I know what you’re thinking. “More of those Doritos-branded games? Really?” Much to my surprise, bothDoritos Crash CourseandHarms Way, which hit Xbox LIVE Arcade today, are worth downloading. Granted, they’re completely free, but they’re actually enjoyable for what they are. Crash Course(pictured above) is essentiallyWipeout:The Game, except it’s kind of better than the actualWipeoutgame for Wii. Ouch. It’s worth it alone to see your Avatar get beat up.Harms Way, on the other hand, is a seemingly straightforward racing game with power-ups....

Did someone say peanut butter? The next content update forOverwatchis a new Assault map, Horizon Lunar Colony, and it’s playable starting today on the PC version’s Public Test Realm. This Winston-narrated trailer will fill you in. “Built as a first step towards humanity’s renewed exploration of space, the colony’s goal was to examine the effects of prolonged extraterrestrial habitation—on human and ape alike. The scientists’ research proved incredibly promising…until, suddenly, all contact and communications with the base were lost....

Have you got the heart for it? JapanesePersonafans now have the opportunity to check out Atlus’ upcoming hack ‘n’ slash titlePersona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers,thanks to a new demo that has popped up the digital stores for both PS4 and Nintendo Switch. The demo – reportedly around an hour in length – lets players check out the opening section of the Musou-style game, and only offers Joker as a playable character....

“We want to define this generation with this game,” says Game Director Stig Asmussen ofGod of War III, currently in development at Sony’s Santa Monica studios. Asmussen sets the bar high for the upcoming PlayStation 3 title — matching the expectations of gamers and long-time fans of the series — noting that “it’s kind of what the [God of War] team always does.” He would know — Asmussen has been on board since the genesis of the series, as a lead environmental artist on the original title, and then taking the reigns as art director for the 2007 sequel....

Here it is: The debut trailer forClock Towerspiritual successorNightCry. The point-and-click horror game takes place on a luxury cruise liner, where we see the protagonist run and hide from the murderous “Scissorwalker” and other horrors. Nude Maker is looking to raise at least $300,000 viaKickstarterto finance a PC release, though the chances of doing so seem grim. The crowdfunding campaign currently isn’t on pace to achieve its goal and will require something of a sea change to right the ship....

PS1, PS2, PS3 games on PS4 Backwards compatibility of some kind has always been a feature of PlayStation platforms since the PS2. The PS2 could play PS1 games and for a solid chunk of time the PS3 could play both PS2 and PS1 games. The PS4 is set to have that, too, but this time around it’ll be cloud-based, where gamers can play and stream older games via Gaikai, according to Gaikai CEO Dave Perry....

According to “music industry sources” that have been whispering toCNET News, Sony is looking to offer music for the PlayStation Portable by way of the PlayStation Network. The sources tell CNET that no final deals have been made, and that talks are in the early stages. This information supports information we heard along withour earlier rumor— Sony’s plans to launch their new hardware, reportedly called the PSP Go!, an all digital-based handheld....

That’s not going to be the final name, right? A patent for a device called the EyePad was filed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe last year andhas since gone public(viaGamechup). The description for this tablet is as follows: “An input device for an entertainment device comprises a first main surface, one or more side edges, one or more motion sensors operable to generate motion data, and a wireless communicator for transmitting the motion data to the entertainment device, wherein an elongate illuminated region extends along some or all of one or more of the side edges; in addition the input device may comprise a first stereoscopic camera and a second stereoscopic camera having respective viewpoints located at opposing corners of a first area of the main surface, the field of view of each stereoscopic camera encompassing a first volume of space immediately above the first area, wherein the first and second stereoscopic cameras are operable to generate respective stereoscopic images, from which a first depth map and complementary second depth map may be generated for opposite sides of an object placed within the first volume of space....

Sony Online Entertainment has announced a new MMO game that’s taking a different direction in the genre that’s quickly getting flooded with competition. Instead of making a typicalWorld of Warcraftstyled fantasy setting, SOE has developed a “fast-paced online action shooter filled with espionage, intrigue and betrayal.” Spanning the entire globe, you get to choose how to handle the exotic missions online. The UNITE organization is for the covert, stealthy spies that can manage silent tactics, while the ParaGON forces prefer brutal mercenary missions that require action out in the open....

Runs today through Sept. 3 Here’s how Square Enix’s Online Back to School Sale works: the first game is 20 percent off, adding a second takes it to 30 percent off, going all the way up to 50 percent off for three or more games. So, if I’m reading this right, you can buy as many games as you’d like from the available titles for half price. Note that this is only on select titles, but includes some new games likeLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Drakengard 3, andFinal Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster....

Elden Ring:Shadow Of The Erdtreeoffers some of the biggest challenges in contemporary gaming for most players, but apparently not for Ainrun. The Twitch streamer spent more time buffing himself up than battlingShadow of the Erdtree’sfinal boss, and was able to undo the DLC’s greatest challenge in one supermassive blow. Big spoilers for Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree’s big final boss below, naturally. The final boss ofShadow Of The Erdtreeis what the Internet has dubbed “Prime Radahn....

Sup Holmes every Sunday at 4pm EST! [Update: Shows over! Thanks to Matt for the frank and engaging discussion. Here’s a Japanese Lets Play of theDevastated Dreamsdemo to tide you over until the rerun is up.] Today on Sup Holmes we’re happy to welcome Matt Gilgenbach (gilgen)back to the program! Matt’s currently in the midst of akickstarter forDevastated Dreams, a horror game about a pregnant woman who is potentially devoured by monsters....

The Wii U only capped at 13.56 million The last time we left the Nintendo Switch, it was floating in the orbit of the Nintendo 64’s 32.93 million lifetime sales: now, it has officially surpassed them thanks to a new financial report from Nintendo last night. According to the publisher, the Switch is now at 34.47 million units sold worldwide. That puts the system in 15th place overall in a combined list of portables and home consoles: all it needs to do next is surpass the roughly 40 million Xbox Ones out in the wild (because remember, Microsoft stopped reporting how many Xbox One units were sold at one point in favor of giving us Xbox Live information), then it has a bigger hill to climb as it takes on the SNES, NES, and 3DS....