Overwatch fans can now pre-order their very own levitating Snowball bot

It’s no AWESOM-O, but still One of the most underrated characters in the pantheon ofOverwatchstars is definitely Mei’s adorable robot companion, Snowball. The sentient little droid helps Overwatch’s ice-princess with her inventions and accompanies her into battle, unleashing its frosty abilities during Mei’s powerful Ult attack. And who could forget Snowball’s brave actions duringthatanimated shortthat didn’t make me cry,where it comforted Mei in her darkest hour, and gave up the last of its battery power so she could realign her base’s antenna and contact Overwatch....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 258 words · Joseph Caldwell

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis just doubled the level cap

TheNew Genesislevel cap is now 40 There’s a newPhantasy Star Online 2: New Genesislevel cap in town, and it’s double what we’ve had since launch. Recently,Sega revealed more infoon the big February update, which included, among many other things, a level cap increase. It’s a huge increase actually, as the level cap since launch has been 20: now it’s 40. That means every single class can move beyond that prior limit now....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Katherine Green

Pour one out for Nintendo’s Project Giant Robot

It’s officially canceled Forsome time now, it has seemed unlikely thatProject Giant Robotwould ever see the light of day. Were any of you keeping hope alive for the clumsy robot brawler? You can abruptly stop that now. Nintendo has confirmed toPolygonthat the experimental Wii U title, first shown at E3 2014 and notably demoed by Shigeru Miyamoto, is no more. In a statement, a representative said the decision came about “after considering our overall product and development strategy....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Daniel Anderson

PS4 Neo could ‘fundamentally change’ No Man’s Sky

MORE LIKE FAUN-DAMENTALLY CHANGE The new PlayStation 4 model Sony is likelyannouncing in September, currently referred to as “PS4 Neo,” could affect the future of just-releaseNo Man’s Sky, Hello Games head Sean Murray told theDaily Star. While this fly’s contrary to reports that Neo would only offer owners a performance boost and that games would have to be fundamentally in parity, Murray might just be over-excited here. “If you play another game and if they do a remaster of that game, what they will do is up-res the textures and things like that....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Amanda Kim

Review: God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Tricky folks, developer Ready at Dawn and Sony Computer Entertainment. After completing God of War: Chains of Olympusfor the PlayStation Portable in 2008, the former very publicly claimed it was done with development on Sony’s handheld. The latter releasedGod of War IIIearlier in the year, calling it the final chapter in theGod of Wartrilogy, leading many to believe it would be the last we’d see of series protagonist, Kratos. Tricky folks, developer Ready at Dawn and Sony Computer Entertainment....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Crystal Huff

Ristar brightens up the Sega Forever line-up

A flame that burns twice as bright… Once upon a time, the Sonic Team didn’t make solelySonic the Hedgehoggames. In the later days of the Genesis, Yuji Naka (Sonic’screator) tried his hand at creating a new mascot for the company (reworked from the original concept forSonic). That effort gave birth toRistar, the oft forgotten platforming classic of 1995. Just a quick glance at one of the screenshots reveals theSonicinfluence, but the soundtrack also screams of the same sounds that made the blue blur so popular....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · Heather Hardy

Sakura Wars gets set to unleash mecha mayhem with new story trailer

Raise the curtain… It hasbeen a very long waitfor western fans, but we’re finally approaching the release ofSakura Wars,which will arrive on PS4 in North America and Europe in April. Publisher Sega has released a new English-language story trailer to help get fans up to speed on the strategic anime adventure’s narrative. Set in a (very) alternate 1940s Tokyo,Sakura Warswill tell the epic tale of a city at war, with the Imperial Theater and its compatriots facing off in dramatic battle against hordes of demons, brought about by man’s inhumanity to man....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Tanya Mcgrath

Skate 3 demo hits Xbox LIVE, PSN next week

Electronic Arts hasre-confirmed that a demoforSkate 3will hit Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Network on April 15. The demo will feature a small piece of the game’s “University District,” inside the game’s new open game world of Port Carverton. Single-player and multiplayer modes are crammed into the demo, including Domination and Own the Lot. Newbies will have a chance to learn the ropes at the Skate.School, sample the object dropper using 24 objects to customize trick lines, and capture and upload footage using the game’s replay editor....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Jeff Preston

Spider-Man 2 (PS5): How to acquire new suits and styles

Spider-Man can’t be seen in anything but the best threads as he web-swings through New York City. To keep him looking fresh, there are plenty of suits to unlock inSpider-Man 2. With two protagonists taking the lead, you’ll have twice the work to do grabbing suits for both Peter Parker and Miles Morales. This guide will explain how to unlock and acquire suits inSpider-Man 2. How to get new suits in Spider-Man 2 (PS5) Miles and Peter’s default suits are pretty cool, but you’ll want to upgrade them pretty soon....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Matthew Klein

Starfield exceeds one million concurrent players, because of course it does

Is there anybody out there whodidn’tthinkStarfieldwould be an immense hit the yoctosecond it released? It becameSteam’s top gamebefore it even officially launched. Now it’s been declared that Bethesda’s anticipated sci-fi RPG has surpassed one million concurrent players. That’s according to a recent Twitter post from Head of Xbox,Phil Spencer. According to the exec, this number was “exceeded” today, just one day afterStarfield‘s full release. It should be noted that this is across all platforms....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Joseph Rodriguez

Steamworld Dig is better on the Wii U

Best of both worlds This isn’t the first rodeo forSteamWorld Dig— the cute mining adventure game first arrived last year on the3DS eshop, followed by aSteam release. Now it’s making a comeback to the Wii U this week on August 28, along the way managing to keep all of its charm, graphics, and more. SteamWorld Digfor the Wii U combines the best of both worlds from the PC and 3DS versions....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Matthew Moore

Steins;Gate 0 announced from the same team as the first game

No, that semicolon is correct Roughly one year ago the originalSteins;Gategame was localized, and it was pretty well received critically. Developer 5pb isn’t done yet with the series, and has just announcedSteins;Gate 0, a follow-up to the original. It will once again star series hero Rintarou Okabe, and follow a specific storyline from the first game. While I don’t want to spoil anything the series’ principal thematic element is time travel, so it will deal with righting a past wrong by using one potential ending as canon....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Andrew Glass

The Crew just can’t catch a break

Delayed to December Ubisoft is pushingThe Crewback a few weeks to June 22, 2025 where it will release simultaneously on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360. I’m not sure what kind of sales the company is expecting to generate here, but I’d be nervous. December can be tough. There have already been a few closed beta tests for the open-world racer and yet another one is planned for November now that there’s extra time....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Robin Sloan