Wild Hearts, that EA and Omega Force hunting project, was properly revealed this morning

“An epic adventure set in a fantasy world inspired by feudal Japan” Just a few weeks agowe learned thatWild Heartswas now in the mix: an action game from the minds over at Omega Force and…Electronic Arts? Hunting games are rising in popularity even more so thanks to the success ofMonster Hunter WorldandRise, and now more companies are getting back into the genre that once flourished on platforms like the PSP.Thanks to its debut trailer, we now have a better idea of what to actually expect....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Charles Dean

(Update) One of Sonic’s most iconic voice actors will no longer be voicing the character

Broken blue heart [Update: Roger Craig Smith isn’t leaving the role after all!After months of waiting, the actor seemingly worked out a deal to stay on.] Odds are you’ve heard Roger Craig Smith speak before. Perhaps as Chris Redfield in modernResident Evilgames? Or in cartoons likeRegular Show,as a host of different characters. He’s even been the voice of Batman several times! But many ardent fans will always think of him as the main voice of Sonic following Jaleel White’s turn in the role: until today, that is....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Ana Miller

Adorable fairytale city-builder Fabledom launches on consoles next month

Grenaa Games has announced thatFabledom, a casual city-builder set in a magical fantasy world, will arrive on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch on Jul 27, 2025. While its full release has been available on PC since May 13, you may now enjoy this relaxing from the comforts of your couch, bed, or anywhere else you play from. Fabledomis a city-builder game that, although it still has resource management and villager satisfaction as key features, focuses more on the casual side of the genre....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Megan Gates

All EA FC 25 Base Hero Upgrade SBC rewards and solutions

The Base Hero Upgrade SBC is now live inEA FC 25, and this is yet another chance or you to get a guaranteed Hero card to improve your squad. While the previous Hero challenges have had a limitation of overalls, this is free of it. Naturally, the pool of rewards are better than the two previous occasions. Before you complete the SBC, let’s take a look at all possible items that can be found as your reward....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Julia Owen

Atari continues to buy things, acquires the Surgeon Simulator IP

Atari has announced that they’ve acquired theSurgeon Simulatorfranchise under itsInfogrames label. The press release suggests that this was done through an agreement with publisher TinyBuild rather than the original developer, Bossa Studios. TinyBuildpurchased the IPin 2022. The originalSurgeon Simulatormadea sizeable splashwhen it was released in 2013. Similar toOctodadorQWOP, it focuses on the humorous mishaps that happen when an over-detailed and inaccurate physics simulation is applied to a concept that requires fine motor skills....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Susan Newton

Atlus answers my prayers, releases entire video of Teddie

Okay, let it be known thatIrequestedthat Atlus release more stuff exclusively about Teddie. You all saw that, right? I’d like to think I had at leastsomethingto do with this video that shows off his movelist being released. Either way, let’s all revel in Teddie’s glorious bear-ness. When I checked outPersona 4 Arenaat E3 last month, Teddie was the only character I played. Not only is he adorable, but he’s the perfect character to embarrass people with....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Matthew Thomas

Bloggers Wanted: Down the Rabbit Hole

After a while, things can start to get weird I don’t know about you guys, but sometimes I have a hard time finding a game I really connect with, you know? Sure, I’ll play my way through my backlog no problem, but I seem to forget each entry on the list almost immediately after I finish it. But every once in a blue moon, I finally find a game that I just can’t get enough of — I can stop thinking about it, reading about it, watching YouTube videos about it, and of course I can’t stop playing it until I have at least a few hundred hours racked up....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · David Graham

China is getting a better version of Pokemon Quest

With help from NetEase Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have been partnering with other mobile firms in an aggressive manner this generation. The former sought out DeNA immediately to grow its mobile presence, and the latter is teaming up with China giant NetEase to grow thePokémonIP in the region. As announced during The Pokémon Company’s recent press conference,Pokémon Questis coming to China with some upgrades. They report that over 1.7 million players have already signed up in China, and that new PVP features as well as social concessions are being added to that region exclusively....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Timothy Williams

Cutie-patootie Umbrella is now live in Skullgirls 2nd Encore

Stinging in the Rain There’s no fighting game that I’m happier for the continued existence of thanSkullgirls. The dynamic and visually appealing 2D fighter has clambered over multiples walls, hurdles, licensing issues, and controversies ever since its debut an incredible 10 years ago, yet remains not only alive and well, but still beloved by its dedicated community. This weekend saw the launch of the tag fighter’s newest updates:Version 3.3.22 (PC) and Version 01....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Thomas Gilmore

Death Stranding 2 has officially been revealed

BB has come to Another strand game is finally on the way. Kojima Productions officially unveiledDeath Stranding 2at The Game Awards 2022 tonight. Studio head Hideo Kojima took to the stage tonight to introduce the project, a sequel to 2019’sDeath Stranding. Thetrailerfeatured several familiar faces, including Norman Reedus as Sam Bridges and Léa Seydoux as Fragile. As for what’s happening in the trailer? I couldn’t tell you if I tried....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Christine Pruitt

Destiny 2’s Warmind trailer is cool and chill and other synonyms for cold

Hellas cold Destiny 2‘s second major expansion,Warmind, releases tomorrow and here’s the launch trailer that slightly precedes it. It hits all the notes you’d expect — ominous music, some exposition that stresses exactly how dangerous this is, and a ton of explosive firefights. It’s all veryDestiny. The high-levelWarmindsynopsis is that the AI Warmind Rasputin has awoken from his slumber in the polar ice caps of Mars. The Guardians (that’s you) have to fend off swarms of Hive and put Rasputin back to sleep....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Angela Mcknight

Destiny’s big 2016 expansion will be revealed in one week’s time

June 9, mark your calendars Before all the big news is revealed at E3 this year, we’ll already have our short-term expectations forDestiny. Three days before EA and Bethesda hold their press conferences and kick off E3 proper, Bungie is announcingDestiny‘s 2016 expansion. On June 9 at 10am Pacific — one week from today — Bungie is hosting a livestream to show off the game’s large expansion for 2016. It’ll take place on the developer’sTwitch channel....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Jamie Clark

EA: Consumers afraid to buy digitally thanks to PSN hack

Electronic Arts’ Peter Moore has claimed that consumers are afraid to embrace digitally distributed games because of incidents like the famous “PSN hack,” asserting this as part of the reason for retail’s dominance of the market. “A lot of our consumers don’t own credit cards. A lot of our consumers are still afraid of what happened to the PlayStation Network when 77 million accounts were accessed by Anonymous in 2011,” he recently said in a talk....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 338 words · William Moore