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You’ll never see it coming! Hot off the heels of the Nendoroid for the annoyingMorganacomes a figma of Joker, the cool protagonist ofPersona 5. The fearless leader is the first character fromPersona 5to be converted to figma form, and he’s here to steal your shelf space along with your heart. However, the limitations of the included Morgana accessory prevent the figma from achieving greatness. The Phantom Thief will be arriving with three face plates, which include an expressionless face, a smiling face, and a grinning face....

Typical Valve The survivors of theLeft 4 Deadseries are back for a cameo inZombie Army Trilogyon PC. Folks who own Rebellion’s Nazi zombie-shooting game can download a free update through Steam that adds Bill, Francis, Louis, Zoey, Coach, Ellis, Nick, and Rochelle as playable characters. Kinda cool. You might be wondering how they traveled back to 1945, though. Me too! Maybe you can download this free 2000AD comic,Zombie Army Trilogy: Wrong Place, Wrong Time, and tell the rest of us....

‘It’s been an epic ride…’ It’s the end of an era, as fighting game website Shoryuken.com, more commonly known as “SRK”, are to close their forums at the end of the month. This brings to an end years of intense, informative, comedic and controversial fighting game chatter. The SRK forums have been a great go-to resource for fighting titles, new and old. I even remember reading up move lists for games as obscure asJackie Chan in Fists of Fire....

After what seemed like an eternity,The Walking Dead: Starved for Help, is finally here, and I couldn’t be more excited. Not only do I get to play the second installment in what has become my favorite downloadable title this year, we are also being spoiled by Telltale Games yet again with another special guest … or two. Tonight we’ll be playing through the entirety of Episode 2, while chatting live with the games director and lead choreographer, Dennis Lenart....

Nothing stops the space pirates On July 6, BioWare released a new update for the PC version ofMass Effect: Andromeda. The release notes at the time indicated that the patch was going to focus primarily on improving facial animations and stability, along with numerous other issues. It would also add a new Platinum difficulty to the games multiplayer mode, along with other tweaks meant specifically for the platform. After it’s release, people digging through the files of the updated game discovered that Denuvo, the controversial DRM, has been removed from the game....

Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE publishing ninjas (that sounds so much better than just “team”) have just signed a “multi-year partnership” with the Independent Games Festival which will see an all-new XBLA Prize. The development team whose game wins said award will get a first-party publishing deal which will see the winning title on several LIVE-enabled platforms including the Xbox LIVE Arcade and Windows Phone 7. The winner will be announced on-stage on March 7 during the IGF Awards ceremony....

Rumor does not have it There’s been a swirl of info on social media recently about Microsoft cracking down on emulators. Frustration soon gave way to rumor, but Microsoft is clearing the air and saying this has nothing to do with other companies, but its own platform policies. Xbox Series X|S consoles had become popular tools for retro enthusiasts to run emulators. Users found it relatively easy to download, install, and run emulators that could play both retro and homebrew games....

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger CarltonMcHard talks about what its like to be a Catholic and a gamer. It’s an interesting read from a perspective that isn’t discussed all that often. Want to see your own stuff appear on the front page?Go write something!–Occams Electric Toothbrush] Bayonettais one of my favorite videogames. It’s rather odd for me to say that, considering my Catholic background. I often find myself thinking, “I really enjoy a game about a stripteasing witch who literally fights against God and angels....

Press X to sign over stock Shopping day? Shopping day. Following the news that Tencent and SIE acquired 30% of FromSoftware, another Chinese conglomerate, NetEase,has announcedthat it has fully acquired French developer Quantic Dream — known for cinematic adventures such asHeavy RainandDetroit: Become Human. Holding company NetEaseoriginally purchased a minority stakein Quantic Dream back in 2019, but has now taken full ownership of the company, which becomes NetEase’s first European studio and will be used to spearhead NetEase’s presence in the global market....

Pocket Promoter During last week’s pro-wrestling extravaganza Wrestle Kingdom 15, legendary Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced that it has a brand new video game in the works, currently in development for mobile platforms in 2021. Very little was revealed for the new project, officially titledNJPW Strong Spirits, but it is believed that the app will take a rough “management” format, and will likely see players build and train a roster of ring-rockin’ stars while capturing the “action, excitement, and passion” of NJPW....

I’m hoping our secret friends that passed along the PSPgo specs awhile back will come back around to tell us more about the PSP2. You have my email address! Until then, we’re keeping our ears close to the ground for new details on Sony’s rumored new portable. Around Tokyo Game Show plenty of rumors floated up to the top, which had me hoping we’d see it or at least hear about it....

[Update: Added new 3DS specific trailer!] Working for a magazine is different from writing for a blog in a lot of ways. Probably the biggest difference is reading the exclusive news from your publication at the same time the general public does. I just got the latest issue ofNintendo Force in the mailand it’s packed with news, comics, and editorial that you won’t get anywhere else. Case in point — a two-page spread with Nicalis’s Tyrone Rodriguez revealing many of the company’s plans for the coming years....

Get your Banjo Kazooie votes in This past week there has been a lot of excitement aroundNintendo accepting votesfor which videogame character should be the next addition toSmash Bros.on Wii U and 3DS. While most of the talk has been around Nintendo first party characters, there have been people wondering if Nintendo would consider adding third-party characters in as DLC. As it turns out, Nintendo of America is perfectly happy for you to vote for third-party characters, but it can’t guarantee it’ll be able to add them to the game....