New Guilty Gear said to be a ‘complete reconstruction of the franchise’

A few words from Daisuke Ishiwatari on the new#GuiltyGear… — Arc System Works @ #BBTank (@ArcSystemWorksU)July 23, 2025 Daisuke Ishiwatari, general director of theGuilty Gearseries, hastaken to Twitterto explain that thenewGuilty Gearwill be a “complete reconstruction of the franchise.” In a lengthy post to fans, Ishiwatari said, “The core concept this time is unlike those of the past titles—it is neither ‘evolution’ nor ‘returning to roots’; nor is it an addition or subtraction of elements from existing titles....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Carol Lopez

NYCC: The samurai bunny returns in new Usagi Yojimbo game

Happy Giant brings back the ronin warrior Most people know him from his cameos inTMNT, but Miyamoto Usagi has been the star of his own comic book series for a long time. His first and only game,Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo, came out in 1988 for the Commodore 64, and save for a cameo inTMNT 2: Battle Nexus, he hasn’t been in a videogame since. At NYCC this weekend, however, Happy Gianthas revealedfootage and details on the first Miyamoto Usagi game in 25 years....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · David Parker

Our D4 playthrough part 2: send in the clowns

Damn! Dang! Darn! Uhh… Dildos! I think the lesson Bill and I learned playingD4: Dark Dreams Don’t Dieis that we need to calibrate the Kinect, and make sure it can see us properly. Beyond that, I’m still unclear what this game is about, and it’s vaguely upsetting to try and make sense of it. It feels a bit like some kind of crossover betweenCheersandThe Butterfly Effect, but through a glass darkly, and from within a thick cloud of paint fumes....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · James Mclean

PAX 08: Cheapy D and Gay Gamer talk online communities

We saddled up at Walrus theatre at 1 pm on the final day of PAX to check out a panel called “The Power of Online Gaming Communities” featuring our favorite Japanese import Cheapy D fromCheap Ass Gamer, the rather delectable Flynn DeMarco fromGay Gamer, Christa Phillips fromGamerChiX, Nelson Rodriguez fromGamerscore blogand Nick Pueleo fromEvil Avatar. Topics addressed included such vital bits as moderation and banning to how to manage your online community and still have fun....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Hannah Foster

Persona 3 FES and Persona 4 going ‘best’ in Japan

“Best?” Hell yeah! I always feel kind of proud when one of my favorite games gets bumped into the Best or Greatest Hits bracket. According to retail leaks, it sounds like two of my favorite titles are going to be pushed up into Japan’s PlayStation2 the Best collection. Both Game Star and Amazon say thatPersona 3 FESandPersona 4will join the ranks of the Best on August 5th with a retail price of 2,940 yen....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Ethan Kline

PlayStation is losing its Twitter / X integration later this month

PlayStation has announced its Twitter / X integration for photo and video sharing on PS4 and PS5 ends on November 13. PlayStation Twitter support ends soon “As of August 02, 2025, integration with X (formerly known as Twitter) will no longer function on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles,” says PlayStation on itsofficial website. “This includes the ability to view any content published on X on PS5/PS4, and the ability to post and view content, trophies, and other gameplay-related activities on X directly from PS5/PS4 (or link an X account to do so)....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Lauren Watkins

PlayStation Store will discontinue movie and TV purchase and rental services on August 31

Show’s over Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that, as of June 28, 2025, PlayStation users will no longer be able to purchase or rent movies and TV shows from the PlayStation Store. Speaking onthe official PlayStation blogthis morning, SIE noted that all previously purchased films and shows will still be readily available, on-demand, via PlayStation consoles and mobile devices, but said content will no longer be purchasable as of the aforementioned date....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Tabitha Dixon

Podtoid 204: Pleasured Jellyfish Flavor

On an almighty pre-E3 Podtoid speculator, Jonathan Holmes starts to ponder the damaging effect that the podcast has had on his life, while Jim Sterling plans to make him have sex with everything in the ocean. Meanwhile, Hamza Aziz is promised a tube of Pringles a night and there’s a brand new segment in which true legal dilemmas are solved once and for all. Meanwhile, we chat about what we hope to see at E3, we discuss some rubbish about Japanese games, we chat about Platinum Games and we also get hyped forAmong the Sleep....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Haley Davis

Pokémon TCG Pocket wonder pick sneak peek campaign explained

Pokémon TCG Pockethas a lot of great things going for it. What it doesn’t have, however, is concise explanations for some of its weirder mechanics, like the wonder pick sneak peek campaign that’s running this week. Here’s how it works. Table of contents How does wonder pick sneak peek work in Pokémon TCG Pocket? As the name suggests, the sneak peek feature inPokémon TCG Pocketallows you to sneak a peek at one of the card options when wonder picking a booster pack....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Bonnie Saunders

Project Zomboid: Kentucky State Prison armory location (Rosewood Prison)

You’re going to need all the weapons you can handle to survive the zombie apocalypse, andProject Zomboidis no different. Guns, melee weapons, and explosives are all necessary if you want to have a chance at staying alive. One of the best spots to pick up weapons is inside armories, one in particular that can be found inside the Kentucky State Prison, also known as the Rosewood Prison. But this is a rather large building, and you can get lost....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 451 words · Patrick Hamilton

PS Plus won’t be required to play PlanetSide 2 on PS4

Excellent free-to-play shooter PlanetSide 2is a free-to-play first-person shooter. And it’ll remain a totally free-to-play shooter once it arrives on the PlayStation 4 as the game won’t require PlayStation Plus to play online. We’ll be getting hands-on with PS2 on PS4 (heh) at E3, but the public will also get a chance with the game at MLG Anaheim from June 20-22. As for the PC version, players can soon expect the new 64sqkm continent Hossin, an advanced achievement system, player-drive continent conquest/locking, and expansions to the Outfits system....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Amanda Giles

Riven, the sequel to Myst, is getting a remake

An adventure classic is being remade from the ground up Cyan is remaking another one of its classics, this time inRiven.The studio has announced it is developing aRivenremake from the ground up. Riven, orRiven: The Sequel to Myst, will be getting a full, modern remake. Cyan’s already produceda remakeforMyst, and it seems like this will be a similar undertaking. In anFAQ online, Cyan addresses the basics. Yes, this is a remake from the ground up, not a remaster....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Dawn Roberts

Shadow of the Tomb Raider might be the next Tomb Raider game

Leaky breaks I’ll let you know up-front that this really isn’t as juicy as it might seem. We may have the name of the nextTomb Raidergame, but that’s it. It’s just a new name in a series where we were essentially guaranteed to have more installments. And even what we do know might be wrong. Rumors are going around today thatShadow of the Tomb Raideris the title of the next Crystal DynamicsTomb Raidergame....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Julie Pacheco