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Sony worldwide presidentShuhei Yoshida thinks that Japan is more open to Western games now. He cites games likeUncharted: Golden Abyssbeing one of the top preordered games for Vita in Japan as a sign of this change. Japanese people traditionally have a strong local preference, particularly with the manga style look of characters that they love,” he said to theEU PlayStation Blog. “But as technology and presentation advances in games likeUnchartedandCall of Duty, they are rightly seeing their quality....

‘I am terrible at videogames’ Tomohiro Nishikado, the creator of the arcade classicSpace Invaders,was just interviewed by The New Yorker, and he admits that he isn’t very good at playing games, and that if“it been left up to me,Space Invaderswould have been a far easier game.” The article is a great read with lots of awesome facts and trivia aboutSpaceInvaders and its designer, including things like how Nishikado was inspired byBreakout, and how the enemies became aliens partly because ofStar Wars....

I’m ready to aggro so many shopkeepers Spelunky 2is launching on September 15 for PlayStation 4. It’s almost time! The dungeon-delving roguelike platformer is designed to be “more rich and dynamic” and feel “a lot more full,” according to creator Derek Yu, who has the unenviable task of topping the first game. I felt that density in the latest footage shown during the State of Play broadcast. It looks wonderful....

A collection of smaller stories sounds perfect The first addition toDungeons & Dragonsthis year isTales from the Yawning Portal, a new campaign book that takes ideas and dungeons from the past five decades and brings them to the fifth edition. It’s framed as a collection of tales being told at the Yawning Portal inn: “When the shadows grow long in Waterdeep and the fireplace in the taproom of the Yawning Portal dims to a deep crimson glow, adventurers from across the Forgotten Realms, and even from other worlds, spin tales and spread rumors of dark dungeons and lost treasures....

Also, no need to ape Western games Mostcriticismleveled at the Japanese game industry over the past few years is typically in regards to its increasingly insular focus — making games that are “too Japanese-y” and thus have more difficulty than ever before appealing to a global audience. Several notable Japanese devs, such asKeiji InafuneandHideo Kojima, have urged their countrymen to take lessons from the West and apply them towards future developments....

That’s some good ’90s designs there, boy Sega has revealed three more anthropomorphic characters from the Sonic universe who are getting ready to tear up the tracks in theirTeam Sonic Racingtitle. The intrepid trio are none other than Blaze the Cat, Vector the Crocodile and Silver the Hedgehog. Following a series of hints, the characters were finally revealed in a tweet yesterday, joining Sonic, Knuckles, Amy Rose and even Big the Cat in the upcoming kart racer....

That took forever Well, Activision finally announced the Platinum-developed gamewe all knew existed—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan. It’s a third-person action game set in the Big Apple (though likely not at 3AM), and will see the turtles, by way of single-player or four-player online co-op (no mention of local) taking on Bebop, Rocksteady, Shredder, and other “iconic bosses.” It will feature an original story from Tom Waltz, who handles IDW’s recent storyline....

Xbox One first, then Steam What isPit People, exactly? It’s a wacky but mechanically solid turn-based strategy game with co-op from the entertaining minds behindCastle CrashersandBattleBlock Theater. I’ve played it a couple times now, and I like it a lot, but there’s so much going on that short preview sessions at events don’t do it much justice. This upcoming beta build should be great in that respect. Above all, it’s nice to hear this is inching closer to release....

How are we already up to the 10thJackbox? I’m not sure, but this Fall, Jackbox games will be droppingThe Jackbox Party Pack 10on our heads. Hopefully, we’ll get a newFibbage 5since my family and I can not everget enoughFibbage,and we’re afraid of trying new things. To commemorate the move into double-digits, Jackbox Games will be spending the next few months sharing details and behind-the-scene looks at the five games that are coming toThe Jackbox Party Pack 10....

It goes away on August 21 Pokemon Unitehas been out for a full year, andthe team is celebrating with some anniversary events.Quite a few events, actually! Whenever I’ve logged in during this period I’ve had a heck of a time delving into various menus to accept all of the login bonuses. But by far my favorite element of the event is thePokemon Uniteboss rush mode: a limited-time almost “MMO raid-like” set of encounters against three bosses in a co-op format....

Here’s hoping for Henry Cavill While there isn’t a newWitchergame on the horizon,The Witcher 3: Wild Huntis still due toget a new-gen upgradefor the new slate of consoles. It looks like there will also be someWitcher 3DLC to go with that, too. Announced during today’s WitcherCon, CD Projekt Red has said they’ve prepared some free DLC inspired by the NetflixWitcherseries. What that will be hasn’t been confirmed yet, but more information will be coming soon....

It has 919.9 GB of usable space Whilethe Xbox Series Xhas an out-of-the-box legacy storage option for older games, you can’t run “made for Series X” titles on it. And as a reviewer, I know I’m going to be running out of space fairly soon. Storage Tetris be damned. I mean, the SSDs on next-gen consoles only fit…a fewCall of Dutygames! Without DLC! So I picked up the official SSD Seagate Storage Expansion Card on my own dime (it’s $219....

Updated: June 26, 2025 We looked for new codes. Something seems so familiar; where have I seen a similar game before? Jokes aside, of course,Ultra Pet Erais inspired byPokémon, and of course, you must become the strongest trainer in your universe. Complete the tutorial, learn all controls, and enjoy the adventure with super cute allies. If you’re looking for extra resources such as Egg-Tickets, Shards, and even a Pikachu, you can obtain them for free by redeeming the latestUltra Era Petcodes....