Get featured in Mega Man #23 Archie Comics has quite a contest for fans of theMega Mancomic serieswith some artistic talent — all you have to do is submit art that “showcasesMega Manand/or his universe.” If you win, you’ll be featured prominently inMega Manissue #23, plus you’ll get every issue ofMega Manso far,theMega Mantribute art book(which is excellent by the way), and a Capcom Unity prize pack. You can submit your art to[email protected], and find the full rules and regulations listingat Capcom Unity’s site....

I want to know! This month, anew Kingdom Heartsgame is coming out! Wait, what? Yes, I’m serious. The crazy thing is no one really knows about it outside of the most hardcore fans.Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologuewill drop on January 12, and in addition to providing remasters ofDream Drop Distance(the 3DS one), andX [chi](the mobile one), it’ll also come withFragmentary Passage, a continuation of Birth by Sleep and a demo of sorts forKingdom Hearts 3....

I now fully understand what John Hammond went through inJurassic Park. That poor man. Adult Swim’s new web game,Dinosaur Zookeeper, enlightened me. You see, dinosaurs aren’t meant to be caged. They’d sooner electrocute themselves trying to get out than spend one more second fenced in. And should they break out? (They willabsolutelybreak out.) Well, they’re going to kill everything in their path. Because they’re goddamn dinosaurs. That’s just what they do....

RimWorld‘s Odyssey DLC takes survival in Space to a new extreme, but you can turn it into a mere formality by following a few easy steps. Unlike the vanilla version of the game, Odyssey puts you in a scenario where your settlers have to survive on aGravship. This spaceship will occasionally drop from orbit to explore different planets, but you’ll be spending time in Space. Surviving on a planet and in space is different, and you’ll have to complete a few extra steps....

Extended demo from QuakeCon During the second day of this past weekend’s QuakeCon, Bethesda gave an extended look at its upcoming MMO,The Elder Scrolls Online. With such a well-known license behind it, the hype is understandably palpable, even from people such as myself who don’t play MMOs very often. Considering it’s also coming to PS4, I’m more than willing to give it a shake. It also helps that the game doesn’t look half bad....

Hopefully, this means your eyes won’t soon be turning red Speaking in an interviewwith Press Start, Hirabayashi Yoshiaki has stated that the divisive rain in the upcomingResident Evil 4remake will be adjusted in a day one patch. The rain has appeared in various trailers, depicting Leon Kennedy and Ashley Graham’s escape from the church. Numerous people on social media have pointed it out as overbearing and distracting. Essays were written, andvideos were published....

The folks at The Behemoth had to recodeCastle Crashersfor the PS3, so they decided to add in a bunch of cool new stuff while they were at it. For instance, matches in Play Arena will let you choose teams now, going 2-on-2 or full-on badass with 1-on-3. The Behemoth has finished internal testing and has sent off Castle Crashers to a third-party to do some final testing. This means that you’re going to see the game on the PlayStation Store pretty soon....

Death and pizza parties Night in the Woodsis real cool. I’ve played it and loved what I’ve played, from the writing to the art style to the pierogi. I just want to curl up with it on the couch and now that’s going to be easier than even because it’s coming to PS4. I’ll let creator Scott Benson tell it. “Night In The Woodstakes place in the crumbling town of Possum Springs, a dead-end backwater that is barely holding on after the mining jobs left....

Not too shambly For what seemed like ages,DayZexisted only as a mod forArmA II. Then, finally last month,DayZsaw astandalone releasein alpha form via Early Access. It made more than$5 million in its first day. Clearly, people want massively multiplayer zombie survival games. DayZcontinued its sales dominance, holding the top spot during most of the recentSteam Winter Sale, despite not being discounted throughout the event. In adevelopment blog post, it was revealed that the title has sold more than 400,000 copies to date, and there were more than 40,000 players on servers at one time....

Prophetic Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has madeone of his bold predictions, suggesting that a series of big mergers, similar to ActiBlizzard, is heading our way. Comparing the games industry to 1930’s Hollywood, the Nostradamus-in-glasses stated that big changes are coming and that there’s nothing that can stop them. “I think the industry is going through a paradigm change. And it’s not just North American companies, it’s all companies,” stated Dyack, revealing that he knows the word “paradigm” and isn’t afraid to use it....

If you’re among the many who were excited to seeSonic the HedgehogandGolden Axehit XBLA this week, we’ve got some good news for you. Sega has announced plans to release even more classic titles as part of theSega Vintage Collection, a new series of HD-enhanced retro games being polished up for your 360. Three more titles you can expect to show up soon areEcco the Dolphin,Sonic the Hedgehog 2, andStreets of Rage 2, all with enhanced graphics and their own achievements and leaderboards....

[Editor’s note:Hailing from Norway, Audun Sorlie is not only passionate about game music as an editor onOSVand writer for various magazines around the world, but he’s also a bigKingdom Heartsfan. To commemorate the release upcoming ofDream Drop Distance, he’s been in touch with the game’s three composers about the project. Join us in checking out what they had to say.] For over ten years, theKingdom Heartsfranchise has filled players with a diversity of emotions, combining characters from Square Enix’s roster with the vibrant and dynamic worlds of Disney and providing one of the most popular adventures to be experienced in the last decade....

The waiting game We’ve known that paid microtransactions would one day return toStar Wars Battlefront II. EA said as muchback in November, noting that “the ability to purchase crystals in-game will become available at a later date, only after we’ve made changes to the game.” More recently, we learned DICE is “preparing significant changes to progression” and plans to share tangible details in March. Today, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen saidBattlefront II‘s new monetization scheme will appear “in the next few months,” as reported by theWall Street Journal....