The ninjutsu showdown begins October 14 Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versusis cutting a trail to North America on October 14, XSEED Games announced today. The PlayStation Vita brawler will strike Europe the very next day. The story is a continuation ofSenran Kagura Burst, wherein groups of teenage ninja girls fight one another with stuff like giant frogs and huge stacks of pancakes. You know, because reasons.

Too Human, X-Men: Destiny, and more to be culled Following Silicon Knights’ lost legal battle against Epic Games, it has been revealed (viaGAF) that the perpetually unlucky studio has been ordered to recall and destroy all unsold copies of its Unreal 3-coded games. The games due for the chopping block are: The developer has until December 10 to get all the games back and eradicate them, at its own expense. Given reports that Silicon Knights was already in grave danger, this very well may be the last nail in its coffin....

Also, a few costumes As I’ve said before,King of Fighters XIVdeserves more credit. Look, I get it if you were hesitant because of the art style. The pixelated visuals of the last few games were gorgeous, and eliminating it feels like a betrayal of sorts for SNK — it’s part of the reason why they’re having trouble onboarding people. But hopefully, over time, those people will come, and new DLC might help....

This is long overdue Taito and Degica have beenteasing something Steam-releatedforSpace Invaders‘ 40th anniversary. I kept my expectations in check, hoping for ports of the more recent games. That’s happening! Space Invaders Extremeis up first with aFebruary launch on Steamthat includes “a brand new World Ranking System for Arcade Mode.” If you never played this on Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, or Xbox 360, it’s a treat. I’ve always loved more modern takes on classic arcade games like this andPac-Man Championship Edition....

It’s the children who are wrong Square Enix has kicked off its 2023 with a reaffirmation of its commitment to controversial and fragile blockchain gaming sector.As noted by Eurogamer, the company’sannual New Year’s letter, sees president Yosuke Matsuda reiterate that the publisher aims to release multiple blockchain-based games in the future. “Our Group has multiple blockchain games based on original IPs under development, some of which we announced last year, and we are undertaking preparations that will enable us to unveil even more titles this year,” writes Matsuda....

Fan made port Capcom made the decision to bringStreet Fighter X Megamansolely to PCs initially so that they could test the download count — but despite the fact that they still could have tested it for Mac based systems, they never represented the platform. As of yesterday however, a fan has brought it upon himself to port the game over to the Mac. The unofficial port is based onthe 2.0 versionof the game, which has all of the bells and whistles like passwords and the like....

That’ll be $15 and your youth, please The PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade versions ofTerrariaare coming out a bit sooner than you might have expected. How’s next week sound? 505 Games has announced March 26 and March 27 release dates, respectively. The pricing ($14.99 / 1200 Microsoft Points) is more than what PC players are used to,but this is not a straight port. Knowing how well these types of sandbox games sell on Xbox 360 in particular, I’m really curious to see ifTerrariacan similarly catch on with the console audience....

Woah. So much stuff went down today. Is it just me, or is Sony killing it? A bunch of cool looking & new IP, stuff for Vita, talking explicitly about cross play (buying one copy of a retail game and getting both versions), hip trailers for things we know about (likeLast of Us), PS1 game Vita compatibility and so on. In case you missed it, we also reviewed a bunch of hot games today, includingSleeping Dogs,The Last StoryandDarksiders II(#darksiders2)....

Most players will agree thatHelldivers 2is a pretty silly game when you get into it. Yes,this universe’s entire economy is built on war and extreme patriotism, but it’s all a big parody, and everything can be seen through a humorous lens. Everything that is, apart from the armor. Recently, aHelldivers 2player created a mock-up for a new helmet for the game. Unlike all the game’s other armor sets, this one is ever so slightly silly....

Conservative group confuses satire with propaganda Satire: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. It’s not every day when an ultra-conservative group takes influences from videogames to push their beliefs.BioShock Infinitefeatures many references and ideas from ultra-conservative movements of the past, and present, and it looked as if this group,National Liberty Federation, found something they liked....

This includes the GOG distribution platform as well Over the last week, game developers and publishers have been putting support behind Ukraine amid its invasion by Russia. Today, publisher CD Projekt took a significant step. CD Projekt will suspend digital sales and physical stock deliveries of its products to Russia and Belarus. This includes distribution of games on the GOG platform, which GOG owns and operates.In a statement, CD Projekt put its support behind Ukraine....

Both games and OSTs discounted on Steam The music forHotline Miamihas stuck with me like few other video game soundtracks. Carpenter Brut, M|O|O|N, Perturbator, and Magic Sword all in one brutal, high-octane place. It’s exceptional. While the games have been discounted numerous times before, I feel like this weekend’s Steam sale is worth highlighting given that 100 percent of Dennaton Games’ revenue will go to “the individual musicians behind the series’ celebrated soundtracks as thanks for their contributions....

Give the gift of Smash I was talking to a friend of mine recently about amiibo, and some of the ideas he came up with on how to use them are pretty interesting. Recently we’ve been training our own fighters with our best moves, and then pitting them against each other for fun. It’s a neat enough diversion to do every so often to break up constantSmashbattles. But another concept he came up with is even better....