Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse has been delayed by another week in Australia

Both it and 7th Dragon III Code: VFD will now be released on December 9 Unfortunately, it looks like JRPG fans in Australia must wait a little longer to get their hands on bothShin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypseand7th Dragon III Code: VFD. Deep Silver, the publisher of these games in both Europe and Australia, has confirmed that the launch date for both games will have to be pushed back by one week....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Danielle Warner

Street Fighter V will have legacy controller support after all

No need for a new stick yet This is one case where I don’t mind seeing a developer go back on something they’ve said. Spanish websiteMeriStationbroke the news thatStreet Fighter Vis going to come with a day-one patch to add in support to make PS3-era fightsticks work on the PS4, and internally, our own Chris Carter backed it up (look for his review next week). Normally I’d get my back up about a 5....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Ryan Davis

The Australian Open is streaming like an animated Wii-Sports Tennis match due to copyright

Tennis fans looking to watch the 2025 Australian Open via the official livestream will come across a change that might have them worrying about their sanity. As you can check right now on the tournament’s official YouTube channel, the players you know to be human have been replaced by animated overlays of models resembling those seen onWii Sports. Hilariously, even the real ball has been replaced by the overlay of a CGI ball, you know, maybe to avoid making ittoo jarring....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Jonathan Morgan

The Konami Code is the key to unlocking Amazon’s Cyber Monday deals

Well eight-elevenths of it The Konami Code has had a ton ofin-game applications, but today it can save you some actual real-life money. Amazon has centered its Cyber Monday video game deals around the legendary cheat, making it instantly good for 15 percent off a bunch of titles. The way it works is that you have to enter the code at the checkout screen, meaning that you won’t see the savings before adding it to your cart....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Kevin Obrien

The next Smash Ultimate event is all about blue (da ba dee da ba daa)

Some of the best characters are blue So what you will about the depth ofSmash Ultimate‘s weekly spirit events, but man the team has come up with some really fun themes: not to mention the fact that they’ve kept them alive for this long!Smash Ultimateturns two in roughly four months! Take this new event for instance: Cool summer, blue spirits. Whoever designed this promotional image needs a raise! As usual it’ll be held over three days, starting on Friday....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · William Woodard

There’s a My Nintendo Kirby and the Forgotten Land Platinum promo now

100 points for a simple scavenger hunt There’s a new My NintendoKirbypromo in town, and it’s just like all those old seek and finds. Remember those? The gist is that you flip through a hub website for a big first-party Nintendo game, find all of the items (in this case, five), and you’ll get 100 Platinum Points to spend on stuff. This time around it’s forKirby and the Forgotten Land, and you can find all the links below (just make sure you’re signed in at the top right)....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Cindy Wright

Thief is going to be an exhilarating game

Steal all the things! We’vealready coveredThiefand the latest demo we saw was largely the same: go in someone’s house and steal their most precious item. Steven Hansen broke down a lot of the mechanics already, so I just wanted to touch on how the actual game feels playing it. Which is that it feels great — exhilarating, in fact. The atmosphere that developer Eidos-Montreal has created really is thrilling. You quickly find yourself so engrossed into thinking you’re the world’s greatest thief, and because of that I tried my hardest to be as sneaky as possible....

May 31, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Joshua Anderson Jr.

Ubisoft cancels development on The Division Heartland

As Ubisoft looks forward to its 2025 fiscal year, the company has decided to cancel its free-to-playDivisiongame,The Division Heartland. Heartlandwasannounced back in 2021, with Ubisoft aiming to have the game in players’ hands by 2022. The planned release window didn’t work out, but in September 2022 wegot another look atHeartland, and the game appeared to have everything you’d expect from a free-to-play multiplayer shooter. The game mixed in survival elements, pitting players against enemies swarming the fictional midwestern town of Silver Creek....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Travis Bell

Warframe’s Heart of Deimos update arrives on Switch today

Explore this gross moon of Mars Digital Extremes planned for its open-worldHeart of Deimos updateto hit all platforms at the same time, but after hitting a snag with Switch certification, the developer went ahead and released it on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on August 25. Today, Switch Tenno like myself are finally able to get in on the action as the update is set to hit the console this afternoon....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Steve Perry

Work together to unlock a new map in BC 2 Vietnam

With Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam out later this month, you will be ready to unleash hell on your enemies as 1960’s war jams like Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” fills your ears. Four brand new multiplayer maps will be available at launch, including a special fifth map that must first be unlocked by the community. LikeBattlefield 1943’s“Coral Sea” map, players on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC versions ofVietnamwill need to collectively amass 69 million team actions to unlock the fifth map called “Operation Hastings,” a remake of a map from the classicBattlefield: Vietnam....

May 31, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Jenna Krause

World of Heroes codes (August 2025) [UPD 4]

Updated: June 08, 2025 We searched for new codes! My Hero Academiaended quite some time ago, but the tears are still flooding. The emptiness in my heart for that series could only be filled with a Roblox experience that rivals the manga’s hype, and this one does when you useWorld of Heroescodes. World of Heroescodes will grant you gold and spins so you can make your own creative hero and not just spin until you get Todoroki’s quirk, you boring specimen....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Sophia Nguyen

World of Warcraft unveils its new fairy world of Ardenweald

Zangarmarsh vibes Although “darkened neon purple and blue” is a highly popular aesthetic inWorld of Warcraft, I can’t get enough of it.Zangarmarsh,Azsuna,Netherstorm: take your pick. Now, Ardenweald will join that list when the upcomingShadowlandsexpansion hits. Described as a “twilight-tinged afterlife for those closely connected to the wild,” there’s trouble in this “afterlife paradise,” as you’ll need to deal with the whole…Shadowlands situation. Faeries, cute little owl creatures and centaur alike grace these wilds, with the ability to join the Night Fae Covenant (one of the new features inShadowlandsthat lets you join a faction for passive and action bonuses)....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Alyssa Humphrey

XBLA games required to work on smaller TVs

The process of getting a game on XBLA is somewhat mysterious. We’ve heard that there are all sorts of requirements which have to be met in order to appear on the service, such as twelve achievements totalling 200 gamerscore.OXMis supplying a couple more pieces to the puzzle in an article which promises an “inside” look at the digital publishing platform. There isn’t too terribly much to go on, but a comment from Mark Morris, managing director at Introversion Software (makers ofDarwinia+) does shed a bit more light on the standards Microsoft has for Arcade titles:...

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Michelle Davila