How to unlock the Pikida Stonegrove Skyview Tower in Tears of the Kingdom

Enjoy one of the least taxing towers in the game Sometimes, you just need a win. That’s exactly what you’ll get when you approach the Pikida Stonegrove Skyview Tower inTears of the Kingdom! Here’s where to find it, and how to unlock it. Spoiler alert: you just walk through the door and act like you own the place. Where to find the Pikida Stonegrove Skyview Tower The Pikida Stonegrove Skyview Tower can be found in the northwestern corner of Hyrule, northeast of the Hebra region, above the Rito village....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Leah Brown

Is Alan Wake 2 coming to Steam?

Alan Wake 2launched on 27 October to critical acclaim. If you want to play on PC, Epic Games Store is currently your only option and that has some players wondering whether it will ever make its way to Steam. There has been no word from Epic Games, Remedy, or Valve regarding whetherAlan Wake 2will make it to Steam. However, you’d be wise not to hold your breath for it. Remedy’s relationship with Epic Games Store is a long one....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Austin King

Long-lost ‘Fred Durst’ Fallout: New Vegas mod returns seven years later

you may take theFallout: New Vegasout of the silly, but you can’t take the silly out ofFallout: New Vegas. Or something like that. At any rate, someone has managed to make modding history by finding an old file that was thought to have been lost to the annals of time. This one is very much for you late ’90s/early 2000s nu-metal fans. As spotted byPC Gamer, Twitch streamer Micky D (via Twitter user UsagiCola) has re-uploaded a mod forNVthat adds Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit fame as a companion....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Lisa May

Media Molecule celebrates Dreams going gold

Dreams becomes reality Media Molecule, the developer behind charming titlesLittleBigPlanetandTearaway,has announced that its ambitious titleDreamshas finally gone gold, ready for pressing onto discs and shipping out to stores, prepped for its February 14 release date. As a refresher,Dreamsis a game creation utility for PlayStation 4. The software comes pre-packaged with assets such as music, artwork, textures, base mechanics and more. Media Molecule’s hope is that players will combine these assets with their own creative ideas to build their own small games and projects, which can then be shared among the community....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Steven Acevedo

Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake is not as simple as it looks

Also there’s a monster that farts a ton Monsters Ate My Birthday Cakesaw success on Kickstarter, and it’s coming along nicely as evidence by our interview at PAX East. It looks super cute and simplistic, but there’s way more depth than you’d imagine here. A deep story, lots of Super Nintendo RPG era influences, and a soundtrack by Disasterpeace that you know by default will just be great.Monsters Ate My Birthday Cakeis coming to the PC and mobile devices in June....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Malik Matthews

Mortal Kombat fighters like you’ve never seen them before

Commence hyperventilating. Back when Vincent Proce was working over at Midway, he submitted a pitch for a newMortal Kombat. The game in question was to be a total overhaul of the series’ “originalpremise” with“modernmutiplayer and dismemberment game design.” I can understand if that alone may not sell you on the idea, but oh man, this art he created to go along with the pitch makes me wonder how the proposal was turned down....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Joshua Pollard

My god, 2K NBA Playgrounds mobile is going to be a microtransaction nightmare

The video thumbnail is literally a loot box 2K NBA Playgrounds, a modern-day reimagining ofNBA Jambut with current players, is being ported to mobile as a free-to-play game. It’s currently inopen beta on Androidin select markets. It is going to be a microtransaction wasteland. Here’s the lineage of2K NBA Playgroundson mobile: It’s an arcadey take on theNBA 2Kseries, the most prominent and best-selling basketball franchise that has come under intense scrutiny for flagrantly pushing microtransactions; the most recent game in the2K NBA Playgroundswas slammedfor slowing progress unlocking new players to a halt without the assistance of real-life money; and, it’s a free-to-play mobile game which are almost always littered with in-app purchases....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Danny Phillips

Nab all three Assassin’s Creed Chronicles for $1 in this Humble Bundle

Uplay, though The mainlineAssassin’s Creedseries just isn’t my particular brand of comfort-food gaming, but its 2.5D subseries,Chronicles? I think I could get down with that trio. If you don’t mind going through Uplay (Windows only), there’s a newHumble Bundlethat can help you score all three titles for a buck. Pay $1 or more: Pay more than the average (~$7): Pay $15 or more: I asked Brett, our residentAssassin’s Creedwhisperer, for advice....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Tracy Brown

Nintendo Direct: Iwata details the Wii U’s philosophy

During Nintendo’s “Nintendo Direct” Pre-E3 event, company President Satoru Iwata gave us some juicy details on the Wii U, and what he hopes to accomplish with the new device. Come next generation, Iwata hopes to change the relationship between families and consoles, consoles and TVs, and enhance Internet integration more than any console has before it. Iwata echoed that the Wii U’s mission is “uniting, rather than dividing,” and that will be accomplished not only through local social play (just like the Wii), but with the “Miiverse,” and Nintendo Network....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Angel Owens

Nintendo hires second sloth at NES Classic factory (Fauxclusive)

Production moving faster than ever Following news that Nintendo is ramping up efforts toproduce more Switch units, the company also announced it will double the workforce at the facility manufacturing the NES Classic by hiring a second sloth. The sloth, named Màn, is set to join the only other employee in the factory, Bǐjiào màn, another sloth who has been unable to meet the global demand for the hot-ticket item....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Holly Fisher

Nintendo’s holiday Wii Party Airstream tour

Nintendo is loading up an Airstream trailer withWii Partyand fun and then driving across our country’s magnificent west coast to show it off. They plan to roll up to shopping centers and family attractions in west coast cities from December 8th through the 17th, so be on the lookout. Even if you’re not that interested inWii Partyand its 80 minigames and family fun, it might still be worth it to visit the Airstream....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 94 words · Leslie Phillips

Persona 4: Dancing All Night opening movie

Scorpion something true now… No lie, I’ve been listening toPersona 4: Dancing All Night‘s main theme, “Dance!,” on repeat since playing the game at E3 last week. It’s just so danged infectious. I’m this close to importing the game — which just came out in Japan the other day — because its fall western release seems too far away. Maybe I’ll just watch this opening cinematic on repeat instead. Or playHatsune Miku Project DIVAwithPersonamusic blaring in the background, hoping to trick my brain somehow....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 94 words · Judy Jones

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition will make Nintendo a lot of money

It was bound to happen eventually Leave it to Mario and co. to get me interested in the Japanese mobile sensationPuzzle & Dragons. I mean, thatFist of the North Startie-in had my curiosity, but not like this. Nintendo and GungHo Online are bringingPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Editionto 3DS on July 31, 2025 in Japan. If this is your first time hearing about these role-playing puzzle games, frankly, the footage above should be plenty sufficient....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Maria Hernandez