Dead or Alive gets an all new waifu for upcoming Venus Vacation

Meet Misaki TheDead or Aliveseries is introducing a new character for the upcoming PC browser titleDead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation. The weekly edition of Famitsu reveals Misaki will join the girls on the beach when the free-to-play title hits Japan later this year. Marie and Honoka were the previous two newest characters (excluding characters from other franchises) and quickly became the face of theDead or Aliveseries, appearing in every game since their introduction via DLC toDead or Alive 5....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Michelle Combs

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate – How to remove the Vex shields in the Fallow mission boss fight

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate introduces a unique new gameplay mechanic called Matterspark. Mattersparkis a funny word for turning yourself into an electrical ball of dark matter, and it’s a crucial part of The Edge of Fate and its new destination, Kepler. Matterspark consoles are found all over the map, and interacting with them will shrink you down into the electro ball of doom, allowing you to get to hard-to-reach places and even fight certain enemies....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Eric Olson

Diablo 4 Astaroth boss bug fix

Release the hounds In Act 2 ofDiablo 4you’ll square off against Astaroth: one of the most unique boss fights in the entire series. Sadly, it’s bugged throughout the weekend of the launch, and is occasionally preventing players from completing it. Here’s how to fix it and finish out Act 2. If you get stuck fighting Astaroth (finishing the As the World Burns quest): quit, then fight it again Sometimes when fighting Astaroth,some players (myself included!...

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Natasha Martin

Did Target just leak Homefront: The Revolution’s release date?

Looks like May Well this is interesting. GameWatcher has apparently found a $1 pre-order card at Target forHomefront: Revolution, which states that the game has a July 05, 2025 release date. Right now it’s merely slated for a “Quarter 1/2” window, but this likely gives us a good idea of what to expect. Deep Silver did not comment on the discovery. I’ll give it a fair shake, but I don’t think there’s any AAA release I’m less excited for this year than this one....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Melissa Davila

Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph: A videogame movie done right?

[Update:TheDisney websiteforWreck-It Ralphfeatures a chance to “wreck” the trailer, and a playable version of Ralph’s game,Fix-it Felix Jr.!] Disney is no stranger to movies featuring the “secret lives” of original characters, set in worlds inhabited by recognizable icons of their respective genre. BothRoger RabbitandToy Storyhave illustrated this beautifully, but now it’s videogames’ turn. Wreck-It Ralphhits theaters this November and follows its titular character (a hybrid of Donkey Kong, and George and Lizzie, the characters fromRampage) as he comes to the realization that he just doesn’t want to be a game villain anymore....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Charlotte Wong

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT’s closed beta begins the fight on August 26

That’s a whole lotta beta Square Enix has announced the dates that the closed beta forDissidia Final Fantasy NTwill run for. The beta will begin at 9:00am PT on August 26 and close at the same time on September 4 for folks in Europe and the Americas. Folks in the Americas can try their hand at getting an invitehere, while folks in Europe can try for an invitehere. However, while they’re being generous with the length, Square’s coming off as somewhat cheap and secretive in terms of content for the beta....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Alexandra Green

Do Aspects stack in Diablo 4?

Can you disguise three aspects in a trench coat? Once you get deep intoDiablo 4, optimization becomes crucial. While your build is more than half the battle, stacking synergistic Aspects winds up becoming just as important. Some builds can’t even work without the proper Aspects to help them out! Because of this, you may wonder if you can just stack the same Aspect over and over inDiablo 4. After all, once you find the best possible perk for your build, why wouldn’t you just want to keep making it more powerful?...

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 266 words · Kim Robinson

E3 09: Band Hero artists revealed, includes…Janet Jackson?

Given what little information know about Activision’s upcomingBand Hero, we just assumed it wasGuitar Herowith more “mainstream” pop artists artists. Being the first E10+ game in the series, we weren’t really sure what to expect from the game’s music. On one of what seems like a billion jumbo-tron screens, Activision was pimping all of itsHerogames,Bandincluded. The never-before-seen trailer revealed some of the 50-plus artists that would appear in the game, including: Janet Jackson; Jesse McCartney; Culture Club; Snow Patrol; The Go-Gos; Fall Out Boy; The Turtles; Marvin Gaye; and Maroon 5....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Gabriel Lambert

E3: Dead Rising: Off The Record’s amusement park explored

At Captivate, Capcom was hinting at an all new area of Fortune City that Frank West would get to explore inDead Rising: Off the Record. If you guessed “amusement park,” pat yourself on the back. Capcom has revealed the “Uranus Zone” amusement park forOff the Record, a sci-fi themed playground of wonders and games. Oh, and yeah, and a bunch of flesh eating zombies. While the small demo was area was devoid of any exposition, it was a good opportunity to sample some of the new and wonderful toys West can use to slaughter (and taunt) the undead....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Jesse Gray

Elden Ring is getting some quality-of-life additions and new hairstyles before Shadow of the Erdtree release

Over onElden Ring’sofficial Twitteraccount, we got a preview of a patch hitting next Thursday, June 20, just before the release of the much-anticipatedShadow of the ErdtreeDLC. This patch isn’t anything too groundbreaking, but it does have a few welcome quality-of-life additions, and some new hairstyles for the helmet-eschewing reader. Newly obtained item changes The first change shown off is the addition of markers that alert you to newly-acquired items. Even better, a new “Recent Items” tab will be added to the inventory as well....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 265 words · Carlos Kane

Final Fantasy XIV boss talks how Blue Mage experiment went over and the future of the game

It looks bright Final Fantasy XIVis in a good place, but just nine years ago, things were looking disastrous. What’s known as the vanilla version ofXIVrushed onto the scene and basically tanked immediately, leading to a complete reboot that’s rarely seen in the industry today. Much of that effort was led by the incomparable Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida, who worked tirelessly with his team to ensure that the new shell,A Realm Reborn, would give fans what they originally wanted....

June 19, 2025 · 4 min · 813 words · Scott Miller

Foamstars arrives February 6

Foamstarsisn’t unique, but it does offer a colorful, exciting shooter experience. An announcement trailer has revealed that the game launches on Sony’s console’s on February 6. We got a taste of the game last year thanks tothe open betawhich ran from September 29 until October 1, and it was generally well-receieved. You’d be forgiven for confusing the Square Enix-produced open world beta with Nintendo’sSplatoonfranchise, as both games feature players making a colorful mess....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Amanda Everett

Guilty Gear Strive roadmap ahead includes crossplay beta and more characters

There’s a lot of newStrivecontent on the way Evo 2022 is officially underway, and Arc System Workstook the stagetoday to discussGuilty Gear. The company laid out its plans for the near future ofGuilty Gear Strivein a roadmap, including new content and a test of some crossplay functionality. In apanel today, Arc System Works talked a bit about the past ofGuilty Gear, leading up toStriveand on to modern day. After answering some questions and sharing some concept art, the team showed off a graphic, detailing what’s to come for the rest of 2022 and into 2023....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Jason Hahn