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Break the wall dowwwwwwn For this week’s Arcade Archives release, publisher Hamster are sneakily putting out another “Vs.” title, (essentially slightly modified NES games made available in coin-op form). This time it’s the turn of block-busting platformerWrecking Crew. Released for the NES back in 1985,Wrecking Crewsees players in the roles of two construction workers, (invariably Mario and Luigi in some territories), as they smash their way through 100 levels of demolition action....

to craft some of the higher level items, such as Large Pal Bed or Pal Metal Armors, you’ll need to get your hands on some High Quality Cloth. Unfortunately, there are limited ways to do this, but it’s not too difficult once you know how. High Quality Cloth is part of the recipe for the following items: Which Pals drop High Quality Cloth? The only way to get High Quality Cloth in the wild is by eithercapturing or killing Sibelyx....

Not too much Wo Longer to wait Koei Tecmohas finally announcedan official release date for Team Ninja’s dark fantasy epic Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty — The hugely challengingThree Kingdomsadaptation will launch on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms on June 16, 2025. Wo Long, which was recently bestowed uponSoulslikefansvia a PlayStation demo,will task players with building a deadly and stoic warrior, who will then stand against a huge batallion of rogues, demons, and monsters....

The World Series ofWarzonereturns for another year, featuring a $1 million prize pool, and hours of exhilarating matches for fans to tune into. Here is everything you need to know about the competition. In 2023, Activision hosted the first-ever global in-person tournament forWarzone, bringing together the 50 best teams in the world to compete for a chance at taking home a lion’s share of the $500,000 prize pool. The dynamic trio of Biffle, Sage, and Shifty emerged victorious yet have sincedisbanded....

As long as your phone is handy Xbox has a bottleneck when it comes to sharing gameplay clips. It’s easy enough to capture content, but it’s a pain posting those captures to social media. Case in point, here’s my order of operations for sharing a clip to Twitter: Hit the guide button and press Y to capture video, wait for the clip to upload to Xbox live, use the Xbox app on my PC to download the clip from Xbox Live, open the local captures folder to finally post it....

Let your work define you In the latest issue of Japanese publication Weekly Famitsu, Sega’s action-RPGYakuza: Like a Dragonhas revealed three of its character classes, which take the form of vocations for Ichiban Kasuga and his merry band of reprobates. In order to apply for a job/class inLike a Dragon, a character must meet a set standard of entry-level “Life Experience” points, which differ from job to job. These include building stats such as Charm, Mentality, and Enthusiasm, which can be done via story quests orYakuza’sfamous side-attractions....

Google x Twitch Google buying Twitch. Well, that’s one way to scale. Sources withVarietysay that Google’s YouTube is working to acquire the streaming video site for “more than $1 billion” and preparing for U.S. regulators to challenge the buyout. Other outlets have heard similar reports, though there’s been conflicting information about when the deal will be announced. The Vergereports that YouTube and Twitch have agreed to the billion-dollar figure and, currently, talks are concerned with things like how independent the company and brand will remain post-acquisition....

Four million units down on initial target [Update: Reaching out with a statement toGamesIndustry.biz, Sony said today that “While we do not release details related to manufacturing, the information provided by Bloomberg is false. We have not changed the production number for PlayStation 5 since the start of mass production.”] According to a report fromBloomberg, Sony has been forced to scale back the production of its next-gen hardware, PlayStation 5, due to ongoing issues surrounding a specific component in the console’s infrastructure....

Board and card games are often associated with mechanics more than stories, but these five games are story-rich, inspiring, and appeal to anyone who loves a good tale. 7. The Plot Thickens (Bright Eye Games) The gameplay elements ofThe Plot Thickensmight be paper-thin, but these games (in Detective, Sci-Fi and Romance variations) are excellent light storytelling games for a group that might be hesitant to start up a story without guidance or to cool down after a more mechanically-intensive game....

Half-Goku Bandai Namco will be bringing a “Lite” version ofDragon Ball Xenoverse 2to the Nintendo Switch this summer. Similar to thesame free-to-play version on Xbox One and PS4, this glorified demo will include five story missions, the “Hero Colosseum” mode, a cut-down version of online battles, and the ability to transfer your save to the full version of the game. Lite users will also be able to play with owners of the full game, which could be very useful with the Switch’s ad-hoc play....

Atarihas surprise-droppedMega Cat Studios’Food Fight: Culinary Combaton Steam today. Previously, the title wasonly availableon Atari’s own VCS console. Food Fight: Culinary Combatis an arena shooter take on the classicFood Fightarcade game. There’s local and online multiplayer, four modes, six maps, and even split-screen. Strangely, a lot of the marketing information focuses on what goes around the multiplayer itself. There’s an Atariverse hub where you can talk to characters from other games and the creators of the originalFood Fight....

No joke, while I was midway through writing this article,EA droppedCommand & Conquer – The Ultimate Collectionon Steam. I had just been wondering how where I could getRenegadethese days, andspeak of the devil. I know what I’m doing this weekend. One of the most amusing stories I have from my youth is the time a cousin and I spent most of the day playingCommand & Conquer: Red Alertwhile eating Warheads candy....

The “biggest launch in the historyacross all forms of entertainment”,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, made Activision’s CEO much richer this week. Bobby Koticksold two millionActivision stock options he’s held since 2000. At that time, they were worth about $1.03. Today, Activision stock is worth just under $12 a share. Minus the $2 million strike price, Bobby Kotick made over $20 million in just three days. GameSpot goeson to point out that the CEO still owns over 3 million shares, which, as of right now, are worth over $35 million....