All of a sudden, last year’s champs are out For the second straight year,Rocket Leagueis taking advantage of the summer break between RLCS seasons to hold a high-profile doubles tournament. The NBC Universal Open is interesting in that 2v2 isRocket League‘s most-played playlist but not something that Psyonix generally spotlights for esports. Standard 3v3 is the most refined version of the game, whereas 2v2 has this calculated chaos about it where kickoff goals are semi-normal and a single demolition can be a game-changer....

Legendary coin-op gets a mini makeover The video game industry continues to find new-old hardware to shrink down and re-release, as the “mini” console craze continues. The latest example is this, theSega Astro City Mini,a scaled-down edition of the classic cabinet that packed out arcades in Japan and elsewhere throughout the ’90s and ’00s. The Astro City Mini features the iconic green-and-white design of its older brother, and will come pre-loaded with 36 Sega arcade classics includingShinobi,Shadow Dancer,Golden Axe,ESWAT, andVirtua Fighter....

Papercraft is easy to get overly excited about, there’s no denying it. The problem, however, is seeing it all the way through. If any of you have a short attention span like I do, you can only make it a good thirty minutes before you give up and admit total defeat. Cubecraft, an excellent resource for all things papercraft, has got two sweet designs you guys will surely enjoy.Over here, there’s a Dreamcast, and byclicking here, you can find an NES....

Chilling on the beach with some ducks Stardew Valleyis calling my name with eachupdate 1.5check-in, and today’s screenshot – a laid-back beachside scene with ducks floating around some submerged trees – is about as cozy as they come. In update 1.5…pic.twitter.com/qnsoLtifep — ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe)Jun 15, 2025 To an outsider, it’s just a random image hinting at upcoming game content. I won’t deny it! But to those of us who have fallen head over heels forStardewover the years, it’s so evocative....

Here’s your Sunday finals lineup We’re less thantwo weeks outfrom EVO 2018, a fact that both excites me (because it’s fun to watch old rivalries play out on a big stage) and terrifies me (because time moves way too fast). As ever, the fighting game tournament will culminate on Sunday (August 5) with finals spanning multiple games. Evo 2018 Sunday Order, August 5th. Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev22) Super Smash Bros....

This should pique some curiosity One of the many knocks against Stadia thus far is that it doesn’t have any exclusives worth getting worked up over. That might be changing as Google has signed on two developers who have cult followings. Both Supermassive Games and Harmonix are creating new properties for Stadia. Supermassive is best-known forUntil DawnandThe Dark Pictures Anthology; Harmonix is a household name because ofGuitar Hero,Rock Band, andDance Central....

Yesterday,My Voucher Codeshad somenegative survey resultsconcerning the 3DS. It seems that the consumer researchers aren’t done with the bad Nintendo news, however, as they bring word that UK gamers are also letting their Wiis go unplayed for significant periods of time. Of 1,672 gamers, 64% owned a Wii, but 48% of them hadn’t switched the thing on in over six months. A variety of reasons for the ignorance were given, ranging from a lack of time to the console having lost its novelty value....

Gnome Sweet Gnome For this week’s Arcade Archives entry, publisher Hamster is returning to the seemingly endless catalog of coin-op kings Taito — Now available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, it’s one of the studio’s many,manycutesy co-op platformers:Don Doko Don! Released to the arcade market in 1989, before eventually being ported to the Famicom and PC Engine platforms,Don Doko Donis a co-op single-screen platformer, in keeping with Taito’s similar releasesBubble Bobble, Tumble Pop!...

Hope it’s okay as a free-to-play I’ve been paying attention toTales of Crestoriasince I first caught a glimpse of theteaser trailerreleased for it back in 2018. Yes, it’s going to be another free-to-play mobile game — similar toTales of the Rayswhich ended its service earlier that same year — but a splashy trailer piqued my interest nonetheless. More than a year and several teaser trailers later, Bandai Namco has announcedCrestoriais finally near completion and is readying the game for its worldwide launch in early June, depending on how everything pans out....

The Behemoth recently releasedthe first ever footagefor its followup toCastle Crashers, and it looks typically cute, amusing and fun. However, if you want to know more, don’t worry, some playtesting has been done andsolid details have surfaced. As you can already tell from the trailer, the game is currently split into four types of game: Block painting, soccer, gold collecting and soul collecting. The first game is fairly straightforward, you just run around the 2D plane, touching blocks to turn them your color, in an attempt to claim more blocks than rival players....

With theGrand Theft Auto VItrailer out in the world, we got our first glimpse at Leonida and Vice City. Now, many have found loads of similarities to its real-life counterpart: Florida. The trailer came outearlier than expecteddue to an unfortunate leak. Regardless, the graphics and world made the 10-year wait for a newGrand Theft Autoworth it for fans. With that, we are returning to a familiar location: Vice City. However, it’s just a small part of the bigger map of Leonida....

Memoirs of a fight stick [To this day I still lament the closing of southern California’s Arcade Infinity, one of my favorite dives and one of the last arcades to survive into the 2000s. I met and interviewed Mike Z there whenSkullgirlswas naught but a glint in his eye. But I digress, Mullon has his own memories of arcades past. Why not reflect on your own arcade memories by starting a cblog of your own?...

I went intoA Minecraft Movieas a total skeptic, having rolled my eyes whenever I saw the preview, but I left humbly reminded that it’s always best to reserve judgment. It surprised me in all of the best ways, and now I’m convinced it’s so bad that it’s actually somehow good. A Minecraft Movieis surprisingly funny, self-aware, and charming. It’s just a genuinely good time from start to finish with a stellar cast who own their roles and an unexpectedly strong message about the importance of creativity....