Rumortoid: Sony’s Home hacked

Don’t put too much stock into this one, because… well, we haven’t seen it yet. If the rumors are true, then one user has successfully hacked into PlayStationHome’s servers, letting him upload, download, and delete files at his leisure.StreetskaterFUis the person said to have come up with the method to hack in. Engadgetsays that a PS3hax forum member claims to have been able tochange the movie posters and trailersout inHomeusing FU’s method....

May 29, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Kristine Whitaker

Ship of Fools developer reveals a new turn-based strategy game, Don’t Kill Them All

Ship ofFoolsdeveloper Fika Games has announced its next title,Don’t Kill Them All, today alongside a Kickstarter campaign for the project. Don’t Kill Them Allis a turn-based strategy game with town-building elements thrown into the mix between major combat bouts. In it, you play as a counselor of sorts who aims to help a Clan or orcs better themselves by teaching them not to destroy everything in their path literally. It’s a bold plan, but one that will see the clan prosper if you may pair it with the powerful buff-providing buildings that can be built in their settlement....

May 29, 2025 · 3 min · 611 words · Paula Butler

SNK’s Garou: Mark of the Wolves coming to PS4, Vita

Playable this weekend at EVO [Update:Over at thePlayStation Blog, Sony has confirmed the PS4 and Vita versions will feature online multiplayer (withCode Mystics’ proprietary netcode), cross-play functionality, and cross-buy.] Today at SNK’s EVO 2016 panel in Las Vegas, Sony’s Gio Corsi announced plans to bringGarou: Mark of the Wolves, the eighth entry in theFatal Furyseries, to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. Garou: Mark of the Wolvesoriginally debuted in Japanese arcades in 1999 before making the jump to Neo Geo in 2000 and Dreamcast (asFatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves) in 2001....

May 29, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Jeanette Young

Star Trek Online kicks off a new age of Discovery this week

Get Silly For Tilly Hankering for some moreStar Trek: Discoveryin your life? Don’t answer that, becauseStar Trek Onlineis banking that you are, ahead of the release of the show’s second season next year. Indeed, the game’s next big content expansion, which drops tomorrow, is set entirely inStar Trek: Discovery‘s pre-Original Series timeframe. TitledAge of Discovery, the expansion will open a new early-game experience for players that feel like starting a new character or two (or feel like engaging in some “historical simulation”), set just after The Battle of the Binary Stars, the incident that openedStar Trek: Discovery‘s first season....

May 29, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Wesley Mejia

Star Wars: Battlefront won’t have any VOIP on PC

On consoles, you’ll need party chat Did you just have a fun time enjoying theStar Wars: Battlefrontbeta with your friends? Yelling about AT-ATs whilesmushing Darth Vader into a fine paste, maybe? Well if you want to do that in the final release, you’re going to have to use external services, asBattlefrontwill not have voice chat in-game. @RaiderGaming15You can choose your favorite third party software to communicate with friends on PC...

May 29, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · April Davis

Strafe sidesteps its release date, jumps back to May

From March 28 to May 9 Strafeand all itshyper-violent, low-polygon actionwill have to wait for a bit. The procedurally-generated first-person viscera simulator is being delayed by just a little more than a month. Publisher Devolver Digital sent out a press release today cheekily citing polygon shortages as the reason for the setback.Straferequires over 150,000 polygons, but 25,000 of those arrived late to the developer’s office. So,Strafewill now release on May 9 instead of March 28....

May 29, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Terry Cunningham

Team Meat thought Microsoft would change its ways

‘Not really’ interested in developing for new consoles It’s no secret thatSuper Meat Boydeveloper Team Meathas been criticalof Microsoft after its experience getting the game on Xbox Live Arcade. Speaking toEurogamer, designer Edmund McMillen said that “For a while I really thought Microsoft would change and was changing after the bad experiences were made public about working with them that weren’t just us. But from what I’ve heard recently they have not at all changed....

May 29, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Tara Stewart

The 300 Week 36: Let Us Now Praise Famous Batmen in 70mm IMAX While Searching for Our Daughter

The Dark Knight fetishizes architecture in IMAX and my hometown features prominently in a thriller Hello, caped crusaders, and welcome back toThe 300, my so serious attempt to watch 300 movies in theaters in the year 2018. I’ll be seeing new releases, classics, hidden gems, and festival films to experience the wide world of cinema in all its glory. With that much variety, I hope you see something here you’ll want to check out....

May 29, 2025 · 9 min · 1789 words · Rachel Anderson

The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls is now available at retail

The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls,the card game versionof the popularBinding of Isaacseries that had awildly successful Kickstarter, is now available for purchase at Target stores nationwide.Available for $29.99, you’ll get the full 340 card set along with three bonus cards for the retail release. “Binding of Isaac is a great brand and a huge favorite with the gaming community. With the launch of the game at retail,” said Javon Frazier (chief product officer of distributor Studio71), “we are taking the next step forward in bringing fans a new experience....

May 29, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Maria Johnson

The prose of Pyre’s consequences

Dear Reader, I can’t look at the night sky and not think ofPyre. Stars are a fundamental part of the game’s narrative. Not only do they guide your way, they act as a sign of hope. The cosmos lights many paths forward, and inPyre, looking up affords your allies a chance at freedom from exile. One escapes purgatory through due process: Claim victory in the ceremonial Rites, return home. That’s the only way out....

May 29, 2025 · 8 min · 1669 words · Michaela Johnson

These Killing Floor 2 screenshots are not for the faint of heart

Really, this whole game isn’t Anyone that’s familiar withKilling Floorcould have probably predicted that its sequel would be equally violent and blood-soaked (if not more so). These fourteen screenshots do a fine job of affirming that suspicion. So, good guess, Guy Who Doesn’t Go Out on a Limb with His Predictions. Killing Floor 2doesn’t yet have a release date, likely because the developers are hellbent on making the entire game look likeThe Shining‘s elevator....

May 29, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · John Schneider

Ubisoft’s Michel Ancel is starting an indie studio on the side

He’s still ‘leading the creative development of select projects at Ubisoft Montpellier’ Raymancreator Michel Ancel isn’t leaving Ubisoft — at least not yet — but he’s announced that he’llalsobe involved with a newly-founded independent studio, Wild Sheep, in Montpellier. In a statement provided toGame Informer, Ubisoft’s Xavier Poix said “We are fortunate to have some of the industry’s finest talents, including Michel Ancel, working with us at our studio. In addition to spending some of his time on this new venture, Michel is leading the creative development of select projects at Ubisoft Montpellier, including an extremely ambitious new title that is very close to his and the team’s heart....

May 29, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Dana Wright

Vita card game Monster Monpiece comes to NA, EU

Some card images cut, though Idea Factory International’s first Vita game,Monster Monpiece, has been confirmed for North America and Europe today. This tactical card battle with RPG elements comes to PSN this spring. If the name sounds familiar, it’s probably becausewe’ve shown you this Vita… er, stroking game before. I assure you that there’s tactical card play systems and a story line beyond all of this screen whacking. You can rub magic power into cards by going at it on the Vita’s touchscreen!...

May 29, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Zachary Gray