Antonblast is already being defended over unfair Pizza Tower comparisons

Upcoming indie titleAntonblasthas drawn a lot of comparisons with 2023’sPizza Tower, to the point where some are calling the former aPizza Towerclone, a sentiment that others have quickly hit back against. Nintendo’s latestIndie World Showcaseaired earlier today, and one of the games featured wasAntonblast, an upcoming 2D platformer that admittedly shares a few hallmarks with indie darlingPizza Tower. Both boast fast-paced gameplay, a rather manic art style done in pixel art graphics, and stages that, once completed, require you to run back through them while a timer counts down....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Cheryl Duffy

Are you doing the Destiny Year Two Moments of Triumph?

I just finished The Mountaintop this week This week, I finally completed theYear Two Moments of TriumphforDestiny. For those of you who don’t play, they’re basically special achievements that you have a limited time to complete — usually, before a new expansion comes out and makes said content too easy. I had been putting off “The Mountaintop” for weeks (an especially grind-worthy PVP challenge), but I had everything else done weeks ago, having played from the release ofTaken Kingthroughout the dreadful April re-hash update....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Kyle White

Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 8 Notes – Biggest changes heading to BG3

Patch 8 is live inBaldur’s Gate 3, and the new content update includes plenty of wonderful additions, tweaks, and more. In terms of word count, this isn’t the biggest change log, as that honor belongs to Patch 3. That doesn’t mean that you should sleep on Patch 8. After all, there are 12 new subclasses for players to explore. This will completely change how characters have worked previously, as all the subclasses have their unique abilities....

May 31, 2025 · 3 min · 491 words · Jimmy Jackson

Blizzard reveals new race leveling in Heart of the Swarm

Get ‘dem levels in ya! With an upcoming patch for theHeart of the Swarmbeta, Blizzard is going to introduce a newrace leveling mechanicinStarCraft II. Mastering a race will give reward players with new decals and portraits to show off just how good they are. Each ofStarCraft II‘s three races will each have a separate leveling bar; playing in either Blizzard matchmaking or custom games on Blizzard maps will get you XP for either Terran, Protoss, or Zerg depending on which race you’re controlling....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Alisha Savage

Call of Duty: WWII’s story seems to be shaping up well

Here’s hoping People play games likeCall of Dutyfor different reasons. Some are all about the multiplayer. Others are into zombie slaying. And then there are the folks who just want to run through the campaign and call it a day. If the story is what you’re into most forWWII, today’s trailer is our best look yet. Call of Duty: WWII‘s campaign follows Private Ronald “Red” Daniels and picks up during his first combat encounter on none other than D-Day....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Leah Sanchez

Epic Mickey 3DS is a follow-up to Castle of Illusion

YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES… Hold up… YES. Okay, I’m finished. More info from the latest issue of Nintendo Power regardingEpic Mickey: Power of Illusionon 3DShas just emerged....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Elaine Cantrell

ESWC ’07: Shaky-cam Crysis footage

The sky is blue. 2 + 2 = 4. Life in natural state is solitary, poor, nastry, brutish, and short. Every man has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.Crysislooks amazing. These things we hold to be self-evident truths.Crysiswas actually going to be included in the Declaration of Independence, but then Jefferson changed his mind. How short-sighted of him. In order to get a better idea of whatCrysiswill look like when it finally hits shelves on September 11, check out the above shaky-cam footage that I managed to grab before some greasy cooz told me not to....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Carol Murphy

Final Fantasy XIV down for maintenance so devs can implement an Xbox Series X/S hotfix

Square Enix has takenFinal Fantasy XIVservers offline in order to implement a hotfix for the Xbox Series X/S version of the game. Details of the hotfix will be released after the downtime, but for now, players will be unable to get into the game. The game will be down for maintenance for a 4-hour emergency hotfix, which suggests that Square Enix is trying to fix a pretty severe issue. The data center and Mog Stations were turned off 30 minutes before the maintenance to ensure everyone got out of the game in time....

May 31, 2025 · 3 min · 503 words · John Gonzales

Firebase Z will resurrect Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s Zombies mode

‘This is down to the line, folks’ If, like myself, you get a cathartic kick out of the fast-paced mayhem ofCall of Duty‘s Zombies mode, then you bet load up on Deadshot Daquiri and Pack-a-Punch dollars, as tomorrow sees the dawn of a brand new battleground inBlack Ops: Cold War. Firebase Z, which comes crawling onto all platforms tomorrow, is an abandoned military outpost hidden deep in the jungles of Vietnam....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Vincent Diaz

God of War dev ditches the PSP

Despite the PSP’s increased success in Japan, the format is still struggling to get some love outside of the homeland. Thelatest wordis thatGod of War: Chains of Olympusdeveloper Ready At Dawn is now “done” with the PSP and has sent back its devkits. “With Chains of Olympus going gold in Japan, we’re now officially done with PSP development,” announced the studio, which also worked on the PSP spin-offDaxter. “So today we sent all our devkits back and seeing all these boxes ready to be picked up definitely marks the end of an era here at Ready at Dawn....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Brenda Johnson

Haikyu Fly High codes (August 2025)

Updated: June 08, 2025 We searched for new codes! If you always wanted to step into the Karasuno High and show everyone who’s the true King of the Court,Haikyu Fly Highgives you that chance. Mixing classic sports management elements with turn-based gameplay, this title promises to be one of the better volleyball sims on the App Store. Unsurprisingly, however, the game is chock-full of gacha. We hope the developer plans to drop someHaikyu Fly Highcodes to help players get a head start....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Robert Anderson

Hellboy and chums are coming to Brawlhalla today

Finally, the Hellboy vs Rayman battle we’ve been waiting for Spark up that cigar (Don’t smoke, kids) because sardonic comic book superstar Hellboy is headed to free-to-play fighting gameBrawlhalla. Mike Mignola’s legendary anti-hero will be made available for download today, but he isn’t coming alone. Joining Hellboy on the roster will be the Queen of Blood, Nimue, Jaguar-fella Daimio and wild boar Gruagach. The monstrous quartet will also bring a newHellboythemed map toBrawlhalla’sstage selection....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Andrew Harrell

How to tell if a Pokémon is shiny in Scarlet & Violet

Shine on you crazy Diancie Much like the three core story paths you can take, there are many objectives you can pursue in the endgame ofPokemon Scarlet & Violet. Some opt to catch ‘em all, others opt to battle competitively. Yet possibly the most time-consuming pursuit of them all is shiny hunting. Compared to early Generation games, shiny Pokemon are relatively easy to come by. You can double their appearance rate with theShiny Charm, and you can even see them out in the open before you encounter them....

May 31, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Lori Briggs