What is an app? A miserable pile of microtransactions. A year ago, hearing a beloved game from my youth was getting ported to mobile would have only extracted an unenthusiastic groan from me. Classic console games are meant to be played with controllers and no amount of touchscreen buttons can replace the tactile feedback of a real button. Today, getting those old titles ported to iOS and Android is something that excites me, because with full controller support on both devices, there is a lifetime’s worth of excellent titles waiting to be discovered by a new generation of players....

And take a cut of his paycheck Peter Molyneux’s at it again, but this time, his lofty game idea hinges on the behavior of Bryan Henderson, an 18-year-old university freshman from Scotland. Henderson won Molyneux’sCuriositycontestby clicking the game’s final cube, and has been rewarded by being deified inGODUS, the next project from Molyneux’s studio, 22Cans. The gig pays too, as Molyneux says that Henderson will receive a “significant” portion of the profits thatGODUSrakes in....

Gamers craving more misadventures with a furry, murderous stuffed toy are in for a treat this month. “Episode 9,” new content forNaughty Bear, is coming this month. The new episode will feature new characters, costumes, in-game challenges, as well as a new batch of Xbox 360 Achievements and PlayStation 3 trophies. This one looks to be a pirate-themed, with new characters Admiral Giggles and The Dead Pirate Bearbeard. This means swashbuckling, as well — the content will add a pirate’s cutlass with its own ultra-kill ability....

October is set to be a month stuffed with noteworthy releases, withAlan Wake 2being one of them. The highly anticipated title will continue the story ofAlan Wakethe thriller novelist, and it will further expand the ever-growing Remedy Connected Universe. Recently released gameplay footage from IGN gives us a glimpse into what we canexpect from the upcoming game. We see a bit more of Bright Falls from the perspective of FBI agent Saga Anderson who is investigating the strange events occurring in the sleepy town....

Trick weapons and stylish leather There aren’t too many similarities betweenBloodborneandThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. They play wildly different from one another. The dimly lit gothic architecture of Yharnam is a far cry fromSkyrim‘s snow-capped mountains. One has a thing for aliens and menstrual blood. The other, well, it’s more concerned with arrows and knees. But a talented modder by the name of Vicn managed to blend both worlds together. Vicn’s transportedBloodborne‘s hunters, trick weapons and all, toSkyrimin theGlenmorilmod....

Former Army of Two dev reveals all Last Sunday’s Sup Holmes (now oniTunes) was a powerful one. The subject wasPapo & Yo,one of the first openly autobiographical games to hit home consoles. Vander Caballero created the game based on his relationship with his his father. Themes include love, addiction, and abuse, all explored through a dreamlike surrealism that draws parallels toPan’s LabyrinthorLife of Pi. In our long, varied discussion, Vander revealed that as a child, videogames gave him an escape from a abuse but did not give him the tools to deal with the trauma he was set to endure....

Players have never been able to offer too much detail in terms of reviews on the PlayStation Store, but that may be about to change. In aReddit post(first reported byEurogamer), user cusman78 noticed he was able to add a written review forHelldivers II. Users in the comments got together and realized cusman78 wasn’t alone. It seems PlayStation has been offering select fans the opportunity to leave written user reviews on thePlayStation Store....

On a very romantic episode of Podtoid, Jim and Jonathan discuss the difference between humor and racism, as well as best way to deal with offended people. Our heroes also take a look at some of the hottest movies on the PS Vita video store, including such classics asTwo Headed Shark Attack,KrullandEvil Bong 3: The Wrath of Bong. Elsewhere,Twisted MetalandRhythm Heaven Feverget discussed, there’s chat about romance in games, and an unpopular feature makes an unwelcome, half-hearted return....

All aboard the adorable train Re:Legendis an RPG about raising monsters, farming, and generally chilling on a tropical island. Its developer, Magnus Games, just launched aKickstarter, and while I don’t usually report on crowdfunding campaigns until after the goal gets met, this game is too stinking cute to ignore. According toRe:Legend‘s Kickstarter page, the game draws inspiration fromMonster Rancher,Digimon World, andFantasy Life, among others. Players wash up on an island without any memories and before long, they’re taming and raising adorable creatures (called Magnus), tending crops, and battling enemies....

My vote goes to the anime-looking girl I’m guessing everyone would agree at this point that Comcept should have waited forMighty Number 9to ship before it launched theRed AshKickstarter. The game is not doing even a fraction as well as comparable projects had done in the same time frame. Diehard fans of theMega Man Legendsseriesare supporting the game to no end, but sadly, they’ve never been the largest group out there....

It looks…meh Over at the officialTitanfallsite, developer Respawn Entertainment has given us a look at Dig Site — one of the three maps in the upcoming Frontier’s Edge DLC pack. It’s a mining site over “subtle” elevated terrain, which the typical structures in tow you’d expect from a dig site. Meh. I know it’s too early to really tell, but I’m not impressed based on the visuals. It looks just like Relic and a few other maps in the game, and isn’t the thematic departure that makes a few maps in the original pack unique....

In case you missed the announcement on last week’s show, (which would be easy to do, as it was one of the only portions that wasn’t in song form), this week’s episode will be the first of our new featured episodes dealing withRetro Limbo. For anyone who may be unfamiliar with that term, it’s a little something we coined on the show to refer to games which aren’t exactly retro, but aren’t new by any means, either....

ApparentlyMinecraftcreator Markus “Notch” Persson is not a fan of the moniker “free-to-play,” though he is, apparently, interested in testing the teeming free-to-play waters. Jokingly, he suggests we call it “as expensive as you want it to be” but goes on to say that “people who think ‘free to play’ is a great future are mostly game developers, not game players.” To a certain extent he’s right and I’m really a fan of his description of the model....