Football Game That Is Not Madden Appears Suddenly On Steam

Just when you think EA and Madden have squeezed the life out of football games, along comes Axis Football, a scrappy little effort that is the anti-Madden It has no production values. Terrible commentary. Few options. No fancy moves for your players. And if they had to create fictional franchises, EA would never be dumb…

Commodore Is Back. Again. Kind Of. 

Commodore, a company most famous for their C64 and Amiga computers, went bust in 1994. The brand, however (much like Atari’s) lives on, and it’s this week been resuscitated in a strange and curious place: the mobile phone market. This is the Commodore PET, an Android phone that leverages the grand old brand name by…

Check Out StarCraft II‘s Zeratul’s New Abilities

Today, Blizzard released Whispers of Oblivion, a free prologue to StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void that you can get now if you want to pre-purchase the game. (If you don’t feel like shelling out $40 for a game that won’t be out for at least another few months, don’t worry: Oblivion will be free…

Bombshells Drop In DC Universe Online 

DC Comics Bombshells started out as a series of pinup-style variant covers. This summer it’s growing into a statue line, a comic book series, another wave of special covers and starring role in a brand new adventure in DC Universe Online. Bombshell versions of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Talia al Ghul make…

StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void’s Zeratul-helmed prologue, Whispers of Oblivion, is live now—if you pre-purchase the game. If you don’t want to pre-order, you’ll still be able to get it for free later this year. We’re also checking out the prologue and will have impressions later this week.

Hey, look, it’s Shenmue III The folks behind the third Shenmue released this brief teaser video today in an attempt to muster up some last-minute pledges for the Kickstarter, which ends in three days. Their estimated release date is December 2017, although I’d be shocked if we see it earlier than 2018.

The first-person mystery game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is out now for PS4. We reviewed the PC version last year andliked it quite a bit. The PS4 version has overhauled graphics and gameplay tweaks.

If you’re looking for a good cry this morning, look no further than Yoot Saito’s touching blog post about Satoru Iwata, as translated by NeoGAF user Zefah. “I wish I had a StreetPass feature that could connect with heaven.” Damn You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek