Amazon: Total War mod extends Rome map and adds new units

War elephants are my new best friend A new trailer just came out forAmazon: Total War, an overhaul mod forRome: Total Warthat adds a new campaign map that expands the game into Eurasia and India, a quest system, and tons of new units. The new units include Amazon archers, war elephants, long-range mobile artillery, and tons of other stuff relating to northern India and the troops that would have been used in that time....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Robert Adkins

Attention Stadians: A limited-run Immortals: Fenyx Rising demo is coming this week

As well as the new Pac-Man game Stadia gave us a blowout of new information todayon top of the reveal thatPac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle[read: Pac-Man Battle Royale] is coming to the service. Google is running a “three days of demos” event, which will kick off today with the aforementioned Pac-attack followed by theHumankindbeta on October 21, as well asImmortals: Fenyx Risingon October 22.Jedi: Fallen Orderis out on November 24. As a recap,Jedi: Fallen Ordercame out nearly a year ago and served as one of the few fully single-player experiences that EA has put out in some time....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 188 words · Nicole Wyatt

Bad manners: You can point at everything in Battlefield 4

So anime,Battlefield. Clearly not all the manners and morals enforced by the United States Army make it onto the battlefield. This soldier shows no discipline, rudely pointing at things all willy nilly. He even makes this show of insolence into some sort of rap song, the apex of disobedience. I can barely mutter a “good morn'” and sideways glance to my neighbors and even I know this is bad form....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Sarah Wagner

Beautiful Katamari coming to PS3? Target says so

Namco Bandai’sBeautiful Katamaricame out for the Xbox 360 in October of 2007, so I have no idea why they’d want to release a PS3 version now. I mean, it’s a good game and all, and I’m all for multiplatform releases, but isn’t this a little late? If thisTarget.com pre-order pageis to be believed,Beautiful Katamariwill be shipping for the PlayStation 3 in Feburary. It’s listed at $39.99. That sucks, because the Xbox 360 version is less than $20 most places....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Brian Johnson

Belated Father’s Day: Throw babies in Dad Beat Dads

True story: my dad used to be quite the brawler. At a stocky 5’5″ (165 cm), he was often underestimated. What he lacks in height and reach he makes up for in tenacity. What I’m trying to say is that I’m pretty sure my dad could beat up your dad, or at least he could 20 years ago when he was in his prime. Me, I prefer my violence digital, soDad Beats Dadslooks like a good time....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Kathy Stone

Blizzard is moving away from the ‘Battle.net’ name

But that doesn’t mean we have to Nostalgia aside, the name “Battle.net” seemed much more sensible in the mid- to late-’90s, back whenDiabloandStarCraftwere Blizzard’s latest and greatest. The online gaming service has come a long way since then, but the name, an undeniableproduct of its time, has essentially gone unaltered. Nearly two decades later, Blizzard says it plans to get away from calling Battle.net, “the central nervous system for [its] games,” by that name....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Christopher Hood

Brutal Legend DLC incoming: ‘Tears of Hextadon’ announced

More is coming toBrutal Legendin Rock-November. Publisher Electronic Arts and developer Double Fine have just announced a downloadable map pack dubbed “Tears of the Hextadon.” The pack adds two additional maps — Circle of Tears and Death’s Fjord — to the Stage Battle component. Circle of Tears, as described in the press release, is a “rough-hewn circular battlefield” that players will have to navigate in order to rock opponents. The other map, Death’s Fjord, is an “icy mountain path,” with fans waiting to be gathered at the bottom of the aforementioned....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Victor Evans

Call of Duty: Warzone is a slick evolution of battle royale

Fight for survival, and find out if you’re worth it Back in the heady days of 2017-2018, there was a concern among the gaming community that, in the wake of theunprecedentedsuccess of Epic Games’Fortnite,everyvideo game brand under the sun was going to leap onto the “battle royale” bandwagon. Y’all remember the E3 memes, right? With Dolan? Yeah, you remember. It didn’t really turn out that way. Oh sure, many established franchises wentstraightfor a piece of the Last Person Standing pie, whilst new IPs such asLawBreakersburst onto the scene to amazing… umm… Look, the point I’m making is, the whole industry didnotgo battle royale crazy....

June 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1116 words · Lori Price

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker’s amiibo functionality adds a small incentive to replay every level

Oh, and you can actually buy the figure too Captain Toad: Treasure Trackerlaunched its amiibo compatibility this week, and I’ve found a new reason to revisit the game. It’s as simple as adding in a “Hide-and-Seek” mode, enabled by tapping the newly minted Toad amiibo to the GamePad as you’re selecting each stage. After a quick tap the minigame will start, tasking you to find a “Pixel Toad” while playing the level as normal....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Daniel Rice

Download Rockman Xover’s free but hilariously short OST

Ironically, the music is not bad I think I’ve said all that really needs to be said about Capcom’s free-to-play abomination that isRockman Xover. But in all fairness, I have not personally played the game and thus can’t judge the accuracy of others’ damning impressions… yet. Capcom is still tooling around with the idea of alocalized release, so maybe I’ll get that opportunity one day. While those chuckle monkeys get that business sorted, you’re able to downloadXover‘s soundtrackfrom the Capcom sound team page complete free of charge....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Patricia Curry

Dragon Quest creator hints at series return to PlayStation

E3? TGS? Dragon Quest Heroesis a thing that’scoming west this yearandDragon Quest Heroes 2hasalready been announced, but what about an actual, numbered entry? How about the first on a PlayStation Console sinceDragon Quest VIII(recently announcedfor 3DS), over 10 years ago? Speaking with Korean siteRuliweb(viaHachima Kikou),Dragon Questcreator Yuji Horii was asked about a series return to PlayStation consoles, to which he responded, “While I can’t say anything about it for now, we just may announce something about that in the near future....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Janet Mitchell

EA FC 25: How to complete Marcel Desailly Thunderstruck Icon SBC

The Marcel Desailly Thunderstruck Icon SBC is an amazing addition toEA FC 25, and you may get a defensive reinforcement with the help of fodder that’s available in your club. Completing this Icon SBC won’t be easy, as there are multiple tasks to complete. Let’s take a look at how you can complete the challenge, and what’s the cheapest set of solutions to use. EA FC 25 Marcel Desailly Thunderstruck Icon SBC tasks The Marcel Desailly Thunderstruck Icon SBC has 15 different tasks to complete in EA FC 25....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · Cynthia Price

Farming and trucking sims anonymous

Who keeps playing these games? I occasionally find myself being asked to, if not justify, at least explain why I like certain niche games. In particular, my obsession with roguelikes and historical grand strategy titles often leads to me going on detailed rants about the wonders these games offer. Despite this, I sometimes find myself on the other side of things when I see people getting excited aboutFarming Simulator 2013orEuro Truck Simulator 2,becoming absolutely baffled about who buys these things and what they get out of them....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 595 words · Katherine Norton PhD