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Nintendo’s critter catcher back on top Nintendo’sPokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DXlaunched on Nintendo Switch last week and has had a healthy start, shooting straight to number one in the UK Charts. A remake of the 2006 Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS titles,Rescue Team DXsuccessfully toppled Activision’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfarefrom the top spot, which the military shooter has held on-and-off with great persistence since its launch back in October 2019....

Choose your favorite mecha/sentai homage It’s time for aFortniteCollision recap. The event played out similar to manyother prior “end of season” activities, but this time it involved a giant mech. So it’s one of the coolest ones by default. This particular one ushered in the end of Chapter 3 Season 2: with another confrontation between the IO faction (the bad guys) and The Seven (the people the players are collaborating with currently), overthe Zero Point(basically the equivalent of Kingdom Hearts inKingdom Hearts): with the intent of taking down The Collider (a structure that’s basically a comic-book-esque Doomsday Machine)....

Rockstar has revealed that its free cooperative mission pack forRed Dead Redemptionwill hit Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network on June 22. Officially called the “Outlaws to the End Co-Op Mission Pack,” it will include six all-new cooperative missions, challenges, bonus multiplayer XP awards, and more. For those who are Trophy and Achievement obsessed, the pack will come with a fresh set of both. The missions are designed for up to four players, and Rockstar is saying they’re designed for “intense shoot-outs and strategic cooperative play....

Beat ’em up, Phantom Thieves At this point, Atlus kind of can’t do wrong when it comes to thePersonaseries. Now,everyone has their favoriterecentPersona(3-5), and to create some suspense, I won’t tell you that4is mine. Wait, I think I messed up there. Persona 5slaps too. And it’s still fun as a beat ’em up. Persona 5 Strikers(PC, PS4 [reviewed], Switch)Developer: Omega Force, P-StudioPublisher: AtlusReleased: Jun 19, 2025 (JP) | February 23, 2021MSRP: $59....

TILT is one of the last good things about the San Francisco Metreon. Sure, their movie theater is nice, but a good arcade will always trump any theater. TILT has some redemption machines, but the majority of the place is covered with arcade cabinets. They have a good selection of fighting, racing and shooting games and most of them are games that you will actually drop quarters into. Most of the arcade cabinets are also on sale....

European branch of publisher ‘fesses up Following an upheld complaint with the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, SEGA Europe has admitted that trailers forAliens: Colonial Marinesdo not reflect the game’s final (shoddy) content. The complaint wasupheld by a Reddit user, who got a reply back from the ASA. The organization said it spoke with SEGA, and the company confessed its sins once under scrutiny. “SEGA Europe acknowledged your objection that the trailers did not accurately reflect the final content of the game,” wrote the ASA....

Oh what a surprise. Despite the United States and Japan enjoying some lovely price cuts on their Xbox 360s, it seems that the absurdly strong pound is just too tempting for Microsoft to pass up. That’s right, UK readers, you will be gettingno price drop. “Pricing is handled on a region-by-region basis,” stated an MS rep, presumably while wiping roasted swan gravy from his mouth with a hundred dollar bill. “We do not have a price drop in this region to announce....

Wait, what? Things I like mixing together: Nutella and bananas. Cookies smashed in gelato. Corgis and derp. A new combination mixes game franchises that I dig. The outstanding RPG series Wild Arms gets some new life in a crossover withSoul Sacrifice Delta, though I wouldn’t get your cowboy hopes up too high.Siliconerasays thatSoul Sacrifice Deltawill be adding accessories and… hairstyles from theWild Armsgames, like Rudy’s hair and bandana. They’ve even included some bits from PSP gameWild Arms XF....

Popular PlayStation Move game is Mac and Linux only I was under the assumption thatSportsfriendswas on Steam already and had been for a long time, but it’s not — hardware issues have slowed the Windows/Mac/Linux release until now. The four-in-one local multiplayer game hitsSteamand the Humble Store this Friday, with a catch: Windows players will miss out on one of the titles,Johann Sebastian Joust. What gives? “[W]e’ve been working tirelessly on hardware-related issues, especially as it relates to getting PlayStation Move controllers working on home computers,”says Die Gute Fabrik....

I was feeling pretty bummed out when I heard the upcoming XBox 360 game,Steel Battalion Heavy Armorwasn’t compatible with the original epic controller from the first generation Xbox release. The massive piece of mech heaven, which was used in the first two games, was all about immersion with its dual stick and 40 button set up. The idea of bringing this level of mech love via the Kinect just didn’t seem quite right....

Hey, you know all of thoseStreet Fighter IValternate costume packs you hopefully bought as a collection and not individually? Yeah! Those are all going to work inSuper Street Fighter IVat no additional cost. It seems like an obvious thing, but there are some companies out there — I won’t name any names — that perform well below our most general of expectations when it comes to downloadable content. And if you haven’t bought the costume packs, now would be a good time to do so....

The 1.2.1 update introduced a new issue and Nintendo is looking into it [Update:Nintendo has outlined its plans for a fix this week, rolling out two updatesdetailed on its site, as spotted byVGC. The Google translation of the text says one version will roll out on October 18, restoring online play, with a second to follow on the 20th. Our original story on the outage from October 14 follows.] Nintendo has taken the servers forSwitch Sportsdown, suspending online play and save data backup while it investigates a new issues causing crashes....

In the anime versions of the SWORD ART ONLINE story, we followed young hero Kirito as he battled through 100 levels to finally face Kayaba’s avatar in combat, and free Sword Art Online’s players. In Integral Factor’s massively multiplayer online recreation, you actuallyareone of those players, and so is everybody else. Rather than following the designated hero, it’s up to you to explore the many different worlds in your own way and see if you’re able to be the hero the world needs....