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‘Round…One… Get Ready…’ Sega’s awesome mech battle seriesVirtual Onis headed to the PS4, with the first three titles having been announced for release during a broadcast by Tanita Official. For those less inclined, theVirtual Onarcades are a series of arena-fighters that feature huge mechs battling it out in technically charged, explosive warfare. Arcade and Sega Saturn releaseVirtual On: Cyber Troopersleads the pack, followed by Dreamcast titleCyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram,and finally Japan-only Xbox 360 releaseCyber Troopers Virtual-On Force....

Get comfy with vases Early on inSekiro: Shadows Die Twiceyou’ll come across a vendor with a mask piece for sale for 5000 gold. 5000 gold?Who do you think I am?! Yeah you heard me right: five Gs for piece of a mask. Naturally in a From Software game the whole enchilada is going to be either amazingor a joke item, and fans wouldn’t have it any other way (well, some might)....

This can’t possibly end in disappointment The folks atEarthBound Centralhave been followingMotherdesigner Shigesato Itoi’s Twitter like they presumably always do, and apparently something is a brewing. The outlet translated two recent tweets: “Since it’s now okay to blurt this out, here goes: the “MOTHERrepublication” thing I mentioned briefly before is making progress,” reads Itoi’s first remark. “It’s not “(MOTHER)4“, though! This has to do with making“MOTHER” playable. I can’t give out any details just yet, but I do at least need to say that it isn’t4....

3000 SP and more So this is a fairly breezy PSA: there’s moreSmash Ultimatefree DLC. But there’s caveats! Next caveat: it’s just a handful of free currency that you might not use anyway unless you’re a hardcoreSmash Ultimateplayer. Meet those two requirements? Okay, you’re in! As officially announced on Twitter, players can pick up another Spirit pack now as free DLC. It’ll sport five large snacks (for your spirits), 30 medium snacks, 100 small snacks and 3000 SP....

You bitin’ at $40? There’s a rare opportunity at Target next week. In celebration of Mario Day (March 10 which alphanumerically abbreviates to “MAR10”), a handful of first-party Nintendo games are going on sale. That’s not something that just happens all the time like it does with PS4 and Xbox One games. From March 8 through March 14, Target is running a sale on some Switch games, mostlyMario-themed ones.Super Mario Maker 2,Super Mario Party, andMario and Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020are all discounted down to $40....

Talos, you rock, rock You rock, rock. The rock just sits and is. You show us secrets and that’s what we need. Our own CJ Andriessen, masterZeldaclip finder, is at it again. This time Alpha00Zero managed to capture an amazing bit of footage fromBreath of the Wildshowcasing just how helpful enemies can be. Anyone who’s playedBreath of the Wildknows how pesky those hidden Korok Seed locations can be, especially when attempting to find them all without a guide....

It’s not Paintball, though Out of the blue, Sony has announced and simultaneously released a newLemmingsgame for mobile devices. Originally developed by DMA Design (aka Rockstar Games) before shifting to Psygnosis (which worked onWipEout), Sony had acquired theLemmingsIP when the latter went defunct six years ago. I guess now was the right time to bring it back and you can try it out for free on your phone. Played exclusively in portrait mode, the game looks to capture the classic style ofLemmingsgames....

According to theFinancial Times, Sony is in talks with “Amazon.com and film download sites such as Movielink and CinemaNow” to complete a movie download service that would be set to launch sometime early next year. The move would certainly signal the real end of the UMD format and be the ultimate hint at the PSP 2 having a hard drive or flash memory — though most of us already assumed that....

“Imagine beating aSoulsgame without fighting anything” Speedrunners are relentlessly whittling downElden Ring, and as someone who’s only been casually following the recent times they’ve been clocking, I got whiplash from thisunder-nine-minuteAny% Unrestricted speedrun fromDistortion2. With a finicky “zip” technique, it was possible to get through the Lands Between in 8 minutes and 56 seconds. This run popped up in my feed yesterday and I couldn’t believe it. I mean, Icouldbelieve it — things tend to getpretty wildin FromSoftware speedruns when the idea is to just reach the credits through any means possible....

Long-term repair job A fourth update has gone live for the PC re-release of Square Enix 1995 SNES classic,Chrono Trigger. This patch is the latest in aseries of updatesthat are attempting, bit-by-bit, to address a host of complaints rallied against the title upon its February release. This latest fix mainly addressChrono Trigger’sUI and menu sub-system, including changes to visual appearance and screen layout, as well as providing a much smoother experience for players using controllers or keyboards....

‘Knights of the Fallen Empire’ Man, I’m surprisedStar Wars: The Old Republicis still trucking along. You have to give it to BioWare (and to some extent, EA) for staying with it after its mixed reception at launch, so-so expansion packs, and its transition into free-to-play. I was there day one, and promptly quit after reaching level 50 as there wasn’t really a whole lot to do after I had experienced a few of the stories....

New trailer features aspects of cooperative campaign Ubisoft absolutely does not want you to forget thatFar Cry 3is coming out this week and have released yet another trailer offering perfectly good reasons one should consider investing in the sandbox title. In this instance, the focus is on the title’s cooperative campaign, which allows four players to team up to complete an entirely separate story of revenge. Every time I see the game, I do get a little more interested, so the barrage of trailers is working its subtle alchemy....

I always get so excited around this time of year! My jovial attitude can only mean one thing! The return ofDoctor Who. This season’s trailer boats some interesting old favorites, some sweet special effects, and perhaps the last we’ll see of the Pond family. One can wish? Campy British sci-fi not your cup of tea? Well, the wonders of Wonfes and the social politics of gaming conventions might be enough to tide you over for the weekend....