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Aim for the heart When I last wrote aboutSTARWHAL, it still had the subtitle “Just the Tip.” That’s since been jettisoned. The floppy local multiplayer game about narwhals in space has made it on toSteamproper, and it’s hitting up PS3 and PS4 on June 05, 2025. There’s pay-once-for-both pricing ($11.99), but the PS3 version only runs at 30 frames per second (PS4 runs at 60). For the PlayStation Network release, “[c]razy new modes, intense new arenas, sweet new visual effects, a massive, extended, thumping soundtrack, and over 9,000 costume combinations” await, according to designer Mike Keogh....

And like that… they’re gone Yesterday, an entire list of patch notes pertaining to the full roster of Capcom’sStreet Fighter V: Arcade Editionwere uploaded to Japan’s CFN page. These were quickly followed up by aTweetnoting that the notes were not final, before the whole list eventually vanished completely. Fortunately, the balance tweaks, buffs, nerfs and everything in-between were live long enough to be translated by Event Hubs’ MajinTenshinhan, who put up a whole laundry list of character changes, for better or worse....

Expect our review near launch If you haven’t played 2015’sHer Storyyet and really enjoy the idea of a modern FMV adventure game, you probably should get on that: it’s $10 on Steam and worth an afternoon (or several). It’s better thanthe FMV board game fromCommunity, andMad Dog McCree, I promise. The creator ofHer Story, Sam Barlow, has another game coming out soon starring Ryan’s brother fromThe O.C.and Donna fromHalt and Catch Fire(low key one of the best shows in the last decade):Telling Lies....

PC save files are compatible Several years later,Terrariais still going strong. After a round of open beta testing, the Mac and Linux versions of the popular sandbox game have launched. If you’re a Windows player, you won’t need to pay for these new ports, and all three versions are compatible. That goes for save files, too! The system requirements are: It’s worth mentioning thatTerrariafor Win/Mac/Linux isn’t compatible with the console and mobile versions....

Also, Tencent is there This week at the Los Angeles Games Conference, experts on the Chinese video game industry spoke to a room of games professionals (and me) about how to find success overseas. “Maybe this panel should be calledHow to Lose Less in China,” said Michael Zhang, the founder and CEO of mobile publisher Firefly Games. The panel also featured Isabel Gan, Director of Strategic Development at Mattel and Bill Wang, President of Overseas Business at 360 Games, and was moderated by Michael Cai, the President of Video Games at market research firm Interpret....

You’ll get most of the rewards right away Remember, theSplatoon 2toSplatoon 3save data transfer processis a feature of the newest entry, and it’s real easy to do. The Splatoon 2toSplatoon 3save data transfer happens after loading the game withSplatoon 2data If you haveSplatoon 2data on your Switch, you’ll be prompted to import it after booting upSplatoon 3, before the main menu. As a reminder, here’s what you get: If you don’t haveSplatoon 2data yet, but you do own the game: play it, finish the tutorial for good measure, and wait until you load into the hub city....

[Editor’s note: Brahms tells us howMega Man IIstarted the affair for him as part ofJune’s Monthly Musings.— CTZ] As a child of the 1990’s, I had missed much of the original Nintendo generation. I was born in 1985, the same year as the American release of the Nintendo Entertainment System, and my pitiful baby appendages simply weren’t developed enough to properly manipulate the tiny plastic buttons of the rectangular gamepad. Much less put any thought into why a certain portly plumber would suddenly move upward if I pressed the little red button on the right side of the controller....

Puzzles and RPG elements A new survival game is on the way, and this time it will pit eight people against the Alaskan wilderness. It’s calledThe Wild Eight, and will focus on survival first and foremost, purposefully playing down the horror element that’s present in some of these titles. Multiplayer is confirmed, as are RPG elements including skill development, puzzles, and “mutated wolves.” It’ll arrive later this year on PC and Xbox One, and it’s being developed by 8 Points....

When I first saw the “dog” mechanic inPikmin 4, I was skeptical that it would even work.AfterplayingPikmin 4, I want the dog modded into every game before it. Yes, that dog, adorably named “Oatchi,” is arguably the start of the game. Not only does it look cute: it also heavily factors into the storyline ofthe fourth main iteration, and it’s one of the most useful game mechanics I’ve experienced in a long while....

Ages changed, underwear extended, boobs set ablaze It is a day that ends in ‘y’ which means another Japanese game is getting localized, and people on the internet are calling it censorship. This time, the game is the Wii U exclusiveTokyo Mirage Sessions #FE—which is only a slightly better name thanhtoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary—a crossover title between theFire EmblemandShin Megami Tenseiseries that has the characters singing, dancing, and fighting. As shown in the video above, the chapter-one boss has had her breasts set ablaze with some dark fire in the Western localization, versus the Japanese version which had them mostly exposed with just small coverings on the nipples....

Ubisoft’s actions may be a clever filibuster Patrice Désilets says he was fired. Ubisoft says that good faith discussions led to a mutual departure.It’s unclear how Désilets and Ubisoft split paths, but it is clear that new chapters are being added to the saga incredibly quickly. The most recent casualty is1666. During an investors’ call today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot revealed that all production has been stopped on1666. It just so happens that1666was the title that Désilets was the creative director on....

Stave off the Antorian scum Star Commandis a pretty neat game, but it can get extremely overwhelming and confusing, especially if you don’t have simulation experience. Once you get the hang of things though, it becomes not only manageable, but a times, easy. General tips: On the flip-side, the machine gun and plasma cannon minigames are super easy to do. you may pretty much fight off any intruder with this ball of healing — just try and keep at least one Redshirt in a weapon room so you can actually recharge your weapons....

The short answer here is that it may become available for Mac OS X in the future, but right now, there have been no stated plans. Cities: Skylines 2wasreleased on Windows. The only other platforms that are confirmed right now are Microsoft Xbox Series X|S and PS5. Furthermore, the console versions will not arrive until next year. It’s likely that, if there’s going to be a Mac version, it won’t arrive until after the console launch....