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We recently told you aboutthe upcoming WiiWare gameDrill Sergeant Mindstrong,set to release very soon. It’s a minigame collection laced with insults, set in a bootcamp. Sounds like a dream! Your job is to shut up and follow orders, soldier. Should you mess up in any of the minigames, Drill Sergeant Mindstrong will get pissed off, with his face color reflecting his anger. Should you continue to mess up and make him mad, his head will explode all over you....

Block buds HAL Laboratories (Super Smash Bros.,Mother) has been busying itself with a coupleKirbygames recently, but it looks like someone over there had an idea for a lil puzzle game and rolled with it. BOXBOY!(already released on the 3DS eShop in Japan) is minimal outside of its charming animations. It is black, white, and mostly made of squares. you may walk Qbby left and right in an overworld with a Ms....

Gamers are already raising a stink over the removal of backwards compatibility in theupcoming lower priced 40GB PS3 modelwe just found out about. Ray Maguire from Sony UK thinks that the money and effort spent on backwards compatibility could be better spent at this time. “As we come to our first Christmas with the PlayStation 3 there’s going to be about 65 games in the marketplace,” says Maguire, “so we feel now that there’s sufficient choice in the marketplace and that we’re still better off using that money that we’d put into backwards compatibility in either investing in new games or using that money to help support bringing the price down so that people can get into the franchise....

Bringing home the Canadian bacon The PS4 is off to as good of a start as Sony could have hoped for withover one million consolessold in the first 24 hours of its North American launch. Those are some powerful numbers, some of which come from America’s northern neighbor, Canada. Speaking toGamesIndustry International, Sony Canada VP and GM Steve Turvey called the PS4 launch, “by far the largest launch in gaming history in Canada....

Ha, Star Ocean [Update:Square Enixhas issued a coy statementsaying it will not deploy pachislot machines, but some signs point to the fact thatLord of Vermillionis still going to get them anyway.] These days Japanese publishers are looking for ways to diversify, whether it’s in the mobile or gambling arena. Followingin the footsteps of Konamiand several other companies, Square Enix is reportedly going to join in on the pachislot business. According to a leaflet that has been spotted in Japan, theStar Oceanseries andLord of Vermilionare going to be the first machines....

And boo-yah? Cyborg is back AsInjustice 2‘s May release draws closer, expect NetherRealm to double down on all of the cool trailers and reveals. The newest trailer — the first part in a series called “Shattered Alliances” — focuses on Superman and a bit of the sequel’s story. I finally understand the complaint about the title’s mo-cap animation as Superman’s face does seem a bit janky. It’s a bold move for a fighting game, so pulling it off successfully is going to make or breakInjustice 2....

Honey, I’m now free! Take a chance on me! To me,Defiancealways looked like one of those games I’d probably enjoy a lot more if I didn’t have to pay a monthly fee for it. The show didn’t strike me as too great, but I figured I’d give the game a go if it ever went down in price or went free. I guess it’s time to put my money where my mouth is, as Trion Worlds announced yesterday that beginning June,Defiancewill go free-to-play on PC, with the PlayStation 3 version to follow on July 15....

Paradoxhas announcedthat the console version ofCities: Skylines 2, planned for release in October, is being pushed back to an unspecified time. “We have not yet met the stability and performance targets we set for the console release,” the statement reads. However, the port is making “slow but steady progress.” They’re expecting a release candidate to be ready for August, and if that is up to standards, they can begin the certification process....

10 percent off Well, lookie here.It’s a pre-order on SteamforThe Wolf Among Us, Telltale’s (the makers ofour Game of the Year for 2012) latest and maybe greatest. Putting your money down now gets you 10 percent off an already reasonably priced game series. Holy bloody murder, that’s good news. Speaking of series, all the names of the five episodes of this season are shown here for the first time (listed below)....

Those pesky “emotions.” How dare videogames make me feel things! How dare artists likeZac GormanandMatthew Tarantoremind me that videogames make me feel things! You can add Aussie illustrator Jake Lawrence to that the list of sensitivity cases. Jake’s websiteTime Cowboyis a collection of short comics and standalone pieces, many based on videogames. He recently drew a trilogy ofWind Wakerstrips, the first two of which you can see in the header, but his big focus is on theAnimal Crossingseries, in which there is no shortage of material for observational humor, introspection, and pure whimsy....

Is it just different colors? This article will contain some spoilers for the ending of Watch Dogs 2. You have been warned! Watch Dogs 2just received a new (rather large) update today. Along with some new emotes, clothing options, and a few little areas to explore, the game has received a longer ending. Now when you finish the game, an extra conversation will run after the credits roll. A lot of fans are speculating that this is a setup for the inevitableWatch Dogs 3, which may very well be the case....

One of the collectible sidequests inCyberpunk 2077has you going up against “cyberpsychos” or people experiencing “cyberpsychosis.” As the name implies, cyberpsychosis is a mental illness, but it’s one caused by external influence. In this case, it happens when someone modifies their body with too many cybernetic implants. Not a whole lot is known about cyberpsychosis, and the questline that Regina Jones sends you through has her requesting that you take down cyberpsychos without killing them....

Besides the Mothmen, Wendigos are one of the most popular cryptids found inFallout 76. They even have a boss variant known as theWendigo Colossuswhich was introduced asthe second boss event in the game. Wendigo screams can attract a swarm of feral ghouls making it easy for players to become overwhelmed. Whether you’re a cryptid hunter or need to knock out your Seasonal Challenges, here are the best places to find Wendigos inFallout 76....