Resident Evil: Retribution 3D trailer is like a Sony ad

I clicked play on thisResident Evil: Retribution 3Dtrailer when I saw it atFlixistand wondered if I was watching a pre-trailer commercial. Nope. The faux ad for Sony products turns into a real trailer for the next RE movie. Nice PS Vita placement, Sony. Russian girl? [cue deep trailer voice] This Fall. Reconnect. With Evil. And Ada Wong’s Legs. Fall 2012, in IMAX 3D. See you there? No?

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 67 words · Darren James

Romancing SaGa 2 Vita localization in the works

According to the series’ creator The PlayStation Vita version ofRomancing SaGa 2is coming west, according to series creator Akitoshi Kawazu, whotweetedSaturday “we’re working [on it] now” and requested that fans be patient. Hello world! We’ve released Romancing SaGa 2 English version on iPhone/Android.For PSVita, we’re working now. I want your patience, please. — 河津秋敏 (@SaGa25kawazu)July 01, 2025 Earlier in the week, Square Enix released the classic role-playing game outside of Japan for the first time on mobile platforms....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Richard Moore

Share your Super Mario Maker creations here!

I made one too So,Super Mario Makeris finally out, and I can only assume people are hard at work creating their own levels. Thankfully the pointless “nine-day” wait function is now gone, so you can access every tool available in a few hours. To speed up this process, you’ll want to use every new object at least once in a map (you may use a dummy level to make it go even quicker), and then create a giant blob of blocks somewhere in the stage....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Sandy Atkins

Show us your Metal Gear Solid V emblems!

Or don’t, I’m not a cop I did a lot ofMetal Gearthis weekend. And god damn do I still feel only a little further than when I originally played for 14 hours. While I’m still enjoying it because it’s do dang fun, I am completely worried about having to replay missions on harder settings for the “true end.” To YouTube. Eventually. But forget all that.Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painhas a whole lot of customization options....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Samantha Peterson

SOE talks early monetization plans for its zombie survival MMO H1Z1

Cosmetic items, mostly Following its big gameplay reveal ofH1Z1, Sony Online Entertainment has detailed what the developers have come up with so far for the PS4 and PC open-world zombie survival game’s monetization strategy. SOE president John Smedley gave a breakdown onreddit: These concepts are of course subject to change and the team is taking feedback. So far, so good. Even if I’m not interested in playing existing open-world zombie games right now — much less new titles along the lines ofH1Z1— I can appreciate the transparency shown here....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Monica Johnson

Sonic-esque Freedom Planet is doing the Kickstarter thing

Aiming for a 2014 release Oh, did I not mentionFreedom Planetbefore?Of course I have, silly! More importantly, have you played thedemoyet? ‘Cause you should totally do that if you haven’t. Freedom Planetfills me with so many good feelings, and it’s not hard to see why. It mashes together all of my favorite Genesis games —Sonic the Hedgehog,Rocket Knight Adventures,Gunstar Heroes— and serves up a fresh, stylish, hi-octane animal-mascot platformer that would have fit in well during the 32-bit era....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Darius Gutierrez

Starpoint Gemini II will be a space sim/RPG hybrid

Control your starship in glorious 3D Little Green Men Gameshas launched a websitefor its upcoming space strategy game,Starpoint Gemini II.While this title will have a lot of the usual space exploration, mining, trading, and fighting, it also has a strong focus on role-playing mechanics. The player will control a single ship and level up their captain and ship as they progress through the story. There is a main quest that the player can choose to follow, or they can wander off and do pretty much anything they want....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Donald Serrano

The Binding of Isaac: Now with 20% more evil

[Update:The update still hasn’t gone live due toserver issues, it will launch when they are back up. No word on when that might be, however.] Halloween is upon us, guys and ghouls. For many of us it’s an excuse to dress up and wake up in a puddle of vomit next to a slutty nurse or some dude dressed up as Edward from Twilight. But forEdmund McMillenit’s an excuse to add some more evil to the world....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Lori Buchanan

The Coalition is revoking some illegitimately obtained Gears of War 4 keys

Buying a cheap key from a third-party may not be a good idea Last month,Nvidia announcedthat anyone who purchased a new GeForce 1070 or 1080 graphics card would receive a free copy ofGears of War 4for PC and Xbox One. Unfortunately, it looks like a group of enterprising individuals had managed to find an exploit in this promotion that allowed them to obtain a key for Microsoft’s upcoming shooter without having to drop any money of their own, yet alone the cost of an expensive new graphics card....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Ashley Wu

The full Monster Hunter Rise loading screen art is a sight to behold

Beautiful Monster Hunter Risehas some amazing art. That’s partly why it’s won the favor of the gaming community these past few weeks, all told. The universe is so full of life, and the Wirebug mechanic allows players to explore that to the fullest, unlike any priorMonster Huntergame. We get to bask in it on a constant basis. Reddit user Surrealz knows this, and managed to create a gigantic rendition of the game’s scrolling loading screen....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Angela Holmes

They’re still making Kinect games!

Well I’ll be 2015 was the year I packed up my Kinect for good. The device wasn’t getting enough use — certainly not for controller-free Xbox One menu navigation, which I never grew accustomed to, and rarely if ever for gaming. I got one of the olderJust Dancegames on sale and for a while there, it was silly fun. But if I ever feel the urge to dance to “Rich Girl,” I can just bust a groove on my own, free of the camera’s gaze and spacial requirements....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Tiffany Hanson

Tomorrow’s Pokémon Presents is apparently 24 minutes long. Here’s what we expect to see

The runtime for tomorrow’s July 22 Pokémon Presents showcase looks to have dropped online, with the show expected to last 24 minutes and show off a lot of upcoming Pokémon updates and games, though most of the information surrounding the direct hasn’t been confirmed yet. The leakreportedly comes from the official South Korea YouTube channel,which unexpectedly uploaded the video placeholder ahead of time, showing a 24-minute run time. That would make it one of the longer Pokémon Presents in a while....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Michele Greene

Top 10 Best Sega Genesis games, ranked

Sega was a big player in the arcade industry during the ‘80s, but they had trouble breaking into the home console market. The Master System was mired in difficulties, but almost through sheer marketing, it was able to make a sizeable dent in the North American market with the Sega Genesis in 1989. Mine was a Nintendo household growing up. But surprisingly, in my youthful days on the schoolyard, we never really argued about what was the better console between the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis....

July 22, 2025 · 9 min · 1836 words · Michael Harris