So many cultures! Just last week, Target of Australia announced that it wouldno longer carrycopies ofGrand Theft Auto Vdue to the game’s violent content. No big surprise there; Australia, after all. But, some don’t think that the move was purely altruistic. Our huggable editor-in-chief Jonathan Holmes is one of those. Speaking with RT International (formerly Russia Today), Holmes is of the opinion that pulling the game was nothing more than a PR-savvy action, and that Target had already made plenty of money offGTA Vin the past year....

The flood gates aren’t fully open yet This morning Sony did the unthinkable. After over a year of denying requests for cross-play between the PS4 and other console competitors like Xbox One and Switch, even going so far as to justify the lack of a feature because “PlayStation is the best place to play,” they kicked off aFortnitebeta, opening up the potential for full cross-platform unity. The key word is “potential,” as the flood gates aren’t completely open yet....

A Pleasant Ordeal I couldn’t tell you right now ifTrials of Mana, the modernized 3D remake of the now-legendary 1995 SNES classicSeiken Densetsu 3, does justice to its 25-year-old forebear. I don’t say that because I have mixed feelings about this game, but because I have basically no history withSeiken Densetsu. Secret of Manawas one of the games that passed me by as I spent my time with other games, likeFinal Fantasy VI(thenIII),Metal Warriors, and the few other SNES carts I could afford on my allowance....

What Maybe you’re one of those people who are completely oblivious to a major motion picture opening likeMission Impossible – Fallout. Odds are you’re not.Fallout, effectively MissionImpossible 6, hit theaters last week and PUBG Corp is capitalizing on its likely long tail with an in-game event. There’s a catch though: it’s just for the completely separate mobile edition. You’re not missing out on too much though, as it only features challenges and small rewards, as well as slight aesthetic alterations like new background music and a modified parachute....

‘It’s been 24/7 since we started’ Despite extensive pre-release testing,Sea of Thieveshas had something of a rocky launch this week with players finding themselves unable to connect. The servers have been slammed, and at a certain point Rare opted to temporarily suspend new players from joining the game. Once-amusing error message names like “Lavenderbeard” and “CinnamonBeard” started losing their charm. Rare spoke about the server issues today in a 10-minute video....

SAY-GAH Sega/Sammy, following in the footsteps of many major publishers this week, has released its end of fiscal year financial results, showing that the beloved industry veteran has had a very comfortable financial year, with growth in almost all of its departments. For the year ending July 13, 2025, Sega announced global sales of around $3.4 billion USD, which is a rise of roughly 10.5% on the same period for 2018-2019....

Don’t look so down, Selvaria! The fight isn’t over yet! Just days after a Sega man supposedly confirmed the death ofValkyria Chronicles 3as a potential US release,anotherSega man has stated that “all hope is not lost” for the lovely little strategy game. Those words came from the lips of Sega community manager Aaron Webber at the New York Comic Convention, during an interview with the folks at DualShockers and members of theGallian Liberation Front(a community group petitioning for the game) at the New York Comic Convention....

Most of the Sonic VA family is back Playing throughSonic Frontiers, and having just come off another rewatch of the entireSonic Boomseries, it’s been fun to relax with some familiar voices. Seeing the core trio of Sonic, Tails, and Amy return was a treat, even if they’re not quite getting the same quality material as they were inSonic Boom. Roger Craig Smith does indeed return as the voice of Sonic, with more classic Sonic stable actors in the mix (Colleen O’Shaughnessey as Tails, Cindy Robinson as Amy, Mike Pollock as Eggman)....

‘Oh, yeah, I remember that game…’ Sony’s Totally Digital sale has returned to thePlayStation Storewith deals on PS4, PS3, and Vita games running a whole two weeks. There’s far too much filler for me to want to list everything, but I’ve assembled a batch of games that stood out to me– some for their quality more than their discount. Here’s what I came up with: The sale spans 400+ games, so this is onlya fraction of the list, but it should give you an idea of what to expect....

Whereas there really was only a small handful of gun attachments in the oldSTALKERgames, the selection found inSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylis downright impressive. Between noob-tubes, collimators, and silencers, though, many of them only really fit on specific guns, and that’s a big bummer. More specifically, though almost every single type of optic found inSTALKER 2mounts onto the regular old Picatinny-style rail, they’re hardly ever interchangeable. What this means, in effect, is that the fancy 2x scope you’re able to slap onto your Fora-221 won’t go onto the 416....

It’s-a not me, and I was never here, right? Media Molecule’s recent releaseDreamsis proving to be a marvelously creative bit of software, allowing users across the globe to conceive, shape and create their own neat characters, stages, scenery and other assets via its powerful tool set. Unfortunately, there’s going to be at least one less asset in the expansive catalogue of player creations this week, after Nintendo ordered the removal of a “Super Mario” character model, as created byDreamsuserPieceofCraft....

Other than that, it’s par for the course I had mixed thoughts onSword Art Online: Hollow Fragmentlast year, but ultimately I came away happy. Funnily enough, as someone who absolutely hated the second arc of the anime, I actually found the follow-up,Lost Song, to be a little more enjoyable based on my hands-on session at TGS. As it turns out, flying around in the world of ALfheim Online is quite a bit of fun....

The stuff of urban legends Polybiusis anotherhectic arcade shooterfrom Jeff Minter, albeit one designed with virtual reality in mind, and I’m not so sure I can handle his brand of trance-inducing madness while I’mstrapped in. It’s playable on a standard PS4 without PlayStation VR, but that seems like a lesser experience. If you think you’re up for it either way, the gamereleased earlier todayon PlayStation Network. Last we had heard,Polybiuswas “nearly done,” and now here it is, ready and waiting....