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Interesting PC at E3? Well I’ll be! PC Gamer has just announced, in partnership with AMD, that a“PC Gaming Show”will be held at E3 this year. It will be on June 16 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, to be streamed on Twitch. Speakers include Blizzard, Cliff Bleszinski, Square Enix, Paradox, and more. In regards for the need for the PC-centric show, PC Gamer’s EIC Tim Clark notes, “We think a show like this, which brings together people from every corner of PC gaming to celebrate the exciting things happening, is long overdue....

On this week’s all-inclusive Podtoid, the gang talks about Jim’s broken back, Max Scoville’s professional recording situation, and Jonathan Holmes stabbing his landlord in the name of freedom. We also devote much time to describing anal sex with mothers, and read out some hate mail from a fellow who doesn’t like us making fun of men’s rights activists. On the game front, we chat about Mega Man’sinclusion inStreet Fighter x Tekken, the problem with competitive gaming, andKingdoms of Amalur‘s power fantasy chicanery....

If gamers had one lasting complaint aboutPrototype, it’s that the gameplay could get pretty repetitive. Side missions were particularly galling, featuring drab time trial exercises that felt like petty wastes of time. While speaking with design director Matt Armstrong, I asked if better side missions were coming toPrototype 2, and if they’d be more tied to the game world this time. “A resounding ‘Yes!’ to this,” he replied. “The side missions and collectibles in the firstPrototypewere a real missed opportunity....

Marzo ? pazzo, ma l’acqua arriva a novembre Atlus has been drinking the crazy water and is publishing the loony 2D fighterAquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match, aswe recently reported.The previous “Holiday 2013” release window has now been narrowed down to November 19. The fighter is a little like Atlus’ ownPersona 4: Arena, as it features an amalgam of 13 playable characters and partners from assorted Japanese RPGs and visual novels, likeTears to Tiara....

Fingers crossed If you don’t already have a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X pre-ordered by now, you probably have to just accept the fact that you’re not getting one on launch day. That’s the unfortunate reality of new-gen fever. Maybe — if you’re quick and lucky and punctual andseriously very lucky— you can get one shortly thereafter. Best Buy has released its Black Friday deals, andthe paper adspills the beans on an upcoming restock for the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S....

Each year, October 23 is deemedFalloutDay, and this time around, Bethesda is celebrating in style. To kick off celebrations, the developer has made its multiplayer prequel free-to-play for a limited time. It’s fair to say thatFallout 76‘s 2018 launchwas nothing short of a disaster. Controversy after controversy marred the release of what should have been an exciting period for the franchise. A multiplayerFalloutgame – what could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, quite a lot, but Bethesda in the years since has released plenty of updates and expansions to makeFallout 76a worth entry into the franchise....

Episode 2 is recording this evening Many thanks to everyone who’s listened toRetroid’s first episode. The reception seems to be mostly positive, and I’m glad that people are enjoying it. We want to keep things rolling along, and we’re recording our second episode tonight. In addition to Alex and Topher, I’ll be joined this evening by longtime community membersFunktasticandChillyBilly. Our topic will be collecting games. Some things I’d like to touch on include why we collect games, what each of us collects, how we make acquisitions, what’s the best/most rare piece in your collection, things like that....

Free DLC coming over the next four weeks When Inti Creates announced that the leads fromAzure Striker GunvoltandGal Gunwould make their way intoBlaster Master Zero, fans were excited, but not all together shocked. Both characters were Inti Creates originals, so we can presume they were able to include them in their latest game for no great cost. Seeing Shovel Knight and Shantae announced for inclusion in the game feels a lot more surprising, though when you dig a little bit, it makes just as much sense....

Oh, how I loveLocoRoco. This game is just buckets and buckets of shameless delight. Sony’s holiday gift to PSP users comes in the form of a limited edition holidaydemofeaturing a new song addled with jingling sleigh bells and hymns to Father Christmas. Now you have one of four reasons to own a PSP. Something aboutLocoRocoreminds me ofTarepandaafter a generous dosage of high powered antidepressants. I think it’s the whole boneless thing....

Are you steamed that you can’t transfer your UMDs to your PlayStation Vita? Unhappy at the expectation to purchase games you’ve already bought if you want them on your shiny new handheld? Well, according to Sony, you’re an insignificant minority. “The system has been introduced in Japan, where there is a much larger demand for PSP games,” explainedShuhei Yoshida to Wired.“When you look at the release schedule of new titles there are still lots of PSP games being released in Japan and being announced for release....

Squaretrademarked the nameLord of Vermillionway back in 2007, but those of us with hopes for a new RPG were to be sorely disappointed. We had heard since that Square planned to release a Japan-only arcade game. Head honcho Yoichi Wada actually attended the premiere of the card-based arcade game recently at Shinjuku Taiko Station, andKotakuhas some great pics up from the event. From their article: InLoVand other similar card-based games, players moved cards around on a sensor field, which corresponds to their on-screen movement in real time....

The classic RPG sequel, now pocket-sized Obsidian Entertainment’s old-school RPGStar Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lordswill be making a comeback on mobile platforms next week. Developed by Aspyr Media, the sci-fi sequel will be available to download on iOS and Android from December 18. “Fans have been asking for a mobile version ofStar Wars Knights of the Old Republic IIfor so long, and we’re thrilled to finally bring it to them,” said Aspyr Media’s VP of publishing Elizabeth Howard....

What a (Brotherhood of) steal! With yesterday’sreveal ofFallout 4(finally!), the nuclear apocalyptic role-playing series is the talk of the gaming world. Valve’s trying to turn some of that hype into money by putting all theFalloutgames on sale. While the iron’s hot, kids. Moseying over to Steam turns up discounts on everything you could possibly need to bring you up to speed on the going-ons in the wasteland. The price of most games and add-ons are slashed in half, while others hover right below that....