Battlefield 6is on a rampage as its open beta attracts over 520,000 concurrent players. The game is yet to launch fully, and it’s already stomping most of the competition,Call of Dutyincluded. Mike Ybarra, former Blizzard exec, said this is a good thing—and he’s absolutely right. According to Ybarra,BF6will “boot stomp CoD” in 2025, which should prompt Call of Duty to not be “lazy” anymore, in turn resulting in everyone getting better first-person shooters down the line....

Embark on more mini-adventures at the end of March Mossmade a mark on PlayStation VR with its clever set-up and adorable mouse protagonist. The intrepid mouse pal Quill is back withMoss: Book II, and it’s out very soon, arriving for PSVR on March 31. Players once again take an overhead view, directing Quill through the action. There aremore interactions, new characters, and more to explore in Quill’s world this time around....

Poor sales on Most Wanted cited If you want to playNeed for Speed: Rivals, you’re going to need something other than a PS Vita or a Wii U, as the game will not be coming to those platforms. RivalsCreative Director, Craig Sullivan, toldThe Sixth Axisthat despite the extra work they put into the Wii U version ofNeed for Speed: Most Wanted, it didn’t sell that well. The same was the case for the Vita version, he added....

Okay, yeah, those visuals are impressive Painkiller: Hell and DamnationandDeadfall Adventuresdeveloper The Farm 51 is striving for photorealism in its new game,Get Even, with the use of 3D scanning. There’s no denying that the environmental shots look ridiculously good, but what of the actual, well, gameplay? Get Evenis a first-person shooter that doesn’t make a distinction between single-player and multiplayer — it’s all combined, to the point where other player characters can literally appear as enemies in your game....

A new trailer was shown off forMortal Kombat 1as part of the Gamescom Opening Night Live stream. Beyond being another peek at the narrative, there are a fewcharacter reveals, as well. At this point, I thought we’d seen the entire roster, but it looks like that isn’t the case. Both the legendaryMortal Kombatboss Shao Kahn and his Queen, Sindel, have been shown off. We also get a closer look at a younger, spunkier Raiden....

Taking a page from the success of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter, Namco Bandai is going to expand the scope ofNi no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – Wizard’s Editionfor the United States based on the number of pre-ordersobtained at ClubNamco. They’re even calling it “Ninostarter.” At the very least, the $99.99Wizard’s Editionwill include a 300-page hardcover Wizard’s Companion book, a Drippy plush, and two exclusive DLC familiars: golden mite and golden drongo....

WithSplatoonandAnimal Crossingin the mix As announced on Twitter, there will be several Nintendo concerts going on this month: specifically kicking offon October 10 at 11:00 CEST (5AM ET). While details are slim, we do know that the digital concerts will feature the DJ K.K. [Slider]Animal Crossing: New HorizonsParadise Mix andSplatoon 3Deep Cut performances.Based on the YouTube description, the concert is scheduled to go on for roughly one hour. To be clear, Nintendo has clarified that “both performances will be in Japanese without localized subtitles....

Become a champion of the Solistia continent Octopath Traveler 2doesn’t do a whole lot to radically change what was offered in the original Team Asano and Square Enix JRPG. This even includes the max level players can reach in the adventure. Though there are eight new characters to choose from, the peak you can reach as them remains the same. What is theOctopath Traveler 2max level? It may not be surprising to some players from the first game, but theOctopath Traveler 2max level is the same in this sequel....

The fisticuff reloader himself Although his role of Supermanmade waves for different reasons(he wasn’t to blame!), Henry Cavill really has been making a name for himself in the past few years. He rocked inThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.,killed it inMission: Impossible – Fallout, and now he’s set to play Geralt of Rivia inThe WitcherTV series for Netflix. To herald in his imminent arrival, Nexus Mods user Adnan crafted his likeness for use inThe Witcher 3, so long as you play on PC....

No PC and PS4 crossplay, but other things carry over We knew that the PS4 would get Sony Online Entertainment’sDC Universe OnlineandPlanetSide 2. According to SOE President John Smedley, speaking toBloomberg, “We’re helping the Sony PlayStation 4 launch on November 15 by releasing DC Universe Online at launch, and we’re following up that early next year with our next game, Planetside 2, on PS4.” DC Universe Onlinehasn’t yet been added to thePS4 launch lineupas collected by the PlayStation Blog, but three titles have been confirmed and added to the day one list since it went up, so things are obviously still developing....

After what seems like an eternity, Sony has finally launched the much-talked aboutPlayStation Home, its community-based virtual environment for the PlayStation Network. Actually, they haven’tofficiallylaunched it — Home is still very much in “beta,” only this time it’s gone public, warts and all. Of course, that’s not going to stop anyone from dipping their feet in its waters, least of all us — we’ve been wandering around Home’s spaces dancing up a storm and making virtual buddies since the service launched yesterday....

Out on September 24 Last year, we got a sneak peek at a rather peculiar puzzle-platformer namedPoncho. Launching onKickstarterand debuting atEGX for attendees, it showed a lot of promise in exploring the earth after humans went extinct. Unfortunately, crowdfunding didn’t take off for this quirky title, but the folks at Rising Star Games stepped up and announced plans to publish it for release. Just a month before its debut, the folks at Rising Star Games gave Destructoid access to an early build ofPoncho, and it was quite evident that there’s more going on with this seemingly humble platformer than one might think....

Is the whole “Marvel versus DC” thing still a thing people bark at each other over? Well, the DC universe has its own cleverly titled MMO,DC Universe Online, leaving Marvel to play catch up with its equally cleverly titledMarvel Heroes. Of course, the differences in the games are plenty, not the least of which is thatMarvel Heroeswill be free to play. Yes, the dreaded acronym that leaves hardcore gamers recoiling in disgust, hissing from beneath flower planter in the garden of the current videogame industry....