After 35 years, Idol Hotline: Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School has finally received an English patch. Why is this important? Well, it was designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Yoshio Sakamoto, who…
June 15, 2022 | 10:45 EDT
If, like me, finishing Hades left a hole in your heart, you'll be happy to know that there's a mod to fix that. OlympusExtra is a Hades mod that will add four new Olympians such as Apollo to the game…
June 9, 2022 | 11:21 EDT
Just under a month ago, Duke Nukem Forever 2001 leaked, which has long been considered a holy grail and virtually unattainable for Duke Nukem fans. For those not in the know, I'm not talking about…
June 6, 2022 | 10:09 EDT
The director for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has revealed that the voices of the Palico cat companions in the series were provided by Capcom's actual cats. Delightfully, there's also a "main cat"…
June 3, 2022 | 11:29 EDT
The Elden Ring Seamless Coop mod is releasing on May 27th, 2022 on PC, and adds in a feature that Elden Ring fans have been begging for since release: a way to play unfettered coop with their friends…
May 23, 2022 | 12:11 EDT
Stardew Valley is known for being one of the best relaxing and wholesome games to have come out in the past decade, but people are always wanting to spruce up games with something else. Not much hits…
May 19, 2022 | 03:32 EDT
Sony has reportedly banned its subsidiaries from making public statements about the ongoing Roe v. Wade debate, and it is matching a donation from Insomniac Games to the Women's Reproductive Rights…
May 16, 2022 | 04:09 EDT
A Wata Games lawsuit has been filed, as collectors are seeking to bring the grading company to court following delays, and various accusations of price manipulation, false advertising and more. These…
May 11, 2022 | 11:18 EDT
The New York Times is trying to pull today's Wordle answer over fears it could be interpreted as a reference to current events. Specifically, the answer could be seen as related to the Supreme Court'…
May 9, 2022 | 09:41 EDT
In what may be the strangest news story you read today, THQ's Golden Wii is now available for auction. It was originally sent in 2009 to Buckingham Palace as part of a marketing stunt for Big Family…
May 6, 2022 | 10:33 EDT
A new Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord mod is in development and it does something pretty interesting -- it turns Bannerlord into a real-time strategy game in the style of Age of Empires. A big part of…
May 5, 2022 | 03:24 EDT
While many games like to capture the excitement and tension of modern-military combat, very few face the realities of life beyond active duty. With post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and a…
May 3, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
A limited, 3-episode Pokemon: Hisuian Snow anime has been announced that will show a new adventure in the setting of Pokemon Legends: Arceus next month. Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the newest game in…
April 26, 2022 | 01:26 EDT
Longtime game developer Hideo Kojima appears to have developed a recent obsession with clocks and time and it's got us mystified. Hideo Kojima is best known as the man behind Metal Gear and, more…
April 21, 2022 | 05:20 EDT
A group of dedicated fans have banded together to restore a 1980s Super Mario Bros anime movie. Released the year after the original Super Mario Bros, the movie has been painstakingly restored in 4K…
April 18, 2022 | 12:04 EDT
Have you ever wanted to play a Half-Life 2 Star Fox mod that replaces Alyx Vance with Krystal? Well, that's exactly what modder Gagnetar is creating. His new Half-Life 2 Krystal mod swaps out Gordon…
April 15, 2022 | 11:47 EDT
In news that is honestly not too surprising, Club Penguin Rewritten has been shut down as per Thorn, a Club Penguin Rewritten admin. The Discord has also been wiped. No one can comment or do anything…
April 13, 2022 | 10:17 EDT
For the third year in a row, there won't be an in-person QuakeCon, which definitely isn't awesome news for those who have been looking forward to returning to the event. QuakeCon 2019 was the last in…
April 13, 2022 | 11:05 EDT
A Final Fantasy XIV player has named an asteroid after the game's producer, Naoki Yoshida, also known as Yoshi-P. Asteroid Yoshidanaoki presumably isn't about to slam into the world and destroy it…
April 12, 2022 | 10:53 EDT
It's difficult to come by someone who enjoys video games who isn't aware of The Binding of Isaac, let alone own it on one platform or another. For those fans who have played all the games, maybe own…
April 5, 2022 | 03:00 EDT
Thee third-party website Wordle Archive received a DMCA from the New York Times, which shows that the paper will be proactively protecting their IP from derivatives and clones. Wordle Archive offered…
March 16, 2022 | 09:55 EDT
Modding is a proud tradition that goes a long way back in video games, and with Steam Workshop that tradition is continued with mods such as Return to Rapture Chapter Two, the second mod that Patient…
March 14, 2022 | 10:22 EDT
Strangely, it's been confirmed that multiple Elden Ring localizations are incomplete at best and very badly translated at worst. This goes for the Latin America Spanish and Portuguese localizations,…
March 11, 2022 | 11:34 EST
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One and The Sinking City developer Frogwares has been sharing its stories of life in war-torn Ukraine during the current Russian invasion. The studio says the situation is a "…
