Now I want this ringtone Every so often I get the itch to jump back intoLuigi’s Mansion 3. Sure the multiplayer could be better: but the story is such a breezy thing to replay that it’s easy to get sucked in.This video from Coryeavesapmakes it very easy to explain why. Noting that they “gotLuigi’s Mansion 3for Christmas last year,” they held onto the game for all of 2020 to save it for this spooky October month (neat idea!...

Cosmos Rings Chaos Rings, a series of role-playing games for mobile devices, has apparently done so well for Square Enix that the company has challenged creator Takehiro Ando to develop a spin-off calledCosmos Ringsfor a platform with even more constraints than modern cell phones: The Apple Watch. While precious little else is known about the smartwatch RPG at the present moment, Square Enix will surely reveal more details regarding whatever it is exactly whenever it releases later this summer....

Like it or not, 2010 is now here, as yet another arbitrary, artificial period of twelve months kickstarts to give us the illusion of something important happening. Square Enix is all up for some of that, having sent out a New Year’s message to its adoring public. The theme of the message? It seems to be about kicking Hollywood’s arse. “In the near future, the rate of convergence between video games and other digital entertainment content will only continue to accelerate,” says sexy Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada....

Horror fans have been waiting a long time for this, but GSC Game World finally releasedSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylunto the world yesterday. Amidst many setbacks – including the ongoing conflict in Ukraine – the team has had to push back development, partly to take care of themselves. Fortunately, it looks like the wait has been worth it. As of right now,STALKER 2is rocking the Steam charts. It’s currently dominating theTop Sellerslist, coming in at number two just behind the Steam Deck....

Set phasers to OH CRAP DINOSAURS I must confess:Star Trek: Voyagerwas my “gateway”Star Trek. So no matter how bad you tell me it was – or how bad I realize it was, the adventures of Captain Janeway and the crew of the Federation starshipVoyagerwill always have a special place in my heart. That’s why the “Season 8” content update forStar Trek Onlinehas me hyped, as it involves a funVoyagercallback. According to theSTO blog, for Season 8 developer Cryptic are planning to get players involved with the Voth, an obscure Delta Quadrant race fromVoyager‘s 3rd-season episode “Distant Origins”....

Samurai Gunndam Games likeTowerFall,Nidhogg, andSamurai Gunnhave shown recently that fast multiplayer combat with simple rules can still be immensely fun. Following in those footsteps isStardust Vanguards, which takes the battles into space, adding in a touch of shmup and strategy as well. Really, it looks a lot likeSamurai Gunn, in that players have projectiles with limited ammunition, swords that can reflect bullets, and one-hit kills. Of course, being in a mech in space allows for a bit more freedom of movement....

Sooo… does this guarantee he’ll be back? [Image by Christoper Hastings] The fan-made, freely distributed, Capcom-backed mashupStreet Fighter X Mega Manhas crossed one million downloads, according to the game’s creator,Seow Zong Hui. If it were to be counted as a full retail release, it would be only the fifth entry in theMega Manfranchise to achieveplatinum status. You can view this news two different ways depending on your level of optimism....

At a hands-on event forDead Rising 2, producer Keiji Inafune (father ofMega Man) had some not-so-nice-words about this year’s Tokyo Game Show. After asking the crowd of attendees what they thought of TGS this year (and urging them to be honest in their responses), Inafune expressed disappointment in this year’s show and its games line-up. “Personally when I looked around [at] all the different games at the TGS floor,” Capcom’s Ben Judd translated Inafune, “I said ‘Man, Japan is over....

9.0.0 Although “stability” is the name of the game for many Switch hardware updates, this edition (9.0.0) is a bit more substantial. Nintendo is adding a bunch of small-time enhancements to the Switch this patch cycle, including a search feature for the news channel (finally! Sometimes I hear about something cool and have a super hard time finding it), alarm notifications, touch screen sensitivity toggles (“standard and stylus”), better friend invite/join options (active invites are now separated), and aFire Emblem: Three Houses-specific crash error....

Consoles pushed to later in the year The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game(which was smartly renamed fromThe Lord of the Rings Living Card Gameto prevent confusing with the existing tabletop source material) Has been in Early Access for roughly a year now, and Fantasy Flight Interactive is ready to unleash it upon the world on PC. For those of you who haven’t been following along, it’s a single-player story-oriented RPG card game (with co-op support) formed around the idea of deckbuilding and hero powers....

?39.99 compared to $200 Earlier this year Capcom debuted apretty detailed Mega Man hoodie. The only problem? It was $200. Yep, that’s a lot of damn money for a hoodie. Thankfully there’s another one out there in the wild that granted, looks a bit less cool, but is still pretty stylish — oh and it’s considerably cheaper at £39.99, with international shipping available. You can find listings atAmazon UK,Gamerabilia, andGamer Heavenif you’re so inclined....

IMC Rising Titanfallis set to drop its third DLC packIMC Risingtomorrow on Xbox One and PC. It’ll cost $9.99 (or part of your Season Pass), and will wrap up Respawn’s planned DLC offering with three more maps — though more could always come in the future. The maps are called Blackwater, Zone 18, and Sandtrap, and the Xbox 360 currently doesn’t have a release date set. So far the Season Pass has been a disappointment considering that nothing was really added outside of six maps....

The first reservation holders of Valve’s new hardware can start ordering on February 25 It’s just about time for the Steam Deck to start rolling out. On Feb. 25, the first batch of order emails will start going out to reservation holders for Valve’s Steam Deck. Following up on pre-orders from last year, the emails will go out in batches to those who secured a reservation spot. The first group will get theirs on Feb....