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Nearly ten months in and still the Wii is only marginally easier to get hold of than rocking-horse manure. Having pre-ordered mine before launch, I had to be honest, pretty much stopped tracking their proliferation in stores, so I was thoroughly staggered when a friend in America told me the other day that she’s still never evenseenone of the little fellas in real life. Whether an intentional holding back of stock or genuine failure to meet demand, that’s a pretty poor situation to have still occuring at this stage....

Updated: July 10, 2025 We added a new answer! Wordleis a perfect example that a game doesn’t need groundbreaking graphics to become a global phenomenon. While I still revisit the original, the downside is how short the daily round lasts.Wordle Unlimitedis the perfect game if you wish to flaunt your loquacious vocabulary ad nauseam. InWordle Unlimited, not all players get the same answer. you may replay the game as many times as you want, generating any of the words from the database....

No shocker there Those of you who have thebeefiest of rigsare in for a treat whenThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntreleases in a few weeks. As if this comes as a surprise to anyone, it looks absolutely great when running at 1080p and 60 frames per second. Our evidence thus far stems from this video from a YouTuber who was invited out to CD Projekt Red to do some direct capture of gameplay....

Aaron Greenberg is such a quote box when it comes to saying abrasive flamebait that I have decided to come up with a new tag called Aaron Greenberg Says. Today, Aaron Greenberg says many things, really taking off the gloves and laying into Sony, as he likes to do so much. “You can’t underestimate that we’re half the price of the PS3 at a time when consumers were looking for great value,”beams Greenberg....

Borderlands with a dash of Lovecraft Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock. That’s the lengthy, headline-unfriendly title of the second major expansion forBorderlands 3. It only gets better from there. During Gearbox’s PAX East panel today, the developer gave us our first look at DLC number two forBorderlands 3. It takes place on the ice planet of Xylourgos, where Wainwright and Hammerlock have decided to get married....

Mad Catz has a lot coming for the fighting game fan in the near future in terms of fight sticks but they haven’t forgotten the player who loves to play with a fightpad. At CES this week, Mad Catz also revealed the brand newStreet Fighter x TekkenFightpad S.D.and, once again, it’s a winner. The S.D. stands for “Super Deformed,” a reference to the Japanese style of drawing characters in a diminutive fashion....

Whereas the originalRisk of Raindidn’t have all that many creature comforts and customization options to choose from,the newRisk of Rain Returnshas got all the contemporary trimmings, including skins and alternative skills. What’s really cool about the new customization setup inReturnsis not only that it introduces loads of variety into any givenRisk of Rainmatch, but also that it’s all really easily accessible. Notably, each of the game’s 15 unique characters (including the new ones) comes with four unique colourways to choose from, and some of them even show off pointed references to other video game media, such as the snazzyHalo-esque Master Chief colourway for the Commando, as featured below....

Haven’t seen that done before If I ever find myself locked in a dungeon, dancing will be my escape; this is what the trailer for Brace Yourself Games’Crypt of the NecroDancerhas taught me. The game — “a hardcore rhythm-based roguelike” — is a veritable new one, as far as I can tell. In it, you’ll perform actions to the beat in procedurally-generated dungeons. Just … watch the trailer. It’ll make sense....

Level cap raised as well Have you run out of things to hit inDragon’s Crown? Perhaps it’s time to go back, as ATLUS has released an update for the game on PlayStation Network today which gives players a whole lot more to do. A new difficulty level, “Ultimate,” has been added for players who thought that the challenge didn’t stack up to previous Vanillaware titles, accessible once players clear the ninth level of the labyrinth....

Asymmetrical gameplay is nothing new to Nintendo.Pac-Man Vs.allowed players to experience the series as the bad guy for the first time, whileSuper Mario Galaxy 1and2gave the second player to assist the “main” player from a distance as an off-screen, intangible, sparkle-shooting deity.Rayman Legendsallows for a little bit of both of those concepts. Players utilizing the Wii U GamePad can both assist the main player, or screw with him/her if they’re feeling mischievous....

Is ‘Persona 5 R’ on the horizon? Yesterday, publisher Atlus updated one of its domains pertaining to billion-hour RPGPersona 5, leading some fans to believe a revamped edition of the Palace-hopping game is to be announced soon. The discovery was made by dedicated websitePersona Central. “P5R.JP” was first discovered in April of this year, but yesterday the domain was moved from its status as a landing page to Atlus’ named servers, this is a similar modus operandi to the previous reveals of titles such asPersona Q2, Catherine: Full Bodyand thePersona Dancingtitles, all of which were updated a fortnight before their official announcements....

Ready for deployment at long last Two ofCall of Duty‘s finest characters – Farah Karim and Nikolai –will finally arrive as playable operatorsin Season Six of bothModern Warfareand its accompanying battle royale title,Warzone. Farah made her series debut in 2019’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfare. A passionate, fearless freedom fighter and founder of the Urzikstan Liberation Force, Farah has a deeply held and personal interest in seeing the toppling of the invading Russian forces....

It took one quadrillionth of a second for this to gain my interest Not too long ago, it wasconfirmed by Famitsuthat Femto, fifth member of the God Hand and demonic form of Griffith, would be playable inBerserk and the Band of the Hawk.At the time, it was unknown as to how he’d actually handle in-game. After all, Griffith has not really been in too many combat situations in his Femto form in the source material....