I remember picking up the firstRayman Raving Rabbidsgame when the Wii launched in 2006. While I had planned on buyingRed SteelalongsideTwilight Princess(a purchase mandated by Nintendo fan law), a negative early-morning review had convinced me to drop the mediocre FPS in favor of a minigame collection that seemed much more fun. WasRayman Raving Rabbidsworth the $50 I paid at launch? Hell no, but I sure got more enjoyment out of it than when I played my friend’s copy ofRed Steel....

Alternate game title: Just an Empty Suit of Armor I Guess I have had my eye onHollow Knightfor a few days, but had not yet pulled the trigger on highlighting it. It is a pretty 2D action game (though the color palette is a bit muted for my taste) starring some sort of insect-person and it has been onKickstarterfor a little over a week now. The response so far has been pretty positive, earning the Kickstarter Staff Pick honor and making almost one-third of its total funding goal of $35,000 AUD (about $30,000 USD)....

Marvel Rivalsis quickly ramping up in player count on both the PC and console side, but given that it is a shooter game, there will be one big question. DoesMarvel Rivalshave crossplay, and if so, is there specific crossplay between Xbox and PS5? DoesMarvel Rivalshave crossplay? In short,Marvel Rivalshas crossplay between PC and consoles. It should be on by default when you first boot up the game. To ensure that crossplay is on, follow these steps: Once that’s set, you can now toggle this feature on and off on the Play page in the main menu....

A lot of death and destruction in both, though As Grasshopper Manufacture’s PS4-exclusive free-to-playLet it Dienears its one-year anniversary, it’s turning to collaborations as its primary form of advertising. The game is popular, no doubt, asit cleared three million downloadsback in May. Still, install bases tend to be front-loaded and dwindle over time. In the coming days,Let it Dieis teaming up withWorld of Tanksfor a cross-promotion that takes place from July 09, 2025 through June 12, 2025....

Feels very Vampire the Masquerade-y If there’s one thing you’re able to’t deny about Dontnod, it’s that it’s incredibly thematically varied. If it’s not futuristic memory hunters inRemember Me, its hella-rad time-travelling teenagers taking selfies inLife is Strange. Their third game is set to continue this trend of being something completely different, asa Q&A with Dontnod’s game director Philippe Moreauon the European PlayStation blog has shed some light on their new action RPGVampyr....

After years of waiting, Valve has finally releasedMeet the Pyro, introducing us to the sugar-coated world ofTeam Fortress 2‘s masked flame fan. As you might expect from something fans have been aching for … it was met with a significant amount of whining from the audience. People are mad because the Pyro remains masked and there’s no definitive proof that it’s a male or female. It was decided by some fans a while ago that the Pyro is a lady, and without proof, they’re crying up a storm....

I’d expect problems Konamiplans to launchMetal Gear Onlineon consoles at 12:00am Pacific on August 04, 2025. You staying up? Know that there will probably be issues, and that it’s operating on a “rolling timeline window.” In other words, launch beginsas early asmidnight PT, so “please continue to check the patch availability on your chosen platform(s) as we near 10/6 in all regions.” My good pal Steven has written at length about the online mode forMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, both in terms ofhands-on impressions(with his good friend Brett, who is also my buddy!...

Who’s smart when it comes to answeringNeverland Card Battlestrivia? That’s right … it’s you! We received a ton of correct entries to ourNeverland Card Battlescontestwe ran not too long ago, and after mixing them up in our big robot helmet we’ve picked the following winners at random: Each of them wins a copy ofNeverland Card Battlesfor the PlayStation Portable, signed bylead-producer Yoshiteru Sato. You’ll all be notified by mail shortly....

Oswald returns? SNK have announced that visitors to the EVO Japan tournament, being held late next month, will be able to to get their hands on a new character, coming toKing of Fighters XIVnext year. No information was given as to the challenger’s identity, but the announcement did feature the image of a playing card, which strongly hints at the the return ofKOF XIentrant Oswald. Oswald fought with a peculiar stance and used playing cards as weapons, (including a move literally called “Joker”)....

8-bit Link, OoT Link, Wind Waker Link and Zelda amiibo! Nintendo loves making them, people love buying them. I’ve fallen out of my amiibo craze, or at least, I thought so. Today Nintendo announced four newLegend of Zeldaamiibo coming on December 2: 8-bit Link,Ocarina of TimeLink,Wind Waker(Toon) Link, andWind WakerZelda. Traditionally, these will work as Link and Zelda amiibos in the various titles that support them. Reggie also mentioned that these amiibo will have special interactions withBreath of the Wildwhen it releases next year....

Fan-made hack brings tons of new content to the Wii platformer If you are a Wii U owner and possess a copy ofNew Super Mario Bros. U, you’ve probably downloadedNew Super Luigi Ufrom the eShop already. That, or you are waiting on the limited edition retail release in the coming months. But don’t feel left out if you are still rocking the original Wii andNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. We’ve got just the hotness for you too!...

Impacted traffic a great deal Niantic, thePokemon Godeveloper, has already issued one statement about the tracking changes and why it shut down third-party sites and apps that allowed players to cheat, but apparently one wasn’t enough. To summarise itslengthy statement, third-party sites actively impacted the game’s servers so much that without blocking them, the game wouldn’t have been able to be released in Latin America. Niantic included the below chart showing the massive drop in queries per second after the blocking began....

Out on November 7 in Japan Niohhas been the gift that keeps on giving for me with a constant surge of both free updates and DLC, and I’ll probably be playing it long after the third DLC (slated for this week) drops. A lot of you will probably be doing the same thing with the highly predictable “complete edition,” which was just announced this morning by publisher Koei Tecmo. Right now it’s only announced for Japan, but it’ll drop on November 7 for 5,800 yen digitally, and then on December 7 physically, at the same exact pricepoint....