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Along with all of his furry friends Activision has announced that the pretty dang goodSpyro Reignited Trilogywill finally see the light of day on Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam) on September 3, following its release in late 2018 on PS4 and Xbox One. Reignited Trilogyfeatures three fully-remade classics from the little dragon’s PlayStation days: 1998’sSpyro the Dragon,its 1999 follow-upSpyro 2: Ripto’s Rage,and finally 2000’sSpyro: Way of the Dragon. All three titles feature fully overhauled visuals and audio, while retaining the explorative 3D platforming gameplay that won the series an army of fans back in the ’90s....

I’m not sayingSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylis perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I genuinely think it’s going to develop into something beautiful. Granted,the matter of A-Life being borkedis still on the table, but the modding scene is already kicking off! Perhaps this should’ve been obvious from the get-go, given thatwe had performance optimizing mods mere hours afterSTALKER 2came out, but I’m still taken aback by how productive the community’s been in such short order....

Local competitive multiplayer has made a big comeback in recent years, especially among game developers. One the devs leading that movement is young Beau Blyth,Batman fan artistand developer ofFish Face,Samurai Gunn,0Space,and theLA Game Spaceheadlining titleLA Death Disk. Also,LA Death Diskfeaturesdancing men with giant flat tops, and that’s pretty great. We’ll be talking to Beau about the advantages and disadvantages of making competitive games, what it’s been like developing on his own in the current state of games today, why his games have resonated so well with other developers, his definition of “fighting game,” and much more....

The Wave 4 release date is locked in for August 01, 2025 A new tweet from Nintendo this morningconfirmed what we’ve all been waiting for: a date for Wave 4 of theMario Kart 8 Deluxepass. As a refresh, this multi-wave DLC release will consist of six waves in total, and the first wave dropped in March of 2022. Yep, we’re coming up on a full year into this DLC plan, and I have to say, it’s been going great so far....

[Talking to Women about Videogamesis a series where Jonathan Holmes talks to different people who are women about the biggest videogame news of the week for some reason. Get the album featuringcelebrities from the world of game music here.] From the very start, I thought that making a show calledTalking to Women about Videogames was probably a bad idea, but I couldn’t help but give it a try. Ten episodes later, I am extremely grateful for both the women who were willing to be on the show and for the people who were willing to watch it on a fairly regular basis....

[IllustrationbyDavid Cardenas] There was a lot of hoopla in 2011 about the 3DS being a huge success, a total failure, doomed byNubageddon, rescued by Mario, and so forth. It was all pretty dramatic. When you sit back an look at the numbers though, it all seems pretty calm and straight forward. According to these graphs byNintendo-Master.com, it looks like the 3DS generally had a weaker start than the DS, a similar lull in the middle, and a much better end to its first 45 weeks of sales, capping things off by breaking records for themost sales of a videogame console in one month in Japan....

A lot of green for the little green guy I suppose, if we’re being pedantic and letting semantics get in the way, this isn’t explicitly a Baby Yoda controller. It’s aMandaloriancontroller. But, something tells me people will just call it “The Baby Yoda controller” so let’s get formalities out of the way. Controller Gear, who makes officially licensed accessories, has a new Xbox controller forThe Mandalorian. It’s a gunmetal gray with the Mandalorian clan insignia on it....

It’s currently the highest rated Sonic game on Steam Once upon a time, April Fool’s Day was an internet-wide extravaganza. Everyone frommobile game developerstoGoogleparticipated in the jokester’s holiday, to varied results. These days, the festivities still exist, butthey’re tepid enough to confuse legitimate news with gags. That said, if there was one clear winner of April Fool’s Day 2023, it is absolutelySonic the Hedgehog. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, the free promotionalSonic the Hedgehoggame released for PC via Steam on April 1, has surprised one million downloads in less than a week....

Nostalgia goggles are primed and ready Oh I tell you, it brings a small ray of sunshine to my old and tired heart to load up Steam and see an old favorite of mine has been added to the service. Today is another one of those days as the originalDescenthas been made availableon Valve’s service. you may buy this retro classic at half price for a limited time at $3.49/£2.49....

Death is a core game mechanic inHelldivers 2. No matter how you spin it, the game is built to see you die while slamming ‘diver after ‘diver at a wall of enemies in an effort to free various planets from their influence and protect Super Earth. Following the success of the most recent Major Order, the death count has spiraled out of control, but it’s an important statistic that means more than you might think at first glance....

Oh what the $%&^ It’s no secret that the ancient order of Stone Masons [Flixist editors] are not what some would call loyal apostolates of the Holy Father Michael Bay–may he live forever [please no]– and his sacrament,The Holy Church of the Explosion. Why, brother Matthewjust recently reviewedTransformers: The Last Knightas near a steaming pile of excrement. MaybeTransformerswas fun once, but we’re forgetting why we ever thought so. As much as U....

Duck, duck, Untitled Goose Let’s get this out of the way: no other new character from 2019 is as memorable and charming as that horrible goose fromUntitled Goose Game. Honestly, there is no better representation of the collective mood than that goose. It’s become a symbol of irreverence and tomfoolery, finding its way into everything fromMuppets’ skitsto protest signs. We all love the goose but I think its entrance into the zeitgeist has overshadowed many of the other new, original characters who made their debut in 2019....

Among other much-needed changes Win or lose, the tail-grabbing games inFall Guys: Ultimate Knockoutdrag on for way too long. It’s gotten to the point where I mindlessly goof around in Team Tail Tag and outright sit still– hands off the controller–in Royal Fumble until the last 40 seconds or so that actually matter. The rest is fluff! It seems I’m far from the only one who thinks the timers could use a trim....