Graffiti sandbox game Sludge Life is out today and free on the Epic Games Store. I really enjoyed it when I played it at PAX East and now more than ever it feels like a good time to take a break from the grind and give late capitalism the middle finger.

Phantasy Star Online 2’s Microsoft Store Launch Has Been A Mess

Eight years after its original release, scifi MMORPG Phantasy Star Online 2 finally became available on PC in North America yesterday. The only problem? It came exclusively to the Microsoft Store, leading to all sorts of errors and complications for many players. A lot of the issues seem to be stemming from the fact that…

Today’s HP announced its new consumer virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2. The headset, available this fall for $600, includes a pair of Valve-designed 2K lenses, four-camera internal tracking, off-the-ear spatial audio, and support for Windows mixed reality. Preorders start *checks watch* now.

At long last, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered has a release date: August 27. The game is coming to PS4, Switch, and mobile, and will have cross-play. Fortunately, this time around you won’t need four Game Boy Advances to play co-op although someone will still need to carry that damn pot around.

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition‘s New Chapter Is Light-Hearted Fun

Included in this week’s definitive edition of Xenoblade Chronicles for the Switch is Future Connected, a short playable epilogue. It ties up a dangling plotline and has a lot of fun doing it. Future Connected is not simply more Xenoblade Chronicles, which is good. I just finished playing a couple dozen hours of Xenoblade Chronicles,…

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Xbox Series X Backwards Compatible Games Will Support Quick Resume Feature And HDR, Microsoft Says

Microsoft explained some of the ways the Xbox Series X will play older games even better than the hardware they were originally created for in a blog post this morning. “Not only should gamers be able to play all of these games from the past, but they should play better than ever before,” Jason Ronald,…

Atomicrops Mixes Farming And Roguelike Elements But Does Neither Very Well

After almost 10 months in early access, the full version of Atomicrops is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. This post-apocalyptic farming simulator slash roguelike from developer Bird Bath Games tries to do a lot but often falls short of excelling in any one area, making for a balanced but…

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How The Makers Of Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection Dug Up A Long-Lost, Unreleased Game

The entirety of the Neo Geo’s Samurai Shodown library—plus one that hasn’t seen the light of day since 2005—will soon be available in one complete package for PC, PlayStation 4, and Switch. Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection, which will release on Epic Games Store (for free, at first) on June 11, Steam on June 18,…

Sony capped off today’s State of Play with eight minutes of uncut The Last of Us Part II gameplay showing Ellie running around and killing a bunch of people. Her first victim? Some poor soul playing what looked like Hotline Miami on a fat, OLED Vita. RIP to a real one.

The TurboGrafx-16 Mini Is Awesome (If You Love Shooters)

I forgive you if you didn’t even notice that the TurboGrafx-16 Mini was officially released last week. Who could know? I don’t see so much as a press release in my inbox about it. The extent of the marketing for it seems to be Konami’s official Twitter account sporadically retweeting people who bought one. But…