Reviews Elsewhere: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Revengeance is a dish best served Recold It’s been a long time coming, butMetal Gear Rising: Revengeanceis finally in stores and available for your salty fingers. Naturally, the launch has been accompanied by all manner of juicy reviews, including our ownrather glowing appraisal. The critics have been generally impressed by Platinum Games’ take on Kojima’s wacky world, with scores sitting comfortably across the seven and nine range. That said, not everybody was a fan, with one review going so far as to slap the game with a three....

July 30, 2025 · 4 min · 683 words · Steven Sanders

Screenshot party: Mugen Souls Z and Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection

RPG gallery NIS America has provided us with a bunch of screenshots from their upcoming games so we’re dropping them all in your lap right now. When it’s this early, sometimes it’s just easier to flip through an image gallery. PS3 RPGMugen Souls Zwill come to North America on May 20 (Europe on May 23), and Vita RPGHyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfectionwill follow on June 3 (June 6 for Europe), with the latter coming in both retail and download forms....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 79 words · Tammy Johnson

Sega’s 60th anniversary eShop sale includes Atlus 3DS favorites

Switch and 3DS deals running until October 5 As part of Sega’s ongoing 60th anniversary celebration, the company ishosting a sale right nowon the Nintendo Switch eShop and the 3DS eShop. It’s sticking around until October 5 at 8:59 a.m. Pacific. You’ll immediately see a trend when you glance down at the two game lists. These deals are mostly centered around classic re-releases under the Sega Ages banner, a handful ofSonictitles, the Atlus 3DS catalog – includingShin Megami Tensei,Etrian Odyssey, andPersona Q– and a few assorted oddities....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Helen Gibbs

Sony announces online PS4 tournament series, with headliners like Call of Duty and Mortal Kombat 11

‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, EA Sports FIFA 20, Mortal Kombat 11, Warface, NBA 2K20, SoulCalibur VI, and BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle’ As arenas remained closed and in-person esports events continue to take a hit, more and more organizations,including EVO, are making the move to online tournaments. This past week Ubisoft announced a new initiative for onlineRainbow Six: Siegeorganized play, and you can now add Sony to that list as of today....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Emily Lynch

Square Enix reveals online shooter Figure Heads

Fighting robots strike PC in 2015 Today, Square Enix unveiled a new online third-person shooter by the name ofFigure Heads. Set in a future where meteorites make the surface of the earth uninhabitable and force mankind to live underground, unmanned robots are developed to work outside the subterranean shelters. It sounds like bored teenagers start using these things for sport at some point, battling one another in five-on-five competitive battles....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · John Fox

Street Fighter V’s Urien is coming in hot hot hot

The final first season DLC character Street Fighter Vhas had a pretty fantastic season of characters. I mean, the original release had a diverse cast with distinctly different fighting styles, but the DLC has been something else. Urien is the last of the lot (for season one anyway), as theStreet Fighter IIIshirt-ripping fiend returns with a new snazzy costume and zoning control by way of slow moving projectiles, as well as a V-Skill that grants him armor and a V-Trigger that reflects stuff....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Kimberly Brown

Take a closer look at Remedy’s Quantum Break

Good times messing with the laws of quantum mechanics During the Microsoft’s press conference, Remedy Entertainment co-founder and Max Payne impersonator Sam Lake introduced the audience to a bit more information on their upcoming Xbox One exclusive,Quantum Break. The trailer showcases a rather tense moment between three individuals trapped in a state of limbo. The first thing that really caught my was the incredible amount detail in the characters’ faces and animations, along with the well done voice work....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Margaret Joseph

The Division 2 headed to Stadia, new expansion Warlords of New York out now

Start spreading the news A one-two punch of news for fans of shooter sequelThe Division 2, as Ubisoft has announced that the riotous team-based title will be headed to the Stadia platform on March 17, a little over a year after its original release on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. The Stadia edition ofThe Division 2will launch with all previous DLC drops, and will also support cross-play with PC users, provided players are willing to sync up their Uplay and Stadia accounts....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Jeremiah Morris

The Iconoclasts returns to show off a cool boss fight

Reminds me of what BioShock Infinite could’ve been It’s been some time since we last had a chance to talk aboutThe Iconoclasts, Joakim “Konjak” Sandberg’s long-in-development, amazing-looking action-adventure game. Today he shared a video of a boss fight which shows good things come to those who wait. “Everything’s WIP, of course, but it probably won’t change much from this! I may work on getting the boss to look a little more ‘animated,’ if I find the time,” Sandberg wrote....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 94 words · Jenna Lewis

The Mega Man Board Game is finally coming soon

Set to ship this week I backed the Mega Man Board Game Kickstarter at its lowest level nearly two years ago, and now, it’s finally ready to ship. Jasco games has announced that the final editions of the game will arrive in their warehouses today, at which point, stock will be assessed and backer copies will be shipped. After that, the plan is to move into other brick and mortar locations....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Kristine Hill

The next Men of War goes to Vietnam

Vietnam is the new go to war for videogames to cash in on real life wars! 1C Company is well aware of that and that’s where one of their next RTS games,Men of War: Vietnam, will take place. Players will be in control of multiple elite special ops soldiers as they take on missions ranging from rescue ops to full on battles. The developers are going for an authentic feel and the environments, buildings and the like are all created as realistically as possible....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Alexander Tucker

The nominees for Destructoid’s best fighting game of 2012

Best of 2012 Even for those who aren’t intoplayingfighting games so much as watching those with far greater skill compete, the raw energy and spectacle of the genre make it one of gaming’s most exciting. This year saw notable releases from the usual franchises, as well as some less expected games that brought in players who might otherwise avoid partaking in this form of competition. Here are our nominees for best fighting game of 2012:...

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 587 words · Kathleen Harris

The Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S are out today

Untethered and tethered, respectively It’s a huge day for Oculus VR, as they’re getting ready to ship two brand new projects today: the Oculus Quest (the untethered system that runs higher-end games than the previous Oculus Go model) and the Oculus Rift S (the PC-dependent traditional VR headset, which has fully replaced the original 1.0 “Rift” SKU). Both are shipping for $399.99. If you’re eyeing a Quest, you can read our review here....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Donna Brooks