What do you bring to the table? We are just a few weeks away from the release of zombie-smasherState of Decay 2. Developer Undead Labs have released a new trailer to get everyone in the head-popping mood. The trailer’s narrative sees characters discussing that the key to survival lies in what skills the individual brings to the group, be that home-building, food cultivation or medicinal knowledge. In case that’s all a bit philosophical, a hipster girl shows up with a grenade launcher....

Version 1.1.0 is here Praise the sun…shine! Nintendo said that it was working on an updatethat would add extra control options intoSuper Mario 3D All-Starson Switch, and they made good on it with a new patch (1.1.0) this week. If you boot up your copy, you should see an update waiting for you, and it’s a doozy if you have certain hardware available. That hardware is none other than the GameCube controller, which now works withMario Sunshinejust like it did back in 2002....

Yesterday’s news thatTake-Two would be delaying the release ofBioShock 2to the 2010 fiscal year was a bit of a disappointment — the game was definitely one of the most anticipated of the holiday season. Of course, it wasn’t alone —Mafia II,Max Payne 3andRed Dead Redemptionwere all pushed back as well.Take-Two’s Stauss Zelnick commented on the delaysoon afterit was announced, citing the need for additional development time as one of the key factors....

Battle Royale at a quicker pace I had filed awayThe Cullingin my brain as “probably some bad horror movie,” and a quick Google search later, hah, it totally is. But it’s also a multiplayer PC title fashioned afterBattle Royaleand its ilk. At a glance, this is yet another survival game in which people do bad things to one another, but there are tweaks here that have me interested. It’s a deadly game show set on an island with “just enough” room for all 16 players, and matches last around 20 minutes, “with deadly poison gas slowly constricting the arena in the final stages....

Obligatory spoilers The more I see ofMario Tennis: Ultra Smash, the more I want to wait for an eventual sale. I’ve played a little, and it does feels good, but my concerns about Camelot not breaking enough new ground persist. There are also too many games competing for our attention this time of year. We’re fast approaching the November 20 launch on Wii U and, as such, Nintendo has begun regularly releasing trailers....

It’s more or less a random grab-bag, otherwise [Art byJohn-Lozanoon DeviantArt] Ready or not, here’s anotherPSN Flash Sale. “Otherworldly Games”? Whatever you say, pal! I sometimes question my ability to make recommendations aside from whatever personally speaks to me, so with that in mind, these are the top six best-sellers so far (at the time of writing): There are over a hundred other games in the sale (view the full list on one page here), and these deals will end on August 22 at 8:00am Pacific, at which point it’s just another manic Monday....

There’s only one new game hitting Xbox Live Arcade this week and it’s an underwater arcade-style shooter calledUndertow(800 Microsoft Points).Undertow‘s single-player campaign is “story driven” and will allow for both online and offline 2-player co-op. If you’ve been looking for an XBLA game that will let you and your 15 closest friends shoot each other’s brains out in multiplayer, look no further, as that’s featured too.The game has 3 races to choose from, each with 4 unique and upgradeable units....

Limited edition shirt determined by your votes [Update:Voting ends on this soon, so get your votes in! Tell your friends!] Teenage Pokemonis doing OK. The five current episodes are at 1.6+ million combined views, with the most-watched episodeConsole Warssitting at 515K+ views. That’s after being out there for about a month. I am not sad about that. The art is the show’s major draw. In fact, our recent gallerypost showing off art from the showhad quite a few people asking me to put together a Teenage Pokemon art book....

What’s next for Batman? Warner Bros. has confirmed that while it has nothing to say publicly about a newBatmangame at this time, “the possibilities are endless with a character as dynamic and beloved as Batman.” Writing on thePS Blog, Ames Kirshen, vice president of product development for the Arkham and DC Comics games at Warner Bros. said thatBatman“is one of the cornerstone IPs for Warner Bros. With theArkhamseries, we were finally able to realize the full potential of the character....

Smite 2is coming and, being a free-to-play game, it’s going to be largely supported by players purchasing in-game content like skins, Battle Passes, and more with the in-game currency. These Gems are the common currency, but Hi-Rez Studios has announced the addition of Legacy Gems. Just what are they and how do they work? How do Legacy Gems work in Smite 2? Legacy Gems are a rewarded currency inSmite 2for every Gem spent in the originalSmitewith a conversion ratio of 1:1....

Marketing stunt for attention? Maybe but whatever White Dayis a Korean horror game with a serious tone where you attempt to escape a haunted school with a girl. There are unlockable (and now downloadable) costumes for all the characters in the game including the protagonist, the three girls, and the janitor. Costumes include beachwear which is shown off in this wacky trailer featuring club music and a dude in a pink apron chopping fish....

Tons of historic low prices Microsoft has launched its giant Xbox Live Black Friday sale for 2017 – and the sale is very much worthy of the Black Friday name. We’re spotting over one hundred games on sale, many of which are at a historic low price. You’ll even find everything from the latest released triple-As such asAssassin’s Creed: Origins,The Evil Within 2, andWolfenstein II: The New Colossus. The latter of two are now 50% off and will be matching what you’ll see come Black Friday at many retailers....

Go check! Over the past few days or so numerous PSN users have been reporting that they have been granted access to a special private beta forLittleBigPlanet 3. The invites seem to be rolling out for “creative” people who have previously played aLittleBigPlanetgame. Information is going to be kept close to the chest, as part of the stipulation of the beta is a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits talking about it outside of a private community forum....