Sega JRPG coming to Americas this summer

For Nintendo 3DS 7th Dragon III Code: VFDis coming to the Americas this summer, Sega has announced. Despite being the fourth entry in the7th Dragonseries,Code: VFDwill be the first to release in the West, as the 2009 Nintendo DS original and PSP spin-offs never left Japan. Considering this one’s bonkers premise, that sounds like a shame — we might have been missing out on something!Code: VFDinvolves saving the world (in 2100) from dragons by time-travelling to Atlantis, the futuristic capital of Eden, and modern-day Tokyo....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 188 words · Michael Nguyen

September’s PS Plus selection gives us two brooding heroes

The Dark Loners Sony has announcedthe selection of PlayStation freebies for September and it’s kind of a mixed bag.Darksiders IIIis the newest of the duo but is often considered the worst of theDarksiderstrilogy.Batman: Arkham Knight, as well, was met with tepid reception and has gone down as a fairly disappointing conclusion to Rocksteady’s trilogy of Batman titles. Still, you could do worse than these two games. If you have any interest in either franchise but never made the plunge, your time will soon be at hand....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Jonathan Hull

TGS: Warg murder in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

There’s been a common trend at TGS this year. Games here come in two flavors; pridefully (or from some perspectives, shamefully) Japanese, or blatantly Western. On one end you’ve gotDream Club Zero, and on the other, you’ve gotCastlevania: Lords of Shadow. The game isn’t even trying to hide itsGod of Warcomplex. Still, retaining the Beastiary from past Castlevanias is a nice gesture, and went a long way towards maintaining my attention....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Brian Mckay Jr.

That new Dark Crystal strategy RPG will launch in February, well after the Netflix show’s debut

Yessssss hmmmmmmmmmm Remember thatDark Crystalgame? We sort of heard about it at E3 this year and that it would have a vague “2019” release date, but like many of those projects that drift into December with a looming window, it’s been pushed into 2020. Announcedby way of the PlayStation Blog,The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tacticsis coming out on July 30, 2025, on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.Tacticsboasts 80 battles as part of a full campaign, with expanded lore for the Gelfling heroes and the world of Thra as a whole....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · John Munoz

The Daily Hotness: It’s not unusual

Or is it? On this beautiful Monday, Chris Carter reviews the secondGuild02game,BUGS vs. TANKS!; you get a double dose of Jim Sterling hamming it up on camera; Ellen Page doesn’t like Ellen Page lookalikes; Sakurai is sad that not all your favoriteSmash Bros.fighters will return; and Microsoft throws money into the cloud. Community:Community blogs of6/24Forum thread of the day:Earth Defense Force 2025 Contests:Contest: Win the Worms Collection for Xbox 360 or PS3!...

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Samantha Fletcher

We’ll have to wait just a bit longer for Rocket League’s cross-play parties

PS4 to wait forever Rocket League’slong-awaited cross-play party system (called RocketID) has suffered an unfortunate delay. Originally announced alongside the reveal of itssummer update roadmap, developer Psyonix has pushed back the feature to ensure a smooth launch. In an update blog on its official site, Psyonix writes, “We want to ensure that RocketID is operating flawlessly on all platforms before its release, and this extra time will ensure that you’ll be playing and partying up with friends on different platforms with ease....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Amanda Wood

Who is Hades 2 Protagonist, Melinoe?

In the upcoming sequel to Supergiant’s roguelite,Hades, the previous protagonist of Zagreus is replaced by a new one known as Melinoë inHades 2. Like Zagreus before her, she’s not the most well-known of the Greek Pantheon, but exactly who is she? Melinoë is another child of Hades and Persephone, only maybe not. She’s often depicted as the daughter of Zeus and Persephone, the Queen of the underworld. However, she was conceived after Zeus tricked Persephone into believing he was her husband Hades....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Diane Valdez

Abiotic Factor: Best traits and skills

Abiotic Factoris what happens when you conceptualize the originalHalf-Lifewithin the context ofProject Zomboid, and it’s awesome to behold. Choosing your traits and skills isn’t the most straightforward of things, though, so which ones should you be gunning for, to begin with? Being a full-featured survival game,Abiotic Factortasks you with building out your own character as you join a given server or start a solo playthrough. Following a surprisingly neat visual customization step, you’ll be presented with aslewof jobs to choose from, each featuring its own default traits and skills....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 598 words · Sharon Smith

All EA FC 25 Season 6: Memory Lane rewards

Season 6: Memory Lane is now live inEA FC 25, and you can win a lot of different rewards to improve your Ultimate Team squad. The sixth season introduces a fresh track of rewards for all to unlock as they grind over the next few weeks. Let’s take a look at all the available rewards. Disclaimer: Rewards being updated. All EA FC 25 Season 6 rewards Just like last season, the rewards are available across different milestones....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Nicholas Vazquez

All MTG x Monty Python Secret Lair cards in Vol. 1 and 2

While Secret Lair sets aren’t for everyone, there’s no denying that they add some of the best proxies you’re able to get toMagic: the Gathering. Thanks to an exclusive reveal fromIGN, we’re now able to see one of the most hilarious Secret Lair sets in all its glory: TheMTG Secret Lair x Monty Python Vol. 1 & Vol. 2set. TheMTG Secret Lair x Monty Python Vol. 1 & Vol. 2set is comprised of nine core cards....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Kayla Jackson

Are you okay with waiting two more months for Persona 5 and getting dual audio?

How many of you will use it? I’ve talked about dual audio many times before in Dtoid, but this is a perfect opportunity to have a larger discussion about it, givenPersona 5‘s delay. Yes, it’s no longer coming on Valentine’s day in February in the west — instead, it’s been moved to April, and will come with dual English and Japanese vocal tracks. That’s a big thing for a lot of people....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Andrew Brown

Atlus to include CD and book with Knights in the Nightmare

We recently told you aboutKnights in the Nightmare, an upcoming DS role-playing title that somehow mixes strategy RPG and shooting. Now Atlus sends word of a sweet pre-order perk for the game, set to release on June 2nd…chosen and packaged by a chimp. Atlus manager Charlie the chimpanzee seems to be in charge of packaging games now, according to the most recent press release. He was kind enough to pack in a soundtrack CD and a 7″x10″ art book in the deluxe boxed copy of this game....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Michael Smith

BlizzCon 2011: Examining the new Heart of the Swarm units

As many of you probably saw, one of the revelations that came out of BlizzCon this morning were some of the new units that will be available in the multiplayer portion ofHeart of the Swarm, the upcomingStarCraft IIexpansion that’s focusing on the Zerg. I was able to sit down with Tony Hsu, a game producer forHeart of the Swarm. He was able to tell me quite a bit about the new units and some of the changes that will be coming to the multiplayer in this expansion....

June 14, 2025 · 5 min · 1039 words · Anna Holden