Simple, fast, intense kick-talk with Keits Adam “Keits” Heart and I crossed paths once before, a few years back at theTatsunoko Vs. Capcomlaunch eventin New York City. Back thin he was just a championship level fighting game expert, representing the game with Seth Killian. LikeSkullgirls’s Mike Z, Keits has taken his love of fighting games to the next logical step and has entered the world of development withDivekick.The game started out as a playable parody ofSuper Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition....

Enable Play Beta Maps Team Fortress 2is still chugging in a big way, and the latest bit of official content to drop is the Mann Co. maps, which are now available by way of Early Access. You can volunteer to test the maps for Valve by clicking the Play Multiplayer option, then enabling the Play Beta Maps box. Basically, these are new maps that allow you test out a whole bunch of new deadly mechanics....

Sounds of the Sky While many Nintendo series,The Legend of Zeldaincluded, have traditionally tended to forgo fully scripted voice acting, often to give the player a sense of projection onto the characters, recent Switch releaseTears of the Kingdomactually has quite a large cast, lending their dulcet tones to the many allies and enemies Link encounters on his trip through Hyrule and the Sky Islands. That said, identifying these cast members requires a little detective work, as Nintendo also leans on the frankly archaic method of keeping its credits close to its chest....

Been slowly drifting away all day long thanks to “Beneath the Surface,” Vigilante’s take on “Aquatic Ambiance” fromDonkey Kong Country. It’s part of the sublimeKong in ConcertOC Remix album, which you’re able to find more about onthis quaint website. What’s up with today’s stories? That’s a good question. Nick gave us a heads up on what playing DS games on the 3DS will be like (the more you know!), Conrad started his mystery game on Backlog, a handful of wild-sounding details forPrey 2went public, and more on 03/21/11....

Put a little Bogard in your weekend Fighting game fans certainly have a big weekend ahead. Not only is Nexon debuting its shrouded-in-mystery fighterDNF Duel, but also receiving the open beta treatment is SNK’s greatKing of Fighters XV, which returns fora second roundof free-to-play pugilism. The beta goes live on PS4 and PS5 today and will run until Monday, December 20. Ho-Kay! The secondKing of Fighters XVbeta, much like the first, will give players the opportunity to check out the game’s Training and Tutorial modes, and battle it out in both online and offline Vs....

Gaming headset makers Turtle Beach have partnered with Major League Gaming and will be developing the official headsets and audio equipment for the competitive videogame league. The first products to come out of this partnership, the new Ear Force XP7 and the MLG Pro Circuit Programmable Surround Sound Headsets, will be released this fall. Both were developed specifically for console and PC tournament use, and you’ll see both in use at MLG Pro Circuit competitions later this year....

Try not to kill too many patients Growing up the diseased child I was, I spent many weeks every year at Seattle Children’s Hospital, usually over the holiday break, having doctors rip my skin off so they could replace it with skin from other parts of my body, aka skin grafts. From head to toe, I am a complete mess and the painful and frustrating experience has made me absolutely hate hospitals....

Futuremark’sUnstoppable Gorg, one ofthree new gamesby the company best known for their benchmarking tool 3DMark andShattered Horizon, will be available for Steam and iPad on January 19. The Steam version is a Steam Play title, meaning you may play it on a Mac if you want to, and is priced at $9.99. The iPad version will go for $4.99. The twist in this space tower defense title is that you place towers on orbits and then rotate these orbits to match the towers’ fire coverage with different waves of alien invaders....

Five people and one dog all sharing a special connection First, you need to watch this trailer forValiant Hearts: The Great Warbefore reading anything about it. This isn’t your typical war game, asValiant Heartsis going beyond the disconnected action tropes of “good versus evil” you tend to see. This is a title about the horrors of war, and follows the lives of five different people plus one dog that are all connected in some way or another....

InVerse Piece, there are rare items out there that are extremely hard to come by. Some of them are available only during limited events. However, there is one method for farming these matters even when they are out of season. To find out how to get rare materials and more, follow ourVerse Piecemining guidebelow. Table of Contents Verse Piece Mining Explained Mining inVerse Pieceis a mechanic that lets you mine Ores for materials that you can use to craft variousswords, specs, and other items....

Lots to talk about for this weekend, so let’s get into it. Good Old Games has its usual weekend sale on and it’s for50% off all Cyan titles, so if you’re wanting to return to the lands created by the Miller Brothers,Mystand its sequelRivenalong with three other games all cost $2.99 until Monday morning. It’s a busy weekend on Steam; Jordan’s already let us know that co-op shooterPayday: The Heistisreduced by 50% to $9....

It’s only been a few dayssince the announcementand already we are gettinggameplay footageof the newRocket Knightgame. Who knew my guardian angel was A) into videogames and B) a total badass? The trailer shows what has to be the earliest section of the game. It looks to me like a classic scenario. Sparkster starts fighting with his old-time rival Axel Gear only to be interrupted by a ludicrous boss — this time, a mechanized wolf — that takes up the entire screen....

Does this limited edition Ganon-dwarf the recently announced console bundle? Nintendo is producing a limited edition ofThe Wind Waker HDthat comes with a cool-looking figure of baddie Ganondorf,Tomopop reports. As of now, the limited edition is only officiallt announced for European release, but GameStophas it listedfor a mere $60, only $10 above the price of the game. I’m always talking up my love forWind Waker‘s Link, so I’m a bit disappointed that cute little scamp isn’t getting immortalized, but the Ganondorf statue looks alright....