Featuring Cities: Skylines, Surviving Mars, and other PC games When I think of winter gaming, I think of video games with a propensity for eating whole afternoons like it’s no big deal. Management titles, sims, strategy games – you know the kind. Once you get in there and untangle their inner workings, it’s easy to fall into an endless loop of progress and refinement. The currently-runningHumble Paradox Management Bundlespeaks to that whole philosophy....

More Xbox news out of gamescom It’s that time of year where console bundles featuring the year’s biggest upcoming games get announced. Sony took its first shot in July with theDestiny 2PS4 Pro bundle. Now it’s Microsoft’s turn to fire back. Just announced at gamescom is aMiddle-earth: Shadow of WarXbox One S combo. It releases on October 10 alongside the game, but pre-orders will be available soon. The bundle comes with the white console,Shadow of War, a white controller, a one-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass, and a 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial....

Well, someone’s gotta stand up to Evil Ryu and Violent Ken Capcom announced during theirStreet Fighter30th anniversary San Diego Comic-Con showcase that Shin Akuma is actually unlockable inUltra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengersfor the Nintendo Switch. Here’s what you’ll need to do to use him: Shin Akuma can’t be used in local online and internet battles because he’s crazy overpowered (two air hadoukens), but this is very nice! Love little Easter eggs....

Geoff Keighley will host final hour preview show We are just a few days away from the launch ofDeath Stranding.The reviews are now out, the fog of obscurity has lifted ever-so-slightly, and soon we’ll all be able to check out the weird world Hideo Kojima and his team have been building for ourselves. But in case you wanted one final shovelful of fuel for the hype engine, a special “Countdown toDeath Stranding” live stream is to be held on November 7, one day before the esoteric adventure game’s release....

This sounds like rock and or roll Ever sinceRock Band‘s comeback tour began in late 2015, Harmonix has done a commendable job of falling back into the routine of releasing weekly DLC. This post-launch support was a defining characteristic of the first games in the series, as players had new tracks to look forward to (and to sometimes be disappointed by) every week. That pattern is somewhat broken this week because Harmonix is releasing only one new DLC song....

10 winners will be chosen [Update:My Nintendo is running a second contest.Just head here to press your luck againfor the same lot of goldMonster Hunteramiibo pictured below. It’s the same deal as before: you get up to three entries, and it’ll run until June 30, 2025.] My Nintendo is running an intriguing contest and it involves a fairly rare set of amiibo. Of course, you’re able to’t justbuythe amiibo you want (why make it that easy?...

More revelations about the crunch culture of video game development [Update:Kotakuhas received this quote recently, attributable to Dan Houser: “There seems to be some confusion arising from my interview with Harold Goldberg. The point I was trying to make in the article was related to how the narrative and dialogue in the game was crafted, which was mostly what we talked about, not about the different processes of the wider team....

Grimdark fantasy sounds like a pretty niche genre until you take a little look behind its musty curtain to see all the books and incredibly dark worlds lurking there. While many of the places in this genre feel impossibly bleak, the stories you’ll read are often far from it. I always thought grimdark fantasy was restricted to theWarhammer 40Kuniverse, but there’s so much more to it than theBlack Library. High fantasy and low fantasy settings can each easily slot into the genre, and you’d be surprised by what you’ve already read that’s considered part of it....

The One Nation Glory objective is live inEA FC 25Ultimate Team, and you can complete the new set to earn some really useful rewards for free. The latest objective set has different tasks, and all of them have certain conditions. To complete them, you’ll have to play the One Nation Glory Live friendly mode. During the matches, you’ll need to pay attention to all the tasks and the specific nature of the conditions....

Updated: June 07, 2025 We looked for new codes! MultipleAnime Realmsare in danger of destruction, so it’s time to gear up and defend them. Deploy your strongest units and annihilate enemies who think they can overpower some of the strongest manga heroes in existence. It’s laughable that the foes believe they even have a chance of winning. Once the game releases, we’ll update this page and add theAnime Realmscodes to our list....

Don’t hold your breath There’s going to be one final play session for theFallout 76beta,but after tomorrow, Bethesda will pack everything up until the game properly launches on November 14. Given the drastic shift to a multiplayer-centric design, the developers have plenty of feedback to take into consideration. In a note thanking players for participating in the beta, Bethesda responded to some of the common concerns surroundingFallout 76. The big-ticket item, at least for me, is the lack of a Push-to-Talk feature....

Slow to start Codemasters has announced that its2019GRIDrebootwill be getting delayed. Originally planned for a September launch, the revived racer will now be releasing on July 24, 2025. The “Ultimate Edition” of the game will give players early access on October 8 and come with all the previously announced content, as well. According to the studio, the delay was decided upon to give “added exposure” to the racer, likely in an attempt to polish it further....

Keys to the City is nice, though Crackdown 3‘s Wrecking Zone multiplayer mode was dead on arrival. Its cloud destruction was novel and impressive from a tech perspective, but the mode itself was uninspired and limp. It’s only three months after launch, and the lobbies are barren; it can takeseveral hours to find a single game. In an attempt to inject new life into Wrecking Zone, Microsoft has added a progression track full of cosmetic items....