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I Want To Play The Version Of Secret Of Mana That Looks Like This

Credited with having some of the best box art of all time, Secret of Mana deserves a remake directly inspired by its original packaging. The above image is the bottom third of an illustration by the late artist Hiro Isono. It appeared on the Secret of Mana SNES cartridge, box, and manual cover, and was…

The Next Two Rainbow Six: Siege Operators Are Packing Some Powerful Gadgets

Finka and Lion will be the next two operators joining the Rainbow Six: Siege roster, as part of the game’s third year of post-launch support. The two biohazard specialists will bring some chemicals and tech to the game alongside the Operation Chimera update on March 6 After a teaser revealed their names and look earlier…

Goku’s “Perfected” Ultra Instinct form is coming to Xenoverse 2 with the game’s Extra Pack 2 DLC due out this winter according to the latest issue of V-Jump. If you’re wondering what the hell Perfected Ultra Instinct form is, it basically just means Goku’s hair turns grey. What will they think of next?

The Transformers Studio Series Makes Movie Bots Look Good [Update]

While I am not the biggest fan of the live-action Transformers movies, I do appreciate the “realistic” robot and vehicle designs the series has spawned. Revealed today at Toy Fair 2018, the Studio Series celebrates those designs with intricate figures packaged with movie backdrops. I might need them. Update: And they’re on sale now, apparently.…

Monster Hunter: World’s Ryu Costume Is The Right Kind Of Absurd

Monster Hunter: World’s crossover events bring over instantly recognizable characters to join in on the slicing and dicing. Fresh off the heels of a Horizon: Zero Dawn event, certain players can now unlock Street Fighter’s Ryu for some of the most absurd and monster hunting imaginable. Players with Street Fighter V save can now play…

I Am The Hero is a pixel-art beat ‘em up coming to PS4 and Switch sometime in 2018. Previously on PC, the game has a Dragon Ball Z-ish combat style that helps distinguish it from all the other retro pixel-art games bathed in nostalgia currently out there.

Some Copies Of Bayonetta 2 On Switch Shipped With Misprinted Download Codes

Bayonetta 2 + Bayonetta 1 arrived on the Nintendo Switch today but for some players the download code included for the original game didn’t work. As players began receiving their copies from various retailers, a few were greeted with error messages when they tried to redeem their copy of Bayonetta 1 on the eShop. Reddit…

Dragon Ball FighterZ’s First DLC Characters Are Bardock And Broly

Because of course what the game needs is more Saiyans. I kid (mostly). The news comes from the latest issue of V-Jump by way of Siliconera. No pricing data or release dates have yet been revealed. I’ve actually always had a big soft spot for Bardock, Goku’s father. He’s like Radditz crossed with Turles (the…

For Honor’s Latest Mode Is Just What The Game Needed

Teaming up with another bruised and bloodied player to take on For Honor’s General Tozen last night was one of the most satisfying things I’ve done in the game in a long time. It’s part of a new mode that publisher Ubisoft says is temporary but that players are already hoping will stick around for…

What Overwatch Would Look Like As A Fighting Game

Overwatch has a colorful cast of characters, screen-filling special moves, and a hero named after his own punching arm, but it is not, in fact, a fighting game. Still, it’s fun to dream. This video by TGN imagines what Overwatch would look like as a combo-based, knock-down, drag-out fighting game. The verdict? Surprisingly good, as…

Two Years After Raising $1.3 Million, System Shock Remaster Is On ‘Hiatus’

The upcoming remake of System Shock, Kickstarted two years ago for over $1.3 million, is now on “hiatus” thanks to problems with development, the company behind it said today. Nightdive Studios, an independent game developer and publisher best known for re-releasing old games on modern platforms, said in a Kickstarter update this afternoon that the…

Bayonetta 2 Is Too Good To Have Stayed Buried On The Wii U

For years, the Wii U exclusive Bayonetta 2 has been like that amazing restaurant that’s tucked away in a depressing mall on the far side of town. It’s fantastic, sure, but it’d be so much better if it were easier to reach. Originally released in 2014 as a Wii U exclusive, Bayonetta 2 outdid its…

If There Is Such A Thing As Too Many Cats, This Game Is It

In Cat Condo, a free idle clicker game now available on Google Play and iTunes, you begin with one cat. Then you get another cat. Combining those cats gets you another cat. Tapping the screen gets you more cats. Not playing at all gets you more cats. The cats never stop. They can’t. They won’t.…

Kentucky Governor Blames Violent Video Games For Shootings

During an interview yesterday on a talk radio program, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin said violent video games are partly responsible for mass shootings like this week’s in Parkland, Florida which killed 17 people and wounded 14 more “Guns are not the problem; we have a cultural problem in America,” Bevin said on the Leland Conway…

Two Fans’ Obsessive Quest To Redeem The Super Mario Bros. Movie

I’ve been going back and forth on what the most mind-blowing part of the Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive is. Maybe it’s the 11-year-old website’s costume catalog, where every single ensemble worn by Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, and Samantha Mathis in the most notorious of video game movies is detailed. “This is…

I’m Enjoying A Mystery Game That Lets Me Get It Wrong

I have a vice for mystery games. Since I first played The 7th Guest at a much-too-young age, I’ve loved solving virtual crimes and puzzles. Most of these games focus on the drive toward a correct solution. You have to get the puzzle right to proceed. I adore games like Danganronpa and Phoenix Wright, but…

Meet Rough And Tumble, Two Brand-New Sonic Comic Villains

A new era of Sonic comics begins in April, when IDW releases the first four issues of its Sonic the Hedgehog series. The skunk brothers above are Rough and Tumble, a pair of new villains who’ll be causing a stink for Sonic and Knuckles in issue three. Last year Sega surprised fans when it announced…

Xenoblade 2‘s 1.3.0 update has been delayed until March 2. The latest version adds a “New Game Plus” and some other gameplay tweaks as well as new unlocked abilities. It was originally due out this week but was postponed because of some recently discovered bugs.

VR Experience Relives The Assassination of MLK

A new virtual reality game lets you witness the civil rights movement up close and even witness Martin Luther King Jr.’s final moments. I Am A Man is a VR experience created by Derek Ham, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University. It transports you to Memphis, Tennessee in 1968 at the height of…

The New Lego Harry Potter Line Starts With Hogwarts’ Great Hall

Lego returns to JK Rowling’s Wizarding World later this year, with new sets based on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series. Like the Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall, a $99 set featuring ten minifigures, two buildable creatures and a ridiculous amount of detail. From the original Lego Harry Potter line that launched in…