Nintendo Land bundled with Wii U Deluxe Set lacks Club Nintendo PIN If you are like me and furiously register your new Nintendo games for theClub Nintendocoins as soon as you open the package, you were probably surprised to discover that the copy ofNintendo Landbundled with the Wii U Deluxe Set lacks the Club Nintendo PIN insert. The registration code is included in the standalone software, just not in the pack-in version....

Crawl will be a few days, or weeks, late We only justgot wordthatCrawlwould arrive on Steam Early Access on July 17, but that’s no longer the case. The four-person dungeon crawler is going to be late — “it could be a couple days, it could be a couple weeks,” reckons Powerhoof — while a tax issue at the studio is resolved. The team put together a .gif explaining the situation, and it’s just the best....

“ReBoot Zelda,” you had your day in the sun. It’s time to step aside for atrulyincredibleZeldafan video! AnimatorJoel Furtadoconceived of a new game in the series,Zelda: The Lost Oracle, using everybody’s favorite cel-shaded art style fromThe Wind Waker. The magnificence of this fake trailer is hard to describe. I mean, it’s CG, but there’s a traditional animation flavor and an almost stop-motion quality to the character movements. It’s mesmerizing.

Reaper is on the naughty list You may recall, earlier this year, that Blizzardcommissioned a stop-motion animated shortto celebrate the second anniversary of their popular online shooter, Overwatch.As the holidays approach, it appears the same team have been hired for a follow up, shot to celebrate the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Cookiewatchtakes place on Christmas Eve, and sees poster girl Tracer desperately attempt to protect the cookies left out for jolly old St....

Ms.Take During yesterday’sNintendo Direct presentation, Bandai Namco revealed that it is developing a remake of the 1999 PlayStation adventurePac-Man World, starring the company’s eponymous mascot and his memorable crew of friends and enemies. Unfortunately, however, it seems that one family member will be conspicuous by their absence. Pac-Man World Re-Pac, (neat name), will once again see the pill-popping hero on a quest to rescue his family from the villainous Toc-Man, who has not only kidnapped the spherical clan but also chosen to perform this nasty deed on Pac-Man’s birthday!...

Here come the buffs! Fresh offthe release of the trailer for Makoto Niijima,Atlus has dropped another video reintroducing us toPersona 5 Royal‘s posse The Phantom Thieves. Today sees the spotlight shine on one of the JRPG’s most popular – if notthemost popular – characters, Futaba Sakura. The severely-troubled teen is introduced midway throughPersona 5‘s marathon narrative. At first she seems to be a problematic blackmailer, but upon deducing her identity, The Phantom Thieves learn of the master hacker’s plight, leading to one ofPersona 5‘s more tragic and upsetting arcs....

Favorite sex position? Street Shark? Here’s a little peek behind the curtain: there’s a good chance you don’t listen to Podtoids on Wednesday, unless that’s the soonest day post release you can fit it into your schedule,butwe mostly record them on Wednesdays. Just a little look into the process. We can talk about Darren’s substance abuse and other behind-the-music bits some other time, but, man, Wednesdays. What a hoot. Anyways! Brett’s feewing a wittle sick today....

Online event opens up access to the Kalos region The first Pokémon Global Link tournament to allow Pokémon from the Kalos region happens next month, on Thursday, February 20 at 4:00pm Pacific. Registration details for this Beta Competition will beavailable at the Pokémon Global Linkbeginning January 31 but in the mean time, you’ll want to register your copy ofPokémon XorYwith the PGL. According to the announcement, some players are already qualified for the the tournament based on their performance in the Global Showdown....

10 pm ET, 7 pm PT Remember thatnews aboutThe Last of Usbeing performed livein Santa Monica for a one-off show that’s being produced by Geoff Keighley? The one where a bunch of the game’s actors will be on-hand to act out key scenes? Yeah, you remember. Well,The Last of Us: One Night Onlywill live up to its namesake in the sense that tonight’s the only time you may catch it. Most of you probably didn’t snag a free ticket to see the show, so harnessing the magical powers of the Internet to stream it live will probably be the next best option....

She deserves it UFC has a problem that was unimaginable two years ago: It’s lacking mainstream stars. Ronda Rousey has been beaten badly in her past two fights, and, even though she hasn’t yet retired, UFC presidentDana White doesn’t expect her back. Conor McGregor, who’s undeniably the promotion’s biggest draw, hasn’t fought an MMA match in 2017; he’s proven time and time again thathe’ll follow the money.Jon Jones fucked up, probably for the last time....

Just the zombies will With how incredibly detailed thatResident Evil 2remake is looking, I figured the system requirements on PC would be a lot more demanding. Turns out my five-year-old machine is still quite capable and should be able to max out the game at 1080p. In the wake of thesummer sale, the Steamstorefront pagefor the game has been updated to include the specs and they really aren’t bad. The recommended setup does call for a GTX 1060 or RX 480, but you can grab those for under $300 if you look in the right place....

What aren’t you buying?! Capcom has long been a stalwart offrivolous DLC, but it looks likeResident Evil 7will be skipping out on such practices. Announced today throughTwitter,RE7 will feature pre-order bonuses, but no microtransactions. Here are the retail pre-order in game bonus items! But no micro-transactions will be featured in#RE7!pic.twitter.com/V9zV8NDsr4 — Resident Evil (@RE_Games)Jun 26, 2025 A few new screenshots were also shared from the game. Capcom wrote atweetabout the “Baker” family and their grotesque practices....

According to the latest gossip, Electronic Arts is “aggressively” pursuing exclusive digital distribution rights on Nintendo’s Wii U by having it use Origin. The idea would be that EA can forceOriginonto a wider base of consumers while Nintendo could improve its standing in the West. Valve is allegedly interested in bringing Steam to the system, but EA wants Origin to exclusively handle the digital distribution so it gets a “competitive edge” over the rival platform....