Tongue wrestling on iOS Beardo Games‘Smooth Operatorisout now on iOSjust in time to practice kissing for Valentine’s Day. In it, you and a friend, lover, or fuck buddy choose a character from a diverse list, then pick a location to meet and make out. Each player uses one side of the screen and swipes along with directions given by the game to make the characters touch tongues outside of their mouths in creative ways....

8.1’s good to go, though Microsoft has a history of supporting its operating systems for ten years after launch. It’s making an exception in the case of Windows 8, which released in 2012. Yesterday, the software giant quit officially supporting its controversial OS. Even though Windows 8 is being left behind, Microsoft’s plans for supporting Windows 8.1 stretch far into the future. Windows 8.1 is treated as a service pack; these are typically offered for free for two years after widespread release....

[Editor’s note: SWE3tMadness adds to the music and rhythm game debate with this piece on how theGuitar HeroandRock Bandgames have improved her skills on a real instrument. — CTZ] This was originally supposed to be a simple comment left in response to naia-the-gamer’s article onWii Musicand how well it functions as a tool for music education.However, after typing a few paragraphs, I figured this would be better suited as a whole blog article, not just to addressWii Music, but music/rhythm games in general....

Tokyo Game Show 2023 is just around the corner, and it looks like Atlus is already aiming to impress. Notably, a new trailer forPersona 3 Reloadhas debuted, including an English dubbed version for those of us across the pond. Any new footage is a treat forPersonafans. However, what makes this trailer unique is its focus on the Persona rival team Strega. While they did appear in the original version ofPersona 3, their emphasis here hints at some surprises for even seasoned fans of the series....

A port, a remaster, and a new game Each year, NIS America puts on an event in San Francisco for the press where the company highlights the games it’s publishing in the coming year. Last February, the talk of the show wasSNK Heroines: Tag-Team Frenzy, the bright and sparkly fighter that made its debut on Switch and PlayStation 4 last fall. This year’s event was a lot more demure. All of the games on display were already known and some of them have already been released....

Starting in October The day many virtual reality enthusiasts feared is nearly upon us. Sooner or later, every Oculus headset is going to require a linked Facebook account in order for it to function. Anyone who already has an Oculus account will be able to use that through the end of 2022. Facebook won’t require that you merge your Oculus account with a Facebook account until Jul 26, 2025. At that point, Oculus says that your device won’t be fully functional without merging, although it wasn’t clarified as to how shortchanged those accounts will be....

Yet another title hist the spring schedule Natsume Atari’s adorablePocky & Rocky Reshrinedis the latest title to find itself pushed back down the slate to the increasingly cramped spring 2022 schedule. Developer Tengo Projectsimply cites “reasons”as causing the delay. Announced in late-2020, with the first gameplay footage appearing in early 2021,Pocky & Rocky Reshrinedis, despite the title’s connotations, a full sequel to 1992 SNES releaseKiKi KaiKai: Nazo no Kuro Mantle– better known in the west asPocky & Rocky....

Headed for the bunker? Powerstar Golfis a launch title for Xbox One. It’s an arcade golf title, but it’s noHot Shots Golf. On the surface it seems like it’s par for the arcade-y golf course, but a few issues have it stuck in the sand traps. If you were to pull out the big-headed/small-bodied Japanese characters ofHot Shots Golfand replace them with taller, comic book-ish characters, you’d have something that looks a lot likePowerstar....

Game director and franchise creator Kenji Oguro says thatLost Planet 3is the closest they have come to his original vision for the series. This sequel returns to the harsh, extreme conditions of the first game, but now puts a heavy focus on narrative and storytelling. The gameplay has transitioned to home in on survival and exploration, moving on from the arcade-y play of the first title, or the cooperative team play of the second....

[Update:All codes have been given out!] Shoot Many Robotsis the latest downloadable title for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 where you shoot many, many robots.It’s a fun, hectic sidescrollerand even features aMr. Destructoid mask! In fact, there’s a variety of clothing and weapons you may equip yourShoot Many Robothero with and we’re giving a bunch of them away right now. Just head to our redeem page where you’ll be randomly given a code for one of the following....

How can one accurately describeBayonetta? The truth is, one can’t, and that makes starting a review very difficult indeed. You could list any number of adjectives that partially describe the experience: hilarious, stupid, sexy, clever, deep, frustrating, sleek, satisfying, surprising, confusing; the list of words goes on and on and on. Trying to fit the entire experience into one coherent sentence, though — therein lies the trick. Bayonettahas finally hit store shelves after months of waiting, salivating and claiming that the main character’s head is too small for her body....

It seems Kotaku hascaught windof several announcements that may drop at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference next week. The first is that a new version of the iPhone will be announced, and that it will be releasing sometime in mid-July. The reason this is relevant to us is because of what the new model may be packing under the hood. The biggest improvement is that it may be sporting an integrated 3D graphics chip to handle better graphics....

[Header art byYong Dasom] Shovel Knight gets around. I’m yet to see a complete timeline of all the games he’s appeared in (thoughthis list comes close), presumably because it’s too much for anyone to keep track of, and the list just keeps on growing. Being an Assist Trophy in the upcomingSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateis just the tip of the iceberg. He’s also set to appear in one form or another inNo More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again,Blade Strangers, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Knight, Indivisible, Indie Pogo, Rivals of Aether,and so many more, including at least one game that I can’t tell you about....