Blast from the past Oh my God… do you guys rememberMegatokyo, the Western-created, manga-inspired webcomic about two American nerds who decide to take a trip to Japan, get stuck there, and find out that the country isexactlylike all the anime and videogames they consumed as kids? Did you know that the damn thing isstill running!? And it’s now being adapted into avisual novel? I was reading this way back when I started college....
Modular solo board gameFinal GirlfromVan Ryder Gameshas been making a splash since its release in 2021 following a highly successful Kickstarter. It has since followed up with two further seasons of content and fans are eagerly anticipating the fulfillment of theSeries 3 Kickstarter. Final Girltakes its name from the classic slasher movie trope of the one female character left alive after she has bravely stopped the killer (though of course, the killer is never as dead as she expects)....
Time to blow stuff up The cannons are prepped, the hatches are down, and the big wheel roller things have begun to turn,World of Tanksis finally rolling out on Xbox One today. For the uninitiated,World of Tanksis a game about using tanks to shoot other tanks. There you go, nice simple premise. If you previously playedWorld of Tankson Xbox 360, all of your progress will carry over to the Xbox One version, which has sharper visuals and a new PvE mode called Proving Grounds....
Release the Valve [Update:Via a post on its official blog,Electronic Arts has announced that it has partnered with Valve to bring its EA Access service to the Steam platform. The partnership begins next month withStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, while other titles such asApex Legends, FIFA 20andBattlefield Vwill follow next year. Steam and Origin will also support cross-play between players on both platforms.] Over the past week, several discoveries, rumours and teasers all seem to be pointing toward the possibility that Electronic Arts will be offering PC games via Steam once again, some eight years after it moved away from the platform to concentrate on its own launcher, Origin....
Having fast RBs inMadden 26will often become the difference between victory and defeat, and playing with the quickest ones will make a significant difference. Once again, EA Sports has divided the position into HBs and FBs. However, the list of 10 fastest names is all HBs (no surprise, as it was the same trend last year). Let’s take a look at how the fresh list looks in this year’s game and who the fastest RBs (or HBs in this context) are....
Halostudio reportedly heavily affected by Microsoft layoffs Halo Infinitedeveloper 343 Industries looks set to stay working on theHalofranchise. But a new report details some big internal shifts at the company, including layoffs and a change in engine. All the while, the studio seems to not be actively working on any new story content forInfiniteitself. Bloomberg reportsthat 343 Industries will continue to work onHalo. This is in linewith a statementfrom studio head Pierre Hintze, which said 343 will developHalonow and in the future....
Things aren’t great for theCities: Skylines 2developer Colossal Order. The city-builder has been in a rough spotfrom day one, and neitherpatchesnorDLCshave improved the situation. It’s been so grim, in fact, that the studio and publisher have issued yet another apology to players for its launch and subsequent updates. Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order have sent out a new email to all owners ofCities: Skylines 2titled ‘The way forward,’ where they acknowledge the game’s current state and promise teams are working hard to improve it as soon as possible....
TheCity of Heroes: Homecomingteamhas announcedthat they have been granted a license by NCSoft to continue hosting the classic 2004 MMO publicly. City of Heroeswas taken offlineback in 2012despite still having a reportedly healthy player base. Fans were able to put up private servers for the game a few years ago. This was an extremely secretive thing a few years ago, but eventually it became more widely available asCity of Heroes: Homecoming....
Firaxis Games is at work on an expansion forCivilization Vthat’s supposed to hit later this spring.Gods & Kingsintroduces a bunch of new content, including: religion, espionage, nine civilizations, nine wonders, three scenarios, and more units, buildings, tech, and resources. Another notable inclusion is reworked combat and AI that places greater focus on “balanced army composition.” Along with these changes, the navy has been split into distinct melee and ranged ship types....
That’s what the latest rumors are saying in regards to the upcoming film adaptation ofPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time, anyway. Disney has reportedly offered Jake Gyllenhaal the lead role as Prince Dastan himself, but nothing has been confirmed yet. Although Gyllenhaal may seem like an odd choice, let’s not forget about some of the other actors who were also rumored to play the role at one point or another: Orlando Bloom, Zac Efron, and David K....
One of the best parts of playingDeltaruneis unlocking its secret bosses and uncovering mysteries only available if you push past your limits and explore every nook and cranny of the map. In the case of Chapter 3, every secret revolves around ranks during Tenna’s game show. If you only care about completing the chapter without discovering its secret boss, you can progress through each round, accept whatever rank you get, and move on....
Let’s make some Oscar bait! Update: The submission period has expired. Thank you to everyone who entered. Dtoid Designs is back for the threequel and this time, it’s personal. Originally for the third month of the contest I was going to go with a festive theme that celebrated the holidays. But then I remembered thatStar Wars: The Force Awakenscomes out this month… andThe Hateful Eight… andKrampusandConcussionandJoyandThe Revenantand oh yeah, December is a great month for movies....
Football more popular than monsters Electronic ArtsFIFA 18is celebrating its third week at the number one spot in the U.K. Charts, having held off the debuts of bothMiddle-earth: Shadow of War, which comes in at number two, andThe Evil Within 2, which debuted at three. The two new third-person adventures slammed into the Top Five, pushing back theForzaduo that made a huge impact last week. I am somewhat surprised thatShadow of Wardidn’t take the top spot, despite its numerous controversies, but it wasn’t to be, at least not this week....
