Nintendo and Humble team up for first console/handheld Humble Bundle

The Humble Nindie Bundle Humble’s spent years packaging collections of video games together and letting players name their price. However, this week’s bundle has a twist that we aren’t used to seeing. It’s the first offering that includes console and handheld games, and Nintendo’s platforms are the ones that are spotlighted. Humble has teamed up with Nintendo to collaborate on a HumbleNindieBundle. Eight games from eight different developers are available across both Wii U and 3DS....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Mark Whitaker

Nintendo is offering up to $20,000 bounty for hackers to find 3DS vulnerabilities

Start your engines You’d be hard pressed to find a category of hardware (outside of the PC) that’s hacked or homebrewed more than Nintendo portables. But after all these years, Nintendo is going to make a marked attempt to stop it. Partnering up with HackerOne (a San Francisco based security firm), the publisher is now effectively offering up to a $20,000 bounty for “highly skilled researchers” to uncover vulnerabilities for the 3DS that could “jeopardize its environment....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Kevin Gonzales

No Man’s Sky: How to get Carrier AI Fragment

Carrier AI Fragment is an interactive component inNo Man’s Sky, which is primarily used to detect crashed Sentinel Interceptors in the game. Players can find Carrier AI Fragment inNo Man’s Skythrough a variety of ways. However, the method which guarantees Carrier AI Fragment is go after the Sentinel Capital Ships, and destroy them. A Sentinel Capital Ship is the last sentinel force sent against the player when they’re fighting sentinels in space....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Matthew Nichols

PC players will have to wait a bit for Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

No exact date given It was only a month ago that The Coalition boss Rod Fergusson took the floor at the PC Gaming show at E3 to announce thatGears of War: Ultimate Editionwouldrelease on Windows 10. That’s still true, but it won’t release alongside the Xbox One version. Xbox is taking care of its bread and butter first. Xbox head Phil Spencer, who can be sort of an open book on Twitter, answered someone’s question today about a simultaneous launch....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Joseph Burgess

PDP’s Mortal Kombat X pad looks like a SEGA Genesis controller

Decent looking fight stick alternative I’ve always wanted a fight stick more for arcade nostalgia than any legitimate fighting game purposes. This gamepad from PDP, specifically designed forMortal Kombat X, elicits some nostalgia as well, as it’s basically an asymmetrical Genesis controller. There are two pads planned. One will work with both PS4 and PS3, the other will work with both Xbox 360 and Xbox One. According toGameSpotit’ll be between $35 and $50....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 73 words · Erin Spencer

PlayStation VR shooter Farpoint now has PvP

Free DLC adds two modes and a progression system Impulse Gear has givenFarpointplayers a reason to return today with the arrival of a free Versus Expansion Pack. You’ll be able to compete in two-on-two PvP modes (round-based Deathmatch and the capture-and-hold Uplink), earning new player skins and weapons as you progress. It’s briefly shown in the trailer, but one extra little wrinkle is that you’re able to have aliens fight on your behalf....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Julia Cherry

Pre-order RE6 with Microsoft and get $30 back in coupons

It looks like Microsoft has a late promotion in store for us forResident Evil 6, in light of thattimed-exclusivitynews. If you pre-orderResident Evil 6directly from their store, you’re able to net $30 back in credit. To be exact, you get a $10 in-store coupon for Microsoft, and $20 in Microsoft Points (MSP). Unless you’re keen on theUmbrella umbrellaor ahandful of digital incentivesfrom other various outlets, this looks like the clear-cut best deal available....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Jennifer White

QuakeCon to host a blood drive inspired by The Evil Within

Blood, blood, gallons of the stuff What are some of the pleasant activities you picture when you think of going to a gaming convention? Getting a first glimpse at a game that few have seen before? Collecting enough swag to double your luggage size? Donating blood? The last one may be atypical, but if you feel like doing some good in the name of videogames, QuakeCon’s one place you can do it....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Angela Wilson

Saber Training Simulator codes (September 2024)

Updated July 17, 2025 We added new codes! A Jedi must constantly practice wielding their lightsaber if they want to dominateSaber Training Simulator. This is a weapon of destruction, so train hard and use your skills to defeat others who challenge you. You must grind for power, but there are ways to boost your training. A neat way to boost your lightsaber training is by redeemingSaber Training Simulatorcodes. You can claim various boosts to gain more power and Gems to hatch new pet companions....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Melinda Sherman

Sacred 2: RPG + German Fantasy Metal = Something?

This trailer forSacred 2is the most amazingly epic thing I’ve seen all day, and also the most tragic. It’s not every day that you get to see an in-game music video for a German “Fantasy Metal” band that includes skeletons getting their heads knocked off, right? It’s more like everythreedays. It’s hard to keep track of all the things on my radar, soSacred 2has dipped out of focus recently. I have heard that it’s got some promise, though, so I made a mental note to keep an eye on things....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Derek Blackwell

Skyward Sword alphabet cracked, font available

The Hylian alphabet was said to be uncrackable, but one Zelda fan figured it out anyway.Zelda Universeforum member Sarinilli found some small text in the Lanayru section ofSkyward Swordand was able to use that to translate this alphabet fully.There’s even a font for it now! She says that if you take the English alphabet and break it down into four lines of three, with two letters remaining, and then line it up with the signs with small text in Lanayru, the patterns match....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · John Bell

Sledgehammer Games will be leading this year’s Call of Duty

Sledgehammer’s back in the saddle again The question of which studio is helming this year’sCall of Dutytitle has been answered. Sledgehammer Games is leading development on the still-untitledCall of Dutyfor 2021. On an earnings call earlier today, Activision Blizzard confirmed that Sledgehammer Games would be taking charge. At the same time, the Sledgehammer account posted a GIF of The Undertaker rising from the coffin without a caption, later confirming that they are “leading the charge on [Call of Duty] this year and can’t wait to share more....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · James Stewart

Starfield May update adds improved surface maps, Ship Decoration mode, and more

Today Bethesda launched the latestStarfieldupdate in Steam Beta, due out for all other platforms later this month, and it’s got some nice improvements players have been hoping for. Bethesda also released a video getting into the details of the update, which addseven more bug fixesalongside some pretty substantial quality of life improvements thatStarfieldplayers have been wanting for quite a while. We’re finally getting better surface maps, folks. The map overhaul looks fantastic, and it’ll definitely help me to actually find my way around cities like New Atlantis....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Nancy Boyd