Moon Knight revealed in new trailer for Marvel’s Rivals

Marvel Entertainment released the newest character reveal trailer for theupcoming team-based hero shooter,Marvel Rivals. Moon Knight, the focus of the trailer, was revealed to be among the 25 playable heroes and villains available on the game’s launch roster. Some of his abilities and their combat utility are on display in the short reveal. Moon Knight appears to have a damage-per-second centered design that is adept at mid-range skirmishes. His primary fire lacks overall damage output but deals knockback that can push opponents off the map for quick kills....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Christopher Burgess

New Link to the Past for 3DS focuses on vertical gameplay

Now Nintendo just needs to tell us more! Nintendo announced a sequelof sorts set within the same world asThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and I got to play it yesterday. Nintendo wouldn’t tell us ANYTHING about the game, though. Nothing about how it fits in the timeline, why they’re exploring this Hyrule again, whether Miyamoto is involved — nothing! They simply handed us a 3DS and let us loose in one of the game’s dungeons....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Brenda Jacobs

Nintendo gets serious about network, hires Disney SVP

Nintendo’s newest hire is Duncan Orrell-Jones, formerly of The Walt Disney Company, where he worked as the senior vice president in the Disney Interactive Media Group. For Nintendo he’ll be heading up a new position as their Senior vice president of Network Business, a newly created position that will have him working on Nintendo’s digital strategy for the Wii U and 3DS. “Duncan Orrell-Jones brings knowledge and hands-on experience toNintendothat will help us develop and implement long-term digital initiatives for our systems,” said Orrell-Jones’ boss, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Mary Foster

No UbiDays for Ubisoft this year, turns to E3, TGS instead

According toGamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft has decided to scrap its UbiDays media event this year, in favor of E3, Cologne-based GamesCon, and Tokyo Game Show. In the past, Ubisoft has held extravagant events for retailers and press, showing of their latest games in venues like the Louvre in Paris. Unnecessary? Maybe. As a games writer, I’d be perfectly fine with Ubisoft showing mePrince of Persiain producer Ben Mattes basement as opposed to a high-profile nightclub....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Megan Trujillo

Option to use real names won’t be in for Xbox One launch

Were you even going to? After seeing so many dumb or otherwise brain-damaging Xbox Live Gamertags, I was looking forward to the fact that Xbox One allows users to go by their real names. It’s been confirmed withKotakuthat this feature won’t be available at launch for the console — it’ll arrive in an update. “While real identities continue to be part of our plans for the experience on Xbox One, at launch, customers will continue to search for friends using their Gamertags,” a Microsoft rep said....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Ashley Reed

Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest disqualifies some of its finalists amid AI art accusations

In case you haven’t been following thePokémonTrading Card Game scene lately, a recent art contest for it became mired in controversy when it was suspected several entrants had submitted AI generated artwork. While The Pokémon Company has not explicitly commented on the matter, it has since confirmed that some of the contest’s finalists have been disqualified. Over 10,000 pieces of fan art were submitted for thePokémonTCG Illustration Contest, with 300 of them making it to the first round of the finals....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Stephanie Hunter

Resident Evil 7 demo updated with new content, PlayStation VR and Pro support

The clock strikes midnight How many times can Capcom get me to playthat sameResident Evil 7demo? I’m afraid to answer. Whatever number I come up with will be too low. This time, however, a revisit is warranted. We’re headed back to the same old house for the “Midnight” update, but with new areas opened up, a gun available to use against a monstrous creature, and multiple endings to parse. Better yet, if you own a PS4 Pro or a PlayStation VR headset, both are supported....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Edward Robinson

Roblox Adopt Me top 10 rarest pets, ranked

Pets across theRoblox Adopt Mecollection come in many shapes and sizes. They are categorized into distinct rarity types, which significantly influence their value. These rarity types range from Common to Legendary, with the latter being the most sought-after. We’re here to show you the rarest pets inAdopt Meby ranking the top 10 most hard-to-find animals. 10. Blue Dog Once a common sight duringAdopt Me’searly launch inRoblox, the Blue Dog has now ascended to the ranks of the rarest pets in the game....

May 15, 2025 · 4 min · 733 words · Kara Nelson

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments looks sweet

Demo puts LA Noire to shame Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishmentsis the seventh installment in theSherlock Holmesseries from Frogwares development studio, and so far it’s looking pretty stellar.Crimes and Punishmentsholds many firsts for the series, the main one being that players get to truly experience being Sherlock Holmes as they navigate through crime scenes and investigations. This is also the first time Frogwares has transitioned from their homegrown engine to Unreal Engine 3, and it shows....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Tanya Ortega

Suffering from PTSD? Talk to your doctor about Tetris

Is there anything video games can’t fix? Post-traumatic stress disordersucks. In the United States, we don’t do nearly enough to help our soldiers returning from overseas deal with the issue, even though as many as11 percent of Afghan War veteransmay be suffering from it. According to Vice, the US handles PTSD the same way a Beverly Hills “housewife” handles unruly kids: we throw pills at the problem until we can pretend it doesn’t exist....

May 15, 2025 · 3 min · 593 words · Meagan Willis

Sweeping made (even more) fun: Dustforce

Dustforceis what happens when you mash the parkour fun ofSuper Meat Boywith the sheer thrill of cleaning. Sold yet? Eh, ehhh? Watch the video above — it’s how potentially graceful this game can be, if the person assuming command of the keyboard is competent at the controls. I amsonot that person. Even in a lesser, frustratingly slow state,Dustforceis still enjoyable, and definitely gorgeous to look at. you may try it out for yourself withthis two-level demo, which also includes a level editor....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Kathryn Nolan

Switch, NES Classic, Pokemon Go buzz helped Nintendo beat out Microsoft, Sony in search traffic

As of November It’s always interesting to look at trends and see what people are talking about in any given month. For example, while a new console release can generate buzz for weeks on end, if there’s no launch lineup, folks are going to stop taking an interest in it. That’s just one thing you may monitor by way of search traffic, anddata from internet firm SimilarWebnotes that Nintendo had a killer November....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Hunter Barnes

The Journey Down: Chapter One iOS is free today

Very creepy, very neat The first part ofThe Journey Downis free on iOS today, in case you haven’t checked out the PC version yet. Planned as a four-part series, this unique looking adventure game has gotten praise for its fairly interesting themes and painted backgrounds. If you want, you’re able to play the“retro” version of the game for freeon the developer’s website. If you’re keen on getting it on PC eventually, stay tuned for future indie bundles, as the game was featured inthe Summer Royale bundleonce already....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · Derrick Butler