Legendary Sonic designer and Balan Wonderworld director Yuji Naka has been arrested in Tokyo in connection to an insider trading investigation involving the reveal of a Dragon Quest game. According to the Japanese news outlet FNN, the last 24 hours saw ex-Square Enix employee Taisuke Sazaki and his friend Fumiaki Suzuki arrested on suspicion for
Each time we start up a new mainline Pokémon game, we begin our journey with a choice. Sometimes it’s an easy one. Sometimes it’s agonizing. But regardless of where on that spectrum each generation lands for you, the general choice remains the same: grass, water, or fire. Thanks to the rock-paper-scissors nature of the types
Anyone who’s had to physically stop me from banging on about Black Sails will confirm that I love a bit of piracy. Games mostly don’t do it justice at all, either making “piracy” shorthand for “mindless omnicide for no reason” or slapping a parroty theme onto a generic action game. Buccaneers! isn’t primarily a piracy
Last week, we ventured into the nine realms and asked you to share mythic moments from God of War Ragnarök using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: Sowyerez shares Kratos placeing a hand on Atreus’ shoulder calisarah1998 shares Kratos, Atreus and Mimir traveling through Svartalfheim in a canoe abrs0123 shares Sindri putting a supportive
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites, the updated version of the original classic 2D hack ‘n slash platformer, launches on September 9, 2021, for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Switch. Watch the action-packed trailer. BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites features high-resolution visuals, all-new voice acting performed by the original BloodRayne cast members Laura Bailey (Rayne) and
Goat Simulator 3 reviewed by Travis Northup on PC, also available on PlayStation and Xbox. This sequel almost certainly won’t wow you with its level of polish or a deep, meaningful narrative, but sometimes it’s a good idea to turn your brain off and buck your hooves into an old lady’s face while she fires
Today we celebrate the launch of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PC! Like the PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered released earlier this year, this has been a close collaboration with Insomniac Games, Marvel Games and PlayStation. We are very excited to bring the adventures of Miles Morales to a new audience and let PC
Watch maker Casio has announced that the Super Mario Bros themed G-SHOCK watch is now available for purchase. The retro-themed Super Mario watch will cost $150 and is limited to one per-customer, which is handy as the scalpers will have difficulty getting hold of them and reselling You can check out the watch and purchase
Summary Uncover long forgotten scriptures to explore ancient mysteries. Solve puzzles, fight and survive in the deadly sands to learn more about the mysterious world of Starsand. Craft suitable equipment from the remains of your hunt and use plundered treasures from the deep vaults of the arcane desert to survive in the dangerous world of
Audio player loading… You’ll have to wait 12 extra weeks before catching some sun with the undead, as Dead Island 2 gets pushed back to April 2023. Originally announced back in 2014, Dead Island 2 is the much-anticipated follow-up to its 2011 predecessor. Dead Island is an open-world melee hack n’ slash adventure featuring hordes
Sonic creator Yuji Naka has been arrested for insider trading. According to reports, he learned about the Dragon Quest Tact mobile game while working at Square Enix and purchased around 10,000 shares in developer Aiming Inc. in January 2020 before the game was announced. As a result, he and two other accomplices are being charged
Usually the most unsettling thing you can find in a hotel is a mysterious mattress stain or clumps of hair in the shower drain, but The Devil in Me presents you with accommodations that are less like a Best Western and more like your worst nightmare. Inspired by a real life murder castle and its
Image: Nintendo Life Don’t you just love when someone applies scientific levels of study to something very un-scientific? It might sound a bit pointless, but that’s how we end up with beautiful pieces like 4-hour video essay deep dives into a non-existent theme park — and Xelshade’s wonderfully detailed examination on “What Looks Like A
The Risk Of Rain intellectual property and both Risk Of Rain and Risk Of Rain 2 are now owned by Gearbox. Gearbox were previously the publisher of Risk Of Rain 2 and say they are “eager to prove ourselves as worthy custodians” of the series. They bought the IP from original developers Hopoo Games, who
Sometimes a game launches that has you slapping your forehead and saying ‘Of course! Why haven’t those two genres been smooshed together before?’. Geometric Sniper is such a game, as it brings together the sniper game and the hidden object game, two genres that have you scanning an environment from afar in the search for
Ubisoft Toronto has revealed the Splinter Cell Remake release date will still be years away after announcing the game is still in the prototyping stage and they are very early in production. The good news is the team did give us the first glimpse of the game through concept art shown throughout a 20th-anniversary trailer
EA and the Battlefield team today revealed more details regarding Battlefield 2042 Season 3: Escalation. Available November 22, Season 3 adds a new map, Specialist, weapons, vehicle, and more, including 100 new tiers of Battle Pass content. All core gameplay-affecting content will be available to all players as part of the Free tier in the
Ubisoft celebrated Spinter Cell’s 20th anniversary by releasing a new video reflecting on the series and discussing its upcoming remake. The video revealed some details on the project’s status as well as some early images. [embedded content] The Splinter Cell remake was first announced last December, but we’ve known very little about it other than