Alba: A Wildlife Adventure and Shadow Tactics are the next Epic Games Store freebies

We could all use a little time out It’s Friday, and that means that digital retailer Epic Games Storeis ready to reveal the next titlesthat it will be offering up to its users free of charge — And this week, it’s a veritable mix of wholesomeness and wanton violence, with the arrival ofAlba: A Wildlife AdventureandShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Developed by British outfit ustwo Games, the almost unbearably wholesomeAlba: A Wildlife Adventurewas released to critical and public acclaim back in 2020....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · John Hood

Aliens: Colonial Marines innovates with self-heal glass!

A window into the FUTURE! Aliens: Colonial Marinesis a stinker, this much is true. However, it’s not all bad. As the super-duper really-real canonical sequel toAliens, Gearbox’s outsourced labor of love is rewriting the script on a beloved movie franchise and giving us an unseen glimpse into the universe. One such innovation added to the story is the idea of Weyland-Yutani self-fixing windows. Like Wolverine, glass in theAliensuniverse has a healing factor....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Stacey Mills

Assassin’s Creed IV leaks have pirates, whales, and women

It’s another videogame like that Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag – Edward Kenway…byIleakshit Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flagis set to drop this October in “next gen consoles”, and it’s looking mighty fine, though it remains to be seen if the final game will match the level of visual fidelity seen here. As for the subject matter, it looks like pirates, jungles, ladies, guns, whales, and killing dudes are all points of order....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Rachel Thomas

Audiosurf Air beta sign-ups are currently open

You haven’t grown tired of riding music, have you? I certainly hope not. A website forAudiosurf Airhas appeared, and based on the few early screenshots included, there’s a lot more where the original’s brand of music interaction came from. According to the site,Airwill be out later this year. It’s also got a sign-up to put yourself in the running for the beta; you shouldn’t need me to convince you to do that....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Kevin Rios

Bargain Bin Laden #30: Sonic Advance

It’s fair to say thatSonic the Hedgehogfell on hard times when the industry moved out of the 16bit era. Despite a few glimmers of hope, the once-beloved mascot never truly coped with the evolution of videogames and has become, for all intents and purposes, one of the industry’s saddest jokes. That said, the progression of handhelds proved to be a different story altogether. While horrible 3D efforts such asSonic Heroesor the more recentSonic The Hedgehogon PS3/360 have consistently lowered his stock, Sonic at least found a way to recapture his glory days on Nintendo’s portable consoles with the decent-if-not-amazingSonic Rushand the subject of today’sBargain Bin Ladenfeature,Sonic Advance....

July 10, 2025 · 5 min · 988 words · Jennifer Powell

Bullet Age developers’ pitch for a WWE beat ’em up looks sublime

CM Punk and Cena take on adorable Brock Lesnar Not unlike thatBlack Steampunk Sherlock Holmes mock-upfrom a while back, the proposition of super deformed WWE beat ’em up is getting quite a bit of traction onTwitter at the moment. Sadly, the game isn’t currently in production, though it looks like it was at least partially playable at some point. Half Bot, the creators of the pitch, want to make it clear that you should not “hate on” the WWE for turning the game down, and that the former World Wrestling Federation actually “loved the idea“....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Carol Freeman

Classic platformer Flashback may return very soon

From the creator of the original … and Amy :gulp: Flashback Originswill update the classic and highly influential cinematic platformerFlashbackfor downloadable services on consoles and PC, according toa French blogthat must have way cooler friends than me. If the provided image is to be believed, this update adds a HUD and places a greater emphasis on weaponry — that sound, that you heard just now, is the sound of a thousandFlashbackfans groaning....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Melissa Joseph

College Football 25 unable to sign in on Xbox: Potential cause and fixes

ManyCollege Football 25players were unable to sign in on their Xbox for a long period of time earlier on July 18, which caused a major meltdown on the internet. The servers of the latest college football game have already had their fair share of troubles. While EA Sports has conductedtwo lengthy maintenances, some of the issues related to logging into the game have remained. The same happened earlier when many Xbox users weren’t even able to start the game due to the breakdown of regular server services....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Rebecca Adams

Contest: Skul: The Hero Slayer just got a huge update adding even more to the game, so win a free Steam copy to celebrate

Don’t lose your head…again! In today’s contest you can win a Steam copy of the recently updatedSkul: The Hero Slayer! A few months ago we gave away a sweet little action game calledSkul: The Hero Slayer. As Early Access titles are wont to do, the game has been improving ever since, fixing hiccups, streamlining gameplay, and making sure it can be the best game it can be. Now, developers SouthPAW Games have added new content!...

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Michael Parrish

Core Keeper gets a 1.0 and console release date

Pugstorm and Fireshine Games have announced the official launch date forCore Keeper1.0 and all console ports. The developer and publisher have confirmed the game will finally leave Steam Early Access and hit consoles simultaneously. Thecozy sandbox adventure gameCore Keeperwill leave early access on PC and launch on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S onAugust 27, 2024. After initially releasing in March 2022, the game has been on a long Early Access road to get to this point, with new biomes, mechanics, and bosses added each step of the way....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 440 words · Linda Frazier

Dev_hell is a deckbuilder that lets you live the nightmarish existence of a corporate programmer

Unhinged Studios hasofficially announcedtheirroguelite deckbuilder, dev_hell based on the soul-crushing experience of working as a programmer in an office environment. It’s set to release on PC this year. Before getting paid to write bad words, I spent nine years working in I.T. as a technician. That’s not the same as being an office programmer, but it isadjacent. The biggest difference is that people at least understood that I was going to fix their computer....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 228 words · Mr. Max Atkins

Did they take trios out of Fortnite?

The Trios option was removed in version 24.40 On July 09, 2025,Epic Games tweeted outthat trios mode was going to be “vaulted” inFortnite, much to the chagrin of the community. In a sense, Epic Games is straight-up deleting trios (three-person) mode from the game, and will only allow solo, duo, and quad teams from here on out. The full patch notes didn’t really shed any more light on the situation, stating:...

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Grant Barton

Disney Speedstorm PC system requirements, listed

TheDisney Speedstormsystem requirements are thankfully not that demanding for modern computers. If your PC’s old, however, you may be facing a few issues. You may want the fairy godmother fromCinderellato help you out. Here are theDisney Speedstormsystem requirements you’ll need to run the game. Bibbity Bobbity Boo, here are the minimum Disney Speedstorm system requirements With the flick of the wand (or maybe your wallet in this case), here’s what you’ll need to runDisney Speedstormat minimum graphical settings:...

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Alejandro Hoffman