Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is a big Xbox Game Pass surprise

AnyMass EffectGame Pass month is a good one Mass EffectGame Pass you say? Well now you’re cooking with gas. Microsoft has revealed itsJanuary Xbox Game Pass additions, and things are looking real good. There’s a few real gems hidden away this month, and a few obvious ones.Mass Effect: Legendary Editionfor one, arrives on January 6 on both PC and consoles. But there’s also the darlingOuter Wilds, which comes on the same date to all three Game Pass platforms (cloud, consoles, PC)....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Gregory Foster

Microsoft is skipping right to Windows 10

The guy’s face in the thumbnail says it all. Microsoft has announced the name of its follow-up to Windows 8 and it’s, uh, Windows 10. Yeah, really. The new operating system is meant to run on all sorts of devices — whether they’re touch-controlled or use a mouse and keyboard — as a singular platform. One product family. “Whether you’re building a game or a line of business application, there will be one way to write a universal app that targets the entire family,” said Microsoft....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Sierra Price

Mobile research firm estimates less than 5% of userbase paid for Super Mario Run

Yikes As we’ve all heardthere are many, many estimatesfor how much moneySuper Mario Runmade, but this latest one after all of the dust has settled is a little more bleak. According to the Wall Street Journal, Newzoo, a market research firm, claims that the game generated around $30 million in revenue from the over 90 million installs it garnered. In other words, approximately three percent of the userbase actually paid money for it, and the rest either didn’t bother or have already deleted the game from their phone....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Scott Chang

Monopoly GO: All Galactic Adventures event rewards and milestones

TheMonopoly GOMoon Walkers event is over, and with that comes Galactic Adventures from now until February 25. Another main event means free dice, plenty of stickers, and special laser guns to celebrate the new Galactic Treasures dig event. Here’s the complete list of Galactic Adventures event rewards. AllMonopoly GOGalactic Adventures rewards and milestones TheMonopoly GOGalactic Adventures event has 47 rewards you can find during the next 48 hours, ending on July 03, 2025....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Ruben Baker

Monster Hunter Wilds Heroics: How to use and is it worth the risk?

Heroics is a skill you might have run into inMonster Hunter Wildsif you were interested in crafting armor sets like the Guardian Doshaguma set. It’s a skill that sounds powerful on paper, but with a risky drawback. Below, we’ll go over the best way to use it and if it is actually worth using in the game. How to use Heroics inMonster Hunter Wilds To start, you need to activate the skill by dropping below 35% of your maximum HP....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Michael Torres

New No Man’s Sky quest includes first batch of weekly content

Keep watching the skies Hello Games’ have set live the first batch of free weekly content for space-exploration titleNo Man’s Sky. The new update allows would-be star-searchers to embark upon a new quest, earning cosmetic items in the process. To join in the adventure, players must have passed the Space Anomaly mission of the main quest line. Those who have can journey to specific station and gather a selection of strange artifacts....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Olivia Sparks

Nike to produce light-emitting Sony PlayStation shoes

PlayStation Con-soles Sony and Nike have announced new sneaks preparing to hit the market. The basketball-style shoe, known as the “PG-2,” is designed around the legendary PlayStation brand. The sneakers feature both the PlayStation logo and the Nike “Swoosh” (it’s called that, right?) and have a varied deep blue and black colouring, reminiscent of multiple PlayStation console brands. The lace-locks are coloured like the symbols on the Dual-Shock controller’s face-buttons....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · John Wright

PAX: A.N.N.E. is a retro open-world platformer

Find the pieces of your missing girlfriend A.N.N.E.is a retro-inspired open-world platformer loaded with adorable charm and fun yet challenging gameplay. The hero is on a quest to find all of the missing pieces of his girlfriend and put her back together. The sounds and visuals make it feel like your standing in an arcade while you play, and even though I didn’t grow up playing a lot of Nintendo games, I really appreciated the way it looked and played....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Megan Crawford

Phil Spencer reveals some incredible Xbox and gaming industry numbers

At the 2023 Comic Con Experience in São Paulo, Microsoft CEO Phil Spencer fielded questions about Xbox and its latest titles while revealing some interesting information about the current state of the gaming industry. We had previously received highlights of the eventfrom a Bloomberg article, though with the full interview out, we’ve learned a lot more. One of the first things Spencer highlights is just how big the gaming industry is....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Matthew Lang

Poketoons are finally coming west

Here’s where to watch them In case you missed it, The Pokemon Company has been producing a series of Poketoons: cartoons that are generally centered around a specific creature per episode, and showcase side stories not related to the “trainer” or mainline mythos. They’ve been available in Japan for some time now, gradually rolling out since 2020,but now they’re coming westward. So this western rollout is a two-tiered release system: here’s how it’ll shake out!...

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Mary Jones

Rainbow Six Quarantine is expected to launch in spring 2020

Caveira or we riot It came as something of a surprise at this year’s E3when Ubisoft revealedits upcoming titleRainbow Six Quarantine, a game which will seemingly take the wall-blowing, team-killing counter-terrorists maniacs ofRainbow Six Siegeand transport them into a monster-bashing PvE experience. Very little is known about this venture. We haven’t seen any gameplay footage, nor have we heard much about its concept through spoken word. Butaccording to a Ubisoft financial callheld earlier today, we do at least know that the publisher is hoping to get the squad out fighting mutants by the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, so before April 2020, essentially....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Rhonda Martinez

Rosario Dawson will be in Dying Light 2 Stay Human

Meet Lawan Rosario Dawson will be joining the survivors running across the rooftops ofDying Light 2 Stay Human. Today, Techland revealed that theSin CityandThe Mandalorianactress will be portraying a new character, Lawan, inDying Light 2. Shown during an episode of their stream seriesDying 2 Know, Dawson will portray Lawan, a major character whose relationship with protagonist Aiden Caldwell will evolve over the course of the game. “Is she going to be this rage-filled killer who is obsessed with her goals?...

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Traci Haas

Salt and Sacrifice is a PC, PS4, and PS5 sequel to Salt and Sanctuary

You can play the whole campaign in co-op In an unexpected (to me at least) move, the 2016 side-scrolling action-RPGSalt and Sanctuaryis getting a sequel next year from Ska Studios calledSalt andSacrifice. We got our first look at the game during the Summer Game Fest 2021 Kickoff. At a glance — and forgive me, it’s been a while! — the new PC, PS4, and PS5 game looks like more of the same “soulslike platformer from Ska” vibe, albeit upgraded, which may or may not excite you depending on how well you clicked withSalt and Sanctuary....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Anthony Green