Footage from E3 Usually when you hear about a cool looking indie joint it’s at least five years away. AT LEAST! And maybe it just hit its Kickstarter goal. Not so forThe Messenger, which was announced in January of this year and is still set for a 2018 window on PC and Switch. It looks a hell of a lot like theNinja GaidenNES series, which is a-ok with me, but it also includes a mechanic that swaps from 8 to 16-bit — which is even more okay....

Nintendo is all about filling my mail box with press releases this morning, one of which confirms an June 22, 2025 release date for the highly anticipatedLegend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglassfor the Nintendo DS. We’ve been following this game closely for awhile, so you all should know the gameplay details — you can play with the touch screen, there’s a two player Wi-Fi mode, and it’s all 3DWind Waker-style. Sounds good....

Getting to the final boss quickly, like Nintendo said you could Nintendo told us that you’ll be able to reach the final boss in under an hour inZelda: Breath of the Wild— it’s just not guaranteed that you’ll make it out alive. Having played it, I can say that’s accurate. A bunch of speedrunners are testing out that theory as well. Several folks are attempting world records right now, with some teetering within theone and a half hour range for “any %” runs(where no progress is required),to roughly four hoursfor any number of critical path dungeon clears....

250 vs 250 matches Battle Royale is still a massive craze, so it only makes sense that the largest shooter around would jump in. Daybreak Games has announced thatPlanetSide Arenawill take the popular MMOFPS into the battle royale sub-genre next month. While there will be the standard 100 man game mode we’ve all come to expect, a large scale 250 vs 250 mode will also be present. CEO of Daybreak, Ji Ham, said, “We are very excited to introducePlanetSide Arenaas the next step in the growth of the franchise, as we continue to invest and build towards our vision for the future of the entirePlanetSideuniverse....

Tencent forced to pull localised battle royale port After two years of tentative work, while building a community of some 70 million players, publisher Tencent has been forced to close its Chinese release ofPlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, following the title’s inability to gain approval from the government’s State Administration of Press and Publication. Since 2017, a localised “test build” of the battle royale title has been in development, which includes various changes to the game’s aesthetics and violent content, necessary for the title to be approved for release....

I don’t generally like wartime FPSes. In fact, I’d say that the “normal guy with guns shooting other normal guys with guns” genre is my least favorite in all of videogame-dom, starting withGoldenEyeon up. I understand their appeal, but on the whole, games like this lack the many things I love in a videogame (character graphic design, creative power-ups, boss fights, item-based puzzle solving, obstacle course-style level design, surrealism, comedy, horror, etc....

Save on Dynasty Warriors 6 and 7 This was one of the bigger exclusives for the platform this year so it’s nice to see it already end up in the Instant Game Collection. I’d imagine a fair number of you picked up the handheld afterSoul Sacrificelaunched and haven’t gotten around to trying it yet. Well, here you go. TheDynasty Warriorsseries is one I’ve long wanted to try out — but never at anything remotely resembling full price....

I’m gonna move to this hometown I’ve tried my best (and failed) to keep clear of theSenran Kagura series, but it’s always been a secret shame of mine. Although it won’t play like other games in the series,Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splashfeatures the same , uh, “quality” of design for its characters. That also extends to its DLC additions, characters featuring forms unlocked through hidden ultimate ninpos, Ice King Yumi, Abyss Miyabi, Deep Shadow Asuka, and my personal favorite, Crimson Lotus Homura....

If you are a fan of all the green-skinned gloriousness that being a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan has to offer, New York Comic Con brings with it a very special event that you won’t want to miss. This Thursday and Friday before the con begins, the turtles will be roaming streets and major landmarks in the city chatting it up with fans and taking photos. If you don’t want to go searching for them, you’re able to simply wait until Comic Con begins to track them down....

The old waiting game… Square Enix has splurged out on a selection of mysterious trademarks, recently filed in Japan and seemingly related to its iconic RPG titleFinal Fantasy VII Remakeas well as multiple unknown IPS. The first of the three trademarks,as noted by Gematsu, is forFinal Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. A title that is already available on PS5 and PC via Epic Games Store. The trademark could suggest that a re-release is being prepared, perhaps for the PC via the Steam Store or for another platform entirely....

The unofficial expansion for the Steam Deck’s Proton compatibility layer, Proton-GE, is about to take a major new step forward in its development. Namely, one of the final Wine-GE builds of Proton hasnow been releasedaccording to its developers, and its next chapter is all about non-Steam game support. GloriousEggroll, the person responsible for the continued development of Proton-GE, has just announced that they are joining forces with the developers of Lutris, Heroic, and Bottles to work on a Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher....

Other console versions ‘still in the pipeline.’ Another day, another third-party game not releasing for Nintendo’s Wii U. This time, it’s Born Ready Games’recently releaseddeep space PC shooterStrike Suit Zero. “We talked about it, but it’s not something we’ve planned for at the moment, unfortunately,” Ben Smith, Born Ready Games’ community manager said toWrite Triggerwhen asked if a Wii U version was ever a possibility. Smith added that the studio will be talking about the release ofStrike Suit Zeroon other consoles shortly, though was unable to mention exactly which platforms would see the release....

YAH YAH YAH YAH YAH 11 seconds!That’s how long this short, sweet trailer forCrazy Taxiwill take to watch. Oddly enough, in that amount of time, we’re told much of what we need to know about this release. The iOS version of the classic Dreamcast game will be playable across iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch when it releases sometime this month on the App Store. No price point yet, but there is honest-to-goodness Offspring in there....