New Medal of Honor: Warfighter vid is more of the same

A new trailer forMedal of Honor: Warfightersurfaced earlier today. It’s mostly gameplay, though it doesn’t show anything that looks really new or unique. Still, it looks fabulous, if I do say so myself. If you haven’t heardalready,Medal of Honor: Warfighterwill feature first-tier spec-ops forces from around the globe, including the SAS, Navy Seals, and the Polish GROM. It looks like a tonal departure from the series’ standard front-line combat scenarios. So that’s something....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Joshua Gonzales

NYCC: Square Enix brings Deus Ex, more to New York

Square Enix will be bringing three of its games to New York for Comic-Con this week:Deus Ex: Human Revolution,Final Fantasy XIV, andDungeon Siege 3. While other Square Enix titles will be there and playable, those are the big three… and they won’t be playable. Instead, stage shows with presentations featuring three titles are scheduled at the Square Enix booth, so just be sure to get over there and stand around until something happens....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Ashley Harrison

PlayStation Store update: horror, cheaper games, Eden, and Nine Inch Nails

This week the PlayStation Store is all about some discounted titles, a few new awesome downloadable games, some wallpaper, and even a demo for a little game calledPixelJunk Eden. As a part of Sony’s “Summer ’08 Game Sale,”PAIN,PixelJunk Monsters,High Velocity Bowling,High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition, andRocketmen: Axis of Evilwill be listed at $4.99 instead of the usual $9.99. In addition to those titles, the episodic and very visceralSiren: Blood Curseand classic shooter1942: Joint Strikehave finally come to the store....

May 15, 2025 · 5 min · 1052 words · Grant Williams

Pokémon Go director says Honedge and Basculegion will release when the team ‘find the right moment’

There are a bunch of Pokémon inPokémon Gothat feel like the developers have completely forgotten about. Whether it’s Arceus not appearing in Go Tour: Sinnoh in 2024, or the unknown whereabouts of Mewtwo raids in the past years, there always seems to be something missing. So, when I had the chance to talk to Michael Steranka,Pokémon Go’sDirector at Scopely, about two of the biggest missing Pokémon inPokémon Goso far. I made sure to ask him what was going on with both of them....

May 15, 2025 · 3 min · 596 words · Cynthia Nelson

Rumor: Microsoft is doing away with its Points system

An announcement is expected at E3 Are you sick and tired of converting real-world money toMicrosoft’s digital currencyin your head to attempt to figure out exactly how much you’re spending on a downloadable game? If you are, you certainly aren’t alone. Fortunately, it looks as if there’s change on the horizon. According to a report fromThe Verge, Microsoft is planning to do away with the convoluted system and intends to introduce a true currency system in the near future....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Stanley Wells

Ryse DLC adds new mode and maps, game going on sale

Ryse DLC: It’s tricky On February 28,Ryseis getting DLC. It’ll run (DMC) you $9, unless you have theRyseseason pass. No one has theRyseseason pass, right? Leading up to the release, the Games on DemandRysewill go on sale from February 18 to 24 for $40. The “Mars’ Chosen Pack” adds a horde-style, gladiatorial-flavored Survival Mode. With it comes a skin and five maps.Two of which are newly made for Survival while an existing map has been re-purposed for the mode....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Janet Leblanc

Ryse: Son of Rome is coming to Steam in October

Perfect for a deep, deep, deep Steam sale discount Ryse: Son of Romeis coming to the PC on October 10th for $40. I’ll arrive bundled in with all the DLC included so far and a full soundtrack (for pre-orders), as well as 4K resolution support. In case you missed our coverage during the launch of the Xbox One, the campaign, the core of the game, is not very good. But if you’re interested in the gladiator arena portion of the game (which is actually fun), picking it up on a Steam sale wouldn’t be a bad idea....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Marc Cardenas

Summer Games Done Quick is back with more speedruns

100+ hours of speedruns for charity Speed Demos Archive puts on some great livestreams of speedruns, as I came to realize far too late intothe last marathon. I’m heading into the latest event,Summer Games Done Quick 2013, bright and early — you should join me! It’s for a good cause, too: the five-day stream is raising money for Doctors Without Borders, a very worthy organization. Beyond playing through a bunch of different games ranging from absolute classics to more modern favorites in ways that will have you rethinking everything you know and love, there’s often quality commentary to keep you in the loop on whatever insanity is happening on-screen....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · James Santos

Talking Kingdom Hearts III (and a bit of Final Fantasy VII!) with Tetsuya Nomura

What an adorable little man HOLY FUCK I UNEXPECTEDLY INTERVIEWED NOMURA. I sat in a private room at the Square Enix booth withKingdom Hearts IIIandFinal Fantasy VII‘s creative director Tetsuya Nomura. Co-creator Tai Yasue was also there, though he let Nomura answer the majority of the questions that two other journalists and I asked him. Mr. Nomura, I see that Sora is dressed in new duds. With your history of costume design, are we going to see changing outfits to go with form changes like in Kingdom Hearts II?...

May 15, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Michael Martinez

The Halo 5 beta had exactly one Killpocalypse, here it is

He’s probably better than you Any Killpocalypse medal earned inHalois an impressive one. Perhaps that’s why there was only a singular instance of it happening throughout the entirety of theHalo 5: Guardiansbeta. For those who aren’t in the know, a Killpocalypse is a kill-streak where nine opponents are eliminated with no more than four seconds lapsing between each kill. What makes Omnipression’s feat all the more remarkable is that he did it in four-on-four matches — no Big Team Battle....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Paul Cook

The Mirror’s Edge Catalyst collector’s edition is sharp

Like the chorus to a George Michael song Mirror’s Edgewas known for its striking and sharp aesthetic, so it’s perfectly reasonable that theMirror’s Edge Catalystcollector’s edition would convey those same qualities. This picture shared by EA shows that everything’s just so clean and not over-the-top. The centerpiece of the $200 bundle is a 14-inch Faith statue which juxtaposes her as a child against her as an adult — both iterations of her deep in reflection....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Brian Carter

WayForward shows off their Silent Hill DS game concept

I want these Watch live video from WayForwardTV on TwitchTV Jump to about the 5:30 mark in this WayForwardTV stream capture to hear about Wayforward’s ne’er released Silent Hill game. WayForward says that this work pre-datesContra 4,from 2006 They put it together because Konami was interested in doing a portable Silent Hill back then. They used James Sunderland, some assets fromSilent Hill 2, and their love of the series to put together this fully polygonal demo....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Trevor Malone

What version of Minecraft should I play?

It’s finally time to hop on theMinecraftbandwagon. This little game shows a lot of promise, and you don’t want to be left behind. Since it’s owned by Microsoft, you head over to Xbox.com to see what’s offered and… the selection is baffling and a little overwhelming. There are no fewer than 29 results when you search for “Minecraft” on the site. What’s the difference betweenall the versions ofMinecraft, and which one should you pick?...

May 15, 2025 · 5 min · 1032 words · Erin Adams