We are so ready to get back intoAwesomenauts, especially with the impending update. As you may have heard already, it’s going to be makingquite a fewtweaks for the sake of better balancing the game, in addition to bringing two brand new characters: Coco Nebulon and Derpl Zork. This update will be free to download when it goes live on July 23. Whenever a console game’s menu specifically mentions that more DLC is coming, I just assume that it’s going to cost money....

Evidently there are a lot of people out there who are better people than I am. Though I attempt to volunteer as often as I can, I have still not donated toChild’s Playthis year. However, a lot of people have and that makes them better people than me. So many people have donated that the Penny Arcade charity has raised$1,010,680.28 (this was as of Friday afternoon, so it’s probably even higher now) and the main drive hasn’t even ended yet....

Up for grabs are the Rocky collection on Blu-ray, t-shirts, figurines, and more [Update:Contest over! Winners are Marche100, MJMyLover, and Michael Peditto!] Our friends atFlashman Studiosand MGM recently unveiled a collection of clothes and items in theXbox Avatar Marketplacebased on everyone’s favorite Italian Stallion, Rocky Balboa. To mark the occasion, they’ve given us a ton of Rocky swag to hand out to lucky Dtoid readers! Included in the prize packs areRocky: The Undisputed Collectionon Blu-ray (consisting of all six Rocky movies), real-life t-shirts, vinyl figurines, Microsoft Points cards, and more....

The Bremer FUT Birthday Player Pick SBC offers two exciting cards of the Brazilian defender toEA FC 25players, and you get to keep the one you like more for your Ultimate Team squad. To get the pick, you’ll have to complete five tasks that are part of the SBC before it expires from Ultimate Team. Let’s look at how to complete the challenge, along with the cheapest solutions. EA FC 25 Bremer FUT Birthday Player Pick SBC tasks The Bremer FUT Birthday Player Pick SBC has five tasks, and here are the requirements....

[Update:Today’s winners are listed below.] This year, EVO is going to be insane. I know people say that annually, but really,EVO 2013 has smashed previous attendancerecords with a whopping 3,538 competitors and 6,097 tourney entries. I used to be an east coast tourney-goer in my day, but it was nothing like it is now, with myriad of streams available at any hour. Things are kicking off right now, as you’re able to watch the three core streams on this page, or check out a list ofunofficial streams....

A pillar of the community [Update: We have currently raised $265 of our $400 goal. Thanks to everybody who has donated!] [Longtime community member Elsa has it a little rough right now, so we want to show our support by doing something she loves: playing video games together. Let’s make this week’s Friday Night Fights the biggest we can! And feel free to donate some cash to her if you have some to spare....

Just now, at Apple’s iPhone OS 4 event, Steve Jobs took the stage in his ill-fitting jeans to talk about the updates to the iPhone/iPad operating system. A dev preview launches today and the new OS ships this summer. A framework called “accelerate” gives access to accelerated math functions. Nerdy, I know, but this means more power for Apps. As a gamer, you may not care about new additions like Bluetooth keyboard support or gifting Apps, but maybe you’ll care about multitasking, which was just shown off....

Considering the potential for great, inventive boss fights, it was unfortunate to see these sequences as one of theweaker elementsofDeus Ex: Human Revolution. During a talk at GDC called “Reimagining a Classic,” gameplay director Francois Lapikas gave more insight into what went wrong. “We saw them as a thing to break up the pacing more than a way to test the player’s skill,” he said. “Play tests did flag the boss fights as a problem, but they didn’t flag the severity of it....

At GDC 2012, Tim Cain provided insight into the development of his landmark game,Fallout, in one of the conference’s popular Classic Game Postmortem sessions. As a hugeFalloutfan, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to learn new nuggets of information about it, but some of the things I heard today blew my mind a little bit. Specifically, the fact that the vast majority of coding forFallout, including its combat and skill systems, was accomplished in a mere two weeks....

Bloodborne‘s PC version is the most desired game in the world — right aboveBloodbornesimply running at 60 FPS on PlayStation. Not a week goes by on the Internet without us hearing aboutnew rumorsthatBloodborneis totally coming to finally grace PC gamers with itsgory awesomeness.Sadly, it’s not a reality yet, but rogue gaming science is getting us closer. Not too long ago, hacker DwE revealed he’d been able to getBloodborneto run on PC via the shadPS4 emulator, but he only had audio output....

Here’s the rundown on Kharazim I’m excited forKharazimto joinHeroes of the Stormnext week. If you haven’t yet played as the monk in the Public Test Realm, Blizzard’s spotlight video is a crash course on his versatility. Kharazim can focus on extra damage, healing, or mana restoration early on, so you may adapt to the weird team compositions found in quickmatch. He’s able to dash to foes and friends alike, and his heroic abilities are powerful if timed correctly....

Bye bye money, hello waifus I don’t know what’s going on lately, but there seems to be aplethora of saleshappening, especially for consoles. Today’s big fat deal comes by way of the publisher Atlus. Posted over on theirFacebook page, they decided to offer some wallet relief for hump day. Take a close look, because here is what they got for sale: $2.99The Cursed CrusadeGod Mode $4.99Rollers of the Realm (PS4/Vita)Odin SpherePersona 2 Eternal PunishmentRock of AgesSMT: Digital Devil SagaSMT: Digital Devil Saga 2NocturnePersona 3 FESPersona 4SMT: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs....

Arven has a fixed team Although you’ll battle Arvenvery early on in the game’s lengthy tutorial,Pokemon Scarlet & Violetwill ask you to square off against Arven once again to complete the “Path of Legends” storyline. This second bout is going to be much harder, so we’ve prepared a few pointers to help you get through it. Here are all of Arven’s Pokemon, so you can plan ahead Arven’s Pokemon range from level 58 to 63....