Both Marvel: Ultimate Alliance games rated for current-gen consoles

Okay but what about X-Men Legends Beat ’em up fans have a lot to be happy about if they’re looking to relive their glory days —Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1, 2, andTransformers: Fall of Cybertronhave been ratedfor PS4 and Xbox One in Taiwan. No doubt they’ll be reintroduced to the world in the form of a cheap, light remaster. TheUltimate Alliancetitles are decent beat ’em up fare, but I really wish that Raven Software was simply allowed to continue makingX-Men Legendsgames....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Tamara Brown

Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls announced for iOS devices

Konami have announced a new Castlevania title coming to the iOS platform in Japan.Castlevania: Grimoire of Soulswill see players co-operate to explore Dracula’s castle in an all-new adventure. The game will feature the heroic duo of shady government agent Genya Arikado and occult researcher Lucy. However other characters fromCastlevaniaspast will also be available. These include legends such as Alucard, Shanoa, Maria Renard, Charlotte Aulin and, of course, Simon Belmont. Up to four players will be able to take on the quest together, or face off against each other in VS battle, the action backed by popular music tracks fromCastlevania’sstoried history....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Jerry Ramos

Censorship in Germany: How they changed your fav games

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger OpiumHerz shares his experiences gaming in Germany. Want to see your own blog appear on our front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] Salida dear readers, My name is Jim and I am German. I’ve been writing a blog series titled “The worst thing about censorship is ███████” for about a year now in order to give you a little insight into videogame censorship, which is still pretty much alive and kicking here in Germany (and elsewhere)....

August 5, 2025 · 16 min · 3197 words · Jasmine Parsons

Check out this Red Dead Redemption fan film trailer

Who would want to hang sweet Bonnie? Three years later, and there’s still plenty of love forRed Dead Redemption. The people atSilkDogFilmsare definitely fans, with a film,Red Dead Redemption: The Hanging of Bonnie MacFarlane, that has been in production for nearly a year. Light’s at the end of the tunnel for these guys though, with the film prepping for release later this month. So enjoy the trailer, in all its 1970’s hyper-violent pulpiness....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Shelley Archer

Create your own ’80s anime adventure in Starr Mazer

Wall-to-wall shower scenes for me I used to skip Sunday school every weekend I could to watch poorly localized episodes ofTekkamanandRobotechand hang out in my pajamas. I loved them, but even at the time something seemed off about them, stilted dialog and confusing transitions between scenes hinted at something lost in translation. I was maybe 10 years old and ballsy enough to think I could do a better job re-writing the series for North American audiences....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Steven Mejia

Danganronpa smashes five million shipments, 10th anniversary stream announced

I would advise against attending any parties Kazutaka Kodaka’s wild murder-mystery franchiseDanganronpahas hit an impressive five million physical shipments since its inception way back in 2010. Publisher Spike Chunsoft revealed the milestoneearlier today on Twitter. The five million figure represents cumulative physical shipments of 2010’sDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, 1021’sDanganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, 2014’sDanganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, and 2017’sDanganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Additionally, Spike Chunsoft announced that the PC editions ofTrigger Happy HavocandGoodbye Despairhave also surpassed one million digital sales each....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Samantha Miller

Deathloop is the new action game from the Dishonored studio

Die, All Right! Arkane Studios’ next game isn’t anotherDishonored, it’s a new property calledDeathloop. It should still feel familiar, though. Bethesda announcedDeathloopat its E3 press conference with a stylish cinematic trailer (embedded above). It pits two rivals, Colt and Juliana, against each other; Colt wants to destroy the Blackreef island and Juliana wants to save it. They’re stuck in a time loop, murdering each other over and over. Here’s the official description: “Deathlooptransports players to the lawless island of Blackreef in an eternal struggle between two extraordinary assassins....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Rachel Holt

Dragon’s Dogma has been delayed two months

Capcom has just made it clear that their upcoming action-RPG,Dragon’s Dogma, will now land on May 22nd in the US and May 25th in Europe — that’s a two month delay from the original release date. One of the unique features ofDragon’s Dogmais the new smart AI system, which reportedly allows your party members to have minds of their own, in addition to the ability to draw data from other people’s games to change your experience....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Stephanie Pena

E3: Using the Wii U tablet in ZombiU

Ubisoft went into a bit more detail about their zombie title,ZombiU, and how the Wii U Gamepad plays a role. It can be employed in a bunch of situations like sniping, hacking doors, breaking free from grabby undead folk, and scanning the environment. It also has a radar, famously terrifying thanks to those pesky Xenomorphs. Hungry zombies can still sneak up on you while it’s being used, as demonstrated a few times in the video....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Sara Carter

Epic Games CEO clarifies position about store exclusivity

Company still willing to sign deals with willing participants A fewweeks back, Epic Games’ Steve Allison spoketo PCWorldabout the exclusive deals it was striking with publishers to get games on its platform. Allison stated, “We will definitely not be doing exclusives at this scale for a long period of time.” A few days after that statement, Epicsigned a deal with the developers behindObservationthat was essentially a repeat of the situation withMetro Exodus....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Holly Black

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse is a video game thing

Internet detective and game blog celebrity Geoff Keighley ‏ caught a conspicuous Amazon listing for a new game:Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse.So far, it looks like the game is being published by Activision, and the only listing is for the Xbox 360. For those of you who don’t follow the series,Road to the Multiversewas one of the most popular recent episodes in the series, featuring Stewie and Brian in a journey across, well, multiple universes....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Tiffany Miller

Fauxlusive: Nookling Junction dumps Trump

Dumpster behind store now super classy Trump, the Republican frontrunner for the 2016 Presidential nomination, has had a bit of a rough week after NBC and Macy’s both parted ways with the reality TV star in light of comments he made about illegal immigrants. Today there was more bad news as Timmy and Tommy Nook announced they will be dropping the Trump brand from all Nookling Junction locations. In a statement released to the press, the Nooks said their company stands for diversity and would not tolerate comments Trump made about frogs....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 243 words · Anthony Horne

Final Fantasy XV hits 10 million in worldwide sales

It’s hard to believe thatFinal Fantasy XVis in the rear-view mirror of the Regalia. This is a game where I oncehad to create a giant checklistto keep track of all of the demos, cross-media projects, DLC, and crossovers.Well, as of this week Square Enix reportsthatFinal Fantasy XVsales have hit a new milestone of 10 million units worldwide. Square Enix “thanks fans for their continued support” for the game. And continued support it has gotten, from a certain point of view!...

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Calvin Smith