While the majority of the upcomingKirby’s Dream Collectionis made up of previously released content (Kirby’s Dream Land,Kirby’s Dream Land 2,Kirby’s Adventure,Kirby’s Dream Land 3,Kirby Super StarandKirby 64: The Crystal Shards), there is a little bit of new stuff here. There are 10 challenge levels that appear to use the engine from last year’sKirby’s Return to Dreamland, and they look pretty great. I’ve always been a little lukewarm to theKirbygames. I’ve always liked them but rarely loved them....

Float like a butterfly…. With the announcement of Little Mac, ofPunch-Out!!fame, coming to the upcoming Wii U/3DS edition ofSuper Smash Bros., many (myself included) have been wondering just how well the pint-sized puncher is going to fare against the likes of some of Nintendo’s heaviest hitters. Well, after watching this analysis video from the peeps over at GameXplain, I think I have just found my new main. For starters he’s fast, maybe even the fastest fighter on the roster....

Really, what else do you do in this game? [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] Be sure to tune intoMash Tactics, for what is bound to be a sidesplitting evening. We’ll be revisiting the quirky world ofSpore, and will more than likely be spending most of our time creating aliens that look like male genitallia, all while laughing like elementary school children....

Well it’s about damn time [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch Rick ‘King Foom’ Olson play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you may be as much a part of the show as anything else.] After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, and after playing the demo about eight billion times, the day has come where I finally get to playRayman LegendsonMash Tactics....

Allegedly Valve is paying out less Going back as far as the ’90s, there has been a small collective of modders in the community that either have a successful side hustle, or a full-time gig providing content on top of what the development team already offers. Valve is pretty much the perfect mark, as they have a built-in audience of millions and facilitate that content creator/overlord relationship, but that’s changing withDota 2, and people aren’t happy about it....

NBC is pushing itself further and further into the realm of digital distribution with its latest endeavor,offering shows asdownload-to-own the day after they air on broadcast TV, in both HD and SD formats. NBC has already been airing many of their shows on Hulu, but if my memory serves me right, this is their first major download-to-own project. Besides NBC’s shows, we’ll also be getting films from NBC-Universal, although the selection from both areas is a little lacking:...

Also, Punch Out!! Wii U The headliner this week is definitelyCitizens of Earthon the Wii U eShop. Brittany didn’t think it was the second coming ofEarthBound, but there were some redeeming qualities — maybe it’s best to wait on the fence for a sale and stay tuned. The other big release isPunch Out!!on the Wii U, which is basically a re-release using the console’s native OS rather than the clunky Wii app....

Viva Pi?ata: Trouble in Paradise, Red Faction: Guerrilla, and Volgarr the Viking Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradiseis up first on Saturday, November 1. You’ll have through November 15 to download the adorable, kind of messed-up, addictive gardening game and then you can join the rest of us in wishing Rare would make another one. Oh, Rare. Red Faction: Guerrillawill be available next, from November 16 – 30. It’s got some of the best destructible environments in any videogame....

Oooh, yeah. Baby, baby. The latest entry on the JapaneseP3P Blogdrops some hints on what’s coming up next from Atlus. Producer Katsura Hashino split thePersona 4team into two. Half of them worked hard on PSP gamePersona 3 Portable, and the other half went to work on something else. Hashino says that next year he’ll begin working with this other team on this new game, which he calls “extremely interesting.” There’s absolutely no clue as to what it might be about, but it is nearing completion, so I’m guessing we’ll hear more about it soon....

VR could use a bit of work, but otherwise thumbs up Finally! I playedResident Evil 7earlier today and have been itching to write about it, but unfortunately had other appointments to attend first. It was hard to focus on everything else after spending twenty minutes in Capcom’s attempt to resurrect the corpse that one of its flagship series had become. It looks like therumors last monthabout aP.T.influence were correct. I have already seen some discontent from both those at the show, and those on the internet, that this looks more like Hideo Kojima’s and Guillermo Del Toro’scancelled attempt atSilent Hillthan aResident Evilgame....

That’s as many as ten eights! According to bothAmazonandGameStop, a single battery charge on the Wii U Pro Controller will net you 80 hours of wireless frivolity, far outlasting the paltry efforts of the Xbox 360 and PS3 controllers. “Designed for accessibility and extended gameplay comfort,”reads the description, “the Wii U Pro Controller features the dual analog sticks and ergonomic button layout that you’ve come to expect, as well as a rechargeable battery that can last up to 80 hours on a single charge”...

As part oftoday’sRuneScapeAhead, developer Jagex revealed the upcoming roadmap for the popular MMORPGRuneScape, through the rest of 2024 and into 2025. Players can expect to see 110 skilling updates, new combat bosses, new storylines, a highly requested new area expansion, and the addition of the highly-anticipated Group Ironman mode. The new Group Ironman mode will allow up to five friends to start a brand newRuneScapeadventure without any sort of XP bonuses and without the ability to benefit in any way from players outside of the group they start with....

Squad Bustershas introduced a new Holiday Heist Gem Pass, which has tons of cool stuff for you to snag. Like any battle pass, it also has two types: Free and Super Pass. Here is everything you need to know about the Holiday Heist Gem Pass inSquad Busters. A new Gem Pass starts tomorrow! 💎Thank you for your patience as we prepare for the December update 🙏🏼pic.twitter.com/N2ThE9dZZe The Holiday Heist Gem Pass inSquad Bustershas 30 tiers....