How to get the Hunting Rifle in Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2offers a range of weapons that players can discover and utilize throughout the game. Obtaining a powerful weapon, such as the Hunting Rifle, can greatly enhance your experience in the horror-filled journey. Read on to find out how to get the Hunting Rifle inAlan Wake 2. Where to find Alan Wake 2’s Hunting Rifle To obtain the Hunting Rifle inAlan Wake 2, you must reach the fifth chapter of the Saga storyline, “Return 5: Old Gods....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Nathaniel Marshall

Jilted at the altar, Square Enix withdraws its Tecmo bid

If Koei and Square Enix are engaged in some sort of commercial lover’s spat concerning the fate of the ailing Tecmo, then Tecmo issonot invited to the prom anymore: Square Enix has officially pulled its offer. After rejecting Square Enix’s initial offer and pursuing apossible merger with Koei, Tecmo received a bit of an ultimatum: Squarewantsprecise details and a public explanation of how Tecmo’s shareholders could benefit from a Koei merger....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Michelle Jensen

Marvel Rivals’ latest patch fixes a feature that no one knew was broken

We’re a little over three weeks away fromMarvel Rivals’midseason update, which will add Ultron as a new playable Strategist hero. But there’s still changes to be made to the game in the meantime. A new update going live tonight adds an interesting quality-of-life update that I didn’t know I needed, but now I’m thankful for it because it just makes sense. It’s also a great example of some of the small changes that help make a liveservice game that much more....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Sara Lopez

Mech title Matador and others greenlit on Steam

Hello, my name is No, you’re not suffering from amnesia — this latestgroup of 50 titlesapproved for release on Steam by way of support on Greenlight is just not terribly recognizable. There are a few on here that ring a bell, namelyMatador, that isometric mech game we only heard about the other day, andTUG, a sandbox survival RPG which had a successful Kickstarter campaign last year. It really does feel like Valve is trying to get everything through at this point before it opens up distribution on Steam and moves away from Greenlight....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Travis Hart

Mega Man and Cuphead are getting a Funko Pop cereal

No, it isn’t April 1st Funko Pop figures came out of literally nowhere and have ballooned into this massive sales juggernaut. With deformed interpretations of literally everything pop culture, I suppose it was only a matter of time that we’d see an officially branded cereal from the company. I didn’t expect thatMega ManandCupheadwould be getting their own edible oats, though. Coming this summer, “FunkO’s” will be launching in an effort to put the “fun back in breakfast....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Shannon Garcia

Nintendo files trademark for ‘Great Detective Pikachu’

One step closer to finally getting that Creepy Pikachu game! Just over a week ago, news surfaced that thecreepy as all hellmotion-captured Pikachudemo would be part of apossible new projectGame Freak was working on that featured the yellow mouse as the player’s partner in a game with detective elements. Now there’s word fromSerebiiyet again that Nintendo is seemingly following through on the project and has interestingly filed a trademark for “Great Detective Pikachu....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · David Washington

Nope, Respawn isn’t making Titanfall 3

You’ll play Apex Legends and you’ll LIKE IT It’s a bittersweet day for fans ofTitanfalland Respawn Entertainment. Respawn has made a new first-person shooter housed within theTitanfalluniverse, and it’s out today on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The game’s even free! ButApex Legendsis a squad-based battle royale — a format that’s left a lot of us feeling fatigued — and the studio says it’s not working onTitanfall 3. That last bit comes as a surprise to everyone who caught wind ofApex Legendsover the weekend and just figured Respawn also had an eventual sequel up its sleeve alongsideStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Michelle Schmidt

PSA: Go grab Yang now for free in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Live now along with two other character packs Arc System Works recently launchedBlazBlue: Cross Tag Battlebefore the heat of E3, and they did it across three platforms: PC, PS4, and Switch. Yep, they actually did it, without a delay, day and date with the other versions. To see an EVO fighting game not named Smash on the Switch is a nice feeling, andDragon Ball FighterZis going to be following it up in the future....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Anthony Harris

Relive your awkward teenage dinosaur high school years in Goodbye Volcano High

What a long strange trip it’s been High school: What a mess that was. Awkward growing pains, discovering who you really are, a catastrophic asteroid that sends earth into an ice age and causes the extinction of your entire species. Figure it out — figure itallout — whenGoodbye Volcano Highlaunches on PlayStation 5 in 2021. Also, there’s a dino indie rock band. There’s no T-Rex because his arms aren’t long enough....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 80 words · Tasha Williams

Resogun confirmed for PS3, Super Stardust Ultra announced for PS4

The former has Cross-Buy support with PS4/PS Vita Just days ago, we learned that PlayStation 4 shooterResogunwasmore than likelycoming to PS3 on top of the already-confirmed PS Vita release. It’s true! And it’s happening soon. The ports are releasing December 23 and, best of all, you only need to buy the game once to get access to it on all three systems. Saves are cross-platform, too. The downside is thatResogunwill run at a locked 30 frames per second, not 60, on PS3 and PS Vita....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Miguel Wood

Resogun, Contrast, ibb & obb free on PS Plus this week

PlayStation 4 launching with a bang Sony is getting ready to melt your face off in just a few days with PlayStation 4. Upon arrival, the sexy little machine is looking to turn up the heat by bestowing hot new titles likeContrastandResogunupon PlayStation Plus members free of charge. But that’s the future. The future is so far away. What’s Sony doing for us now? Well, starting today, the subscription service is offering PS3 co-op platformeribb & obbfor the price ofnothingastride a package of discounts headlined byBeyond Good & Evil HDat just $2....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Linda Moore

Retro chose Donkey Kong over Metroid for the Wii U

I don’t think I could choose, personally When Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata informed us that we’ll be seeing what Retro Studios was working on at E3, we all assumed the best possible outcome:Metroid. But what weactuallygot was an announcement for a follow-up toDonkey Kong Country Returns, titledDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Fans remain divisive on whether or not following up a game that had a Wii anda 3DS versionwas a good move, butaccording to Retro, the decision wasn’t taken lightly....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Raymond Frank

Risen announced for Xbox 360. It’s like, an RPG n’ stuff

Piranha Bytes, a developer best known for itsGothicseries of RPGs,has announceda brand new roleplayer for the Xbox 360 which is due to hit next year. Known asRisen, this medieval RPG was originally slated for the PC, and is going to be published by Deep Silver, the company responsible for puttingCursed Mountainon the Wii. Risenis targeted at mature players, and is set on a volcanic Mediterranean island. It promises the usual things we’ve come to hear from RPG developers — multiple paths influenced by the user’s own decisions and intuitive controls, all that stuff....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Christopher Miller