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Uh oh. According toThe Asahi Shimbun, Konami has dropped Atomic Games’Six Days inFallujah, the eerily modern shooter set in Iraq. The title — regardless of how Atomic Gamesapproached the subject matter— quickly became the target ofsome rather nasty criticism. Konami apparently listened to it. A Konami PR representative talked about the cancellation with The Asahi Shimbun. “After seeing the reaction to the videogame in the United States and hearing opinions sent through phone calls and e-mail, we decided not to sell it,” the rep said....

Wind him up and watch him go Size Five Games’Lair of the Clockwork Godwill be hitting PS4 next week. The genre-blended adventure will be made available to download from the PlayStation Store on November 6, following on from its PC release in February, and its Xbox One and Switch ports back in September. Lair of the Clockwork Godis the next entry in Size Five’s “Dan and Ben” games, and can be considered a pseudo-sequel/ spin-off toBen There, Dan ThatandTime Gentlemen, Please –though the developer notes thatLair of the Clockwork Godis a standalone title, and can be enjoyed regardless of the player’s experience with previous releases....

He also praises F-Zero GX like a champion Every few months the specter ofF-Zerorises again. It’s been a really long time (around 16 years)! And I’m kind of shocked that Nintendo hasn’t dug up its corpse to shamble it along as a mobile game of some sort with a subscription service, microtransactions, and loot boxes for outfits. Damn! I think I just gave an executive the ammo he needed to make this a reality....

Today, theMash Tacticscrew is getting its hands dirty inUltimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Back before the originalMarvel Vs. Capcom 3was out to the public, Jon Carnage boasted a 2nd place spot on the world leader board. An achievement that is constant disputed to this day. Come watch as Carnage defends his honor, and spams attacks against Wesley, live onMash Tactics, today at 4pm Pacific. Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4pm Pacific....

Right off my Mana Yesterday saw Square Enix hold aninformation-filled live streamto celebrate the 30th anniversary of the lavish and legendaryManaadventure franchise. The presentation saw the reveal of several new projects, including an anime anda free-to-play mobile title. For most fans, however, the best news comes in the slightest form: the announcement of a newManatitle in development for console platforms. Unfortunately, there was pretty much nothing in regards to detail, merely that a game is being made, and is being made for consoles… I guess it’s better than nothing....

It’s like playing with lincoln logs. So after exploring the empty backstage area of gaming to find something weird for you guys to watch, I found this gem of a game calledAge of Time. I mean this is not the normal Lucha game by any means. It’s pretty strange. I don’t understand it one bit. But, it’s like 32 Mg and I figured we could all play it like some dumb community thing get frustrated and be stupid....

ThoughReady or Notisn’t exactly the perfectSWAT 4follow-up we all deserve, it sure as heck is a great game in its own right, and it’s about to get a big new expansion pack very soon. The newDark WatersDLC features off-shore oil rigs and yachts, notably. As a follow-up tothe poorly-receivedHome InvasionDLC,Dark Watersneeds to step up its game and deliver a compelling set of missions and goodies. This expansion packfollows the broad precedent set by its predecessor with content structuring, though I do think this pack will be a fair bit more interesting....

School’s Out… Again! It’s been a pretty exciting few hours forRiver City Girlsfans, not only did we receive the great news that bothDouble Dragon‘s Marian andRiver City Ransom Underground‘s Provie are joiningRiver City Girls 2as playable characters, but WayForward has also seen fit to release the first screens of the street-brawlin’ sequel in action. The first screens, which you can check out in the tweet below, see returning heroes Kyoko and Misako once again rumbling through the trouble-filled gangland that is River City… Frankly, it’s amazing that the government hasn’t just leveled the whole town by now....

A once-mighty fortress consumed by the swamp The Ruins of Eridu can be a solid dungeon for farming inDiablo 4.It’s a very easy dungeon to complete and has a final boss that has few mechanics and is killed with ease. The generated layout of the dungeon can be a bit tedious, and the objectives often require a little bit of backtracking. Even so,some still prefer to farm this dungeon because the final boss is a real pushover....

Picture this: You’re chilling in your cozy base, crafting away, and feeling pretty good. You step away for a snack. You come back, and boom—your base is toast. That’s been myRuneScape: Dragonwildsexperience with the game’s many random events, and it’s become an absolute thorn in my side. But honestly? Part of me loves it for the chaos. The random events come in two primary forms: one involves a dragon that suddenly appears in the sky, while the other brings a horde of goblins charging in....

PS5 gets ‘improved visual quality and lighting’ So earlier this month, EA shared their plans for next-genStar Wars: Squadronupgrades. The gist was that Xbox Series X/S consoles would get a 120 FPS option, while PS5 would simply be bolstered with “improved visual quality and lighting.” That patch has rolled out this week and did exactly that. Update 3.0 is now live for all youSquadronsplayers, which adds multiple toggles to the Series X/S editions, and the “same resolution and framerate as the PS4 Pro” for PS5....

Free games as an apology Valve seems to play things loosely quite often, much like its “open air, no boss” work environment. As such, it turns out that Macs are not supported right now in regards to Valve’s recently released (for pre-orders)Steam ControllerandSteam Linkdevices. Oops! As a result, the company is going to attempt to fix the situation over the next few weeks before its wide release in November. In the meantime, Mac owners can take advantage of an apology offer, which allows them to gain access to Valve’s “Complete Pack,” consisting of every past, present, and future Valve game....

It’s no ‘Indestructible’, but then nothing is Music has always been an important part of fighting games — from setting the tone, to providing the backbeat of the fight, to being dynamically controlled by the in-game action, perhaps best realized in the excellent 2012 fighter,Killer Instinct. And so, the reveal of a new fighting title’s theme song is something of a big deal, as it often reflects the entire vibe and aesthetic that will form the core of the game’s mood....