Amazon to allow free server transfer to ease strain Yesterday sawthe launchofNew World, Amazon Games’ brand new colonization title. Out of the gate, the new MMO has already attracted the interest of a huge audience, with over 700,000 players logging in on PC at the game’s launch. As is the case for so many MMO launches, this new influx of players has seen Amazon’s server strained to capacity, leading to long queue times for would-be digital explorers....

I’m tsure of it Tsurois the type of game that hits the table during parties at the ol’ Casa de Nakamura. It caters to people who aren’t especially experienced with modern board games, it doesn’t take up a lot of table space, and it seats up to eight at a time, so it works well to complement snacks and drinks in a social setting. As of today, that experience is available on iOS, even for people without friends in real life....

Watch the sky There’s something breathtaking about the sky at night. When the sun slinks away, the sky becomes a black canvas for constellations and alien planets. A clear night is a perfect night for stargazing, especially when the moon is your only companion. Speaking of moons, this morning was the closest that the little rock has come to Earth in over fifty years. Smart people call this astronomical event a supermoon....

So, Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski has been tweeting lately, and unless he’s setting us up, there may be aJazz Jackrabbit-related announcement in store for us soon. At least,one can hope. I’ll let you be the judge. “Thursday is going to be Jazzy,”he writes. “…might even be rabbity…” Clearly someone with his level of Twitter, uh, cred wouldn’t waste two perfectly good tweets on a joke. Clearly. It’d be cool to seeJazz Jackrabbiton iDevices/XBLA/PlayStation Network/Steam, wouldn’t it?...

[Update:Contest over! Winners have been PM’d their codes.] Our friends atAdult Swim Gameshave just given us 20 codes forSoundodger+to hand out to the Dtoid community! An updated version of the original flash gameSoundodger,Soundodger+released on Steamlast weekand brought with it a bunch of new tracks from the likes of Austin Wintory (Monaco), Danny Baranowsky (Super Meat Boy), Disasterpiece (Fez), and Lifeformed (Dustforce). Awesome!

Top of the Coco pops Yep, you already knew it,Crash Bandicootstill holds the number one spot of the UK charts, barely dented by Volition’s new open-world shooter;Agents of Mayhem, which debuted at number four. Grand Theft Auto Vpushed its way back into the number two spot, as the recent momentum for Bethesda seems to have peaked after a few successful weeks. Nintendo titansSplatoon 2andMario Kart 8maintain their top ten positions, whilstZelda: Breath of the Wildsits just outside of the Top Ten, climbing to eleventh place....

Out on PC soon, consoles in 2020 When a Switch port arrives, everyone collectively holds their breath. We know that under the right circumstances, the Switch can handle a lot of ports. But if the studio isn’t as learned as say, Panic Button, or they use an incompatible engine, all sorts of things can go wrong. Developer Airship Syndicate is trying to ensure that everyone goes off without a hitch onDarksiders Genesislaunch day: albeit with strings attached....

As part of the Wholesome Snack Showcase, Happy Broccoli Gameshas revealedtheir investigative adventure,Duck Detective: The Secret Salami. It will be coming to PC sometime in 2024. Happy Broccoli Games has stated thatDuck Detective: The Secret Salamiis a 90-minute detective game, and that sounds perfect. It’s inspired byReturn to the Obra DinnandThe Case of the Golden Idol, and has you, the eponymous duck, gathering clues, interviewing suspects, and putting the pieces together to find out who did the crime....

Xbox One in May, PS4 in June Oh, right! Bethesda is planning to support mods inFallout 4on consoles. That’ll happen sometime in May for Xbox One, and then in June for PlayStation 4, the studio has announced. PC players can mess around with the Creation Kit now while it’s in open beta. To get in on that fun and give the rest of us a reason to revisit the game to see yourbeautiful nonsense,do the following:...

Next year, The Sims Studio is back with an all-new Sims title calledThe Sims Medieval. It’s what you’d expect — you’ll be able to create a hero, go on quests, build a kingdom, and more — all in a Middle-Age setting. Best of all, today at Electronic Arts’ gamescom press conference, it was confirmed thatThe Sims Medievalwill feature leeches. Yes, the little blood-sucking creatures will make an appearance in the game, which will let in-game Sims physicians relieve sick Sims of their blood....

Two-player co-op also confirmed David Cage’sBeyond: Two Soulshas been one of my most anticipated titles ever since my first glimpse of it during E3 2012, and now it’s confirmed I’ll get to share the experience with a friend. Revealed during gamescom, the Quantic Dream founder announced the game will support two-player cooperative play. Players will pass control between the game’s two characters Jodi and Aiden with a simple press of the triangle button....

April Fools’ Day done right There are some companies who can make coming up with great April Fools’ Day jokes look effortless and ArenaNet has secured itself on my personal list withSuper Adventure Box, an update forGuild Wars 2. Watch the commercial above and prepare for commercial-based nostalgia. “It started out as a fun side project idea,” explains game director Colin Johanson. “Originally, we were going to have a laugh with a fake 8-bit update, but the more the team worked on it the more we realized we had something really cool on our hands....

Name your price for the current game Muse Games has once again turned to Kickstarter forGuns of Icarus Online, a multiplayer game in which teams of players pilot airships in a steam/dieselpunk world. It’s the kind of experience I’d love to participate in, but the amount of upfront work needed to play well enough against real folks appears off-putting from the outside looking in. That’s why an Adventure Mode —which is what’s being crowdfunded right now— sounds so great....