Pinball wizard The metroidvania genre brings to mind quite a few things: wide exploration, backtracking, and a hearty level of difficulty. But what you don’t imagine is that someone could mix it with a completely different style of gameplay. Before playingYoku’s Island Express,I never realized how much the pinball and platforming genres had in common. Like how the marriage of peanut butter and chocolate changed lives for the better, the strange and miraculous fusion of pinball and metroidvania styles has the potential to do the same....

Hand crafted just for us Nintendo gave us a bit more information aboutYoshi’s Crafted Worldduring the Direct today. While we already knew the release date (Aug 07, 2025, to remind you), it turns out that Yoshi will be able to dress up in some cardboard boxes while adventuring out. That sounds like a bit of fun. There are 180 of the suckers to collect, too! The real kicker, though, was that a demo will be available later today....

Ghosts of Taborhas a new Twitch drops program titledOperation Crownpoint, which allows you to get some amazing free rewards. The new Twitch drops program will start on June 13, and the developers have already shared information about the rewards and what to expect. Let’s look at all the freebies on offer and how to get all of them. Table of contents Ghosts of Tabor Operation Crownpoint Twitch drops rewards. To celebrate the launch of Operation Crownpoint inGhosts of Tabor, you can win rare loot for both your PvE and PvP characters....

Let’s Go Mr. Driver Amazon UKhas a new bare-bones listingfor a remastered edition of one of the most beloved entries of theNeed for Speedseries,Hot Pursuit. Amazon claims the remaster is headed to the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch platforms, with a supposed release date of November 13. Released in 2010 for PS3, PC, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii and developed byBurnout’sCriterion Games,NFS: Hot Pursuitstripped back the simulation and customisation aspects of Electronic Arts’ long-running racing series to instead present a bombastic, arcade-style wrecker, much akin to Taito’s classic 1988 coin-opChase H....

I didn’t expect any of this (is…is that a Devo reference?) Pac-Manwas released back in 1980, which makes May 2020 the 40th anniversary. It’s incredible just how far this little yellow puck has come, eating his way through gaming history to become arguably the most iconic character in the gaming-sphere to date (along with Mario, but Pac-Man’s parent company says that it has “90% recognition around the world”). Bandai Namco knows that the Pac is still in demand, which is why they’ve remade, remastered and re-released all sorts ofPac-Manpackages these past four decades, on top of things like cartoon deals, merchandise and a whole lot more....

Black Ops 6 launch Black Ops 6launched on October 26 on PC and consoles. It was the first title in the series to get a Game Pass launch after Activision-Blizzard’s acquisition by Microsoft last year following a lengthy antitrust process. The game has beenwell received by reviewersand players alike, amassing a critic score of 83 on the aggregator site Metacritic. Multiplayer popularity Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision In January 2022, Microsoft announced its intention to buy Activision Blizzard....

Black Ops 6still has some juice left in the tank ahead of the nextCall of Dutylaunching this fall, and season five is quite juicy. With new weapons, maps, and modes coming to multiplayer, along with the final Zombies map launching on day one, season five is a good excuse to get the gang back together for some matches to beat the heat outside. Here’s everything coming inBO6’sseason five, likely its penultimate season, when it begins on Aug....

I’m still looking forward to this It feels like we’ve been hearing aboutConcrete Geniefor forever. It was announced in October of 2017 and since then it’s kind of had a nebulous 2018 release date that just…never came? Well, thanks to Sony’s State of Play stream yesterday we have an idea of when it might actually come out: fall 2019. The wait seems to be due to PSVR support, which is now newly confirmed for the game....

Demo for the film It’s about damn time. Play as me in#Gears5starting Sept 15 after@WWEClash of Champions.@XBox@GearsofWar#DreamChaserpic.twitter.com/bCU4ZIjdw1 — Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista)June 29, 2025 I guessall that campaigning to star in theGears of Warmoviehas paid off. InGears 5, players will be able to assume the identity of Dave Bautista and kill some grubs. The former WWE superstar announced his inclusion in The Coalition’s upcoming sequel on Twitter, today, with the message of, “It’s about fucking time....

Dante’s Peak Capcom’s ultra-stylish and superbly silly hack ‘n’ slash titleDevil May Cry 5has smashed past six million sales — The publisherproudly announcedthat the flashy sequel hit the impressive milestone this month, with the number tabulated from global sales on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms. Devil May Cry 5, which initially launched on PS4, PC, and Xbox One in 2019, was something of a grand comeback for the Gothic Disco series, pulling the franchise away from its closely-held and somewhat cult following and making a splash as a major, mainstream release....

Take a picture with Cuno ZA/UM has added a new way of looking at its 2019 RPGDisco Elysium. Collage Mode arrives for PC in a new update today, allowing players to place, pose, and snap pics of their favoriteDisco Elysiumcharacters. The newCollage Modeis out now on PC, with console platforms expected to receive the update in the coming days. That includes PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and the Switch version....

Disney Mirrorversefans are poor, unfortunate souls, because the servers for the mobile game are shutting down on December 16. TheDisney Mirrorverseshut down announcement has also caused the removal of the game from the App Store and Google Play Store, and players can’t spend their hard-earned cash on microtransactions anymore. Disney Mirrorverse gets its conclusion, however Despite theDisney Mirrorverseshut down occurring this December, players of the game will thankfully get a resolution of the storyline that pits alternate universe Disney characters into one valiant adventure....

Free update available now A new update has launched for Bandai Namco’s tag-team punch-upDragon Ball FighterZ,bringing seasonal content and other new features to the ArcSys fighter. First of all, a new stage is now available for you to host your three-on-three throwdowns. The Galactic Arena is a housed sports venue packed to the rafters with fans who clearly have a death wish, given the collateral carnage of your averageDBFZscrap. For all you top-tier brawlers, a new set of levels has been added to Ranked Mode, with the new highest grade of “Zen-Oh”...