Resident Evil Village expansion includes third-person mode, a Rose story, and more this October

Capcom is finally bringing some DLC toResident Evil Village, and it’s pretty hefty. TheResident Evil VillageWinters’ Expansion packs in more Mercs content, a story for Rose, and a whole lot more on Aug 06, 2025. The big ticket item here is Shadows of Rose, a new story set in theVillageuniverse following Rosemary Winters. It seems to get pretty mind-twisting and creepy, but for those who dig the expanded world ofResident Evil, that’s a pretty interesting set-up....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · William Foster

RNG Battlegrounds codes (August 2024) — Are there any?

Updated: July 01, 2025 Searched for new codes! Roll to create your unique move set and prove you’re the strongest fighter on the server! Be careful, as others will attack you as soon as you exit the safe zone. Defeating all the opponents is not an easy task, so you’re probably wondering if there areRNG Battlegroundscodes you can use. Unfortunately, there are still noRNG Battlegroundscodes that could grant useful freebies. We will update this post if anything changes....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Michelle Fuller

Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut is better than the original

Now on PS4 this week Let’s take a little trip down memory lane, shall we? Back in 2002, WayForward released the originalShantaefor the Game Boy Color. It wasn’t a massive hit, but it quickly became a cult classic, and eventually lead to the release ofRisky’s Revengeon DSiWare in 2010, which pretty much madeShantaea household name. Since then WayForward has releasedPirate’s Curseand are prepping forHalf-Genie Hero, but so far,Risky’s Revengeis my favorite entry to date....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 209 words · Kenneth Smith

Smash Ultimate gets free ‘vault shopper’ currency DLC, but only for Switch Online members

Value? Switch Online users have been asking for more perks to justify the cost of the subscription, but this probably isn’t what anyone had in mind. Revealed this week amid all of the Terry Bogard and version 6.0 news, there’s now a “free gift” forSmash Ultimateplayers for the taking: provided that you’re a Switch Online member. So long as your account is flagged and ready to go, you can earn three classic tickets and 5000 gold (currency) just by downloading the pack....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Anthony Turner

So here’s what Dead Island: Epidemic looks like

Free-to-play MOBA InDead Island: Epidemic— which is inexplicably a MOBA,if you missed the news— three teams of four players each have to fend off zombies while also worrying about one another. And instead of base destruction being the win condition, it’s all about capturing control points and completing other “dynamic gameplay objectives” like killing specific targets, some of which are said to require cooperation between the teams. Since this isDead Island, there’s an extensive crafting system in here as well....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Earl Rivera

Sonic Frontiers: M-043 puzzle solution guide

Don’t overthink it! There are a ton of different types of puzzles inSonic Frontiers, and not all of them are going to be simple. This one is, thankfully! But you just need to not overthink it and just go for it. Locating theSonic FrontiersM-043 puzzle So the M-043 puzzle can be found onAres Island, where Knuckles is located. It’s actually the second main hub you’ll visit inSonic Frontiers. To find it, you’ll want to head to the central part of the island, which can be easily accessed through the western ruins entrance....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Joshua Thomas

Splatoon 2 is so fresh, so clean

The coolest motherfunker on the Switch The mood of theNintendo Switch Preview Tour eventin San Francisco was electric the whole way through. With music blaring and lights splattering the crowd with the many hues of the rainbow, it was the perfect setting to check out one of my most anticipated games:Splatoon 2. I’ve been playingSplatoonfor so long that it’s tough for me to believe it’s been less than two years since it was first released....

July 14, 2025 · 5 min · 888 words · Victor Ramirez

Tales of Zestiria producer is sorry that he caused you to worry about the series

More at Tales of Festival There’s been a bit of buzz recently withTales of Zestiriapossibly coming to the PC and PS4 in addition to its confirmed PS3 release later this year, but not everyone is happy with the current state of the series. Producer Hideo Baba recently spoke out at a recent screening of the anime special in Japan, noting, “I’m sorry to have caused worry concerning theTalesseries. I would like to talk about it again another time....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Amber Patel

Tekken 7 could be heading to PC

Bring Soul Calibur too, while you’re at it In the last few years, PC’s become a pretty great platform for fighting games. Sure there’s yourMortal Kombat Xtrainwrecks, but then there’s alsoSkullgirls, Street Fighter VandBlazBlueto make up for it. Ifa survey being sent out by Bandai Namcois anything to go by,Tekken 7could be joining that list too. The survey appears to be gaguing player interest on the platform, which, judging by the comments on everyTekken 7article ever, is pretty high....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Rebecca Allen

The Amazon from Dragon’s Crown looks GROSS as a figure

But here’s some better toys from other games OH GOD MY EYES KILL IT WITH FIRE! [Update:These figures on display are garage kits, so it’s all fan made stuff. For official figures, including the Amazon,take a look at this gallery.] Yeah, theDragon’s Crowncharacters don’t really work out all the well in toy form. At least the Amazon anyway. Thankfully, there’s a bunch of other gaming related toys that look great....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Hannah Rose

The fourth and final round of NSMB2 DLC is on the way

The Impossible and Mystery Adventures packs If you’ve been following my full coverage ofNew Super Mario Bros. 2‘s DLC (#1,#2,#3), you’ll remember that we’ve had three official rounds of level packs so far (and afree classic pack). Now, we’re on the home stretch, as Nintendo has revealed the “fourth and final wave” of DLC — the Impossible and Mystery Adventures packs. Who knows whether the Mystery pack will deliver based on the trailer, but the Impossible pack looks totally awesome....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Rebecca Sanchez

The Gears Tactics developer loves making Pulp Fiction references

In Paris, they call it Gears Royale with Cheese It isn’t rare for developers to pack achievement names with pop culture references. That has been happening ever since the invention of achievements, all the way back to the launch of the Xbox 360 when Microsoft mandated that each retail game include 1000 Gamerscore and each Xbox Live Arcade game include 200 Gamerscore. (Hilarious-in-hindsight footnote: Remember when XBLA capped its games at 50MB file sizes, and then kept pushing it upward when they realized games likePortal: Still Alivewould make a bajillion dollars?...

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 243 words · Karen Scott

The My Hero Academia anime is officially ending in 2025

The thrilling season finale ofMy Hero AcademiaSeason 7 is going live this Saturday, but fans don’t have to worry about the potential lack of episodes, because Bones and Shueisha already confirmed that Season 8 is coming very soon. This announcement was made inthis week’s issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump(and was later reported byShōnen Jump News on Twitter/X). But the most noteworthy part is that Season 8 will be the final season of theMy Hero Academiaanime, which shouldn’t be a surprise considering that the original manga by Kohei Horikoshirecently reached its conclusion as well....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 464 words · Nichole Walters