Xbox One gets Max: The Curse of Brotherhood tomorrow

Worth a look, honestly The more I think back to what I’ve played ofMax: The Curse of Brotherhood, the more I want to try the platformer again. To best it. The game was unexpectedly challenging in a good way. It’s getting something of a surprise release for Xbox One on Friday, December 20. There’s no word from publisher Microsoft Studios on the Xbox 360 version, which presumably means we can expect that to drop next year....

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Todd Molina

Zombies with hats: Left 4 Dead 2 Workshop is live

Thousands of campaigns, skins, and weapons to be added You have to love Valve. Not only does itempower customerswith the tools to create unique content for its games, but the company also gives them an easily accessible means in which toshare that content with others! True to form, Valve has taken theLeft 4 Dead 2Workshop out of beta and is ready to share some lovely user-created content with its zombie-loving community; just like any good and decent plague carrier should....

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Alicia Ayala

3DS physical software sales surpass 20M units in the US

‘That number would be substantially larger if we added in the digital sales’ Nintendo held a press conference today in San Francisco shortlyafter its Nintendo Direct this morningwhere the company discussed some sales figures in regards to the 3DS. Software sales for the 3DS handheld have surpassed 20 million units in America alone, a number that “would be substantially larger if we added in the digital sales” according to Scott Moffitt, Nintendo’s executive vice president of sales and marketing....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Hannah Fuller

A Plague Tale: Innocence has a free trial covering chapter one

Shout-out to any game that does this If you aren’t sold on the harrowing stealth-leaning rat-covered narrative adventure gameA Plague Tale: Innocence, you should try the newly-released free trial. And if you can’t spare the time or mental energy needed to download and play a trial right now, you at least need to set aside a literal second of your life to watch a swirling column of rats.Jump to the0:28 mark in this trailer, hit play, and don’t blink....

July 23, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Matthew Perez

APB up for parole, gets out in June

Realtime Worlds’ crime-friendly MMOAPBhas finally been given a release date by way of publisher Electronic Arts. North American fans of gang warfare will be able to don hockey masks and shoot dirtbags on June 29, while Europeans get in on the action July 1. UK’ers have to wait 24 hours longer than the mainland, with a July 2 release date. APBlooks pretty damn promising, and I’ve certainly kept an eye on it ever since I checked it out at E3 last year....

July 23, 2025 · 4 min · 712 words · Alexis Harris

Assassin’s Creed is sneaking into Fortnite as its newest crossover

TheAssassin’s Creedcontent lands in-game this week We’ve seen just about every kind of crossover we can imagine into theFortniteuniverse, and Epic is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to collaborating with all of our favorite brands and franchises. Recent characters that have crossed over into the game include Spider-Man, Boba Fett, and Vi fromArcane, just to name a few, and now Epic and Ubisoft haveannouncedwho the newest characters added to theFortniteroster will be: Ezio and Eivor from theAssassin’s Creedseries....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Amanda Guzman

Best Genshin Impact Battle Pass weapons, ranked (Updated 4.5)

Genshin Impacthas two tiers of paid Battle Passes, and purchasing either of them allows you to choose one premium weapon out of ten options. If you’ve spent $10-20 and taken the time to unlock the weapon, then you might be wondering which one you should get. Here are the best Battle Pass weapons inGenshin Impactin order of best to worst. 1. Serpent Spine Serpent Spine is a Claymore that grants a universal DMG Bonus that stacks up to five times the longer your character is on-field....

July 23, 2025 · 5 min · 1008 words · Sabrina Lynch

Bungie’s 30th Anniversary content for Destiny 2 includes a loot cave dungeon and Halo weapons

And Xûr got a horse, too Bungie is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and it’s doing so with a big addition to the world ofDestiny 2. The company revealed its 30th anniversary celebration content today, which ranges from a dungeon and new experience to some classicHaloguns, soon to be inDestiny. On the gameplay front,Destiny 2will be getting the Grasp of Avarice dungeon inspired by the infamous loot caves. It will have new riches to uncover, as long as you have the 30th Anniversary Pack....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Susan Rogers

Call of Duty League makes massive map pool changes ahead of Major 3 Qualifiers

After a successful trial run, theCall of Duty Leaguewill officially add two newModern Warfare 3maps ahead of Major 3 Qualifiers. TheCall of Duty Leagueconfirmedthat Vista and 6 Star will replace Invasion and Skidrow in Hardpoint moving forward. Additionally, 6 Star is set to replace Terminal in Search and Destroy. These changes will go into effect when Major 3 Online Qualifier matches kick off on Friday, April 12. Community members partially have themselves to thank for the change, asModern Warfare 3hosted a public playtest for Vista and Departures from March 25 through March 29 to test both maps in every competitive game mode....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Andrew White

Come watch Ubisoft’s 2019 E3 press conference with us!

Can lightning strike thrice? There was a single word that used to best sum up Ubisoft’s E3 press conferences: Cringe. From awkward skits to bizarre dance numbers, Ubisoft’s E3 pressers were the sort of show that routinely made you tighten your jaw and clench your eyes. (Can you clench your eyes?) But then, something unexpected happened. Two years ago,Ubisoft put on what might’ve been E3’s best show. 2018 followed suit. Suddenly, Ubisoft’s kind of good at this!...

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Mrs. Crystal King

Contest: Win a Blu-ray copy of Mary Poppins Returns

Make this contest Pop Bring back the magic with today’s contest for a Blu-ray copy of Disney’sMary Poppins Returns! For once, we’re going to do a movie giveaway that isn’t someweird, gross horror movie! Isn’t that weird? It feels weird. I feel weird. …I am weird. But this movie is nice and magical! Come win a copy of Disney’sMary Poppins Returns! Disney’s sequel to the classic film brings back the venerable Mary Poppins to help her old friends once again....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Maria Savage

Creativity trounces objectivity in the latest N.A. Splatfest

Emotion beats logic everytime While it wasn’t as high profile as the recentTransformers-themed contest, this weekend’s Splatfest worked to dig a little deeper into the collective psyche of theSplatoonfandom. The two concepts at odds this time around wereArtandScience, or as the kids today might say, feels and reals. I expected Art to get both the popular vote and the majority of games won, asSplatoonhas proven to be a huge hit with creative types....

July 23, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Amber Cochran

Death Come True drops disquieting second trailer

Get ready to check out The second trailer has been released for Izanagi’sDeath Come True, the FMV mystery title penned byDanganronpacreator Kazutaka Kodaka. The new clip is still a little vague in terms of describing gameplay, but does give us our first look at UI interaction. Death Come Trueis the story of a young man, Makoto Karaki, who awakens in a hotel room, wanted for murder and unable to recall recent events....

July 23, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Cynthia Johnson