One Piece: Burning Blood is out on PC this week

Steam reviews are mixed One Piece: Burning Bloodhas been getting a mixed reception overall, but if you’ve been waiting for a PC release, it just hit Steam this week. Speaking of “mixed,” the reviews on Steam are slightly edging out on the positive side, but performance issues have also been highlighted with some graphics cards, so make sure you suss out the details before you pull the trigger. Or, you make use of the fantastic Steam refund policy that you’re totally entitled to....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Chelsea Sexton

PlayStation 5 can give you a heads-up when your wishlist games are on sale

Which means I might actually use the wishlist feature now If you’ve got a bunch of PS4 or maybe even PS5 gamesfiled awayon your PlayStation Store wishlist but you’re finding it to be a pain to stay on top of deals, here’s a heads-up directly from Sony: there’s a way to get alerts when a game on your wishlist goes on sale. As spotted bySiliconera, the PS5 supports “push notifications for Wishlist Updates,” and when the time comes, you should see a pop-up in the top-right corner of your screen....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Joshua Tran

Please don’t add amiibo support to Mighty No. 9, Inafune

Haha can you imagine more delays Since there isanother way to monetizeMighty No. 9, Keiji Inafune is considering it. When asked by USGamerregarding the possibility of amiibo in the game, Inafune responded, “That’s definitely an option for us, and if we have the opportunity to do it, then we’ll definitely take the chance. And also, we know for a fact a lot of our backers are Nintendo fans, because we ran a platform survey [for Mighty No....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Zachary Ward II

Pokemon Go’s trainer battles are getting an overhaul

Now they might actually be decent Trainers, two feature revamps are coming to Pokémon GO! We are rolling out an updated appraisal system to give you more detailed information on your Pokémon’s stats, and will soon be updating the Charged Attack mechanic in Trainer Battles. Watch for a preview!pic.twitter.com/0MaIjrxx8f — Niantic Support (@NianticHelp)June 04, 2025 The fairly underwhelming PvP mechanics ofPokemon Goare set to receive an overhaul today. In a new update from Niantic’s support account, a short trailer detailing some of the updates toGo’s“Trainer Battles” was pushed out and it seems to be good news....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Brianna Francis

Rumor: The Last Remnant canceled for PS3

The Last Remnant‘s PS3 portseems to beon shaky ground this morning, as Square Enix has apparently declined to list it among its upcoming games. The RPG was released on Xbox 360 a little over a year ago and was followed by a PC version, but the PS3 version is nowhere to be seen. The rumor has come by way of Square Enix’s own release schedule. The publisher regularly prints a magazine with a list of all its upcoming games, andThe Last Remnantfor PS3 is strangely absent....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Michelle Ray

Scratch one: Splatoon 2 soundtrack added to Nintendo music

This one soundtrack every Monday on the Nintendo Music app is killing me. And last week, it wasBrain Age? With respect to the soundtrack, it feels like a wasted week. Thankfully, this week is one that appeared in my list of 10Game soundtracks that need to be added to Nintendo Music,Splatoon 2. We already gotSplatoon 3, which is fine. It featuressomesongs from fictional band Off The Hook. However,Splatoon 2featuresthe mostsongs from Off the Hook since that’s the game that the duo, Marina and Pearl, MC’d....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Melissa Lee

Sony Japan reveal Kingdom Hearts branded Walkman set

Gummi Headphones Sony Japan plans to release a branded Walkman and headphone set based on Square Enix popular crossover franchiseKingdom Hearts.The limited edition Walkmanis available to pre-order in Japanand will only be made available for purchase until April 2019. The Walkman itself features 16GB of storage, (which can be upgraded to 144GB via a memory card) and even comes pre-loaded with select tracks from theKingdom Heartssoundtrack. The unit is finely decorated in regalia befitting the charming video game franchise....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Annette Harrell

Splatoon 2’s International Orange Juice Wars begin today

You’re gonna get pulped, Marina Tonight sees the start ofSplatoon 2’snew splatfest, taking place in Europe and North America, with eager players fighting it out on the Switch arena-shooter over orange juice texture. Pearl and her devoted foot-stools (such as myself) will be backing Team Pulp, whereas deck-spinning Octoling Marina, for some bizarre reason, prefers not having to chew her morning beverage. As usual, three points are up for grabs, two in gameplay and one in a public poll....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Ashley Brown MD

Square Enix signs long-term agreement for Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine 4 to be used across studios It was announced today that Epic Games has granted a group-wide license to Square Enix to develop games using Unreal Engine 3 and Unreal Engine 4. They say that this multi-title deal gives Square Enix full access to both engines across all of its studios. Epic Games Japan worked directly with Square Enix on this license, and will be providing local support....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Billy Dean

Super Mario Galaxy prologue video. The flying ships are back!

Everything is just all happiness and smiles for Mario and the Toad people when all of a sudden, BAM! The town gets attacked by none other than Bowser and … HOLY SH*T! IT’S THE FLYING WAR SHIPS! No idea if you’ll be actually able to fight on the ships (like inSMB 3)but just seeing them and hearing the Warship theme brought a splash ofretro joyto my blackened heart.I also liked the fact that when Mario runs by the Toads, what they say automatically pops up rather than you having to press a button to talk to them everytime....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Francisco Baker

Take-Two apparently sent private investigators to the house of a GTA V modder

Handed modder a phone to talk with rep AGrand Theft Auto Vmodder claimed on reddit that Take-Two sent private detectives to his house in an apparent attempt to intimidate him into ceasing all development on his mods. In August, the creators of the modFiveM– an alternate version ofGTA Onlinethat ran separately from Rockstar’s servers –were bannedfrom Rockstar Social Club and couldn’t play the game any more. The banning was due to the mod containing “code designed to facilitate piracy” according to Rockstar....

June 4, 2025 · 4 min · 724 words · Melissa Hancock

Tearaway pre-orders will include the wonderful soundtrack

Plus there’s rideable pigs! RIDEABLE! PIGS! Tearawayis one of my most anticipated games of the year now thanks tosome recent hands-on time. It’s a wonderful little platformer that makes use of all the Vita’s features in creative ways. It also has quite the wonderful soundtrack, which will be given to you if you pre-order the game. Pre-orderingTearawaywill also get you the iota and atoi costumes forLittleBigPlanet, an exclusive skin for the game’s rideable pig (with matching printable papercraft plan), iota and atoi avatars, and a PlayStation Vita wallpaper....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Julie Hardin

Tetris 99’s second DLC is slated for release later this year

Everything is falling into place Nintendo of Japan has announcedthatTetris 99will be receiving its second bit of offline DLC sometime this year. In a post on the official website, mention was made that the “Big Block” DLC pack will be getting updated to include more offline modes later this year.Launched a few months back for $9.99, the first pack brought the option for Marathon mode and an offline variation on the 99 player battles seen online....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Tyler Marquez