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Cites lack of anything meaningful in the hardware Alicecreator American McGee is not stoked about Sony’s PlayStation 4 unveiling, explaining the lack of innovation in the controller department as the big reason for his apathy. The PS4’s conventional DualShock 4 design has earned a “meh” from the developer. “I was hoping for innovation in control input,” he toldForbes. “Didn’t see anything meaningful, so ‘meh.’ It’s nice that they’re moving towards what looks like more developer-friendly hardware and indie-friendly distribution....

New perspective, old genre Renegade Sector Games has a knack for playing with perspective. The indie developer’s previous offering,Cold Vengeance, was a 3D shoot ’em up that riffed on the genre standards with low camera angles and branching paths. For its follow-up, Renegade Sector is trying its hand at a twin-stick shooter, but don’t expect it to be like anything you’ve played before. Kill the Superweaponhas all the trappings of a traditional twin-stick shooter....

Bold strategy Begun, the second VR wars has (that’s a Yoda quote, don’t at me). After the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive went toe-to-toe back in the spring of 2016, no clear victor emerged. That’s because Sony, who swooped in several months later with the PSVR headset, came out on top with more than 4.2 million units sold,with the Rift in second place and the Vive in third. They’re all roughly on the same level, but the game is changing....

Anniversary of PS4 horror adventure Time moves quickly. This week is ten years since the release of Capcom’sStreet Fighter IVand it’s four years since the release of PS4 exclusive adventureThe Order: 1886. As a quick refresher,The Orderwas a third-person action adventure with horror overtones. Set in an alternate-history London, it followed the antics of a small military faction, The Knights of the Round Table, as they battled to keep England’s capital city safe from all manner of monsters, werewolves and ghoulies....

If you’re like me, you spend an almost excessive amount of time starring at a screen, be it computer or television. Gaming for long periods of time can strain your eyes, and I find as I get older, I’m more prone to headaches as I stare at a computer screen at work only to come home and unwind by…starring at a videogame on my TV. Thankfully, resourceful companies likeGunnar Optiks EyewearandVision Concepts Internationalhave taken it upon themselves to aide those folks whose job it is to gaze unendingly upon computer and gaming screens by helping reduce eye fatigue and strain with several vision options....

Super Sold Out! Grab your pals for this contest to win a physical copy of Super Rare Games’The Adventure Pals! I love physical copies of games. You love physical copies of games. Everyone loves physical copies of games. That’s why our good friends over atSuper Rare Gameshave partnered with Dtoid to give the people what they want — super rare physical releases of games! How’s sold out sound for rare?...

Still not dead Like a good little zombie,Dead Island 2refuses to stay down. You could be forgiven for thinkingDead Island 2was one of those games that got quietly cancelled; Deep Silver hasn’t said much about it since developer Yager was taken off the project in the summer of 2015. The marketing trail has gone cold. However,Dead Island 2isn’t six feet under taking a dirt nap. In a statement toEurogamer(who simply asked something along the lines of “Hey, is this still happening?...

78 costumes? That’s over a dollar an outfit! Does it feel likeDead or Alive 5has been out forever? That’s because it has. Originally released in 2012 (in North America before Japan, by the way) the game has been getting boat loads of DLC, updates, and re-releases, with the last version culminating inLast Round. But if you thought Koei Tecmo was done with DLC, you were sorely mistaken. It has just announced a new 16-piece costume set for $18....

Bungie’s greatest hits Project xCloud’s free games selection keeps getting more robust. Originally a mere four games (pshh!),it grew to 53 games last November. Now, Xbox has added another nine titles, a few of which are very high-profile. Today, these games joined Project xCloud: As a refresher, all of these are free to play for anyone who has been accepted into Xbox’s Project xCloud game streaming beta. All it takes is an Android phone or tablet to be eligible to register....

BUY THIS GAME. I realize it’s bad form to convey one’s opinion of a gamebeforethe jump of a review. I don’t care. I am fully willing to relinquish what little suspense might result from postponing my opinion of the game in favor of loudly stating the following, so that anyone who glances at this post will see it: ZACK AND WIKI: QUEST FOR BARBAROS’ TREASUREIS THE BEST GAME AVAILABLE ON THE WII RIGHT NOW....

Price still TBA Yesterday the internet exploded after Capcom revealed a Switch port of the firstDevil May Crygame, but it turns out the yogurt was cursed (this is a way better metaphor than the monkey’s paw, don’t at me). Instead of porting the entire HD collection over to the platform — a compilation of the first threeDevil May Crygames that you can score for under $30 — Capcom is only bringing the original title to the Switch....

The Starfighters One of the most popular, most enduring franchises in the shmup genre is preparing to make a comeback next week, aspublisher Live Wirehas announced thatDoDonPachi Resurrectionwill blast off, November 25, on Nintendo Switch. Originally hitting Japanese arcades in 2008,DoDonPachi Resurrection, (orDoDonPachi Daifukkatsu), is the fifth mainline release in Cave’s extraordinary space shooter series. The wacky, way-out storyline this time around sees the pilots of the DonPachi Corp. forced to take to the skies once again, investigating a dangerous anomaly that appears to be manifesting itself as an electronic parasite, playing havoc with the planet’s technology....

We’ve already heard the complaints aboutMortal Kombat vs. DC Universe— how can DC super heroes like Superman go head-to-head with the likes of Sonya Blade or Sub-Zero? I mean, it’sSuperman. Without kryptonite there’s no contest, right? Well look: he’s apparently also vulnerable to magic, and with the number of mystic projectiles and resurrections found in theMortal Kombatuniverse, they’re going to find a way to make it work. You didn’t hear anyone bitching when Capcom’s universe collided with Marvel, now did you?...