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Get to know the people who make great videogames Last week on Sup Holmes (now oniTunes), we spent a fast hour and a half withMarcus Lindblom, localization and translation head on Earthbound. Having gotten his start as a tech adviser and game counselor, he was eventually promoted to work on localization and copy editing, withWario’s Woodsbeing one of his first games. From there he moved on to work onEarthbound(writing a lot of the jokes, naming items, and creating new objects like the Eraser Eraser when needed), and eventually to other huge franchises likeDestroy All Humans,Evil Dead: Regeneration, and…Halo 4?...

I just want a real new Onimusha Hey, remember when Capcom announced a brand newOnimushagame called “Soul” andit ended up beinga browser-based RPG? Yeah, that sucked. Well apparently Famitsu has revealed that the game is coming to the PlayStation 3 this spring — but only in Japan. It feels like just yesterday whenOnimushawas one of the hottest IPs in gaming. Remember when a $70 million budget movie was in the works?...

CEO undermines first Ouya release by saying better ones are coming The Android isn’t the only thing Ouya’s borrowing from the mobile market — the swift obsoletion of hardware is apparently high up on Ouya’s checklist, too! According to CEOJulie Uhrman, a new console is being planned for release every single year. Expect Ouya 2 in 2014! “As it relates to iterating the console and refreshes, our strategy is very much similar to the mobile strategy....

Criminal complaint was filed back in 2019 Fighting game developer Arikahas revealedthat it has been embroiled in a two-year-long investigation to identify and bring charges to an individual who had sent death threats to the studio. The perpetrator pleaded guilty to the crime earlier this month, following a series of indictment charges that were brought against them in September 2021. The perpetrator — the details of whom were not released — contacted theFighting EX Layerdeveloper on August 02, 2025, threatening harm against the company and claiming that they would kill its executive staff members, police have not revealed the motivation behind the threat....

Here’s hoping he drops the ‘PlayerUnknown’ branding PlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundshas quickly become one of the most popular games in recent times, even trading blows with Valve’s ownCS:GOfor second most-popular game on Steam for peak player activity.Our very ownD-Teamcan’t get enough of it after getting a taste of that oh-so-sweet chicken dinner. However, the creator Brendan Greene, already has his eyes set on a new game. In an interview withGame Informerfor their September issue (which is available now),Greene talked about his potential idea for his next game:...

The roadSleeping Dogshas taken since first inception has been a rather rocky one. After starting development as its own beast, Activision took up the game in the interest of creating a third iteration in the (admittedly mediocre)True Crimeseries, calledTrue Crime: Hong Kong. Sadly, it was cancelled in 2011, and that may have been the end of a very promising title. Fortunately, Square Enixpicked up the reignsand it’s been brought back asSleeping Dogs....

Achilles, Get in the Horse If I’ve learned anything from my brief time with a pre-release build ofA Total War Saga: Troy, it’s this: Don’t piss off Achilles. He will walk over to you, no matter how many guys you have in your army, and stick you in the ass with a sharp spear. Good thing thatI’mAchilles, then. A Total War Saga: Troy(PC)Developer: Creative Assembly SofiaPublisher: SegaReleased: June 28, 2025 (PC via Epic Games Store)...

‘What am I fighting forrrrrr?!’ It may not be “new games,” but hearing thatMega Man X4andX5are releasing on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in North America soon is pleasantnews out of Capcom. These are coming to PlayStation Network as PS1 Classics. First up isX4on Tuesday, September 2, followed byX5a week later on September 9. I’m looking forward to playingX5for the first time, so that’ll be good. If you’re also a newcomer, Chris had a niceMega Man Xseries retrospectivea while back....

You have until August 26 to add it to your library While next month’sSerious Sam 4is potentially on your mind, it’s worth popping over to GOG toclaim a free copyof the original 2001 FPS. You’ll find a giveaway banner near the middle of the main page. Serious Sam: The First Encounteris dated in a lot of ways, but there’s a certain everlasting charm to a game like this, especially if you’re only looking to breeze through a few levels for old times’ sake....

You got me lifted It was a brief, sort of “pre-Christmas” report, but Sony popped in this morning to inform us that they’ve pushed 70.6 million PS4 unitssoldworldwide as of July 26, 2025. They also shared that more than 617 million PS4 games have been sold, in both physical and digital formats. The PSVR is doing alright too, with a two million sold count, and 12.2 million copies sold at retail and digitally....

Get your motion detectors ready Space Hulk, the Games Workshop board game of paranoid derelict exploration, has found a new home on iPad today. Featuring cross-platform play with the PC and Mac versions, you can now skulk around killing your friends pretty much anywhere for $9.99. Few games manage to capture theAliensvibe better thanSpace Hulkdoes. With its modular board design that makes each exploration fresh and the uncertainty which comes from not knowing how dangerous a group of Genestealers might be at first gives the most delightful tension to everything....

It’s all over for Crab Armor This week will see rainbow shooterSplatoon 3launch a brand new season of carpet-ruining action, and Nintendo is preparing to get the game warmed up for the coming chaos with the launch of its Version 3.0 update, which will be made available for download today. Splatoon 3Ver 3.0is a huge update filled with balance tweaks, bug stomps, and various other under-the-hood adjustments in order to ensure that the arena shooter is ready to rock come March 1, when the “Fresh Season 2023” receives its global launch....

Gridcannon or how I killed some royals For as long as I can remember, one of my oldest friends, a game designer, has been trying to come up with a game using nothing more than a normal deck of playing cards. It’s harder than you’d think as we’ve been throwing ideas back and forth with each other for close to a decade. Leave it to one of the best game designers in the business to make a game concept that works with only a deck of cards and even allows you to behead some royalty....