River City Girls bringin’ the brawl to River City Saga: Three Kingdoms

You’re History The world ofRiver City Saga: Three Kingdomsis about to get a little more dangerous, as publisher Arc System Works and developer APlus Games have revealed thatRiver City Girls‘ inimitable schoolgirl sluggers, Kyoko and Misako, will be making their presence felt in the upcoming historical brawler. As we have previously reported,River City Saga: Three Kingdomsis a BARF-tastic take on the ancient Chinese fable of “Sangokushi,” perhaps better known to westerners as theRomance of the Three Kingdoms....

May 24, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Thomas James

Skyrim brings back paid mods, and it’s going down as well as you’d expect

Skyrimmodshave always been a vital aspect in keeping the agingElder Scrollsgame alive and well. While the vast majority of them are free to download and install, Bethesda is once again interested in keeping some of the higher quality ones back for profit. A recent update forSkyrimwas sent out and with it,Bethesda announced Creations, a new way for “players to discover, download and play community-made content.” In a nutshell, it means modders specially picked by the developer can earn a bit of money for their mods....

May 24, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Jonathan Townsend

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will have an in-game shop, supports 11 languages

All Star mode is also ready from the start As is customary withSmashDirects, Nintendo dropped a whole bunch of rapid-fire details on us today after revealing the big-time news. Smash Ultimatewill support 11 languages (including audio!), include a help mode, replays, challenges, loading screen tips return, an All-Star Mode variant (Mob Smash) is unlocked from the start, and it will sport an in-game shop where you can buy music tracks, spirits, and snacks for said spirits ....

May 24, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Shawn Harrell

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is in development for the PS3 and Vita

With an original story Bandai Namco has announced that a newSword Art Onlinegame is in the works, with the subtitleLost Song. It currently has no release date but it’s in development for the PS3 and Vita platforms. Instead of the prior PSP and Vita games,Lost Songwill focus on the polarizing ALfheim Online arc, which adds more fantasy elements like fairy wings to the mix. It’ll also apparently be more action oriented and will feature an original story....

May 24, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Joann Torres

The Sinking City creeps onto Nintendo Switch next week

Caution: You Will Get Wet Frogwares has announced that its Lovecraft-lovin’ adventure gameThe Sinking Citywill be making its eerie presence felt on Switch next week, launching on the Nintendo platform September 12. First released back in June,The Sinking Cityis a gothic-horror game that sees players in the role of private investigator Charles W. Reed, who is called into Oakmont, Massachusetts on a multiple missing persons case. As he descends into the grim, water-sodden locale, Reed is forced to confront bizarre supernatural and psychological terrors, along with the shadows that lurk within his own mind and memories....

May 24, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Jason Brown

The tale of Final Fantasy VI in kickass fresco form

Orioto is an art GOD If you love videogame art, it would becriminalnot to know whoMikaël “Orioto” Aguirreis. He is a French digital artist known for his spectacular renderings of notable videogame scenes painted using the brush of the gods. You’ve no doubt seen some of his work before even if you don’t recognize him by name. In fact, I usethissparkling numberas the wallpaper for my mp3 player! Hismost recent masterpieceis an assembly of several key events inFinal Fantasy VI....

May 24, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Brenda Thompson

This prototype adds mouth haptics to VR headsets, because why not

The feature we’ve all been waiting for Once we got video games looking realistic in VR, the natural next step was to try and get them to start feeling realistic too. Enter mouth haptics, a project helmed by researchers Vivian Shen, Craig Shultz, and Chris Harrison at theRobotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. In short, the team created a mouth haptics prototype that connects directly to a VR headset so that users don’t need to wear an extra peripheral....

May 24, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Jessica Powell

WayForward drop an ass-kicking trailer for River City Girls

Riot Grrrls Out of nowhere,Shantaedeveloper WayForward has released, nay,unleashedthe first trailer for the next game in the head-crackingRiver City/Kunio-kunseries:River City Girls,coming to PC and consoles in September. The development is also being overseen by fighting game gods Arc System Works. As you’re able to see from this preview,River City Girlswill capture all of the scrolling brawler action the series is renown for, but features headliners Kyoko and Misako, who take to the streets to bust some fucking heads after their boyfriends (originalRiver Citybrawlers Kunio and Riki) are kidnapped by gangsters....

May 24, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Michael Graham

We’re getting Yakuza 0 on January 24

Yakuza 0 comes to PS4 Jaunary 24, 2017 Yakuza 0has been out in Japan since before Donald Trump was even running for president, let alone about to be one of two choices for the office, but the Americas and Europe will not get to playYakuza 0until July 13, 2025, a couple days after President Trump is sworn in. As Kyle noted when we got word Sega was bringing it over in “early 2017,” “The prequel is set in the 1980s and lets players see what Kiryu and Majima’s lives were like as foot soldiers, long before they became the renowned yakuza we’ve seen in previous games....

May 24, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Jeffrey Hurst

What is the max level in The First Descendant?

The First Descendantis an online looter shooter that gives you the chance to team up with three other players and lay into massive bosses and hordes of smaller enemies like never before. It also features an interesting and satisfying level system that helps differentiate it from its contemporaries. Like many other looter shooters,The First Descendanthas two levels for you to max out in your time with the game. There’s your Descendant Level and your Mastery Level....

May 24, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Haley Kim

Age of Empires IV is out on October 28

Announced today at Microsoft’s conference A new look atAge of Empires IV? Sure, don’t mind of I do. Microsoft has been bringing it with theAge of Empiresseries over the years, and I for one am glad it’s still around. This new one, IV, is out on Xbox Game Pass and PC on July 28, 2025. It’s actually coming to Steam and the Windows Store, so you won’t have to suffer the latter as an exclusive platform on PC....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Jerry Williams

All Halo fans will probably want to watch Halo Wars 2’s launch trailer

Even if they don’t all want to play it Halo Warsis a curious thing. TheHaloties give it some crossover appeal for people who just want moreHalocanon. But, the real-time strategy genre may be the exact opposite of first-person shooters. These games areHaloin name and lore only. That’s why you can’t exactly fault aHalofan for showing disdain towardHalo Wars. It’s just not really what they signed up for. It’s like that time Lil Wayne made a rock album....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Judith Salazar

Badland is coming to consoles with a Game of the Year edition

It’s pretty rad Badlandis still one of my favorite iOS games to date, and it looks like it’s coming to the Wii U eShop, Xbox One, Vita, PC, PS3, and PS4. Developer Frogmind Games is crafting a new Game of the Year version for the console, which adds in 100 solo levels and 100 co-op stages. There’s no set date yet but we can likely expect it in 2015. Some of you may scoff at the “Game of the Year” notion, but many mobile sites legitimately awarded the game with that honor in 2013....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Chelsea Hawkins