Luong signs up for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy

Juri? Never heard of her, pal… Yet another of SNK’s wonderful array of ass-kicking princesses has been added to the roster of upcoming team-brawlerSNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. The sly, fast-kicking Luong has joined the battle, her trailerleaked accidentallyas part of a batch of Japanese trailers released for the upcoming fighter. Luong is a relative newcomer to the franchise, having made her debut inThe King of Fighters XIV.As one of theKoFuniverse’s femme fatales, Luong like to taunt and toy with her opposition, before bringing them down with a series of ultra-fast kicks and domineering leg-grabs....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Kevin Smith

Miyamoto calls John Leguizamo handsome, says Mario Bros. have to be twins

‘Interested’ in another movie I already know John Leguizamo and his inability to smile are handsome. It’s just nice to hear Miyamoto say it. MTV International asked Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi “Ten Ten” Tezuka who would be right for a theoreticalSuper Mario Bros. Moviereboot. “One thing we can say about the original film was that Luigi was very young and handsome in the original movie,” Miyamoto said. “But Mario and Luigi are supposed to be twins....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Lisa Robinson

Mr. Pibb: The 3D Interactive Game probably isn’t something you want to put in your head

I have an unhealthy fascination with advergames. Well, advertising in general, but advertising has gotten so boring since we started expecting companies to tell the truth and not try to kill us too blatantly. Advertising games in general aren’t super common anymore, usually relegated to browser or mobile platforms. It’s not that I expect them to be good. Outside ofa few exceptions, they’re usually not. At the very best, they’re inoffensive, but at worst, we haveMr....

May 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1204 words · Amanda Fowler

Nintendo: Wii U online will be free, no subscriptions

Microsoft may have pioneered the “charge gamers for things that should be free” scheme, but none of the other platform holders have taken to the idea. As Nintendo prepares to meet Sony and Microsoft head-on with the Wii U, it has confirmed that it, too, will be eschewing the Xbox Live model. CEO Satoru Iwata was asked about online pricing during Nintendo’s annual shareholder meeting, where he confirmed that charging a subscription fee would be inappropriate....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Bradley Smith

Nvidia VP says consoles can’t be better than PC

‘It’s no longer possible’ Nvidia’s senior vice president of content and technology, Tony Tamasi,had a chat with PC PowerPlay, and he thinks that consoles can’t compete with PCs as much as they used to.“It’s no longer possible for a console to be a better or more capable graphics platform than the PC,” Tamasi said. He believes consoles lack the horsepower to compete on graphics and that PCs are only going to keep speeding past consoles with better hardware every year....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Paula Sanchez

One of the FGC’s biggest legends discusses past, present, and the future ahead

For a short moment at this year’s Evo in Las Vegas, I was gifted the chance to talk to one of the names that probably defined the early years of the FGC, created its most famous moment that still gets talked about today, and is a player that holds such a high calbire that it cannot be understated how much he has helped define the legacy of not only Evo, but fighting games, as a whole, on the past couple of decades....

May 19, 2025 · 4 min · 727 words · Katie Medina

Payday 3 gets a fancy courthouse Heist and new guns

AfterPayday 3failed to entertain the franchise’s fanbaseto the same extentas its predecessor didon day one, the developer Starbreeze Studios went all-in on amping the game up to keep players happy. Months after Starbreeze’s promises, here we are with a new courthouse Heist DLC. Priced at $11.99 or your regional equivalent,Payday 3: Chapter 3 – Houston Breakoutis a bundle containing two separate micro-DLCs and the titular Houston Breakout heist. On top of the heist, buyers also get the Tailor Pack with a suite of cosmetic goodies and the Weapon Pack with three fancy new guns....

May 19, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Daniel Morris

Post PS4, Xbox One release, Tomb Raider sales crossing 6M

5-6 million was the first month expectation — it’s taken a year TheTomb Raiderreboot had series high day one and month one sales,according tostudio head Darrell Gallagher. Despite this,Tomb Raider‘s estimated 3.4 million first month sales were deemed a “slow start” by Square Enix, which said the game hadfailed to meet sales expectations. Probably because it also cost a lot more to develop than past games in the series at $100M....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Thomas Morris

Preview: Mass Effect iOS app Datapad and game Infiltrator

[Update:I had initially been informed otherwise, but I’ve since checked with EA, and it turns out thatDatapadisnotexclusive to the iPad. It will be a universal iOS app. I apologize for the confusion and have updated the article to reflect the new information. Thanks to reader hombrelobo for the heads-up. –Samit] Mass Effect 3is arguably the most anticipated game of the first half of 2012, and EA is readying a couple of mobile “companion experiences” to maintainMass Effectmindshare on as many platforms as possible....

May 19, 2025 · 5 min · 924 words · Ryan Browning

Rainbow Six Siege’s new co-op mode is infested with some sort of alien zombies

A new trailer just crash-landed Ubisoft’s in the middle of a long tease about a new mode toRainbow Six Siegecalled “Outbreak.”As we noted last week, it’s a PvE limited-time event where players attempt to fend off some sort of infestation. While still playing coy, Ubisoft has revealed a little more about Outbreak. The trailer that’s embedded above shows a mysterious capsule that crash-landed in the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Brenda Hernandez

Relive the glory days with this .hack//G.U. Last Recode tease

Ha, remember buying all three games? Back before SAO was the talk of the town, there was.hack.All the way back in the early 2000s this PS2 era RPG series leveraged the MMO angle all the way to the bank as Bandai gave us an anime and four games to consume. Along with the Square Enix-esque naming conventions came a lengthy narrative that spanned multiple games, and it’s coming back in the form of the....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Michelle Thomas

Review: PlayStation Pulse Elite Edition headset

I love a good premium gaming headset because it literally gets your head into gaming audio without the need for a massive sound system. The best of these headsets are a bit expensive, starting about about $100, but they’re far cheaper than a receiver and half a dozen speakers, and also add in chat functionality and sometimes virtual surround sound. These days, when I see a gamer playing a console game with the sound coming through crappy television speakers, I want to smack them in the head with one of these gaming headsets....

May 19, 2025 · 5 min · 1008 words · Susan Sanchez

Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions Season 2 releases official trailer

The official websiteforRon Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductionshas just unveiled the main promotional video for the show’s highly anticipated second season. The trailer gives fans a glimpse of the exciting new season set to premiere on July 25, 2025. In addition to the familiar characters, the trailer introduces the season’s opening theme song, “Feedback o Narashite” (Playing Feedback), performed by the Japanese rock band Humbreaders. Fans can also look forward to the ending theme, “Labyrinth,” performed by the band hockrockb....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Thomas Smith