PlayStation lays out the launch plan for its Stars loyalty program

The new rewards roll out in October in North America Sony’s new loyalty program is going live next month in North America. PlayStation Stars is rolling out for PlayStation users, starting today and spreading to more regions over the coming weeks. The Stars launchkicks offin Asia first, where regions there will see the program go live on September 29. North and South America will get PlayStation Stars on October 5, while the program heads to Europe and Australia on October 13....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Sean Goodman

Rebellion announces new board game division, Rebellion Unplugged

Sniper Elite to be division’s first adaptation British developer Rebellion, known for titles such asSniper Elite, Strange Brigadeand theZombie Armyseries, has announced an exciting new board game division, Rebellion Unplugged. Headed up by Duncan Molloy, (formerly of Osprey Games), Rebellion Unplugged will produce tabletop games and other collectible items based on its range of IPs. Several titles are already in pre-production with the first announced game beingSniper Elite: The Board Game....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Joseph Calderon

Red Dead Redemption 2 gets a purdy new trailer

Just around the corner right? Rockstar Games have released their next trailer for the upcomingRed Dead Redemption 2,which was announced late last year before beingdelayed to spring 2018.Sadly, the latest trailer doesn’t seem to narrow that time window down. But it sure looks purdy, all while showcasing plenty of juicy new details. The biggest and most notable of which is that we now have more information on a playable character and potential protagonist in the form of “Arthur Morgan,” which was confirmed from the official Rockstar Games UK YouTube channel description:...

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Molly Brown

Sam Barlow and Half Mermaid talk film, form, and stardom in Immortality

The FMV mystery box ofImmortalityfeels masterful Whatever happened to Marissa Marcel? That’s the question at the core ofImmortality, the latest from Sam Barlow’s Half Mermaid. It’s the third mystery from Barlow and co. told in full-motion video, or FMV, but it’s much more than a retread. In some ways,Immortality‘s match-cut deduction feels like it was inevitable. I recently had a chance to both chat with the crew at Half Mermaid and play a short snippet ofImmortality....

August 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1363 words · David Villarreal

Someone brought the Stardew Valley villagers over to Animal Crossing and it is glorious

That sneaky mayor At this point,Stardew Valleyhas its own lore. If there’s a sequel you better believe that developer ConcernedApe will expand upon it, and the fans will demand appearances from some of the more iconic characters and races that inhabit its land. For now, there’s this fan-created crossover. Crafted by Zandrewbert8 over on Reddit, this genius painstakingly brought over every major villager fromStardew ValleyintoAnimal Crossing. It looks like a lot of work, but they snapped a photo of cosplay for all of the big characters doing their thing, including the Wizard creeping it up in their tower among all of their occult items....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Amber Alexander

SuitU codes (August 2025)

Updated: June 24, 2025 We looked for new codes! Look, you’re able to pry my cozy hoodie from my cold, dead hands, but sometimes you just want to feel pretty. Clothes are expensive and money is fleeting, but there’s a fantastic way to unleash your inner fashionista.SuitUwill take you to the magical world where you can wear everything you want! Well,almosteverything. If you’re eyeing that $1,500 Loro Piana cashmere sweater, you better pony up the cash....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Mrs. Mary Brown MD

The Eternal Cylinder is one of 2021’s most original games

No small feat for the survival-adventure genre The Eternal Cylinderis a bottom-of-the-food-chain alien survival adventure from Ace Team, the creator ofZeno ClashandRock of Ages, and my god does every square inch of this game look next-level weird. Your fleshy Trebhum protagonists can mutate to have webbed toes, a third eye, a balloon body, and grasshopper legs, to name a few of the “50-plus” possibilities. Eat, mutate, survive – that’s the drill....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Sherri Jacobs

The second global mission for Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon will have you Mantine surfing

Mantine pro surfer when? That’s right, get ready to hit some gnarly waves and do some sick tricks bruv, because the latest Global Mission inPokemon Ultra SunandMoonwill involve reaching 1,000,000 Beach Points (BP) in Mantine surfing! Players will have until December 25 to complete the task, so here’s hoping we can redeem ourselves, considering thelast mission was a complete failure(not to mention all the other cumulative failures from the previous game)....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Mrs. Lisa Vazquez

Turns out not every game will support cloud saves on Switch

‘Most Nintendo Switch Games’ do When wefirst got detailsabout Nintendo’s upcoming “Switch Online” service, one of the promises was cloud saving for “most Nintendo Switch games”. While it may have been naive to assume that Nintendo was just being cheeky, I honestly didn’t think the company would put limitations on which games users could backup data for. Turns out I’m just an idiot, though, as Nintendo has now finally confirmed that not every game will allow for cloud saves....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Shawn Lee

What is the future cadence of Switch Expansion Pack games? Roughly two months?

Reminds me of the 3DS VC days So the Switch Online Expansion Packlaunched on October 25, andit broke YouTubeso badly that it got rid of dislikes. Okay not really, but Nintendo must be relieved to know that they aren’t one of the most disliked videos on the platform anymore, because dislikes no longer exist. The heat hasn’t really lifted either, as the cadence for Switch Expansion Pack games has been glacial....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Katie Frost

Work on next Hitman game ‘well underway’ at IO Interactive

Hello AGAIN, 47 Although IO Interactive’s murder ’em upHitman 2continues to receive fresh victims and content one year on from its initial release, it appears that the studio already has Agent 47’s next mission well at hand. In fact, work has already begun on the next title in the long-running stealth series. Speaking on its official blog,IO Interactive detailed the upcoming November content forHitman 2,also noting that this update would bring with it the final patch for the game regarding fixes and technical tweaks....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 264 words · Jackson Bailey

You’ll probably either love or hate this Minecraft limited edition Xbox One S

It’s certainly on-brand The direction technology aesthetic usually heads is toward the sleek, chic, and on-fleek. This new limited edition Xbox is kind of the antithesis of that. Just announced this afternoon at gamescom, there’s aMinecraftedition Xbox One S that certainly captures the look of the game. It’s blocky, earthy, and indiscreet. It’sMinecraft. This edition comes with the console (1TB hard drive), the Creeper-themed controller, a digital copy ofMinecraft, the Redstone pack DLC, a one-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass, and a 14-day trial for Xbox Live Gold....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Brian Young

(Update) Nintendo reiterates that yes, they will pull various Mario products and games from sale at the end of March

March 31 expiration date [Update:Nintendo now has an official landing pagethat is ready to usherSuper Mario 3D All-Starsout, and let us know they mean business. They remind us: “If you’ve already purchased the digital version, you’ll still be able to play the game after March 31st. Even if you remove the game from your system, you’ll still be able to re-download any time.”] So the time is quickly approaching for the end of Mario’s 35th anniversary....

August 9, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Andrew Wong