Assassin’s Creed Anthology confirmed: Five games and DLC

That’s like two days worth of stealth kills If you managed to bypass purchasing all theAssassin’s Creedgames and currently have a nagging urge to — then, boy, does Ubisoft have a deal for you! According to anAmazon France listingforAssassin’s Creed Anthology, the collection will includeAssassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Assassin’s Creed III, and all previously released DLC for these titles. There will also be some lithographs for each....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Willie Jordan

AX 09: Demon’s Souls release date announced, perks included

Demon’s Soulsis coming to North America on October 6th for the PlayStation 3. Priced at $59.99 in a standard edition, it will ship with an art book and brand new cover art. Additionally, the game will be served on new North American servers. Atlus calls outFinal Fantasy XI’s online experience as a reason for the new servers. Ooh, burn. The Atlus Spoils program continues with a $69.99 “Stop Importing It” edition....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Hunter Johnson

BlazBlue Entropy Effect leaves Early Access on January 21

91Act has announced that theirBlazBlue-flavored rougelite,BlazBlue Entropy Effect, leaves Early Access on PC on July 11, 2025. This is the first time I’ve really heard ofBlazBlue Entropy Effect, but that’s maybe not surprising since it only launched in Early Access on July 22, 2025. During that time, it’s racked up a 90%positive ratingon Steam. In a world where some games seem to be perpetual Early Access titles, It may seem like a short time for a game to be in that state....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Amber Adams

Brighter Shores: The Lost Shipment quest guide

Alongside the Main Quest inBrighter Shores, each of the four regions have five unique and exclusive quests that can be completed for various rewards and to work towards completing the zone. In Hopeport, the first quest you may tackle is The Lost Shipment. We’ve put together an extensive The Lost Shipment quest guide to help you complete the entire questline. All The Lost Shipment quest objectives Requirements While you can pick up this quest at any time by visiting Brannof’s Dining Room in Hopeport, there are a few requirements to actually completing the quests....

July 30, 2025 · 8 min · 1585 words · Sherry Reynolds

Cool archive footage features 1995 Sega Fighting Vipers cosplay tournament

Honey Pot A delightful piece of archival footage has surfaced on YouTube, which shows Japanese cosplayers battling it out in a 1995 tournament on Sega’sFighting Vipers.The footage appears as part of a Japanese gaming show, and was uploaded to YouTube this week by user“Kukun Kun”. before being spotted by the eagle-eye of history loverJohn Andersen. The brief feature, shot at theSega GIGO center in Roppongi, Tokyo, sees various players competing on what was then Sega’s hottest release....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Mary Smith

Cyberpunk 2077 to face the censor’s wrath in Japan

Australia gets away with no cuts Despite having not yet playedCyberpunk 2077, (still hurts), it appears a relatively snug statement to suggest that CD Projekt RED’s Night City adventure is going to have more than its fair share of sex, sleaze, and violence. After all, these are tropes almost inherent to cyberpunk as a genre. No-one ever said an avaricious, collapsed society was going to be Disneyland. Regardless, it seems that the Japanese censor board is readying the scissors, and that Japan’s edition ofCyberpunk 2077will be trimmed of most of its excess....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Gregory Carter

E3 2021 could be a three-day digital event, but it needs publisher support

The ESA is currently pitching the major players E3 was in a weird spot before the pandemic. After a year off, it’s taking a different direction in 2021. As reported by Video Games Chronicle, plans are forming around a digital-only E3 2021 that would take place over three days in mid-June, similar to the Before Times – but it still needs to gain traction. The ESA’s proposed event is trying to line up support from major publishers, but the idea for a remote E3 would potentially include “multiple two-hour keynote sessions from games partners, an awards show, a June 14 preview night, and other smaller streams from games publishers, influencers, and media partners,” as VGC summarizes....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Shannon Silva

EA wants used games gone, but admits their benefits

Healthy retailers make for healthy game industries, after all Electronic Arts CFOBlake Jorgensen has admitted that his company would be quite happy to see the back of the used game market. While that’s a hardly a surprising sentiment, the executive did raise an eyebrow with an honest appraisal of the situation, and a confession that secondhand sales aren’t all bad. “It’s one of these classic double-edged swords,” admitted Jorgensen in aGamasutra interview....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Michael Vasquez

Earn an A+ in art class with this Bit.Trip Runner diorama

Paper Foldablescan help you turn regular ol’ paper into the stuff of dreams like few other websites can. We’ve mentioned the site’s videogame-themed work many times before, and this newBit.Trip Runnerdioramashould help rationalize our decision in the eyes of newcomers. I lack the skills to create such a masterpiece, but I did happen to stumble across Alex Neuse’s finished version on theGaijin Games blog. I am immensely jealous of his ability to cut paper neatly — and, more importantly — his rockin’Super Mario Bros....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · John Scott

Fight Knight is a dungeon crawler that packs a mean punch

You’re going to want to play the demo You’ve probably never played a game likeFight Knightbefore. It’s a first-person dungeon crawler, and while that isn’t anything special in and of itself, the way that it abandons spells and battle axes in favor of fisticuffs sets the game apart from anything in recent memory. Fight Knight, which launchedandmet funding onKickstarteryesterday, is all about first-person punching. The titular knight can’t seem to hold onto a weapon for more than a second or two....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Amy Wells

Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis will bring the entire FFVII timeline to mobile

Hello Crisis Core! Final Fantasy VIIis one of the most expansive game universes ever created. It covers games across multiple platforms, remakes, and movies. It can be hard to keep up with everything that’s happened in it, but Square Enix is looking to change that. Coming to iOS and Android, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisiswill retell the entirety of theFFVIItimeline as a single-player, episodic game. Just to be clear, this will relive the events of the originalFinal Fantasy VIIand all of its compilation titles....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Nathan Howell

Final Fantasy VII for iOS is a pretty fantastic port

Bring a controller Final Fantasy VIIhit iOS last week with a $15.99 price tag, which left a number of people skeptical as to how much work was put into it. After playing it however, I have to say that most of my fears were put to rest. By default, there are virtual controls available on-screen, which are easy enough to navigate. This is mostly becauseVIIonly truly requires you to move around, select menu options, and occasionally confirm them....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Kristina Johnson

Finally, a real look at Nic Cage in Dead by Daylight

I hope he says lots ofMatchstick Menquotes Today at Summer Game Fest 2023, Nic Cage wandered on stage to present his upcomingDead by Daylightcameo. Although it was teased recently, we got a full gameplay reveal, and a quick chat from the famous actor and pretty-good Elvis impersonator himself! Cage apparently recorded lines for the game, and says he joined the project (beyond the obvious reasoning of “money!”) because someone he knows is a big fan of the series....

July 30, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Bradley Smith