Live show: Back to Dragon’s Dogma

We’ll get out of Everfall one day, I swear [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you may be as much a part of the show as anything else.] It’s been far too long since I’ve played one of my favorite games of last year, the always amazingly entertaining,Dragon’s Dogma....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Eric Holder

Marvel Rivals: The Thing’s Move Set and Tips

It’s almost clobbering time inMarvel Rivals. The Thing of the Fantastic Four is set to join the hero shooter’s roster in the Season 1.5 update. He’s also about to crumple the Vanguard meta like a greasy hoagie wrapper with a seismic set of skills. The Thing is Marvel Rivals’ first un-stunnable Vanguard I don’t think anyone was shocked when it was “revealed” that The Thing was a Vanguard. Ben Grimm was always a bruiser, even before he was blasted with cosmic radiation and grew a second skin of stone....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Jeff Martin

Mega Man Battle Network 3 rated for Wii U eShop

Both GBA versions Both versions ofMega Man Battle Network 3(Blue and White) have been rated for the Wii U eShop by the Australian Classification board, which of course highlights an impending release. Why Capcom would release the third iteration of a sub-franchise before the first two is unknown, but it stands to reason that they’re gearing up to release the first three, at the very least — this is just the first sighting of it....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · John Robinson

Märchen Veil is the next PC-88 game on Switch via EggConsole

FollowingHydlideandSilpheedback in December, D4 Enterprise has released its next PC-88 port on Switch via their EggConsole line. This time, it’sMärchen Veil(Part 1), initially released in 1985 for the PC-8801mkIISR. If you’re unfamiliar withMärchen Veil, isn’t that just the best? Not knowing about a game that was just reissued? I actually do knowMärchen Veilbecause of theFamicom Disk System versionreleased in 1987. I don’t own it, but it’s one of the cheapest and most common games on the system, so I always see a copy when I’m looking for new ones to try....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Joshua Warren

Niantic teases Pokémon Go Sword and Shield starters launch, with upcoming Max Out event

The adorable yet powerful ensemble of Generation 8 will finally be coming toPokémon Goas Niantic unveils a teaser of the upcoming Max Out event. Sword and Shieldfans will quickly notice the sightings of Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble. The creatures made their mark as starters inPokémon SWandSH, encapsulating Grass, Fire, and Water Types. Now, they’ll seemingly return toPokémon Gofor the Max Out event from Sept. 3 to Dec. 3. Some exciting BIG news is coming to#PokemonGO!...

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Tanner Jones

Nintendo Japan’s Virtual Console page hints at more consoles

If you’re anything like us, you sometimes pop over to Nintendo Japan’s Web page to see what you’re missing. Those that have lately will tell you that the newly remodeledVirtual Console pageis a slick, Flash-based affair. A click on any of the 6 buttons takes you to a list of VC games from that system. It’s pretty nice, and it makes theUS VC site look… blah. Those with sharp eyes will notice two placeholders which may point to two more consoles to be supported by the Japanese VC in the future....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Henry Cunningham

Official Ink Game Trello and Discord

Ink Gameis full of different games, levels, puzzles, and Obbys inspired bySquid Game. Luckily there are a few information HUBs where you can learn all about these before playing as well as all the unlockables. Here are theofficialInk GameTrello board and Discord server links. Ink Game Trello and Discord Guide Dive intoInk Gamewith all the community HUB links you need to stay informed on everything: I would check out theInk GameTrello board first since it’s quick reference lookup of all the features and games....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Casey Marshall MD

Overwatch on consoles is smooth, but most will prefer PC

Blizzard ‘excited’ for possible cross-console play So, if you haven’t heard,Overwatch— which is definitely not a MOBA —is pretty good! With a class-based system and twitchy, arena shooter gameplay, it grabbed me from day one, especially on PC. I recently had the chance to spend an entire afternoon with the console build, and chatted with producer Jeff Kaplan about the project. With a quick overview presentation, Kaplan explained the basic vision forOverwatch....

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 727 words · Jodi Fernandez

Pac-Man 99 is out tomorrow for Nintendo Switch Online and there’s a single-player mode

The Mode Unlock pack with CPU Battle costs $15 and you can change the theme to look like other arcade classics with DLC Bandai Namco Entertainment is launchingPac-Man 99for Switch Online on Jul 06, 2025, and you’ll be able todownload itand compete against the pellet-munching masses starting at 6:00 p.m. Pacific. Beyond the basic recurring battle royale concept, the game is also throwing in fun elements like ghost trains, which I’m stoked to see after recently revisitingPac-Man Championship Edition 2....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Emily Waters

Players can trade gear in The Division now, but no one’s making money off of it

That’s well-designed Any persistent game with rare loot drops will naturally have its share of players looking to take shortcuts. Titles likeWorld of WarcraftandDota 2have entire economies that thrive on the sale of in-game items for real world money. Some people would rather spend money instead of time to be successful. WhenThe Divisionfirst released in early March, players couldn’t share gear. This was a very intentional design decision by Ubisoft. It sent two messages....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Dale Martinez

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet releases yet another Mystery Gift code out in the wild

R0CKANDBAT0N The Pokemon Company is very sly with a lot of their mainlinePokemondistributions, and we have yet another one that’s live now inPokemon Scarlet & Violet. You might be thinking: well, we just got some Mystery Gifts!Well, you’re right! you may read all about them here, but this one deals with two TMS. Thanks to a new email distribution in Japan (cataloged by Twitter users like Makio & JRoses), we have another code: R0CKANDBAT0N....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Danielle Jackson

Portal 2 Perpetual Initiative serves 1.3 million tests

Released just this week, thePerpetual Testing Initiativeexpansion toPortal 2has already resulted in a success of some kind. No, no. Don’t tell me. I’ll figure out the appropriate adjective eventually. More than 35,000 tests have been created by players with in excess of 1.3 million downloads of those tests and Lord only knows how many screamed expletives and dead test subjects. Come to think of it, Valve probably knows that too....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Lynn Hernandez

PSA: The Last of Us Episode 5 hits streaming earlier this week

See Joel and Ellie’s next leg of the trip before the Super Bowl If last week’sThe Last of Ushad you eagerly awaiting what’s ahead, you won’t have to wait quite so long for the next one. Episode 5 ofThe Last of Uswill be streaming a few days earlier, on February 10 at 9 p.m. ET. This perk will be available for both HBO Max users, who will be able to check out the new episode a little bit earlier....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Peter Hudson