It’s Tuesday, and that means it’s time to be a robot and smash other robots. A demo forTransformers: Fall of Cybertronis available to download from Xbox Live Arcade right now. Those waiting for the PlayStation Network demo can grab that tomorrow. The demo has two single-player missions, one starring Bumblebee and one featuring the aerial Combaticon, Vortex. There is also limited multiplayer access, with players able to create a character and hop into both Deathmatch and Conquest modes....

Ride of the Valkyries Iron Gate Studio’s new titleValheimis most assuredly “having a moment.” The Nordic crafting adventure – which launched as a Steam Early Access title on February 2 – has rocketed out of the starting gate, having sold over two million copies in its first two weeks of release and reaching a peak concurrent player rate of over 390,000 wannabe vikings. The Swedish developer is as surprised as anyone byValheim‘s immediate success....

Somebody needs to do a cosplay mashup of Octavia Prime and Octavia Spencer Like many of last year’s conventions and trade shows, TennoCon, the yearly event that celebrates all thingsWarframe, had to go all-digital in 2020 due to Covid-19. Because we’re still months, if not years, away from nipping this pandemic in the bud, TennoCon 2021 is following suit as Digital Extremes revealed the streaming event will take place on Saturday, July 17....

The Zone of Haze is the Way of Winter’s equivalent to Lea Labs in the Manibus scenario inOnce Human, and it’s every bit as tough during the final phase of the dungeon. Hence, preparation is needed, so here’s how to clear the Zone of Haze —or Black Sector— inOnce Human. And good luck! Preparing for the Black Sector Before we start preparing for this tough new challenge, you’ll need to have a full T5 gear set, fully calibrated, if you’re going to add much value to a team or attempt this dungeon solo....

An attempt to make workouts fun Ubisoft is the latest company to make use of the Kinect for its fitness game but rather than strive for realism,Shape Uptries to be wacky in the hope that you’ll work out harder if you’re having fun. Squat into outer space, do push-ups with elephants on your back, vaporize aliens with your abs — these are just some of the activities featured inShape Up. Do they look fun?...

Surprise! [Update:You can find the full patch notes belowcourtesy of Brace Yourself Games. It turns out that this patch is a sizable update, adding in a lot more than the original tweet led on.] Okay so this is a nice Christmas surprise! Nintendo, out of nowhere, is giving us a bit of free DLC for the holidays. Just boot up your copy ofCadence of Hyruleand download the software update and you’re good to go....

Famed writer/director Josef Fares (who helped writeBrothers: A Tale of Two Sons) is working with EA to give usA Way Out, a cooperative focused story experience that is made to be splitscreen only. The game stars Vincent and Leo, two guys at the end of their ropes in prison looking for a way out. While online play will be available, the game is made to take advantage of multiple screens. There will be moments where player one gets a cutscene while player two is focusing on gameplay....

Ease my pain. Ease my loneliness. Earlier this morning, Sega debuted an entire hour of gameplay from the upcomingHokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Startitle, currently in development from Yakuza Studio. The lengthy footage shows series protagonist Kenshiro doing what his does best – popping heads and taking names – as he ventures through the post-apocalyptic wilderness of a barren Earth. We see him engage in battle with bitter rival Shin, and an appearance is also put in by spunky sidekick Bat....

Mac users who want to be able to download all of their programs in one, neat place can look forward to January 6. That’s the day the Mac App Store will launch, Apple has revealed today. Okay, so what does this have to do with games, you ask? The store is expected to be broken down into major categories including education, graphics and design, lifestyle, productivity, utilities, and — you guessed it — games....

The sequel toAsh, a turn-based RPG developed by SRRN Games popular among the mobile-RPG crowd, has now been released on iOS devices. Picking up right from the cliffhanger the first game had left players on,Ash II: Shadowssees Aghaus in some more trouble as they rejoin Nicholas and Damien to take on new quests, meet new characters and for the first time in anAshgame you’ll have the chance to uncover a crocodile hiding in a tent....

“Double the animations, double the voices, double the visual assets” If you’re wondering why Ubisoft made the decision to omit female assassins from the upcomingAssassin’s Creed: Unity’sfour-player cooperative mode, it’s simple. And I’ll admit, a little predictable. According to an interview with Ubisoft’s creative director Alex Amancio atPolygon, the crew ran into the “reality of production” and found that including female character models is just too much work. “It’s double the animations, it’s double the voices, all that stuff and double the visual assets,” Amancio explained....

I found out aboutthis slick Commodore 64 iPhone App from Jim at the best time: when it was free. But it’s going to stay free now, it turns out. When the publisher moved this App to a free daily promotion, they saw such a spike in downloads that they decided to keep it free forever. Nice. Of course, you’re able to pay for extra games in the in-app store. That’s probably a better way to make money on this anyway....

Who’s waiting in the wings? Fighting game developer/publisher Arc System Works has announced that the remaining five mystery characters – headed toBlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Special Edition– will be revealed on September 22. First announced at the EVO 2019 fighting game tournament,Version 2.0 of the crossover fighter will bring about an overhauled UI, a wealth of balance changes, and nine new characters. We already know the first four of these:Senran Kagura’sYumi,RWBY’sNeo Politan, and Akatsuki and Blitztank fromAkatsuki Blitzkampf....