The Mesa update ofPEAKhas added a host of new badges for players to earn, and the 24 Karat Badge has left many scratching their heads. The official clue we get is cryptic to begin with, which only adds to the confusion. Secondly, the actual entrance to the location of the Kiln was locked for a long time following the Mesa update on Aug. 11. As of writing, the bug seems to have been fixed, and you should be able to complete it by following the correct steps....

I’m…kind of interested now I usually write offMario & Sonic at the Olympic Gamestitles. It’s not that I don’t try them: I do! But the vast majority are mere diversions in an attempt to partake in that very lucrative Olympics budget. This time though Sega is scaling things down a bit with just a Switch release, and amazingly, a huge focus on retro games. Although Mario and Sonic have already met inSuper Smash Bros....

Eight tracks, three (four) characters, and four karts Want moreMario Kart 8? Today is your lucky day!DLC Pack 2, otherwise known as the “Animal Crossing DLC” is out on Wii U. This follows-upthe first packfrom November 2014. 200cc races and eight new Mii costumes will be available for everyone regardless of whether or not you purchase the DLC, but if you do, you’ll get eight courses (Ribbon Road GBA, Baby Park GCN, Wild Woods, Big Blue, Animal Crossing, Neo Bowser City 3DS, Cheese Land GBA, and Super Bell Subway), four characters (Villager Boy/Girl, Isabelle, and Dry Bowser), and four vehicles (P-Wing, City Tripper, The Streetle, and Bone Rattler)....

Stabs like a Lord of the Rings character We spend so much of our lives working. When I die, if there’s some sort of afterlife, I want to just chill out. Make it look like a never-ending Corona commercial or something. Doesn’t that sound nice? That’s not a position thatMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor‘s Talion is in, however. After the Ranger of the Black Gate was killed by Sauron’s forces, he was resurrected, and the Gravewalker has a thirst for vengeance — a thirst that can only be quenched by sticking swords and arrows in men and orcs, alike....

It looks suspiciously good… Not content to just releaseTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadowsthis year, Activision has also announced the annoyingly namedTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, based on the new, supposedly surprisingly good Nickelodeon cartoon. You know, we have subtitles for a reason, Activision. It lets us easily tell games apart. I get the drive towards simplicity, but we rememberTurtles in Timemore than anything, anyway. Subtitles are fine. The local, four person drop-in/drop-out co-op brawler is slated to “bridge the gap between the show’s first and second seasons....

Get to know the people that make great videogames A week and a half ago on Sup Holmes (now oniTunes) we were lucky to snag Jason Rohrer (Primrose,Sleep is Death,Inside a Star-filled Sky) on the cusp of the release of his latest game,The Castle Doctrine(out now, 25% off for a limited time). We talked about what it’s been like to live in “the pixelated shadow” orPassage(the game that first put him on the map), the process of putting outDiamond Trust of London(the world’s first fan-funded DS game), his file sharing softwareMute(downloaded over one million times as of 2008), the urge to create a game that equals the incredible experience of having a real conversation, what motivated him to make a game about feeling awful and being awful (my words, not Jason’s), and a lot more....

(And also some not very scary games) PlayStation Now is getting into the creepy Halloween spirit – SPIRIT, LIKE A GHOST –with the reveal of several horror-themed titles, available right now as part of the cloud gaming service. The first title set to give you the willies is SIE Bend’s survival horror titleDays Gone.Released in 2019 and receiving far more success than anyone had given it credit for,Days Gonesees players in the role of very-sad drifter Deacon St....

TheMass Effectseries has some pretty cool art direction. Tali’s crazy backwards-yet-still-hot legs are just the start of it. Which is why I’m excited forArt of the Mass Effect Universe, the official artbook of the franchise. But if you’re not into art books and want a reason to pick up this one, EA and BioWare have some downloadableMass Effect 3goodies to give you (in addtion to Tali’s crazy backwards-yet-still-hot legs). A post on publisher Dark Horse’s blognotes that folks who pre-orderArt of the Mass Effect Universebetween now and February 20th will score a code for the “Collector Assault Rifle” inMass Effect 3, along with some character boosters for use in the game’s multiplayer mode....

[With this, Dtoider StriderHoang has officially claimed dibs on Gaige inBorderlands 2! That means nobody else can play as her. NOBODY. –Mr Andy Dixon] You ruffians and such with your upstart choices may think you have won the day with your proclamation ofdibs. However, I must sadly inform you rapscallions that your ill-informed choices of these so-calleddibswill only bring about regret. You see, a true mastermind of the land of Pandora waits before he pounces....

Chuck, it’s Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Berry. You know those Podtoid questions you were looking for? In 60 short minutes we’ll be recording another episode of everyone’s beloved family programming, Podtoid. We endeavor to make every subsequent episode of Podtoid greater than the last, the same reason why the cell phone you bought one year ago? A complete piece of garbage trash shit today. Fuck off with that garbage phone....

The studio behind Lone Echo and The Order: 1886 Some of us still associate Ready At Dawn with the cinematic PS4 shooterThe Order: 1886, but recently, the studio has leaned into VR with games likeLone Echoand its in-development sequelLone Echo II. That path is even more set in stone today. Facebook went ahead and acquired Ready At Dawn. Excited to share that we’re joining the Oculus Studios team! Together, we will continue to pursue a future of rich, immersive and original VR game content....

Finally Sony hasResident Evil 7locked the fuck up. Although it’s also coming to PC and Xbox One, they have a firm timed exclusivity deal on VR support, and hell, even demos! But after waiting since June, a demo is finally arriving on PC. Straight from the Steam page’s [digital] mouth, you’ll be able to play it for yourself on December 19. While the jury is out on whether or not this is a fully functional and not half-assed PC port (Capcom has been good about this recently), there’s a ton of options, including the holy FOV slider, so be sure tocheck out the full list....

Plus new cheese-metal music Team Sonic Racing, which has now been in development forfifty years, has revealed two new tracks, currently being prepped for some high-speed, wheel-spinning action. Extreme environments are the order of the day here, as the tracks look at two very opposite climates. First up are screens from the new “Hidden Volcano” course, which will see Sonic and chums blitzing over red-hot brimstone and drifting around corners aligned with burning magma, better pack an extra water bottle....