Might want to hold out a little longer We are one week away from the release of the highly anticipatedSplatoon 2which has got many fans, includingyoung Japanese aquarium-goers, very excited. Unfortunately, if you’re in Japan and don’t already own the console, now is not the best time to go shopping for one as resell prices are higher than ever. While the retail price is 32,378 yen, the actual going price is around 49,500 yen at even the largest distributors, Rakuten and Amazon Japan....

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is out tomorrow! Uncharted 4: A Thief’s Endis out tomorrow and no doubt you’ve alreadyread my review, but perhaps you’d like to hear longtime Nathan Drake voice actor Nolan North chat with new-Drake Troy Baker (Joel fromThe Last of Us) about the series as a whole and the culmination of the Drake story (spoiler-free). Or maybe you just want to hear North threaten Baker, “I will cut you....

Trick your brain into thinking it is in a different body The Oculus Rift is impressive technology, and it has sparked interest in virtual reality at levels not seen since the 1990s. Still, despite the improved latency in head tracking and the improved field of view, one thing that is still holding virtual reality back from truly transporting a mind to another place is proprioception, or the ability to sense the position, orientation, and movement of one’s own body parts....

Another interesting Vita indie There came a point at which skateboarding games as a whole became too complex for me to handle. Or maybe I just lost “the touch.” At any rate, it was a nice confidence boost to check outOlliOlli, a side-scrolling title for PlayStation Vita. Hammering away on the “X” button propels your skater forward, while flicking the left thumbstick launches you into the air. The stick is also used for grinding, which had that sort of timing system that causes you to foolishly risk everything and then wipe out....

Well cor blimey, Guv’nor Chart trackers Gfk Entertainment have announced that the recent Black Friday weekend was in the top 15 of the UK’s best hardware sales weeks, with some 300,000 consoles being shifted. Speaking toGamesIndustry.biz, Gfk stated that Friday November 24 was the 13th biggest day for video game retail since records began, which is up in revenue from Black Friday 2016. It is believed that the sales came from a wealth of cut-price consoles and bundles, notably the Xbox One X, PS4 and PS4 Pro....

Create your own cranky adventure The Playdate, Panic’s boutique handheld with a crank, is still on its way. But while you’re waiting, Panic hasput out a public beta for its Playdate Pulp tools, letting anyone who wants to make a Playdate game in a free, browser-based environment. Pulp wasone of many features teasedfor the Playdate in its first Update stream last year. The idea is that Pulp will allow anyone, whether you’ve made a game before or not, to experiment in the development sandbox....

More treats than tricks Tis the season, as they say. Two more weeks to revel in the macabre before society goes back to thinking you’re a weirdo for 11 more months. Murder’s only cute one month out of the year. PlayStation has a big ol’ Halloween sale to get everyone in the mood. The sale mostly stays in its lane, too! Sure, there’s some weird stuff likeCrash Team Racing, but most of it’s at least tangentially horror-related....

No rest for the wicked “It was my mom,” a friend shared with a strident laugh at a packed Vancouver monthly indie game developer gathering. For me: an ex-colleague. Both my friend’s mother and my former coworker were used in a clever prank byPony Island. At one point, this creepy puzzle game scans your Steam friend list for a devious fright that spills out of the PC game’s window. Unlike usual video game horror tricks that dissipate after the encounter,Pony Island’sscare is more akin to learning mid-conversation that your current Chatroulette buddy died two days ago....

The first of what we know about P7 For nearly 15 years, Remedy’s most well-known titles have been confined to PC and Xbox platforms. It sounds strange but it’s true. In that time, Remedy has releasedAlan Wake,Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, andQuantum Break. You have to go back to 2003’sMax Payne 2in order to find some semblance of console parity. Remedy’s next big game will buck that trend. In the studio’s recentfinancial reportfor fiscal year 2016, Remedy tells investors that it wants this next title, which is codenamedP7, to release on “a wider range of platforms....

Summer Loving The cancellation of E3, (along with numerous other industry events), certainly put a big ol’ wrench in the plans of multiple publishers, who have since taken to holding their own shows and presentations in order to present their upcoming wares to the public. One such publisher is Square Enix, who had several big titles lined up for E3 this year and, as such, continue to remain under wraps. Not for much longer, however, as the publisher has revealed in a recent interview that it plans to unveil these titles over the July-August period....

Strategies for all eight [robot] masters and more A brand newMega Mangame came out yesterday, so of course, Tony Ponce and I are already hard at work destroying it. Tony will have a full review for you in the near future, but for now, I decided to help people out with some strategies for all eight (they’re-not-really-robot) masters, which I’ll refer to as “Fighter Masters” henceforth. Since I didn’t want to spoil the secret stages (or the secret boss) so close to launch, I’ll provide another guide for that later on, after people have had enough time to get acclimated to it....

Updated: August 10, 2025 We searched for new codes! Finally, I found a game perfect for my main skill—eating food to gain mass. Sadly, I had to train my arms and legs, as well. You win some—you lose some. Still,Sumo Wrestling Simulatorwill let you feast on the delicious Japanese cuisine before sending you into the ring. While Low Calcium Boy was easy to crush, the vicious Eggman sent me flying across the arena....

Tell us your top 5 for a free copy of the game Shin Megami Tensei fans are probably already downloadingDevil Summoner: Soul Hackers, but if you haven’t done so yet, check this out. Today, we’re going to give away a handful of codes for Atlus’ latest 3DS release to those that list out for us their favorite Shin Megami Tensei series games in our comments. Anything from the franchise is fair game....