SOAD’s Serj Tankian joins metal legends to score Metal: Hellsinger

Player Toxicity Expected Funcom has releaseda new trailerfor its upcoming doomsday shooterMetal: Hellsinger— the new video features the unmistakable vocals of Serj Tankian, long-time frontman of metal band System of a Down. Tankian joins a roster of metal legends that will soundtrack the next-gen shooter’s violent chaos. “What can you even say! We have so many System of a Down fans in the studio, adding Serj Tankian to our already incredible roster of vocalists feels unreal,” said David Goldfarb of developer The Outsiders....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Cathy Brown

Spike Video Game Awards ratings drop even farther

This is the fourth year in a row the Spike Video Game Awards have seen their ratings drop.Varietyreports that this year’s numbers were even lower than last year’s, with about 627,000 viewers watching compared to last year’s 647,000. To be fair, some of the demographics were up. Fifteen percent more men from ages 18-34 watched this year. Here I was thinking that this was theonlydemographic to watch. Actually, adults 18-49 were up 12 percent....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Jesse Gallagher

Sportsfriends brings four local multiplayer games to PS3 and PS4 in May

PS3/PS4 first, then Steam It’s been a long road to releasingSportsfriendsbut this collection of four fun local multiplayer games is almost there. The PS3 and PS4 versions of the game launch May 6 in North America ($14.99) and a day later in Europe and Australia (€13.99), followed by a Windows/Mac/Linux release “some weeks later.” This announcement video shows what it’s like to have friends. Friends who aren’t afraid of going shirtless when the situation calls for it....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Lynn Mercado

The Incredibles are arriving to Fortnite: Battle Royale tonight

Disney and Epic Games had already announcedduring D23 2024 that they were going to addThe Incrediblesskins toFortnite: Battle Royalein the near future. But nobody was expecting them to drop them on the store so soon and completely out of the blue. Where are those super suits? 🤔They’re dropping in the Shop…TONIGHT!pic.twitter.com/1iAOKwf3Ss Earlier today, the officialFortniteaccount on Twitter/Xconfirmed that the three previously revealed skins based on Pixar’s hit superhero animated film, The Incredibles, are going to be added to the in-game store tonight: Mr....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Maria Clark

The Last of Us Part II has ‘exciting things’ lined up for September 26

The Last of Us Day (formerly known as Outbreak Day) In a tweet this morning, Naughty Dog promised to share “a lot of exciting things” forThe Last of Us Part IIon Saturday, September 26. This community-centric date was formerly known as Outbreak Day, but going forward, the developer is swapping over to The Last of Us Day branding in light of COVID-19. #TheLastofUsDaypic.twitter.com/dEycyibZw4 — Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog)July 17, 2025 Are we going to see the multiplayer reveal on Saturday?...

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Kaitlin Ward

There’s a Texas Chain Saw Massacre multiplayer game coming from Gun

The studio behind Friday the 13th: The Game My first laugh of the night at The Game Awards 2021 happened in a pre-show segment when we got a teaser for a newTexas Chain Saw Massacrevideo game. Don’t get me wrong, there’s some potential in that idea, for sure — but the trailer’s phrasing of a “multiplayer horror game based on true events” just cracked me up. The Texas Chain Saw Massacreis a collaboration between Gun Interactive (the team behindFriday the 13th: The Game) and Sumo Nottingham, and it’s based on the original film....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Patrick Aguirre

Trion announces it’s publishing F2P MMO Devilian

Like a less confusing Path of Exile? That thing you just saw was the trailer to Trion’s newest MMO, Bluehole Ginno Games’Devilian. I forgive you if you still don’t know what the game is, because that trailer explains exactlyfuck allabout it. Devilianis Trion’s latest attempt at bringing an MMO to the West, after its incredibly short-lived success withArcheAge.Devilianis an ARPG, so the easiest comparison to make is toPath of Exile....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Christina Love

Twitch points to ‘malicious third party’ for recent site hack

Working to establish what data has been breached Twitch has offered a brief update on its initial findingsregarding this week’s hack, which saw over 120GB of data, code, developer tools, and more leaked from the site and uploaded onto public domains. At this time, Twitch is stating that an external third party is responsible for the hack, having capitalized on a server configuration exploit. “We have learned that some data was exposed to the internet due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party,”reads the brief statement....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 264 words · Cassandra Martin

uPlay’s latest update makes it a bit less annoying

Bit less client inception happening now Many people really,reallyhate Ubisoft’s uPlayplatform. It’s seen as an unnecessary thing that stands between people and their games, especially when combined with a second client like Steam. Launching a uPlay-enabled game through Steam will actually only open up the uPlay client to let you then choose to launch the game – it’s all a massive pain in the arse. It now looks like Ubisoft has realised that, as the latest update to the client has made it a bit less intrusive....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Jacob Nolan

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection will be getting a western release

Physical release coming from Limited Run Games Edia has confirmed a western localization for its upcoming retro compendiumValis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection. While the Japanese edition of the 1980s fantasy series will launch on Nintendo Switch in December, western retro fans can look forward to a fully translated edition of the trilogy — which will launch at some unspecified point in 2022. As we have previously reported, theValisseries launched on PC-88 and MSX platforms in the tail-end of the 1980s and into the early 1990s....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Jonathan Williams

Virtual Console/WiiWare releases for the week of May 19th

And so, as you already know: WiiWare getsStar Soldier R(Hudson Entertainment, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone — Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points), which will entice shooter fans by challenging them to get the highest scores within a two- or five-minute time period. The weakness here is that you can’t even play it two-player with a friend over, which sucks as shooters are best shared, but considering my excitement over WiiWare in general I’ll probably pick it up regardless....

July 18, 2025 · 4 min · 834 words · Linda Mccoy

Warzone devs drop massive nerf for Renetti JAK Ferocity Carbine

The Renetti had a few days under the sun after becoming the best weapon inWarzonefor a few days. But that parade has ended, as Raven Software delivered a devastating nerf to the once-meta pick. Alongside theApril 9 update, Raven Softwarepromiseda Renetti adjustment “in the near future.” The devs wasted no time and nerfed the overpowered pistol one day later. The JAK Ferocity Carbine Kit for the Renetti had its maximum damage decreased from 36 to 26 and minimum damage downgraded from 28 to 24....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Kimberly Tyler

Watch Nintendo’s 30-minute Nindies Showcase here

Only a few things are likely, the rest is up in the air So Nintendo is prepping another “Nindies Showcase” for us, and this one will be approximately 30 minutes, billed as the spring 2019 volley. It’ll kick off shortly at 12PM ET. No word was given as to what it’ll actually entail, but with Behemoth’s recentCastle CrashersSwitch port reveal that’s probably a safe bet for an officially official announcement, as is the potential release date ofA Hat in TimeSwitch....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Christopher Sullivan