Announced during the Nindies Showcase Today Nintendo kicked off an Indie Showcase stream hosted by Kirk Scott, publisher and developer relations head at Nintendo (and self-described “indie guy”). First up wasHyper Light Drifter, which now has a date on Switch — September 6. A new exclusive outfit was also shown off, which will “better locate secrets,” on top of the already announced exclusive items.Hyper Light Drifterwas originally released in 2016 on PC, and eventually arrived on PS4 and Xbox One later that year....

To prevent griefing The PlayStation 3 is eight years old today. That’s a long time. If you had a kid when you first bought the PlayStation 3, it would beeightyears old today! Many of us differ from our eight-years-ago-selves, but Sony has never afforded its PSN users the ability to showcase that change. Some people would like to move on from being known as 69_sex_liker_420, and some of us want to change from stuffy, sensible namesto69_sex_liker_420....

Videogames are awesome I’ve always felt like the videogame industry doesn’t feel right without aMortal Kombat. So many games are always striving to be these serious affairs, and it takes something likeMortal Kombatto remind people that oh right, videogames can also be dumb, stupid, awesome fun. Mortal Kombat Xlooks to improve upon what we got with the last game, taking us into the near-future after the last tournament for Earth Realm....

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorais made by Massive Entertainment, the developers behindThe DivisionandThe Division 2, which are famously co-op games. You may naturally feel hyped for the co-op element inFrontiers of Pandora, but can you play it with friends on other platforms? Is there cross-platform co-op inAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora? Yes, Ubisoft has confirmed thatAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorafeatures cross-platform co-op. That means if you’re playing on PC and your friend has an Xbox or PlayStation, you’ll be able to play the game together....

Yep, you read that right: 28 years. Older than bothWorld of WarcraftandRuneScape, in case you were wondering. Despite launching in the late 1990s, the isometric-styled F2P MMORPGTibiahas never added a new playable class despite its many content updates. All that is about to change, however, as developerCipSoft has revealedthat sometime this year the classic MMORPG will receive its first-ever new playable vocation: the Monk. Just the fifth class featured in the nearly three-decade-old MMO, the Monk will join existing vocations Druid, Knight, Paladin, and Sorcerer....

Nintendo just publishedchapter 2 of it’s “Ask the Developer”column with members of Acquire’s team who worked inMario & Luigi: Brothership. This time around, they talked about the visual identity of this RPG and ended up revealing some fascinating tidbits about its development. Hitomi Furuta, one of the game’s designers, confirmed that developing 3D visuals forMario & Luigi: Brothershipwas a challenge and that Acquire was searching for a newMario & Luigistyle. “At one point we ended up trying to present an edgier, more rugged Mario instead....

By now, you have probably played thatgamecompany’s fascinating, beautiful new PSN game,Journey. And you have probably formulated your own thoughts on how the game made you feel. Knowing that playingJourneywas sure to make me feel …something, I decided to document every single minute of my experience with the game — from beginning to end. Every thought. Every feeling. Every reaction. If you have yet to playJourney, I would recommend not reading this, as the game is best played without any idea what to expect....

Sale runs through November 19 Need some iOS gaming to fill in that downtime when you’re stuck at family gatherings this holiday season? Namco Bandai has got your back with discounts of up to 80 percent off many of their iOS game titles. Have you ever played theSoulcaliburiOS game? Me either! Now’s your chance at $6.99 instead of $14.99. If you want something cheaper, there are several $0.99 titles, likeTime Crisis Strike, Pac-Man Championship Edition, andGalaga Remix....

The two have been working together on multiple projects Oculus VR says it plans to close a deal to acquire product design and development consultancyCarbon Design Groupby the end of summer. The companies have been working on “multiple unannounced products” for almost a year. Here’s where things get interesting. Previously, Carbon collaborated with Microsoft on the Xbox 360 gamepad and the Kinect. At Oculus, the team will be “a key component of the product engineering group” up in Seattle....

Armored Core 6is an absolute blast to play through, which certainly contributes to players fighting through to the ending. From the combat’s blistering pace to the depth of customization, this is undoubtedly one of thebest mech gamesin a long time. It also has a solid narrative about fighting against the odds for your beliefs and survival. The delivery is more direct than most works coming out of FromSoftware since its games often keep the surface narrative light....

That’s a must-have, as far as I’m concerned Sony’s next-gen follow-up to PlayStation VR is coming into greater focus. While we know the company plans to support the current PlayStation VR headset and PS4 games on PlayStation 5, there will obviously come a time,notably after the console’s holiday 2020 launch, when a big-enough portion of the market will be ready to plunk down cash for a more advanced PSVR model....

Is this vore? [RememberBubble Bobble? Cornerstone of modern gaming,Bubble Bobble? Well Goemar is here to remind us of the pain he personally underwent, regardless of your opinion ofBubble Bobble. Now be reminded ofBubble Bobble!~Marcel] First things first, I’m not saying I don’t likeBubble Bobble. No.Bubble Bobbleis great, I loveBubble Bobble, but man oh man, is it a dumb game. So inBubble Bobbleyou play as “Bubby” or “Bobby”. I’m pretty sure Bubby isn’t a real name....

If there’s one thing you’re always going to want a lot of inNightingale, it’s Essence. The currency can be used to purchase Blueprints,resources, and items to help you survive in the Fae Realms. Essences are usually gained by extracting from items or completing encounters, but I’ve found a better way. Once you reach yourAbeyance Realm, you’ll be instructed to head out andfind the Essence Trader. They can be found on the Western side of the map, at the base of the Antiquarian Site of Power....