PlayStation All-Stars gets ‘Ultimate Balance Update’

To remind you it exists in the midst of Smash Bros. fervor Fitting that on the day of theSuper Smash Bros.Nintendo Direct, Sony attempts to remind everyone that the terribly namedPlayStation All-Stars Battle Royaleis a game that exists. And it’s not that it’s a bad game, however amusing its me-tooism looks. I actually bought and liked the little I played of it, whereas I never picked upBrawl. It’s just that chances to play these sort of games how they ought to be played, with a bunch of people, are fewer and further between....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Jose Stuart

PlayStation Plus scores Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes next week

A Hideo Kojima Game Fair amount of PS4 love from PlayStation Plus next month including, hell yes, the turn-based strategy titleSkulls of the Shogun. But folks who held out onGround Zeroesare in for the best treat of all. It’ll be nice to have that save data on PS4 ahead ofThe Phantom Pain. Having recently played somePhantom Pain(expect to hear about it from Steven and I around E3), I’m now itching to get back to the next best thing, its lead-in....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Brandon Garcia

Preview: Skyfall is big fantasy in a handheld package

Role-playing games have had a long and prosperous history in video and tabletop gaming, but haven’t quite repeated this success on mobile and tablet devices. From the minds at Ngmoco comesSkyfall, a free-to-play social RPG that aims to execute in three key areas: exploration, combat, and co-op play. Is itWoWin your pocket? In a word, no. But it’s certainly shaping to be the next best thing. Skyfall(iPhone, iPad, Android)Developer: Ngmoco)Publisher: Ngmoco)Release: 2012 Exploration is a big part ofSkyfall, an RPG staple that mobile games have been limited in representing....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 686 words · Dr. Benjamin Hall

Professional game developers try their hands at Super Mario Maker

Check out how the pros do it Bertil Horberg, the creator of the fantasticGunman Cliveseries, was once asked if he would create a level inSuper Mario Makerworthy of his premier franchise. He declined, saying he already knows how painfully difficult level design is. Other developers, however, have stepped up to the challenge. If you’re tired of wading through those god-awful tough-as-shit levels, or the automated levels created solely for the purpose of sharing on YouTube, then check out theGameDevsMakeMario Tumbler page....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Lauren Mccoy

Remedy’s Control demake for April Fools’ is rad

It would’ve been the sickest demo on the disc Today is April 1, also known as April Fools’ Day. Some companies make fake game announcements, others make real ones, and every piece of information is treated with incredible scrutiny. The fake game announcement has been a classic in the games industry, and today, Remedy Entertainment joined in the fun by posting a trailer for a theoretical PlayStation demake of its 2019 gameControl....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Mrs. Karen Hampton

Resident Evil 7 prepared me for the Resident Evil 2 remake

Man alive, there’s a lot of mans not-alive I’ve never playedResident Evil 2. And, I knew that Capcom’sResident Evil 2remake wouldn’t be showing any new content at PAX West. Still, I had to get an appointment.CJ’s E3 hands-onwas enough to convince me that this is something I need to try for myself. My intuition is still undefeated. This was a superb use of 20 minutes during a busy convention. The first things I noticed were all the obvious ones....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Diana Nicholson

Review: SteelSeries Apex M800 Keyboard

Fat spacebars need to be the new norm I’ve been using the SteelSeries Apex M800 keyboard next to theRival 700that I recently reviewed since getting home from E3 last month and I have to say I can see why many people would want this keyboard. As for myself? I’ll be switching back to my Bluetooth-enabled mechanical keyboard with its Gateron Blue switches as soon as this review is done. Product: SteelSeries Apex M800 keyboardManufacturer:SteelSeriesInput: One USB 2....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 588 words · Tammy Wilson

Satisfactory 1.0 Alternate Recipe Tier List

InSatisfactory1.0, you will come across Hard Drives that when properly researched will grant you Alternate Recipes. These Alternate Recipes allow you to create products using different required materials, which can often allow you to save resources by using them. We’ve put together thisSatisfactory1.0 Alternate Recipe Tier List so you know which ones you should attempt to research as soon as possible. Alternate Recipe Tier List The goal of thisSatisfactoryAlternate Recipe Tier List is to help you decide which Alternate Recipes you should choose when discovering new Hard Drives....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Eugene Booker

Schedule 1 workers not working fix

Employees or workers inSchedule 1can be immensely beneficial for expanding your business empire, but they need to work properly. A fair number of bugs have affected the performance of the different workers available in the game. While some glitches seem to have been caused by bugs, others are related to their design. This guide will help you make the most of your workers and ensure they’re working as intended. How to get your workers to work properly in Schedule 1 Ensure they have a bed Having a free bed is a must, asyour worker will need a designated place to sleep....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 563 words · Amanda Avery

Should you Steal the Sacred Idol in BG3?

One of the first major decisions players make inBaldur’s Gate 3is whether to help thedruids and tieflingsor the goblin camp. Within the grander choice, there are plenty of smaller ones to choose from. Amidst these is whether or not to steal the Sacred Idol of Silvanus the druids pray to. This idol in the grove’s center helps the druids power a ritual that’ll help them seal their grove. It’s a powerful artifact, and the thing Arabella was caught trying to steal....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Megan Park

Sony believes 3DS success is a good sign for PS Vita

While Sony cannot yet point tohugely successful sales figuresfor the PlayStation Vita, itcanpoint to the success of others — namely its fair-weather rival, Nintendo. Yes, Sony is using Nintendo’s success to claim that handheld game consoles are still alive in the face of more “casual” devices. The enemy of Sony’s enemy is its friend? “Normally we don’t really reference the competition a lot when we talk about the PlayStation business, but in this case it’s perhaps a little salutary that sales of the 3DS, having the advantage of releasing a little bit ahead of us, have been exceedingly good,” said SCEI president Andrew House....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Eric Collins MD

Sony is airing a new State of Play tomorrow, September 14

Tomorrow is looking like a big day for trailers and announcements. Sony has just announced a new State of Play showcase, airing on July 24, 2025. The Sony State of Play will air at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. Theannouncementdoesn’t confirm how long the show will last. As for what to expect, Sony’s saying there will be a focus on updates to previously announced games coming to PlayStation consoles....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 266 words · Raymond Campbell

Sony is blocking Until Dawn players from archiving Twitch streams

Affects those streaming from the PS4 If you were planning on streamingUntil Dawnusing your PS4’s Share button on Twitch, archiving it, then sharing it with others who were not available for the live broadcast, you may run in to some trouble. Apparently, Sony is allowing players to streamUntil Dawnon Twitch, but have disabled the ability to archive those streams. Using PS4 Share to broadcast “Until Dawn”? The publisher has disabled archiving for this game....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Terry Parker