Mulana 2broke $200,000 in pledges. That was the amount needed for Nigoro to develop this thing. It’s happening. With time to spare, no less. The studio has also released the Tokyo Game Show demo ofLa-Mulana 2and it is playable even if you aren’t a Kickstarter backer. You will, however, need to create a Playism account which takes about ten seconds.Check it out! I knew I should’ve stayed away from that boulder....

A live-action Pokemon project from Lucifer’s Joe Henderson is said to be in the early stages Brace yourself for more surprisingly fleshy sights that cannot be unseen — there’s potentially more live-action Pokemon on the way, this time from Netflix. According to a report from Variety, a live-action Pokemon series is in the works at Netflix with Joe Henderson (Lucifer) on deck as a writer and executive producer. It could work!...