March 8, 2022 | 09:27 EST
Room 8 Group, a major work-for-hire studio with over 1,200 employees, has announced that they will be donating all of their net 2022 profits to charities aimed at rebuilding developing an independent…
March 8, 2022 | 11:54 EST
Games Done Quick's all-women speedrunning event, Frame Fatales, has just hosted its speedrunning winter event, Frost Fatales 2022. It just ended its week-long speedrunning marathon on Sunday and…
March 7, 2022 | 12:13 EST
CD Projekt and CD Projekt Red's recent decision to halt sales in Russia and Belarus has led to a Cyberpunk 2077 review bomb, and that's not all -- pretty much all of the company's games on Steam are…
March 3, 2022 | 03:19 EST
The Pokemon Company has announced that it is making "an immediate donation" of $200,000 to its partners at GlobalGiving to provide humanitarian relief in Ukraine. The first few months of 2022 have…
March 3, 2022 | 01:39 EST
The Medium and Blair Witch developer Bloober Team has halted the sales of its games in Russia in Belarus as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bloober Team says this ban will come into…
March 3, 2022 | 09:21 EST
Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, CD Projekt Group has announced that they will be halting all sales to Russia and Belarus. This decision applies to digital sales, physical stock deliveries of CD…
March 3, 2022 | 11:48 EST
Indie action RPG Book of Demons is currently being review-bombed on Steam due to its unconventional response to the Ukraine conflict, including support for Ukrainian refugees and a 1,200% Russian…
March 2, 2022 | 06:01 EST
German esports league ESL has announced that organizations with "apparent ties to the Russian government" will not be allowed to be represented at its competitions, although they will be able to…
March 2, 2022 | 02:44 EST
With all the negative press surrounding Battlefield 2042 and EA, it's interesting that EA/DICE has decided to disable their Battlefield 2042 Weekly Missions. They have a good reason for it, though:…
February 25, 2022 | 11:55 EST
Update (March 2, 2022, 2:47 PM ET) - In addition to This War of Mine, DRM-free game retailer GOG and several other game developers have added more games to a sale supporting Ukrainian relief efforts …
February 24, 2022 | 05:08 EST
New research from the UK's Mental Health Foundation charity has identified five key areas in which developers, publishers, and other gaming companies need to do more in order to help gamers' mental…
February 28, 2022 | 08:00 EST
Following the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, World of Tanks and World of Warships developer Wargaming has paused all of its Tanks ads and some of its Warships spots worldwide. The studio…
February 24, 2022 | 10:05 EST
The Free Video Games Project has launched a free version of popular word game Wordle. According to the Project, Free Wordle has been released in order to combat the original Wordle potentially being…
February 23, 2022 | 12:27 EST
A Half-Life mod long in development has finally been released to the public. Half-Life: Field Intensity, which was previously known as Soldier's Adventures, has launched on ModDB after its creators…
February 22, 2022 | 11:05 EST
Federal and state regulators in California are broadening their investigations into Activision Blizzard and how its leadership handled its culture of workplace misconduct. As part of this effort,…
February 18, 2022 | 09:40 EST
While Total War Warhammer 3 has just been released, it has not gone without controversy as the game sits at a mixed review score on Steam following a Total War: Warhammer 3 review bomb by Chinese…
February 17, 2022 | 09:38 EST
The mobile developer and publisher FunPlus is once again teaming up with the New York-based nonprofit Creative Art Works to provide an apprenticeship in character design for underserved high school…
February 16, 2022 | 03:28 EST
Horizon Forbidden West is celebrating its upcoming release with a collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation. Their "Play and Plant" program will provide trees to three reforestation efforts…
February 15, 2022 | 11:07 EST
The people behind the Curiomatic YouTube channel have created a pretty cool tribute to the Japanese-exclusive Earthbound game Mother 3, reimagining the world with cute claymation graphics. The …
February 14, 2022 | 03:45 EST
GAME, the UK video game retailer, is facing backlash for a now-deleted Twitter ad it released for Valentine's Day. The ad, which was made to advertise the store's range of mobile phones and phone…
February 14, 2022 | 10:13 EST
Rise of Mordor, a mod for Total War: Attila that would let players fight in Middle-Earth, is going through a rebrand. The team has decided to rebrand their mod after Warner Bros. sent a Rise of…
February 11, 2022 | 09:26 EST
EA and Maxis are releasing a new Game Pack for The Sims 4 themed around weddings. However, Russian players won't be able to buy The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories due to the country's notoriously strict…
February 10, 2022 | 10:14 EST
After lengthy discussions between the Commonwealth Games Federation and gaming chiefs, the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will add eSports as a pilot event. If the event goes well, it may be…
February 9, 2022 | 11:10 EST
In a strange coincidence, the Boomerang Nebula -- also known as the coldest spot in space -- just so happens to look an awful lot like an Among Us crewmate. Among Us is well-known for its viral…
February 8, 2022 | 02:18 EST