Be a big cheater: Watch this La-Mulana beginner’s guide

TheLa-Mulanaremakewill arrive on WiiWare soon (September 20th) for 1000 Wii Points ($10) in America, Europe, and Australia! In honor of this joyous occasion, Nigoro has concocted a “beginners guide” video and shared it with the world. It goes over mechanics as basic as entering tents, all the way up to inventory management, what items you should be buying early in the game, and what you should be doing in the ruins....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Tyler Fuller

Blizzard is rolling out the WoW: Warlords of Draenor beta

Start with a fresh level 90 or import Blizzard has just started rolling out its main stage of itsWorld of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenorexpansion beta. While its happening, “community veterans, press, fansites, friends, and family” will be able to join. This particular phase is centered around the starting experience, with a level 90 character to use, or an import tool for your existing character. As always, there’s no NDA on the beta, so expect lots of information to pour in over the coming weeks....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Daniel Garcia

Bloodborne, an actually worthy game, is getting a GOTY edition later this year

Every game gets GOTY these days I find it funny when developers release GOTY editions when the title completely doesn’t deserve it. It’s always interesting to see how marketing hype plays into some re-releases, as a bunch of titles don’t even get the “Of the Year” moniker at all. But in this case,Bloodbornetotally deserves it. Sony has announced that on November 25, it will get a GOTY edition, which will include the upcoming DLCThe Old Hunters....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Brenda Smith

Borderlands 2 Season Pass’ gives four DLC packs for $30

All the expansion for thirty dubloons The ever-popular “Season Pass” scheme will be present in Gearbox Software’s upcoming shooter sequelBorderlands 2, securing access to the game’s four downloadable campaigns for an advance fee of $30. Solo, each expansion will cost $10, so you basically get one free with the pass. The DLC will be released gradually, with the last one slated to arrive by June 2013. You’ll be able to pick your pass up on the same day the game launches, September 18....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · William Day

Cold War spy game Phantom Doctrine’s release date declassified

Who is Pepe Silvia? On paper, espionage and turn-based strategy games sound like uneasy allies. They represent two sides of a tactical coin. Counterintelligence operations and cover-based shootouts seem like discrete skillsets, agents of different gameplay ideologies. But inPhantom Doctrine, they’re deeply linked. One informs the other; covert spying is the cause to an armed assault’s chaotic effect. Next month, we’ll be able to see howPhantom Doctrine‘s blend of spy fiction and strategy gameplay fit together....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · John Baker

Contest: Win a Steam copy of Catherine Classic

My, what large puzzles you have Get weird with this contest forCatherine Classicfor Steam! I’ve never playedCatherine, mostly because I felt shame enough even having the box on my shelf. I thought surely I’d get weird looks from anyone passing if they saw me playing it. I mean, I know it’s a puzzle game, but, you know. Lewd stuff. Succeed where I failed and playCatherine Classicloudly and proudly. I’ll even give you a free copy!...

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · John Jackson

Cozy city-builder Gourdlets gets a new trailer, demo

Little vegetable people living their little vegetable lives I am always on the hunt for a new cozy simulation game, because playing a relaxing city/life/community sim is one of my favorite ways to wind down after a long day. One upcoming title I’ve had my eye on isGourdlets, a city-building simulator that has “no objectives, no points, just building.” Say no more — I know for a fact that this title is going to be right up my alley, especially with its pastel color palette and adorable vegetable villagers....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · James Richardson

Credit swaps and pterodactyls with Yann of Bad Hotel

Sometimes pterodactyls carry bombs Every year at GDC, part of the show floor is taken over by indie developers. This glorious plot of convention floorspace is called the IGF and it’s where I met Yann Seznec. Yann is part of the team behind the IGF award nominated iOS gameBad Hotel.The game plays a bit like a fusion betweenTiny TowerandSound Shapes. It’s also approximately twice as awesome as that description makes it sound....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Maria Wilkerson

Destiny 2 has become 2017’s best selling game (thus far)

It was your Destiny (2) 2017 is nearing an end, but there are still a few heavy hitting games coming out. Last month saw the release of the hotly anticipatedDestiny 2and even with negative press around microtransactions andchanges to cosmetics, Bungie’s sci-fi space opera still managed to outsell every other game of the year in a single month. There are no concrete numbers to back this up, but the NPD Group has released its September 2017 chart andDestiny 2is reigning supreme....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · John Clark

Did someone actually make Todd Howard in Starfield?

During the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 stream, two cool dudes—Todd Howard and Geoff Keighley—stood on stage and discussedStarfield. “People have been wondering what the main questline is going to be after you create your character,” Geoff explained to Todd, highlighting the deep character customization system inStarfield. “I saw even someone on the internet this week created you I think, did you see that? Someone tweeted out a picture that they had somehow figured out to get you in there....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Jeffrey Riley

Did someone just unearth a Sony SNES?

Looks a lot like it Many of you will have heard the stories of a Sony and Nintendo crossover console that never was. Nintendo wanted a CD drive add-on for the SNES and initially approached Sony about making it. The deals never worked out and Sony went on to make the PlayStation, while Nintendo went off to partner with Phillips in a deal that would result in the terrifying CD-iZeldagames coming to exist....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Andrea Washington

Do the trees grow back in Palworld?

Wood is an important resource inPalworld, but you may be hesitant to lay waste to the splendor of nature. If you do go ham on all the resources, you might wonder if that splendor will ever return. Do the trees grow back? Yes. And not just the trees, but the rocks and other resources, as well. Not only is the respawn interval one of the custom difficulty settings when creating a world (we’ll get to that), but I also put this through rigorous testing....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Zachary Sweeney

Early Access Review: Sons of the Forest

The daughters aren’t worth mentioning The Forestwas a terrific “get off my lawn” simulator. You built up your cabin in the woods, then spent most of the trying to keep cannibals from waking you up at night. This must be how all those gated community suburbanites see the world. Released in 2018 (as long as you don’t count all those years in Early Access), it was and remains an indie darling....

July 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1141 words · Benjamin Johnson