Infinity Blade III hits the App Store on September 18

Just in time for the iPhone 5S I quite likedInfinity Blade, and that’s coming as someone who infrequently plays iOS games. Granted, I completely missed out on the sequel, but the platform-appropriate controls and impressive visuals may pull me back in now that a sufficient amount of time has passed. Announced today in line with Apple’s unveiling of theiPhone 5S,Infinity Blade IIIwill release on the App Store June 11, 2025 for $6....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Erica Clark

Introducing the Xbox One for women

This one’s just for the ladies One of the big takeaways from this year’s E3 is that women are a bigger presence in gaming than ever before. More than half of all games on display at this year’s show let players step in the shoes of a female character, including Aloy fromHorizon Zero Dawnand Joule fromReCore. A greater presence of women in games could lead to more female gamers, at least that’s what Microsoft is betting on with its recently announced XboxwOne, the first gaming console made exclusively for women....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 519 words · Ashley Baker MD

Muramasa Swordplay trailer looks as lovely as ever

I’m still solid on the fact thatMuramasa: The Demon Bladeis a beautiful game, but after myhands on timewith it at E3, I wonder if it can match its looks with interesting gameplay. I will admit I found the action itself slightly repetitive in the short demo, but it’s really hard to say until you get the game in your living room. We shall see. At any rate, Ignition released a new Swordplay trailer, which you can watch after the jump....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Judy Smith

New Xbox and PlayStation expected to hit $400 price point

Baird Equity Research puts it out there While it’s evident that this year’s E3 is going to something special, the announcements of the newXboxandPlayStationcould just as reasonably occur before the expo this June. In the mean time, there are plenty of rumors going around. As reported byGamesIndustry International, Baird Equity Research has come out of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show with the belief that these consoles will cost between $350-$400 in the US....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Robert George

NIS hints at new release with a very creepy teaser website

‘Just having a lie down there, I see…’ you’re able to always rely on Nippon Ichi Software (NIS) to come forward with a brand new teaser at a moment’s notice, and this example is no exception. NIS has opened a brand new teaser website for an unknown title complete with some pretty creepy imagery —a standard M.O. for the companywhenever it wishes to draw attention to its upcoming releases. Available for viewingright here, the very unnerving site simply features a series of static, security camera-like images of a young girl in a darkened warehouse, with what appears to be a bloodied corpse lying just out of frame....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Donna Johnson

Penny Arcade’s Rain Slick 3 now available on Steam

The third installment in thePenny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darknesshasreleased for PC. You can snag the retro-inspired RPG from Zeboyd Games, continuing the misadventures of Gabe, Tycho, and friends as they kill Gods and push the city of New Arcadia towards an apocalyptic destiny, on Steam for $4.99. Orders placed by Monday, June 2nd, will also receive giftable copies of Zeboyd’s previous two titles,Breath of Death VIIandCthulhu Saves the World....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Vernon Wallace

PSA: Ninjala open beta available for preload on Nintendo Switch

By Gum If you’re looking forward to GungHo Online’s upcoming bubblegum bashNinjala,then you might want a heads up that theopen betais available to preload on Nintendo Switch right now, ahead of the live test session scheduled for April 28. As a reminder, a test version ofNinjalawill be open to all on that day, playable during three one-hour-long test sessions. That’s not a whole lot of time, so be sure to grab the software well ahead of schedule....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · John Hicks

Revamped indie platformer Eversion hits Steam

I’m of the opinion we can never truly have enough platformers, particularly when they’re brightly colored and presented in such a way that nostalgia for similar games — and the feelings they brought us way back when — kicks in. It’s weird that none of us have ever written about Zaratustra Productions’Eversionbefore; could have sworn we did. Anyway,here’s the free versionif you want to try it out. The upgraded version, whichdebuted on Steamearlier today, is only $4....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Keith Johnson

Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon will teach you something if you somehow forgot smoking is bad for you

It’s going to take more than a tiny surgeon to remove all this kusoge I think most people my age have a certain fondness for edutainment games. Back whenMortal Kombatwas corrupting our youth and turning them into spine-ripping savages, a lot of parents and schools decided that video games could, perhaps, be harnessed for the power of good. There are some decent examples of this:Oregon Trail,Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego,Cross Country USA(orCross Country Canada, as it was where I grew up)....

May 23, 2025 · 6 min · 1075 words · Jennifer Mills

Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection dated, Samurai Shodown 2019 coming to PC June 11

Get Your Ipp-on SNK has announced that Digital Eclipse’Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collectionwill be hitting PC and consoles in the very near future. Not only that, butSamurai Shodown(2019) is finally getting is long-awaited PC port and will arrive on Epic Games Store June 11. TheSamurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection is, as the name suggests, a compilation of the classic SamSho titles released for SNK’s console throughout the ’90s and into the early ’00s....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Mr. George Walker

Sekai Project announces Clannad localization for PC

Key’s popular visual novel officially coming west Clannadis coming to Steam, localization house Sekai Project announced this weekend at Japan Expo USA in San Mateo, California. The visual novel was initially released for Windows PC in 2004, but has since come to several consoles and seen a number of manga and anime adaptions. A PlayStation Vita port is being developed in celebration of the title’s 10th anniversary, though it remains unconfirmed for western release....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Janet Young

Signs of impending doom: Hot or Not for Xbox Live Avatars

Our world is an truly amazing place sometimes. Despite two decades of online interactions which have exposed me to the very stupidest things humanity can offer, it nevertheless manages to sneak in a surprise now and again. Like this morning, when I was sifting through e-mails and discovered a link to this“Hot or Not” site for Xbox Live Avatarshosted by Party Up Gamer. All the pointlessness of Xbox Live Avatars combined with the ancient (by internet standards) practice of rating them on a one to five scale based on how “hot” or “not” they are....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Jennifer Lewis

Sony: PS4 shortages resulting in some lost sales across Europe

‘We haven?t yet caught up with the initial demand across Europe’ “We haven’t yet caught up with the initial demand across Europe,” Fergal Gara, Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment UK toldTrustedReviews. “We are still dealing with the day one market.” I don’t make it to stores that sell video game consoles much. In your collective anecdotal experiences, have you all seen slight PS4 stock? Maybe just a European thing? Basically, I’m wondering if I can still sell my PS4 for like $800....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Kristina Bell