More dates! Today, Nintendo held yet another Indie World Showcase, to “ring in the holidays,” as the publisher put it. Although their big first-party push is done for the year, their indie side isn’t, and for 15 whole minutes, we got a look at what other publishers have in store for the Switch. Yes, just the Switch. That’s how Nintendo rolls these days! The 3DS and Wii U are dead, and there isn’t a whole lot of new mobile development focus in 2020....

True or dare From the minds of studio Round8 Studio and publisherNeowiz, comes a bizarre-looking but very intriguing game calledLies of P— shown off again at the Gamescom Opening Night Live stream today. As an action-adventure game with a crazy post-apocalyptic steampunk world, this is instantly going to be popping up on some radars, if it hasn’t already. In fact,I kind of just forgot about it for a while. In any case, we have more to go off of than the prior early gameplay and the promising story trailer....

How long do you have to play before you can…play the actual game? Exoprimalis out, partially thanks to its Game Pass debut, tons of prospective players are logging in to blow up some dinos. Here’s how long it actually takes to get to the core game and start matchmaking. TheExoprimaltutorial is roughly 15 minutes – once you’re done, you can start matchmaking Interestingly, Capcom has added a bit of its single-player magic toExoprimal....

Well, Well, Well… It’s no surprise that there are plenty of secret rooms inTears of the Kingdom. With a world so vast and open as Hyrule, there’s bound to be secrets to find. Nintendo encourages players to check every nook and cranny to see if there’s something to find. Even Zelda herself has some secrets of her own, such as her secret room. How to find Zelda’s secret room Zelda’s secret room is located at Zelda’s house (and Link’s old house) inHateno Village....

Building a Legend Today sees the 20th anniversary of one of the most beloved, esoteric video games of all time:Ico. As a quiet celebration of the PlayStation 2 classic’s Japanese launch, developer genDESIGN has released a short, never-before-seen proof-of-concept video — looking at some early development footage for a PS1 edition of the ethereal and compelling fantasy. “This [PS1 footage] was created around 1998 to share the game’s concept with the development team,”said genDESIGN of the three-minute clip, as featured on Gematsu....

Just what is it about videogames that appeals to us? Is it the fact that they are an interactive medium … a trait that sets them apart from other forms of entertainment, simply because one tends to be more “involved” in a game than in, say, a movie or a book? Is it the fact that they draw us into other worlds and give us the freedom to explore them?...

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Daysis out in a couple of weeks now, August 17th to be exact, which means that we’ll no doubt see a lot of videos and screenshots of the title for a fortnight. Why, just look at these piping hot new videos we received. The above video is a brief look at Kane, the ex-mercenary. It has dialog from the character and lots of running, ducking and shooting....

No fetch quests, rat killing, or other time wasting junk? We’ll see about that If it wasn’t for all that in-engine footage and the fact that it’s six months away from a playable, small, backer-exclusive early access, I’m not sure I’d have a lick of confidence inKingdom Come‘s lofty goals. We’ve been burned before on claims of first-person melee combat that works, divergent story-telling, and other lusted after RPG advancements....

Vincent D’Onofrio, who portrayed Kingpin/Wilson Fisk in Netflix’sDaredeviland Marvel Studios’Echo, has shared his thoughts on the complexity of the situation between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures. D’Onofrio feels unsure at the moment about how and where the future of Wilson Fisk will be and explains that it is due to the interchanging rights of the characters between Sony and Marvel. The actor shared his thoughts on the situation amid rumors of his involvement in the upcoming Disney+ show calledYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man....

Get to know the people that make great videogames Almost two weeks ago on Sup Holmes (now oniTunes) we welcomed John Ribbins to the program. John’s been making games on his own since was a kid, but it wasn’t until BBC Channel 4 commissioned him and his partners at Rolling Sound to makea game about knife crimethat he got his first big break. It was made in collaboration with actual perpetrators of knife crime in a effort to help the world understand their story....

Modern Warfare 3added a cosmetic bundle to theCoDstore that offers double XP and double weapon XP, leading players to call out the devs for questionable monetization practices. Activision added the Killer Operator bundle to the MW3 store. It’s the first cosmetic item with a party skin bonus, which awards double XP and double weapon XP when you play together in parties of at least two players while wearing the operator skin....

I’d like Elite Beat Agents, please In 2006, many of us were desperate for another 2DMariogame, and Nintendo finally came through withNew Super Mario Bros.for the original DS. From what I remember, it was a good game. Perhaps not great, but certainly sufficient. Then the company kept pumping outNewtitles. I liked them all okay, but eventually grew bitter that Nintendo wouldn’t budge from the subseries and try something more original. Does the firstNew Super Mario Bros....

Revealed at the PS4 All Access event Tonight during the PlayStation All Access launch event on Spike, developer Naughty Dog revealed that they’re working on a new entry to theUnchartedfranchise for the PlayStation 4. No more details were given beyond that. The teaser trailer showed off a map, a voiceover of someone looking for revenge, and simply the nameUncharted. Is it a prequel? A sequel? A whole new storyline that has nothing to do with Nathan Drake?...