Compared to the last game As familiar asNeed for Speed Paybacklooks — it’s beendescribed as“Need for Speedfiltered through the lens of a Hollywood blockbuster” — I might still be up for it. There’s nothing inherently wrong with some mindless action now and again. At least, this speaks to me more than 2015’sNFStitle. Following that scripted-lookingheist sceneout of E3, Ghost Games is showing off customization. When you’re roaming the world, you’ll be able to find “derelicts” that you may turn from rusted-out vintage cars to souped-up monsters....

Hey I’m Nintendo Arin Hanson aka Egoraptor is in Nintendo’s official reveal trailer for the new Shovel Knight amiibos in a Game Grumps-produced video. No, he doesn’t beat-box, make fart noises, or reference dicks in any way, but he is quite steamy when admiring his new Specter Knight, Plague Knight, and King Knight amiibos. The amiibo are “coming soon” and will “unlock exclusive armor sets, new challenge stages and the ability to summon fairy companions to help players on quests” inShovel Knight....

He needs no introduction It’s hard to believe thatFire Emblem Engageis already coming in January, but Nintendo seems dead set on that soonish release date: and is steadily showing off more of the game (albeit on the officialFire EmblemJapanese Twitter account). Amid the sprinkling of gameplay (more so than the trailer) we’ve gotten so far, the latest set of clips includes gameplay of a series star. NewFire Emblem EngageMarth footage is outthanks to the series’ Twitter account, and gives us a better look at the hero in action....

Free EVE: Valkyrie plus hint at release If you want to sell VR, you need the ardent early adopters to show it off and the people they show it off to to be impressed. To that end, it helps to have some dang good software support, so it makes sense thatEVE: Valkyriewill be included in all Oculus Rift VR pre-orders. TheEVE: ValkyrieBundle is “exclusive to Rift,” which I suppose means other VR headset owners will be buying it separately....

Updated: June 09, 2025 Checked for new codes. InPlanet Destroyers, your goal is to wipe out various planets to get enough resources to unlock new worlds. This can be a time-consuming task even if you’re constantly upgrading your units. Luckily, you may redeem codes and reach your goal more quickly. Planet Destroyerscodes will give you a bunch of Gems, various units, and many boosts that will help you collect Coins and Gems faster....

IfForza 2was a man and I was a woman, while I was playing it I would have kept thinking to myself “Are you in yet?” But, as underwhelming as that overhyped Microsoft moneymaker is, gamers can always rely on Bizarre Creations and theProject Gothamseries to deliver the real goods. This year’s iteration looks particularly impressive, with groundbreaking weather effects, a larger and more diverse selection of vehicles and tracks, and now this:...

Renegade Kid (the developer behind the technically impressiveDementiumandMoonfor Nintendo DS) has revealed its new project, a third-person platformer, toIGN. CalledMaximillian and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds, the title has a young Maximillion cleaning up his neighborhood of mud creatures, spawned as a result of a fallen meteor. Max has a watergun/backpack combination to take out the Mutant Mudds, which of course immediately brings to mindSuper Mario Sunshine. But hey, there could be worse comparisons, right?...

You make my heart sing It was hard to imagine whatGhost Recon Wildlandswould be in a post-Sicarioworld. Denis Villeneuve’s taut crime thriller portrayed a world of drugs and murder where there were no easy answers and no good guys; the kind of moral relativism that makes you feel bad about your place in the food chain. Conversely, the early hours ofWildlandshas the player character shoving the business end of their pistol into a bad guy’s face and calling him a “fuckstick....

Last Rebellionoccupies a considerably shaky position. Developed by a niche studio and released by a niche publisher, the game hit store shelves barely three weeks before two titanic, highly anticipated titles arrive onshore. Thus, the concern surrounding the game has evolved from merely how good it is, to how well it compares to its big-budget peers. WillLast Rebellionbe subsumed under a tidal wave of competition, or will it face down its enemies and stand strong as The Little RPG That Could?...

Rockstar welcomes Dhruva Interactive to the family Starbreeze is in financial peril, recently made worse by a $17.5 million loss during the first quarter of the current fiscal year. The Swedish publisher expects a liquidity shortfall by mid-2019, meaning that its liabilities significantly outweigh its assets that can be quickly turned into cash. Within a year,Starbreeze predicts it’ll be out of money. Today, Starbreeze has flipped one asset and Rockstar is the primary beneficiary....

Featuring Dames making Games, competitive Smash players and more One of the criticisms that’s commonly levied at feminism (in gaming or otherwise) is that it focuses a lot on what people can’t or shouldn’t do, and not enough on what they can and should do. I don’t share that criticism overall, but I can see why others may feel like feminism in gaming has become synonymous with negativity. That’s part of why theShe Got Gameproject is so exciting....

We still don’t have any real idea what that hardware is, but the survey does have a couple questions relating to motion sickness. Could this be a hinttowards software to work on the Oculus Rift? Seems more likely than the set top box or wearable computers that have been recently rumored. However, if someone does do something totally left field with gaming hardware, it’s got to be Valve. Valve wants testers for upcoming titles and hardware prototypes[VG247]...

Expect more weird fetuses We already knew when Sony wasgoing live for E3, but now we have a better idea of the games that will be present during its conference. While there’s sure to be a few surprises, fans should get ready for some info onDeath Stranding,The Last of Us Part II,Ghost of TsushimaandSpider-Man. WhileSpider-Manis set for a September release, we’ll likely find out if the other three highlights are any closer to seeing the light of day....