Alan Wake 2 update fixes progression-halting bugs and aggressively T-posing Alex Casey

Alan Wake 2is alreadya scary game. Having a guy who looks and sounds like Max Payne coming at you like an aggressive red panda probably isn’t necessary. Luckily,a new updateforAlan Wake 2fixes a T-posing Alex Casey while addressing progression-halting bugs. To be fair, the latter is arguably far more terrifying. Most should agree that a bug stopping your story progress in a game is both scaryandfrustrating. In fact, it actually happened tomeyesterday inAlan Wake 2....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Carlos Fuller

All Schedule 1 ranks in order and what they unlock

Ranking inSchedule 1is tied with in-game progression, and consistent in-game growth will help you gain access to more strains, workstations, and items required to expand your business. A total of 74 levels exist in the current build of the game. Some level-ups are more crucial than others since they grant you access to new items. It might be a new product, a fresh workstation, or something entirely different. All Schedule 1 ranks and unlocks Every player begins fromStreet Rat 1, and most things will be restricted....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Patrick Munoz

Bloggers Wanted: Giving

[When we’re looking for blogs on a specific topic, we’ll put out a Bloggers Wanted call. Check out the blog prompt, write your own response in the Community Blogs and tag it with the “Bloggers Wanted Essay Response” tag, and you may see your blog promoted to the front page.— JRo] Christmas is this Sunday! In the spirit of the holidays, this week’s topic (as you can see from the title) is about giving....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Samantha Mata

Capcom’s latest Resident Evil 2 remake update is all about Claire Redfield

Barry Sanders some zombies The whole idea of “getting two games” withResident Evil 2back in the day was pretty mind-blowing for a lot of people. In that era it required two discs, now we can download it in one go. Capcom shared some new screens at Gamescom of theResident Evil 2remake, all focusing on Claire Redfield and her quest to find her brother Chris. We also get a look at Sherry Birkin, who will presumably get her own brief gameplay section just like the original....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Ricky Robertson

Check out Magic: The Gathering’s Doom Foretold, our exclusive Throne of Eldraine card reveal

A wild limited card The next expansion up forMagic: The Gatheringis Throne of Eldraine, a take on the Arthurian Legend and Grimm fairy tale motifs. Said set officially arrives on July 05, 2025, witha pre-release ceremonythe weekend of Friday, September 27, and anArenalaunch date of September 26. But before then, we have an exclusive reveal for you on the 20th anniversary of the unofficialvideo game holiday of 9/9/99. The card is Doom Foretold, a White/Black four-cost multicolored card that could fit into some Esper/Hero decks and has some killer art....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 244 words · Donna Cruz

Check out the kick-ass collector’s edition for Final Fantasy VII Remake

‘Just take my wallet now’ Announced during Square Enix’s E3 press conference,Final Fantasy VII Remakeis getting one hell of a collector’s edition. The game will actually have two different editions for fans ready to drop a bunch of cash. The Deluxe Edition, pictured above, is $79.99 and includes an art book, steel book case, and mini soundtrack CD. Best Buyhas it available now. The1st Class Edition, pictured below and exclusive to the Square Enix Store includes all of that plus a Play Arts Kai Cloud action figure with Hardy Daytona for the wallet-crushing price of $329....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Gary Riley

Chronos looks like the gritty Legend of Zelda we have been waiting for

Oculus Rift launch title The Legend of Zeldafans have been wanting a gritty, realistic game for what seems like forever, especially since Nintendo showed off thatbeautiful tech demo at E3 2011, and now it looks like they are going to get it, just on Oculus Rift. Chronosmay not be made by Nintendo or on a Nintendo console, but it wears itsLoZinfluence on its sleeve. A hero is tasked with entering a labyrinth to save their homeland from evil....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Gregory Vega

Content Warning 1.10a May 2 Update patch notes, details, and features

About one month since its release, the first major update forContent Warningis here. The major addition to this update is an all-new map including new monsters for players and their friends to access via the diving bell, and film some exciting new content. We’ve put together this post including all of theContent Warning1.10a May 2 Update patch notes as well as all the new content it features. Content Warning1.10a Update Details and New Content This is all the new content added in theContent WarningMay 2 Update:...

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Michele Singh MD

Damn it, Pac-Man, I believed in you!

Spectating in Super Smash Bros. is my jam “Would you like to bet your earnings and try to extend your win streak?” Hmm. I was going to call it quits inSuper Smash Bros.‘ Spectator Mode. I had too good of a streak going to continue pressing my luck, but the break between rounds doesn’t give you much time to contemplate. Gotta lock in your player and the right coin amount before it’s too late....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Jason Coleman

Delightfully nerdy: Rhythm Core Alpha for the DSi

Calling all music nerds! New today for DSiWare is a title calledRhythm Core Alpha. It’s musical software for your DSi, packed full of tools that let you sequence and perform. It’s kind of geared toward performance with the stylus and touchscreen functionality, and you can even edit one block of loops while another is playing. Actually, it’s about to get really music-nerdy up in here. Creator T.B. Trzepacz explains: “Rhythm Core Alphadetects the key of the music automatically, so you can change the key of the music you sequenced with the +Control Pad or face buttons, like fingering a guitar, while soloing with the stylus using your other hand....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Anthony Bailey

Delver’s Drop began as a mash-up of Zelda and pinball

A brief history of Delver’s Drop I am always fascinated to hear developers talk about how the ideas for their game first come into existence. Sometimes it can be a revolutionary moment of clarity where all the stars are aligned and pure wonder takes on physical form. Most of the time however, it starts with taking an already well-defined idea or mechanic and adding your own spin to it. Through that process of iteration, the idea is slowly refined until it’s polished to a mirror shine....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Robert Moore

Do want! Homebrew Portal gameplay on the DS

What’s not to like? There are many things that make me proud to be a gamer, and one of them is the homebrew/fangame community. To me, there’s almost nothing better than a group of passionate fans getting together and creating something in honor of their favorite franchises. A homebrewPortalfor the DS fits the bill perfectly in that respect, assmealumhas been working on a perfectly playable (although not complete) project that pays homage to Valve’s amazing first-person-puzzler....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Morgan Villarreal

FarmVille to hit all sorts of mobile platofrms

We’ve heard rumblings that Zynga Games’FarmVillewas headed to the iPad, but we didn’t hear that the studio wanted to drop the ginormous Facebook social game on other mobile devices — until this afternoon. Domain registrations exposed bySupererogatoryprove that the studio are at least eying the prospect of putting the game on the iPad as well as the iPhone and Android in addition to somehow allowing users to interact with the game via SMS messaging....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Daniel Whitaker