TheCall of Duty: Warzonedevs are walking out over the sudden layoffs at the company Developers at Raven Software are staging a walkout today in protest over the recent layoffs at the studio. Following last Friday’s surprise layoffs for QA testers at Raven, employees are demanding every member of the QA department—including those laid off—be offered full-time positions. News of the layoffs at Raven Software hit just before the weekend.One employee at Raven saidthat members of the team has been promised a pay restructure for months from Activision, but were called into meetings one-by-one to be told they were being let go....

Hurray for super cute comics about forgotten videogame stars! Former Destructoid editor and doodler of all things cute, Ashley Davis, has done many wonderful things in her years as a freelance artist. From her animated GameTrailers series,Once Upon a Pixel, to her contributions to variousart booksandfan ‘zines, she has perfected an art style that melts even the coldest of hearts. On hiatus from her main webcomic,Jailbird, Ashley has taken overLegend of the Valkyrieon Namco Bandai’s ShiftyLook site....

Early on inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2you’re given a side quest called Mice from Innkeeper Prochek in the small town of Tachov. He wants you to pain the bull of Landowner Olbram from the neighboring town of Zhelejov. But should you pain the bull or rat out Prochek for the Mice quest inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Should you paint the bull for the Mice quest or rat out Prochek and do the Frogs quest?...

Gotta go moderately fast Sonic the Hedgehog has been Sega’s mascot since his creation in 1991, and he’s one of the most recognizable game characters around. So it’s no surprise that he appears to promote formats other than his own video games, but I’ve gotta admit this is a new one on me. It’s not terribly uncommon for game characters to cross promote with other formats, but usually they show up in other media....

Wednesday through Sunday at 8:00am sharp It feels like E3 starts earlier and earlier each year. Sony will still hold its traditionalpress conferenceat its usual time on Monday, June 11 at 6:00pm Pacific (with new looks at games likeDeath StrandingandThe Last of Us Part II), but the company also has surprises lined up for this week, too. The following reveals are set to happen on-stream viaTwitch,YouTube, andFacebook: In prior years, these sorts of announcements would be tacked onto Sony’s E3 press event where they’d pad the run time and inevitably struggle to stand out against bigger announcements....

2D shmups areback with a vengeancethese days, while 3D shmup releases are at an all time low. For my money, the last truly great game in the genre wasPanzer Dragoon Ortaon the original Xbox. That’s only if you don’t countSin and Punishment, which technically came out almost ten years ago, but wasn’t available in the US until recently, thanks to the virtual console’s allowance for a low-risk, cost effective means of game distribution....

Konami has announced that their HD remaster of the first twoSuikodengames have been indefinitely delayed.Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Warswill now arrivesometime later. Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Warswas announced nearly a year ago with a vague release date of 2023. Since then, we haven’t heard much about it. TheSuikodengames are a bit obscure in North America, but they have a dedicated fanbase....

Horror title sees two-year delay after direction concerns Speaking at this week’s GDC in San Francisco, studio Nightdive have stated that their crowdfunded remake of 1994’s creepy techno-adventure,System Shock, which went on hiatusearlier this year, has been pushed back to a tentative 2020 release window. Speaking toEurogamer, Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick and Business Director Larry Kuperman candidly revealed that they felt the game was getting away from them, with the project growing out of control in terms of scope and ideas....

Happy New Year! We’re back, and boy did we miss you! We have a lot of news today, starting with that semi-legit fan-trailer ofThe Walking Dead: Survival Instinctthat probably made it look a lot worse that it’ll actually be.BioshockandBioshock 2are getting a big sassy bundle chock full of bonus stuff and Australians are now allowed to have games with boobs and drugs in them. Meanwhile, XBLA is gettingRetro City Rampage,PSN is gettingDemon’s Souls,and Polytron saysFezmight be coming to other platforms....

Something wicked this way comes Nintendo is keepingAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsfresh in our minds with its seasonal updates that are slowly introducing new and returning features to the hit title. After two fantastic summer updates, it’s time to get ready for autumn with ver. 1.5. Available for download right now, the update will introduce pumpkins you may grow to craft new, seasonal items. There are also new skin tones available and candy for purchase at Nook’s Cranny that you can give out when Jack arrives on Halloween night....

Here’s a teaser No matter what you think ofLeague of Legendsor MOBAs in general, there’s no denying that Riot Games can make a mean trailer — for a simple character, no less! The newest champ on the scene is Aurelion Sol, who is a dark cosmic dragon of sorts, and you can get a quick look at his design here. Sol actually began his life as a character named Ao Shin, who was eventually folded into one champion....

Skylanders Trap Team has you capturing and reforming villains to your team The developers at Toys For Bob are back in the saddle withSkylanders Trap Team, the next entry in their hit toys-meet-videogame franchise. This time the hook involves you capturing villains andenslaving brainwashingreforming them to work for you. Same overall formula where you use Skylanders both old and new, but now you have the aid of all the bad guys....

WOWOWOWOW Long beforeXenogearsbecame my favorite game of all time, Legos were my favorite toy of all time. So seeing the two combined is a thrill for me. Lego user diegocabrera has put together some of the mecha from the PlayStation RPG, hitting just about every mark with incredible detail.What a collection. Look at Fei’s Xenogears with its spot-on colors and extended wings. And Weltall! And Fenrir! I can hear the battle theme in my head by just looking at these models....