Sony is ditching every PS4 model outside of one type of slim in Japan

You can only get the 500GB Jet Black now It begins! Like all great hardware purges, Sony is starting with Japan. It happened with the Vita, and now it’s going to happen to the PS4. As reported by Game Watch, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia will be phasing out all PS4 Pro models and all but one PS4 Slim model. In short, the only PS4 that will be actively sold in Japan by Sony will be the PS4 slim 500GB Jet Black model....

July 2, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Bruce Pugh

Star Fox Zero has been delayed until 2016

Rescheduled for Q1 of next year Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has announced thatStar Fox Zerofor the Wii U is being delayed and will no longer release this year: I made a big decision last week. We have been developing Star Fox Zero for Wii U with the aim of releasing it this year. Although we felt that the development had been progressing well, we now believe that we will need a little more time to work on areas such as the unprecedented discovery that we want players to experience in the game by using two screens, and further polishing the level designs and perfecting the tone of the cut scenes....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Brian Franklin

Tales of Berseria PC version will use Denuvo, which Bandai says is not disruptive

Tales of the Encrypt The idea of Japanese role-playing games releasing day one on PC is still pretty foreign to me, so I had forgottenTales of Berseriawas doing just that. It’s a good trend, but the bad news for some is that it will use Denuvo, Bandai Namco revealed along with technical specifications. Of course it spells trouble for pirates, but I’ve heard lots people having difficulty getting through or around this seeming heavy DRM to get to their games....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Theresa Villanueva

Termicide just made Helldivers 2’s Terminids stronger and stranger

Our worst fears have been confirmed. Today, Super Earth’s government announced that the Terminids on the barrier planets players worked so hard to spray with Termicide have only mutated to be more efficient democracy-destroying bugs. The latest Major Order inHelldivers 2tasks players with returning to the barrier planets they worked so diligently to liberate and set up Termicide Towers on. At the time, players wereconcerned about the long-term effects of Termicideon both humans and Terminids, but were told the bug spray was completely safe for us and would kill 100% of our enemies....

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Terry Mclaughlin

The Classic Tetris World Championship is happening right now

Check it out here The sixth annual Classic Tetris World Championship is happening right now, as you can see in the live stream below. The event is hosted by our good friend, Jess Brohard in the land of weird, Portland, Oregon. The tournament takes place this weekend, where competitors will be playing the original classicTetrison NES andTetris Ultimateon PlayStation 4. The winner the NES competition will take home $1,000, while the PlayStation 4 champion will net $500....

July 2, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Rhonda Medina

The DioField Chronicle demo is out now on PC and consoles

Storm theDioFieldtoday Square Enix and Lancarse’s strategy RPGThe DioField Chroniclehas a demo, and it’s available right now. The upcoming game has an introductory demo live now on digital storefronts for PC and console. The demo kicks off right at the opening of the game, and up through the first chapter. Save progress will carry over from the demo into the full version ofThe DioField Chronicle. You can find it here on thePlayStation Storefor PS4 and PS5, theMicrosoft storefor Xbox Series X|S and One, onthe eShopfor Nintendo Switch, and on PC viaSteam....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Joseph Thomas

The most wallpaper-worthy screenshots from the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer

I really hope this game has a photo mode Red Dead Redemption 2is right around the corner and the Rockstar marketing machine is finally kicking into high gear with a series of videos showcasing various mechanics, activities, and simply how gorgeous this game is looking so far. Each of Rockstar’s releases has always felt like an event in and of itself andRed Dead Redemption 2is shaping up to be no different....

July 2, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Jaclyn Delgado

Trademark spotted: No One Lives Forever may live again

Nothing’s gone forever No One Lives Forever‘s rightsdisappeared last year. Activision said it didn’t have them and, in short, no one seemed to have them. Siliconeraspotted trademarks forNo One Lives Forever,The Operative,Contract J.A.C.K.andA Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way, filed by Night Dive Studios. Night Dive republishes classic PC games likeSystem Shock 2. As Siliconera pointed out, these are trademark filings. A copyright would mean rights to the source work. But without already having those rights, it wouldn’t make sense to file the trademark....

July 2, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Amy Paul

Where to find Icicle Spear TM 187 in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

For players using Baxcalibur, multi-hit moves have become a cornerstone for the monster. Thanks tothe Scale Shot TMand theLoaded Diceheld item, Baxcalibur can deal heavy damage while boosting its speed at the same time. So given that loadout, finding TM 187 for Icicle Spear just makes sense. It matches the monster’s Ice typing for boosted power, benefits from Loaded Dice, and boasts more accuracy if your speed stat is set to sweep....

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Karen Mendoza

You should get A Short Hike, Mutazione, and Anodyne 2 for free while you can

Up for grabs on the Epic Game Store until March 19 It happened! Another week passed us by. It’s Thursday again, which means a new batch of free PC games is claimable and downloadable from the Epic Games Store. Today’s lineup is a doozy. Until 8:00 a.m. Pacific on Aug 05, 2025, you can grabA Short Hike,Mutazione, andAnodyne 2: Return to Dust. I don’t always make the effort to add free stuff to my library – I’m sure almost all of you’re able to say the same thing – but this isn’t the time for inaction....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 257 words · Jeffrey Reyes

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma shifts its way to PS4

Complex motives for all The third and last entry in Kotaro Uchikoshi’s critically acclaimedZero Escapeseries has finally released on PS4. It is now available, both physically and on the PlayStation Store, at a retail price of $40. Zero Time Dilemmafollows a cast of nine characters, a mix of returning and new, trapped in a deadly decision game. Their lives and the fate of the entire planet hangs in the balance. Like previous entries, it features a non-linear story with multiple endings and multiple ways for the cast to meet its untimely death… This game definitely deserves its Mature rating, folks!...

July 2, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Pedro Hayes

(Update) Sega will be unveiling a new RPG at Tokyo Game Show 2021

Mystery title set to debut during October’s online festivities [Update:The new Sega RPG will be a F2P fantasy adventure for mobile. You can check out a new teaser trailer below… Well, it was nice to get hyped while it lasted… The Sega rug-pull strikes again.] It appears that Sega is preparing to unveil a brand new title during its Tokyo Games Show 2021 Online showcase. An update to the event’s official live stream schedule has replaced the placeholder “Sega/Atlus TBA” with the more pointed “Sega News Tokyo Game Show 2021 Special” (eschewing the Atlus branding)....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Jane Reynolds DDS

Anime Strike Simulator codes (July 2025) [SHADOWS UPD 33]

Updated: Jun 12, 2025 Added new codes! Jump into a world filled with characters from the popularShōnen Jumpanime series, and unleash your wrath upon their stationary NPC incarnations. If you’ve ever wanted to feed Sasuke a knuckle sandwich or mash up Gaara for fun, you can do so with the help ofAnime Strike Simulatorcodes! As you defeat progressively more challenging characters,Anime Strike Simulatorcodes will provide you with potions that boost your Damage and Power while increasing the amount of gained Yen....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Michael Butler