Next in Digital Eclipse’s Gold Master Series will be announced December 6

Digital Eclipsehas announcedvia Twitter that they will reveal the next game in their Gold Master Series during the Day of the Devs The Game Awards Edition on July 19, 2025. This follows this year’s August release ofThe Making of Karateka. The Making of Karatekafeels like an evolution in re-releasing older games. WhileKaratekaitself might be a tough sell in today’s market, Digital Eclipse contextualized it using a tonne of behind-the-scenes footage, documents, and interviews....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Lori Savage

Now is the perfect time to start blogging on Dtoid!

Take our fancy new editor for a spin with this month’s Community Assignment As you may have already noticed, our industrious engineers James and Niero have been hard at work these last few days installing some sexy new tools for ourCommunity Blogs. Video and image embedding, text formatting, and more are all now readily available at the simple click of a streamlined button, and it’s all working as smooth as extra smooth peanut butter....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Joshua Watson

Okay, who had Postal 2 in VR on their 2025 bingo card?

While there are some who have yet to adopt the technology, virtual reality is slowly coming into its own. There are VR versions of many games, allowing you to really immerse yourself in digital worlds. So how would you feel about being immersed in the cartoon-y violence ofPostal 2? Said to be one of the most controversial games in history,Postal 2is finally coming to VR headsets, with a trailer below befitting the goofy and sadistic vibes that developer Running With Scissors is known for....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Jennifer Harris

Overkill is looking at a ‘year of DLC’ for Payday 2

Including possibly adding a female playable character Overkill Software is in a good spot withPayday 2. The just-released co-op heist shooter is already profitable — it waseven before launch, if you can believe that — and game director tellsOXM“There’s like a year of DLC planned.” Which may be offputting to hear right now, especially phrased like that, but continued support for a game people enjoy isn’t inherently bad. Among the studio’s plans is the possible introduction of a playable female character....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Matthew Woods

PAX: Cuisineer is a gourmet action game about managing a restaurant

Dive into dungeons for the perfect dish Cuisineeris an interesting game. On its surface, it’s a straightforward mash-up of two excellent things: a shop management sim and a dungeon-crawling action RPG. These two concepts are great on their own, and they go great together inCuisineertoo. At PAX East 2023, I had a chance to go hands-on with BattleBrew Productions’Cuisineerto see how far the project has advanced. This actually wasn’t my first time demoing the game; I stopped by the team’s booth at East in 2022 to get a sampler of their restaurant manager/dungeon crawler mash-up....

July 23, 2025 · 3 min · 629 words · Karina Taylor

PC Port Report: Fallout Shelter

Any Vault in a Radstorm Fallout Sheltermade a bit of a splash last year when Bethesda announced – and released the game live on stage at the company’s E3 event. As it came out some months ahead ofFallout 4, quite a few people, yours truly included, downloaded the mobile app in search of some solidFalloutfeels.Chris reviewed the game then, and while it isn’t that much different now that it’s on PC, a few new features make it worth considering....

July 23, 2025 · 5 min · 945 words · Charles Olson

Persona 5 The Royal ‘Morgana’s Report’ shows off new locations and characters

Screaming cat has all the scoops Atlus Japan has released the first in a series of videos for the upcomingPersona 5 The Royal, an updated edition of2017’s smash hit RPG. The “Morgana’s Report” series will feature the excitable feline as he spotlights some of the new characters, events and additions present in The Royal. The Phantom Thieves will now be able to visit a new district, Kichijojo, home to a string of new activities with which to pass the time....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Amy Hines

Project Nimbus: Code Mirai launches on PlayStation 4 next week

Give me that hot mecha action If you thought that you had heard ofProject Nimbusbefore, that wouldn’t be wrong. The title was funded viaKickstarter, and prior to its finalreleasewas in Early Access on Steam. Last November the game launched in Japan for the PlayStation 4, gaining the nameProject Nimbus: Code Miraiin the process. Today developer GameCrafterTeam, alongside publishers KISS Publishing and GameTomo, announced the PS4 version would be launching on April 10 in North America and April 11 in Europe....

July 23, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Kyle Aguirre

Resident Evil 2 demo gives you 30 minutes to take ‘one shot’ at the game

Eminem is apparently well up for it Capcom has announced a demo for their highly-anticipated remake of one of the finest games of all time,Resident Evil 2. The demo, which will be made available on January 11 for PS4, Xbox One and PC, comes with a caveat, however. Upon activation, players get 30 minutes to get pretty-boy copper Leon Kennedy out of the Raccoon City Police Department. If you die, you can continue, but once those 30 minutes are up, you’re done....

July 23, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Brian Perkins

Rock Band gets R.E.M.’s ‘Orange Crush,’ some bonus content revealed

In the latestRock Bandpreviewover at IGN(who are apparently playing this game more than we are, thank you very much Harmonix/Electronic Arts), it has been revealed that the R.E.M. track, “Orange Crush,” will be playable. Additionally, folks over at the officialRock Bandforums (who are not playing the game, just talking about it … a lot) have poked around the Internet and uncovered a few unannounced bands and tracks. On their official site, Christian metal band Flyleaf had apparently let slip that their single, “I’m So Sick,” would appear as an unlockable song in the game....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 228 words · Philip Johnson

Should you put the relic in the statue or destroy it in Avowed? (Dawntreader Side Quest)

The Dawntreader side quest in Avowed takes a bit of a turn as you begin looking for the missing expedition scouts. Long story short, an Oracle tasks you with finding and putting a relic in a statue he’s built, but should you? In this guide, I’ve broken down how every choice you can make plays out below. Where to get the Dawntreader quest in Avowed? The side quest can be started by speaking to Ofryc in Paradis....

July 23, 2025 · 6 min · 1223 words · Tonya King

Spec Ops: The Line had me question my morals

I’ll admit it: when I first sawSpec Ops: The Line’sdebut teaserback at the Video Game Awards a couple of years ago, I kind of just shrugged it off. It looked cool, but not to the point where I was hooked into following it from then on, so, I pushed it out of my mind. You may have even thought 2KthemselvesditchedThe Line, what with the lack of coverage in the recent years....

July 23, 2025 · 5 min · 971 words · Kenneth Bernard

Splash Damage wants MMO FPS games

Multiplayer has become an essential component to damn-near every first-person-shooter on the market, andBrinkdeveloper Splash Damage thinks that it’ll continue to grow. In fact, CEO Paul Wedgewood is desperate for an MMO shooter. “I just want a really good massively multiplayer shooter, thanks,” he asked. “I’m desperate for it. Why isn’t there? I just can’t stand the fact that there isn’t one yet. I’d do it but 140 staff? Managing 140 people?...

July 23, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Sean Coleman