The Final Shapeexpansion introduced a proverbial ton of content intoDestiny 2. From a new campaign andExotic weaponsto Subclass andweapon balance updates, post-The Final ShapeDestiny 2is almost like a new game. However, Bungie is now rolling back one change after playersgot vocal about their disapproval. Elemental Surges are no more in the Raid and Dungeon scene, or at least, they don’t matter anymore. Players weren’t in love with all the changesintroduced byThe Final Shape....

TheKorg DS-10is musical-creation software and a synthesizer on a Nintendo DS cartridge. What a crazy idea! We wanted to talk to the people behind the idea of putting a synthesizer and music-making software on a portable game system. Fortunately, we had the chance to speak with composer/sound designer Nobuyoshi ‘snodg’ Sano, the musical genius behind many popular videogames, including several theTekkenandRidge Racerseries games. Thanks to an after-work drinking session and his years of musical expertiese, Sano became one of the producers of theKorg DS-10....

Devils May Cry Capcom has shared some of the details forDevil May Cry 5’sonline multiplayer. Instead of trying to shoehorn in a competitive mode, the online options will allow for seamless cooperative play with other players online. Taking a page out ofDark Souls, players will occupy a “shared single-play” world that will have echoes of other players walking around. You’ll be able to watch as other people attempt to best enemies, though they won’t have any direct interaction with you....

The Little Pika That Could I’m on the hunt for cute stuff today, maybe a subconscious effort to offset the emotional bummer of the days now being shorter and darker and colder. The temporary cure for seasonal affective disorder is Pikachu driving a Christmas train. Choo choo, pika pika. A new Pokémon Center original is aholiday figurinewhere Pikachu drives the Delibird Express, Eevee hangs out by the smoke stack, and Pichu looks on in glee....

Another win for options While the trio ofDoomgames were in rough shape on Switch when they first arrived (yikes, Bethesda logins!), that lunacy has been patched out, and Bethesda has continued to patch the series. This time around, we’re getting a hefty update forDoomandDoom II. All versions now have access to the community mod BTSX Episodes 1 and 2, Nightmare mode “has been restored” to make enemies twice as fast, widescreen rendering support is in, a crosshair can be enabled for more precise aiming, just like the original and a ton of bugs have been squashed....

Because why wouldn’t you name your studio that? Earlier this year, Electronic Arts opened up a new studio in Gothenburg, Sweden that’s being led by Marcus Nilsson, who previously served as an executive producer at DICE. The team is said to be building games with the Frostbite 2 engine, including a newNeed for Speedtitle. The studio has since been dubbedGhost Games, which is a fun name, if I do say so myself....

Of all of the daily quests that players can acquire inFallout 76, hacking a terminal is the most loathed of them all. The hacking minigame isn’t as exciting as exterminating pests or hunting down creatures for their materials. Plus, perks are required to attempt to hack most of the terminals found in the game. But hacking terminals doesn’t have to be so tedious. Unlike slaying creatures, players don’t have to worry about spawns or interference from others....

It’s not going to be a 1:1 conversion “If we just did a perfect translation of the physical game, it could work, until it doesn’t,” studio head of Fantasy Flight Interactive Tim Gerritsen told me in a phone interview. “We’re inspired by the tabletop edition ofThe Lord of the Rings Living Card Game, with many nods, but we’re not a one-to-one translation of it.” With some familiarity with the card rendition and the LCG concept, I could see that first-hand after viewing a developer demo....

Promoted from our community blogs [The horizon is bright for fighting games, so I thought I’d have Virtua Kazama take the stage and talk about some of the biggest fighting games coming to 2016 for a new year of salt. But a quickie note, Kazama had a lapse in memory and forgot to includePokkén Tournament! With interesting standby choices like Blaziken and Charizard, to new contenders like Suicune and Chandalure,it is shaping up to be a great fighting game for the Wii U ~Strider]...

More VI is good As one of the chief members of the cast alongside of Terra, Locke is probably one of the first people you think of when you think “Final Fantasy VI.” It’s for that reason that he’s earned his spot in the pantheon of the series, and now he’s coming toDissidia. Locke, as was discussed previously, was hinted at as a “male character from the first half of the series....

There’s nothing accidental about this post! Look, so the good news is that John Mulaney is in a video game. The bad news is that it’sMarvel Contest of Champions: a multi-currency free-to-play mobile game. Look I’m just the messenger, don’t sue me! Unless, as that messenger, I improperly serve you legal papers…then it’s fair game! Yes, the beloved writer, comedian and brief sitcom star (I’m SO sorry) is reprising his role from the universally likedInto the Spider-Versefilm as Spider-Ham....

Goin’ Hobgoblin Mode If you’ve put in a few hours into Marvel Snap, the new competitive card battler from developer Second Dinner, chances are you’re starting to see somepretty powerful cardspop up in your collection. If your collector’s level has hit 222, you’ve officially hit Deck Pool 2. Marvel Snap divides its cards into a variety of pools, including starter cards, the predetermined cards of Collector’s Levels 1-14, and Deck Pools 1, 2, and 3, which reward players with new cards in a randomized order....

More objectives to complete and breakable objects to mishandle Since its release in January,Octodad: Dadliest Catchhas sold over 250,000 copies, according to developer Young Horses. The awkward octopus-in-dad’s-clothing simulator is a lot of fun for those who take the time to really learn how to control it, and it looks like we will be seeing more content for the game, at no extra charge. Ah, the wonderful world of indie gaming....