Out this week ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Grooveis out tomorrow and PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One and…it’s actually pretty good according to our own CJ Andriessen. It’ll also have a little extra pepper on it, as the one and only Macaulay Culkin was revealed yesterday as an executive producer on the game. According to the publisher, Culkin’s primary role was “making sure the game would be as groovy and funky as the original title....

PLAYMID and BORROWEDTIME The spooky Innistrad setis out now inMagic: Arena, and it brings a brand new standard rotation with it. This is the moment where most of your decks (if not all) blow up, and it’s time to completely reinvent the meta on the fly. For me, it’s one of the most exciting times of the year forMagic, before people start to settle in on accepted decks in higher ranks....

EA and BioWare have announced the pre-order plan forMass Effect 3today. With your pre-order you’ll get the M55 Argus Assault Rifle. That’s everybody, for pre-orders everywhere. Beyond that, for those that order at GameStop, you’ll also get a N7 Valkyrie Assault Rifle and the N7 Defender Armor. If you’re a PC gamer pre-ordering through EA’s Origin service, you’ll get the AT-12 Raider Shotgun. you’re able to get a better look at these items in our gallery below....

‘Oops!’ I love co-op in my video games, especially when it comes to close-knit survival. There’s something exciting about a group of strangers instinctively realising that, despite their differences, they need each other to survive.Left 4 Deadis still king of this concept, but I’ve also enjoyed the tweaks in its template, leading me towards the likes ofPayday 2andRed Dead Redemption. Hell, if it wasn’t for co-op, I wouldn’t have gotten throughAliens: Colonial Marinesas merciful as I did....

Nintendolodeon? Did you miss shows likeSuper Mario Super ShowandThe Legend of Zelda Animated Series? Well they’re making a comeback with successful projects likeSonic Boom(Cartoon Network) andPac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures(Disney). Nickelodeon wants to jump into the realm of video games like any good competitive company should. Frederator Studios’ founder Fred Seibert revealed on a Nick Animation podcast that “We have a project now that we’re doing that needs to go unnamed, based on one of the most world famous video games of the last 30 years, that we’ve had in our shop for twelve years without being able to get it started....

Alongside a $250,000 donation Shit got a little too real. Just before the global outbreak of COVID-19,Plague Incsaw a spike in concurrent players as people evidently wanted to simulate how an epidemic-turned-pandemic could potentially wipe out civilization.Plague Incdevelopers Ndemic Creations pled that the game shouldn’t be viewed as a scientific model, but that didn’t stop curious minds from trying to digitally forecast the apocalypse. Now that everything has gone completely sideways, Ndemic is givingPlague Inca 180-degree face turn....

Lookin’ durn purty there, ma’am Rockstar Games has released a trailer forthe upcoming PC portof its wild western epicRed Dead Redemption 2, which shows off the rootin’ tootin’ sequel with luscious 4K visuals in full 60FPS. It must be said, it’s quite a beautiful showcase of the open-world adventure’s thick forests, barren plains and dusty trails. We also get examples of the PC port’s special effects, including crackling fires, plumes of smoke, mirrored water and raging blizzards....

Ourvacation time announcementmade you sad, didn’t it? Yes, I know that you want us all to have fun, but I also know that many of you miss your weekly injections of thrift adventures, Xbox ennui, dolphin-related joy and Chocobo noises. Believe it or not, even though I am observing the glory that is the wet sculpture of Chad’s ass through his swim trunks as he frolics down the beach, I miss it too....

Canceled project from 2008 now playable Ronimo Games, the developers ofSword & SoldiersandAwesomenauts, released today a demo for an earlier, canceled project,Snowball Earth. The demo, as explained by programmer Joost Van Dongen on his development blog, is the team’s graduation project from Utrecht School of the Arts (where Van Dongen and some members of the future Ronimo team had developed the prototype for what would becomede Blobback in 2006) and their first title as a studio....

I’ve been all hot and bothered for the PSP remakes of the first twoStar Oceangames ever since I got my hands on them inJapan last year. Both have been beautifully remade, with new artwork, cutscenes, and even playable characters. Japan saw the release of the first title,Star Ocean: First Departure, last year (opening movie above). And the sequel,Star Ocean: Second Evolutionjust hit Japanese PSPs a few weeks ago. And we’re still waiting for a release date for the first one....

That’s not to say it’s ‘done,’ though Rust‘s four-year run on Steam Early Access will soon wrap up. The multiplayer sandbox survival title will appear on Steam proper as of July 21, 2025. That said, its development isfar from over. Announcing the decision in ablog post, Facepunch founder Garry Newman said the launch will happen “without much fuss” and it will essentially be “business as usual” — aside from a price increase....

New missions, UI improvements, and more Harebrained Schemes recently updated itsKickstarter pageforShadowrun Returnswith new details about the standalone version ofDragonfall, the Director’s Cut. The updated version of the base game’s DLC will include new missions, expansions to the soundtrack, a new user interface, and improvements to the combat systems. The Director’s Cut will release on September 18 and be available free of charge to eligible backers and owners of the retail version of the expansion....

Have some screenshots From the announcement of the“crowd-play” event at PAX Prime, we knewTales from the Borderlands: Escape Plan Bravowas imminent. I figured the event attendees would have advance knowledge and the rest of us would get it the following week, but it looks like it will be available to the public soon. Very soon, actually; it’s out next week. Upon reflection, it makes sense. Players will be able to experience their own personal permutation of the story alone, then go on to PAX to be rowdy and have fun without having the core experience spoiled....