Are you ready for game announcements? How about some game trailers? How about a bunch of ads and some random Hollywood cameos? Summer Game Fest 2025 is here! E3’s replacement showcase by Geoff Keighley and his Game Awards group is back for another yearly show, debuting new trailers, new game announcements, and a heck of a lot of #ad’s for gamers to sink their teeth into. It’s the most exciting time of the year outside of actually playing the games themselves....

Square Enix says development is progressing smoothly It’s been a while since we last heard from theFinal Fantasy VIIremake team. After revealing the name and direction of the second part of the remake trilogy, the team behindFinal Fantasy VII Rebirthposted a development update today. Producer Yoshinori Kitase provided the update onTwitter. The post asks how development is progressing onFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth. “Development is progressing smoothly and according to plan,” Kitase said....

Dammit, Square Enix. Dammit! I said I wasn’t going to play any more MMORPGs! I don’t have time! And yet, when you makeFinal Fantasy XIVlook like THIS, well, how else am I supposed to react? At any rate, I’ll have to withhold my unreasonable urges at least long enough to show you these new screens and art from the game, courtesy ofAndria Sang.you’re able to get a really close look at some of the races here, as well as more jaw dropping shots of the CG....

Online or in-store with $50 deposit Along withAmazon, Gamestop is quick on the Nintendo Switch draw. you may pre-order at their websitehere, or in-store by putting down $50 that will go towards the cost of the system. Here’s hoping they don’t undersell like they did with the NES classic. Since I’m Japan, I’ll have to wait til January 21 to pre-order, but thanks to Nintendo finally waking up andabandoning region lockingI won’t have to import from the US or Europe this time....

One of yesterday’s sessions at the 2012 Game Developers Conference brought together four respected game creators to reveal the games that influenced them most and helped them form their most popular titles. Hearing how these older games influenced titles likeGears of War, Wolfenstein, Pirates!andSim Citywas interesting and surprising. Cliff Bleszinski choseThe Legend of Zeldaas his most influential game. He told the audience that he was “a bit of a shit” at age 13, but he loved videogames enough to have his name misspelled in Nintendo Power magazine for earning the high score of 9,999,950 inSuper Mario Bros....

Choose between a Switch, PS4 Slim, or Xbox One S! Here’s another big one for you guys, just in time for Christmas/Holiday fun! The awesome folks atConsoleTuner.comare at it again: letting you pick your choice of controller (xb360, xb1, PS3 or PS4), and a free console of your choice: Nintendo Switch, PS4 Slim, or Xbox One S! and of course, theTitan One and Two. Now some of you may be asking, “What’s a Titan One or a Two?...

We haveth fiveth copies for each system! It’s good to be king… or queen… or is it? Why don’t you enter to win a copy and find out!?! Popular kingdom sim/rpg/decision makerYes, Your Graceis making the jump fromSteamtoXbox OneandNintendo Switchtomorrow (June 26th)! And we’ve been graced (heh) with five copies for each platform to throw at you peasants! KNEEL BEFORE ZOD! Wait… wrong thing, sorry. Anyways… here is your chance to experience a really neat (imo of course) story, and decision making sim, for free!...

Coming to PC ‘when it’s done’ After successfully playing around with industrial espionage inGunpointand spaceship heists inHeat Signature, designer Tom Francis is moving onto [checks notes…] wizards? Yeah, wizards. It makes a weird sort of sense. His next project,Tactical Breach Wizards, is a tactical turn-based title in which modern-day spellcasters clear out rooms of “terrorists, drug dealers, corrupt cops, and worse.” Novel premise aside, here’s the part of today’s announcement that stuck with me most: “We’re imagining it’ll be a story-driven campaign, maybe eight-hours-ish, not a roguelike or permadeath game....

You’ll also be able to grab Absolute Drift on February 18 In all of the hustle and bustle of yesterday’s news about theKingdom Heartsseries exclusively joining the Epic Games Store, I neglected to post a reminder about this week’s library padder:Halcyon 6. If you’re in the mood for space-faring exploits, base management, and turn-based battling, you may want to snag a copy ofHalcyon 6: Starbase Commanderwhile it’s freeuntil June 27, 2025....

Good morning, everyone! It’s a beautiful day outside! The birds are chirping. The brisk autumn air is dancing around the colorful, fallen leaves. The villagers are gathering in the center of their beautiful, floating city. The hero clad in green holds his mystical sword above his … wait a second, what?! Oh, that’s right: IT’SSKYWARD SWORDDAY! As of today,The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Swordhas officially been released for the Wii. I have been playing it all morning and am absolutely in love....

Think of the children! Late last year, various governments around the world started to take notice of how predatory loot boxes were becoming. In addition to the Belgian Gaming Commissionholding meetingsover the issue, Hawaiian lawmakers started tolook into the matter. After months of deliberation, Hawaii is now introducing some bills that look to regulate the sale of games containing loot boxes. As reported by theHawaii Tribune Herald, there are four different bills that tackle things from both a house and senate level....

The Chemical Agents Warbond has just dropped inHelldivers 2, but players are gushing over the new Sueprstore armor. Its design fits the Warbond really well, and as a lovely added bonus, it looks like something you’d see enemies wearing in aWolfensteinorWarhammer 40Kgame. TheChemical Agents Warbondadds all sorts of chemical warfare-based weaponry and cosmetics toHelldivers 2. It’s a premium Warbond, meaning players must spend some premium currency to pick it up, but they see to be gravitating more towards the other new premium item that’s been added to the game....

If there is one thing that’s got me excited forGames on Demandmore than anything else, it’s that I’m now going to have to buy a larger hard drive. Finally! This new service will be open to everyone when the summer Xbox 360 dashboard update hits Tuesday of next week. For Microsoft’s sake, I really hope this method of digital distribution becomes a success. Of course, for that to happen, they’re going to need games, and good ones at that....