Edmund McMillen’s Basement Collection hits Steam Aug. 31

Indie designer Edmund McMillen wasn’t kidding when he saidThe Basement Collectionwould be releasing in late August. Described as “9 years of indie video game goodness with all the bells an whistles I could drum up along the way,” this compilation is slated to hit Steam (PC and Mac) on Friday, August 31. For $4, you’ll getTime Fcuk,Aether,Spewer,Grey Matter,Triachnid,Meat Boy,Coil, and two secret games, not to mention tech demos, soundtracks, and lots of other bonus content....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Jeanette Ferguson

Exoprimal will have a Dino Survival network test

Here’s a new look at the dinosaur-culling team objectives and your antagonistic AI overlord During today’s Capcom Showcase, we gotanother check-inwithExoprimal, a PvPvE team action game about keeping the dinosaur hordes at bay, one crisis at a time. Some of us are open enough to this concept to want to at least give it a chance, and on that front, Capcom is hosting a closed network test forExoprimal‘s main mode, Dino Survival, on Steam....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Lindsay Garcia

February’s Games with Gold features some free Wang

I’ll taxi you to India in a Split/Second After the relatively disappointing selection withlast month’s“Games with Gold” offerings, Microsoft has at least provided good games for February 2018. They are all fairly old and probably things you’ve already played, but they are all good games. Kicking things off on the current-gen side,Shadow Warriorwill be free the entire month whileAssassin’s Creed Chronicles: Indiawill be available from February 16 till March 15. On the last-gen side, you’ll be able to nabSplit/Second(a very underrated gem) from February 1 until February 15 with the HD port ofCrazy Taxi(the version without the original soundtrack) going from February 16 until February 28....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Charles Padilla

First hands-on with Lords of the Fallen

I can hardly believe I finished the demo Where some E3 meetings have PR people hovering or hands-off slide shows to watch, the meeting with CI Games for Lords of the Fallen was on the other end of the spectrum. There was no briefing or helpful tips, just a station set up with some headphones and a chunk of time to play. In a way, the meeting reflects the game itself....

June 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1076 words · Tanner Miles

Fortnite’s new update brings the spirit of 2000 with shopping cart chaos

Mummy’s ready for his mystical journey Hey, I’m The Industry’s Chris Moyse, and this is “News about a patch for insanely-popular multiplayer shooterFortnite“. Shopping carts, all the rage for rich goofs in the early ’00s – and everyone else on YouTube since – are now available for use in Epic Games’ battle royale title. Update 4.3 brings the uncontrollable monstrosities to the battlefield, where you and pal can ride and shoot your way through the opposition, though you’re probably bound to get the one with the wonky wheel....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Kelsey Kane

GDC 10: Sony Move Party girl looks like Amber Lamps

When I was watching Sony’s presentation for their motion sense enabledMove Partygame this afternoon, I was kind of hung up on the person playing the game. She reminded me of someone, but I couldn’t put my finger on who it was. It was almost to the point where I wasn’t paying attention to the game. I still haven’t figured out who she reminded me of, but for now,Amber Lampsmakes a good stand-in....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Sharon Joyce

Hotline Miami free with PlayStation Plus this week

Pick up that phone Once the weekly PlayStation Store update goes live tomorrow,Hotline Miamiwill be available for free with your PlayStation Plus membership. The offer covers both the PS Vita and PS3 versions of this murderous action title which, if you haven’t played it yet, strongly consider doing so. Hotline Miamiis one of those games that might not — and probably won’t — fully click until you get in there and smash some faces with a baseball bat yourself....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Mary Jones

How to equip Timely Accessories in Final Fantasy XVI (FF16)

Equip Timely Accessories for easier combat Final Fantasy XVIhas a wealth of customization options in the game. As such, it’s easy to overlook critical components to upgrade and improve Clive. One aspect that many players will find incredibly useful is Timely Accessories. These items, which all have “Timely” in the name, can provide massive quality of life improvements to the game and aid players who may otherwise have difficulty with battles....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Joshua Velasquez

How to farm Keese Eyeballs in Tears of the Kingdom (TotK)

Link’s new Fuse ability allows him to make weird and wacky weapon combinations with interesting effects. In addition to fusing items onto shields and swords, it is also possible to stick items onto arrows. One of the best fusions involves eyeballs, which have homing abilities. Read on to learn how to farm Keese eyeballs inTears of the Kingdom. Table of contents Tears of the Kingdom Keese Eyeball Farming guide Keese look like one-eyed bats, and they come in different forms....

June 1, 2025 · 5 min · 971 words · Elizabeth Smith

How to get a more powerful axe in RuneScape Dragonwilds

The axe is one of the most useful tools to yield inRuneScape Dragonwilds, and you can upgrade from the basic version pretty easily. Obtaining the first axe is quite simple if you follow the basic quests. There isn’t much to be done to obtain it, and it’s provided to you early. you may use it to chop down trees, complete the starter quests, and increase your skill levels to unlock new spells....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 516 words · Brittany Lee

How to use the pipe in the house in Twilight Town in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Being refused by pipes isn’t new to Mario, but inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, they can be a little forward about it in one chapter. Starting Chapter 4 requires that you have your name written on your butt just to get to Twilight Town, but there’s another pipe within that behaves the same way with no explanation. The pipe is located in a house within Twilight Town beside the item shop....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Patrick Dixon

IllFonic reportedly developing new Ghostbusters video game

Suck in the guts, boys… Ghostbustersmay be the latest in a long line of classic movie franchises preparing to get a new digital facelift. According to new whispers that emerged this weekend, developer IllFonic has begun work on a brand new video game featuring the spook-chasing scientists. The “leak” — as such as it can be called — came about during an episode ofthe Questlove Supreme podcast, where IllFonic co-founder Raphael Saadiq casually dropped the news in response to a question about the studio’s wares to date, noting that their studio was “working onGhostbustersright now”....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Kristen Alvarado

Impressive study claims violent media worse than everything but smoking

Normally I’d be the first to point out the flaws in any scientific study purporting a real link between violent media and real-world violence, butthis reporton Yahoo News — assuming it’s accurate — doesn’t seem to have any flaws. According to the article a study was recently conducted byL. Rowell HuesmannandDr. Brad Bushmanof the University of Michigan that found violence in films and games was more detrimental to society than every factor with the exception of smoking....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Sonya Sandoval MD