NBA 2K25 Ratings update (March 6)

It hasn’t taken long for March’s roster ratings update to arrive in NBA 2K25, and there are some notable changes. Based on their real-life performances, the latest overall ratings accurately reflect how all the names in the following list have performed recently. Those who excelled have been given a boost, while poor performers have seen their current ratings decline. ATLANTA HAWKS BOSTON CELTICS The newest#2KRatingsjust dropped! 🚨What’s your take on these latest OVR updates?...

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Monica Green

New Genesis portable includes Mega Man: The Wily Wars

Only previously available in the US on the Sega Channel [Update:tav7623 mentions that the full game listing appears on theAt Gameswebsite.] Sega is a whore, plain and simple. How many different Genesis collections has the company pumped out in the past decade? There have been releases on every home console, handheld, and PC device. Most egregious are those disgusting third-party standalone contraptions, which bundle a dozen or so games and are sold at Target and Walmart for around $20....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Cole Wilson

New report suggests ‘games as a service’ has helped the industry grow

Tripled its value, no less There are all manner of articles online talking about the positive and negative aspects of “games as a service,” but a lot of that could be considered baseless pondering. Without any concrete financial data, we’re all mostly guessing about the impact microtransactions and loot boxes are having on our favorite hobby. Time to put that rumination to bed; according to a new report from Digital River, a monetization service company, this new manner of microtransaction laden experiences has tripled the value of the games industry....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Valerie Adams

Nintendo just updated their ‘Ninten Island’ in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, here’s the code

‘DA-6382-1459-4417’ The last time I visited Nintendo’s “Ninten Island” inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it was kind of a mess! But it’s been slowly improving since launch, and now, it has more of a theme to it. As Nintendo announced this week on their European Twitter account, the new and improved Ninten Island is open for business. The publisher is calling it a “facelift,” and you may visit it now and “grab some new Nook Inc....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Paul Martin

Sega has no sense of humor

I think somebody peed in Sega’s corn flakes… The web siteYTMND.comrecently received a letter from Sega asking them to stopany useof theSonic the Hedgehogcharacter and anything related to it. Theletterthreatened legal actions would be taken if Sonic wasn’t removed from the site. They also demanded a whole bunch of crazy things too, like ownership of the website, money made from the site and the removal of the web site altogether....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Adam Owen

Sony’s ‘PlayStation Picks’ flash sale has some big discounts in tow

50% for the most part Oh hey it’s another PlayStation flash sale. This time we’re getting a mix of new and old, but the gist is most things are “up to 50% off” (especially with Plus, which can go up to 60%).Detroit: Become Humanis probably the highlight given that it just came out recently, but there’s a few other big ones likeWitcher 3andFar Cry 5. Battlefield 1for five bucks isn’t a terrible deal, and the same goes for the flawed but probably worth six bucksJust Cause 3....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Daniel Black

Street Fighter 6 streamer defeats opponents while on a treadmill

An impressive sight AStreet Fighter 6treadmill streamer has impressed fighting game enthusiasts worldwide on social media. Twitter user @thatMarcWithaCuploaded videoMonday of the streamer,known as TalesofMrE, playing SF6 online while walking on a treadmill with his fight stick. The British streamer has straps around his shoulders to keep it in place as he walks forward. What makes this even more impressive is that TalesofMrE achieved a Perfect K.O. while playing Zangief in this setup....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Jason Carr

Subnautica is now free on the Epic Store for a limited time

Until December 25 Subnauticawas released very early this year on PC and just recently made a splash on PS4 and Xbox One. People kind of slept on it for a while but the console versions have given it a renewed sense of vigor, on top of a pretty killer new promotion on the Epic Games Store. Right now you can head over to the newly minted store (either in the launcher or on your browser) to grab the game for free until December 25....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Christy Faulkner

Super Mario World among today’s Virtual Console releases

The week officially begins when Nintendo drops some Virtual Console love, no? Today, three games will be appearing on the Wii shop channel —Super Mario World(Super NES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points),Vigilante(TurboGrafx-16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points), andGain Ground(Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points). Excited? I am.Super Mario Worldis easily my favorite installment in the series and I’ve purchased it three or four times, so one more time isn’t going to hurt me....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 601 words · Joshua Johnson

Take 20% off Madden 17 without using Prime or Gamers Club Unlocked

Deals worth tackling for Another year, anotherMadden, but this year there’s alaunch-week discountfor those without Amazon Prime or Best Buy GCU. Today, the Xbox One and PS4 copies of yesterday’s release ofMadden NFL 17are 20% off on Newegg’s eBay page with a $12 drop to $47.99. Newegg isn’t even stopping there and is still trying to unload some Xbox One bundles. This week it is throwing in free copies ofMadden NFL 17....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Sherry Lee

The 3DS gets an update that improves the eShop

Small functionality added to 3DS storefront [Update:please be sure and heed the warningsin this Reddit post, as many people have encountered major errors after the patch — specifically, your system icon will break, leaving you unable to fully fix the update. If your update encounters an error, reset your 3DS and hold L+R+UP+A to manually update it again.] The 3DS has gottena firmware updatetoday, mainly to improve the eShop component of the handheld....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Daniel Johnson

The Destructoid Community looks back at 35 years of The Legend of Zelda

We wanted bloggers and they delivered If you were to ask me what’s the one thing that’s had the biggest impact on my life, I would say that horrible childhood disease that’s still with me 35 years later. But if you were to ask me what’s had the second biggest impact on my life, my answer would beThe Legend of Zelda. I know it’s a cliche for somebody who writes for a video game website to say video games made an impression on their life, but as cliche as it may be, any other answer would be a lie....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Tamara Harris

There’s a PS4 bundle deal with a PSVR headset for $599

Now plentiful in stock Back in December, PlayStation VR headsets were quite difficult to find depending on where you live as the stock wasn’t consistent across the supply chain. This looks to be a thing of the past now that we’re approaching the middle of 2017. We’re starting to see selectPSVR core headsets on saleintermittently these past few weeks. As of writing, you can pick up a PlayStation 4 SlimUncharted 4bundle with a PlayStation VR core headset for $599....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Brianna Wright