Sony thanks ‘patient’ fans, teases future of PlayStation 5 showcase for next week

‘PlayStation 5 Showcase 2021’ is airing on September 9 at 1PM PT This generation is especially weird due to current world events. If everything was normal we’d have a few more “next/current gen” games by now. But at the moment, we’re working with a delayedHalo Infiniteand a handful of PS5 exclusives likeRatchet & Clank,Demon’s Souls, andReturnal. But that’s going to change next year, and we’re going to get a glimpse of it next week with the newly announced PlayStation 5 showcase....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · Angelica Thomas

The hyperkinetic Sayonara Wild Hearts is headed to Xbox One next week

Play with the hand you’ve been dealt… Great news for Xbox fans, as Annapurna Interactivehas announcedthat its gorgeous, emotive, and utterly unique musical odysseySayonara Wild Heartsis headed to the Xbox One platform next week. Sayonara Wild Heartswowed critics and fans when it launched for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, and iOS devices back in September 2019. Players control a steel-hearted woman, on a fast, action-packed, and visually stunning trip through the light fantastic, with each stage representing a track fromDaniel Olsén and Jonathan Eng’s brilliant score....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Kari Perez

The Last of Us Part II is gonna murder your PS4’s free hard drive space

No survivors Ellie’s hit list is long and blood-stained. Earlier this week, Naughty Dog treated us to 20 minutes of feel-bad brutalized carnage as Ellie ruthlessly murdered everyone within eyesight —including a poor Vita owner. Her next victim? Your PlayStation 4’s hard drive. According to areddit user(as reported byTwisted Voxel),The Last of Us Part II‘s install size is 78.3GB. That’s just the raw download, and any day-one patches will push it higher....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Diana Rodriguez

The Network Roundup: We let it all hang out

Exposing one’s genitals is evolving into a powerful, however highly misunderstood form of communication. Today, a man on his way from Oregon to California decided to strip down to his naturals in a mini protest against the search process imposed by the TSA. As you might have guessed he was soon arrested for indecent exposure and disorderly conduct. The kicker? He didn’t break any decency laws. In Oregon, public indecency is the “act of exposing the genitals of the person with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Lawrence Stone

The Nintendo eShop is going offline for four hours

Just some planned maintenance Here’s a quick PSA in case you find yourself unable to connect to the Switch’s store this afternoon: The Nintendo eShop is going offline for routine maintenance from 1pm through 5pm Pacific. That’s why you may’t buy new games or download things you already own. Not for four hours, at least. If you happen to read this before 1pm Pacific,act fast! Download all the stuff that you might possibly need to get you through this four-hour drought....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Courtney Olson

The Wolfenstein II demo includes the full first level

Out now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One Bethesda and MachineGames have put out a demo forWolfenstein II: The New Colossuson PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One that’ll let you go through the first level. Should you decide to buy the full version (it’s on sale this week), you’ll be able to continue your progress from where you left off. The beginning of the game is kind of its own thing in a novel/memorable sorta way....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Mark Monroe

This amazing maniac has a complete Wii collection

It’s glorious I didn’t know what I was in for when I clicked a thread called“So I completed a Wii set”on the NintendoAge forums. Somehow, user NintendoTwizer managed to fully complete a Wii collection — yes, I mean he has every game ever made on the Wii, which is 1262 games in all. The only thing Twizer doesn’t include are variants, demos, 2-packs, and the Netflix disc, which is more than fair....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Leslie Hunter

This is World of Warcraft’s Warlords of Draenor expansion

Character models and animations are finally getting a visual update Confirmed at BlizzCon 2013, the fifth expansion forWorld of Warcraftis calledWarlords of Draenoras a recent trademark listing indicated. If you’re hoping to jump right back into the action, here’s the good news: you’ll be able to instantly boost a single character to level 90; that goes for new and returning players. The level cap has been bumped up to 100, and the expansion also brings “revamped” character models and animations for some of the playable races....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Michael Lewis

Used console game sale at GameFly and Best Buy

For those games you won’t pay full price on If you like to thumb through a hoard of fire-sale videogames at the local Walmart,we’ve gotthe perfect sale for you. The classic pastime can now be done digitally today at GameFly’s newUsed Game Blowout Sale. They’ve just discounted about 120 games to under $20, with many titles tying holiday low prices. Below we’ve listed some of the better picks of the bunch (in our opinion) but if nothing catches your fancy you can always check out Best Buy’s “Buy 2 Get 1 Free” pre-owned videogame sale with a whopping 4,700 titles to choose from....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Cheryl Martinez

VA-11 HALL-A rated for basically everything, but likely only coming to Vita

Also rated for PS4, Switch, Xbox One Folks were hyped up when they found out thatVA-11 HALL-A, also known as the anime bartender simulator, was rated in Brazil for a ton of platforms (including the Switch), but as it turns out it likely won’t come to most of them. Developer Wolfgame noted on Twitter that while they did file for a rating on multiple platforms because it was easier to do, they’re only planning on bringing it to Vita in the near future....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Joy Miranda

Win a PS Vita in this Army Corps of Hell sweepstakes

Square Enix has kicked off a sweepstakes for upcoming gameArmy Corps of Hell. North Americans (sorry!) that Like theirFacebook pagewill have a chance to win a PlayStation Vita and a copy of the game. These are both things that I want badly. I’m sure you’re in the same boat. The sweepstakes runs from July 16, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025. If you share the link to the contest you’ll get a second entry, so spam away!...

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Madeline Willis

X-Men ’97’s Astonishing Ending: Explained

‘Tolerance is Extinction—Part 3’ brought the first season of Disney’sX-Men ’97to a finale that was as emotional as it was epic. While our titular heroes send Bastion and his army of Prime Sentinels to the scrap heap, the rest of the world assumes that Charles Xavier and his students sacrificed themselves to save them. Of course, this is a Marvel series, and the final moments ofX-Men 97‘s finale reveal that the X-Men are alive....

May 23, 2025 · 6 min · 1070 words · Vanessa Hernandez

(Update) Company president J. Allen Brack is leaving Blizzard amidst discrimination lawsuit

President stepping down following lawsuit serve [Update:Schreiernow also reportsthat Blizzard’s head of HR, Jesse Meschuk, is also “no longer at the company,” according to an Activision Blizzard spokesperson.] Company president J. Allen Brack is leaving Blizzard Entertainment. An email from Activision Blizzard President Daniel Alegre delivered to company staff this morning stated that Brack was “leaving the company to pursue new opportunities.” The news was first broken byBloomberg’s Jason Schreier, before Activision Blizzard then confirmed Brack’s departure in an official statement....

May 22, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Joseph Hughes