itch.io’s Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality raised an amazing $8.1 million

Over 800,000 total donations Donations are now closed on itch.io’sBundle for Racial Justice and Equality, which offered an incredible selection of PC software for a minimum of just five dollars. As of this writing, the bundle closed out at an incredible total of $8.1 million USD, raised from just over 814,000 donations. Launchinga little over a week agowith an initial goal of $5 million, the software compendium continued to grow in size as momentum increased, eventually offering over 1,700 games, tools, soundtracks, and visual novels by the campaign’s final hours....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Nancy Diaz

It’s a Samurai Showdown in Fate/Grand Order’s new story chapter

Any service game that aims to keep the lights on needs a steady flow of new things to do to survive, but even by those standards English-languageFate/Grand Orderplayers have had a rather busy 2019, with content drops or events occurring almost weekly. Now a big new addition to the main story has just gone live. TitledPseudo-Singularity III: The Stage of Carnage, Shimousa ~Seven Duels of the Swordmasters~, the new chapter is the third of four in FGO’sEpic of Remnantmain campaign....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Travis Mendez

Job Simulator toys let you throw stuff at a computer, in or out of VR

‘Official [Human] Merchandise’ Job Simulatoris still one of the best reasons to own a Virtual Reality rig, and right before the Game Developers Conference (GDC) we got word that creators Owlchemy Labs have teamed up withiam8bitto start selling merchandise based on characters and artwork from the game. The highlight of the new products has to be the plush Job-bot toy, which not only talks but also glows in the dark....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Erin Allen

Learn how a digital world is created in Rise of the Triad

The production diary series continues Ever wonder how a first-person shooter is made? In this third part of theRise of the Triaddeveloper series, you’ll get to see some pretty insightful information regarding the redesign of the upcoming PC game. Specifically, you’ll see how the designers struggled to preserve the spirit of the original, while keeping it fresh at the same time. One of myfavoritethings about the diary is highlighting the fact that the game will have hidden walls and secret areas, a staple of old-school FPS games that’s basically non-existentin today’s tunnel shooters....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Deborah Frazier

Lost Kingdoms II was a clear improvement and a bigger failure

But another game just wasn’t in the cards A lot of very deserving games have never received sequels:Split/Second,Chulip, uhh…Beetle Adventure Racing. I don’t know, everything gets a sequel these days if it’s worthwhile, even ones that have been dormant for decades. Thankfully,Lost Kingdomsis one game that got its sequel, creatively namedLost Kingdoms II. It’s strange, considering the splash that the first game didn’t make. It would be like if, say,Sin & Punishmentgot a sequelafter the first one sold about as well as cyanide flapjacks, published by Nintendo for their new family-friendly console....

July 13, 2025 · 5 min · 925 words · Patricia Perry

Making Mr. Dtoid: Beautiful in Bacteria

Promoted Blog [Gamemaniac3434 used his profession and passion in the field of microbiology to recreate our esteemed mascot in bacteria and then described the process of how it all went down. As someone who can’t draw at all I appreciate these alternative forms of fanart, now if only I could rework HAARP to make Mr. Dtoid in the clouds. ~Anthony] As some of you may be aware, I am a student of the school of microbiology....

July 13, 2025 · 5 min · 955 words · Anita Lewis

Monster Hunter Rise demo players favored the long sword, and it wasn’t even close

Its popularity was nearly double the next most used weapon WiththeMonster Hunter Risedemodone and dusted, Capcom is ready to share some stats of the goings-on of players these past few weeks. And surprisingly, a large amount of folks rallied around the long sword. Sharing the stats of the top three weapons played during theMonster Hunter Risedemo, the game’s director Yasunori Ichinose notes that the long sword took a huge lead with 19....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Ashley Nguyen

Nintendo to release demos for select E3 games at Best Buy

This could either fizzle or be huge It appears as if Nintendo will be “bringing E3 to the public” in the words of Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. Nintendo will be bringing playable builds of their newly announced Wii U games to select Best Buy locations (US and Canada) during the week of E3. We don’t know any of the games that will be offered so far, but Nintendo will announce more details (presumably location information) the week of June 11th....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Jerry Simmons

Nioh 2’s beta begins on November 1

Yokai Watch Yokai hunters, ready to face the Dark Realm? Play the Nioh 2 Open Beta starting November 1 to 10, available at PS Storepic.twitter.com/EPPoqWBsiZ — PlayStation (@PlayStation)August 02, 2025 Nioh 2definitely looks good. While the visual presentation has barely changed, the gameplay looks to be a nice improvement over the original. Sporting more enemies and that neat Yokai transformation move, I’m curious to dig into the sequel and see how it stacks up....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Linda Cooper

No Man’s Sky: Adrift has me lost in space again and I love it

I can still remember the awe that washed over me the first time I flew my ship out into the depths of space inNo Man’s Sky. It was December 2016, and I was – as I often am – a little late to the party. I’d somewhat followed theNo Man’s Skymarketing, intrigued by the prospect of getting to live out my space-age fantasies, and I’d absolutely caught wind of the disastrous launch....

July 13, 2025 · 4 min · 736 words · Tyler Valencia

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet newcomer Lechonk is already a hit

Everybody loves Lechonk A new trailer forPokemon ScarletandVioletdebuted this morning, showing off the new region, professors, and more. One Pokemon has made quite the impact though. The little Hog Pokemon, Lechonk, seems to have taken Pokemon Trainer hearts by storm. One of several new Pokemon shown off in today’s trailer forScarletandViolet, Lechonk is a Normal Type Pokemon. It can use Aroma Veil and Gluttony, and can use its sense of smell to search out Berries....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Xavier Drake

PSA: Today is the only day to get A Total War Saga: Troy for free

Go faster than Pheidippides The latest entry in theTotal Warfranchise launches today and it won’t cost you a dime. Well, as long as you don’t dillydally too long. A Total War Saga: Troyisfree to claim on the Epic Games Storefor the first 24 hours it’s available. That’s right — Epic threw enough money at Sega and Creative Assembly that a brand new relatively-major game is just being given away on launch day....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Kylie Gill

Remix Default was produced on a 3DS

Time to make some pocket bangers Last week saw the release ofRalfingtonandDj CUTMAN’sBravely Defaultremix album featuring four tracks that pay homage to the characters of the critically acclaimed Nintendo 3DS game. UsingKorg-DS10+,Rytmik Retrobits, andRhythm Core Alpha,New Jersey based producer Ralfington composed the entire album over the course of two months – without the ability to save. Producers beware, the download ofRytmik Retrobitsover the Nintendo eShop removes this crucial functionality, making the original DSiWare the preferred method, unless you enjoy marathon production sessions....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Tasha Nguyen