1001 Spikes Wii U off-TV patch finally coming

3DS patch still on the way Are you a Wii U owner who picked up1001 Spikesand has been disappointed with the inability to play the game entirely on the GamePad screen? Had you almost given up hope that the promised patch to bring that functionality would ever come? Well rejoice, as it appears that the1001 Spikesoff-TV patch is finally being submitted to Nintendo. 1001 Spikes and the Wii U gamepad work great....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · George Bullock

Activision is aware of the Tony Hawk 5 bugs

Tony Hawk HD needed patch too The last four RobomodoTony Hawkgames haven’t gone so swimmingly. Particularly withTony Hawk HDand the recently releasedTony Hawk 5, there have been a bunch of bugs that have been causing issues for players, from offline to online problems. According to Shacknews, Activision is aware of the bugs, and is working with the team to get them fixed. This game needs a ton of polish. Activision is aware of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 many bugs[Shacknews]...

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 80 words · Scott Curtis

All Mage Arena crafting recipes

Spells might be your go-to option when defeating your opponents in the indie hitMage Arena, but crafting recipes to produce different items will allow you to outwit them more easily. Crafting inMage Arenaworks in the expected way: you gather raw resources, which can then be put into different recipes to produce more items. Let’s look at all the recipes available in the game’s current build, and how to make them in the first place....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Traci Roberts

Bargain Bin Laden #9.5: Win a heap of games!

[Update:We’ve got plenty of great submissions thus far, but there’s still time left, people — you got ’til Friday.] Afternoon, underlings. Aaron Linde here — and byhere, I meannot at GDC. That’s right! While the rest of the staff is off committing Class A felonies in the city by the bay, I’m stuck in the Great Northwest, fending off bears with naught but bare fists and a smile. That’s hip Seattleite-speek for “finals”....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Christopher Henderson

BattleBlock Theater is built on foundation of suffering

Not even God himself could sink this production. We have a couple new episodes ofCouch Campaigntoday as we venture even deeper intoBattleBlock Theater. Our fifth segment, seen above, is actually a replay of an area for which the recording was lost the first time, but we’re not actually any better at playing it this time around. Our second release of the day is my favorite episode yet because there are so many memorable bits, including a moment where we stop playing to marvel at my cat as he performs some scandalous behavior....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Wendy Gibson

BioWare’s Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes is free

BioWare and EA today announced a new game calledWarhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes. It’s a new PVP game based onWarhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Oh, and it’s free to play! “We’re thrilled to expand our audience and deliver BioWare’s first Play4Free title with Wrath of Heroes,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-founder, BioWare and General Manager, BioWare Label. “PvP combat is without a doubt one of the most compelling experiences online. We’ve distilled down the essentials of that conflict – and delivered it with force....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Tracey Cannon

Blizzard is throwing Heart of the Swarm in with Legacy of the Void

Limited-time digital deal If you’re looking to get back intoStarCraft IIon a whim, there’s a decent promotion running right now. Folks who purchase theLegacy of the Voidexpansion (it’s $39.99 regularly, and $59.99 for the deluxe edition) will get the earlier release,Heart of the Swarm, at no extra charge. Keep in mind, these expansions are standalone — you won’t need the first of the three, 2010’sStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, to play them....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Marcia Blevins

Bloodborne’s procedural Chalice Dungeons are full of horrors

Why’d it have to be swamps?! Procedurally-generated dungeons inBloodborne, huh? I didn’t catch thePlayStation Experience demoshowing themuntil now. Not something I would have expected for the game given how good From Software’s hand-crafted worlds can be, but as a single area, I’m interested. Underneath Yharnam, there are multi-level underground ruins called Chalice Dungeons. You’ll need a holy chalice to enter them and their structure changes “every time a portal is opened....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Donald Fisher

Can a Half-Life or Portal movie really work?

It would require the hush-hush approach With today’s somewhat startling revelation thatJ.J Abrams and Valve intend to collaborate onHalf-LifeandPortalmoviescomes speculation as to how these movies are actually going to work. Specifically, the notion that Abrams may have a difficult time staying true to the source material with regard to the protagonists. While theHalf-Lifeworld will make for a fascinating setting for Hollywood to explore, Valve has made a habit of defining their main characters with one particular inaccessible character trait that wouldn’t lend itself all that well to the big screen....

June 28, 2025 · 5 min · 918 words · Kristine Moss

Cblogs of 9/19 to 04-07-2025: Timespinner, Ghost of Tsushima, and Zelda delays

Cblogs Recap: Week 39 –Black Red Gamingcontinues the ranking of theSaints Rowgames with this blog aboutAgents of Mayhem. –BlackAdlerreviewsTimespinneron the PC. –Council of the Lostdiscusses the differences between two roles inPUBGin a comprehensive fashion. –BRAVO F1VEreviewsGhost of Tsushima. –TheBlondeBasscontinues highlighting games with heart core with a blog focusing onGuilty Gear Xrd. –Shoggoth2588responds to this month’sBand of Bloggersprompt about delayed games with a blog about Nintendo’s perpetually delayed series,The Legend of Zelda....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Lisa Gray

Chambara is sort of giving me a light Bushido Blade vibe and I dig it

Out July 26 Its existence kind of blew past me this year, but now you have my attention,Chambara. Billed as an up-to-four-player versus experience, this one seems to bring back that classic feeling of intense dueling from theBushido Bladeseries (rememberthe extra first-person mode?). Players select a kit before the fight starts, then an arena, and duke it out accordingly — there doesn’t seem to be a lot of fluff involved....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Phyllis Watson

Check out The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth on the Wii U GamePad

23 glorious seconds WhenThe Binding of Isaac: Rebirthcame out last November, I got sucked back into the dark, dank basement full of doo-doo for a good two months. This video ofIsaacon a Wii U GamePad is enough to get me thirsty for more baby tears. I know Nic’sexcited. With a Wii U, 3DS, and Xbox One release coming soon along with the announcedDLC, I’ll probably have a hard time not picking it up again....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Brandon Smith

Claybook is a puzzle-platformer made of clay

Coming soon to PC, PS4, and Xbox One I always love a good clay-based aesthetic, andClaybook, an upcoming physics-centric puzzle-platform game from formerTrialsseries developers, takes full advantage of its malleable look. “Everything acts like it would be made out of real clay,” according to independent studio Second Order. “Every inch of the environment can be shaped and molded. Everything has matter inside it, not just an outer shell. Clay can be deformed, destroyed, melted to fluid and frozen back to solid....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Victoria Cole