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- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
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- Video Game Research Library
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- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Author: John Scalzo
Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Batman: The Enemy Within Episode 2, more added to PS Store
Sony is back with another PlayStation Store update this week, and it’s sure to please those looking for something a bit different.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is now available to download for the PS4, and it’s an RPG from Joe Madureira based on his comic of the same name. Also available for the PS4 this week is Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, a re-release of Capcom’s quirky action game. And finally this week, Telltale Games will introduce Harley Quinn to the world of Batman: The Enemy Within in Episode 2 – The Pact.
You can learn more about this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store (including a handful of Vita games) after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS4, Vita
Tagged Batman: The Enemy Within, Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Dragon's Dogma
Raiden is now available to download in Injustice 2… Overwatch’s Halloween Terror 2017 event begins on October 10
Injustice 2 gets another dose of Mortal Kombat on the eve of the latter’s 25th anniversary, and Overwatch will start to feel a little spookier beginning next week with the launch of yet another seasonal event.
You can read more about both stories after the break. (more…)
Stardew Valley coming to Switch this week… Battle Princess Madelyn gets a new teaser trailer
ConcernedApe has announced that Switch owners will soon be able to take Stardew Valley on the go, and Casual Bit Games has unveiled the newest trailer for Battle Princess Madelyn.
You can read more about both after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Switch, Vita, Wii U, Xbox One
Tagged Battle Princess Madelyn, Stardew Valley
The Games of October 2017
A complete look at the games scheduled to launch in October can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in Features
New Retail Releases: Forza Motorsport 7, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen, More
We’re racing into another big week of new releases, including the Standard Edition of Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport 7 on the Xbox One.
If racing simulators don’t rev your engine, you might want to look into Capcom’s re-release of Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS4, Xbox One) or a turn-based RPG based on Joe Madureira’s Battle Chasers: Nightwar (PC, PS4, Xbox One).
The 3DS will receive a big batch of new games this week as well, including NIS America’s Magic/Monopoly hybrid Culdcept Revolt, Level-5’s adventurous Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy, and Nintendo’s re-release of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions. And if you’re in the market for a new handheld, Nintendo will launch a “White + Orange” New 2DS XL this week.
Finally this week, Telltale will launch a Season Pass Disc for Batman: The Enemy Within on the PS4 and Xbox One.
A complete list of this week’s new retail releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Cuphead, Forza Motorsport 7: Ultimate Edition, Burning Fight, more added to Xbox Store
Cuphead has arrived on the Xbox Games Store!
The side-scrolling shooter was inspired by animated shorts that were popular in the 1930s, and Xbox One players will finally get the chance to challenge its devilishly difficult bosses now. It’s joined on the digital storefront today by Turn 10’s latest racing simulation, Forza Motorsport 7: Ultimate Edition, and Hamster’s latest NeoGeo re-release, Burning Fight.
You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, Xbox One
Tagged Cuphead, Forza Motorsport 7
FIFA 18, Golf Story, Inversus Deluxe, more added to Nintendo eShop
It’s another big week for the Nintendo Switch… because dozens of new titles (and a few new 3DS games) are now available to download through the Nintendo eShop.
Later this week, EA Sports will bring their soccer simulation FIFA 18 to the Switch on September 29. But beginning today, Sidebar’s “Golf RPG,” Golf Story, will tee off on the Switch eShop. It’ll be joined by monochromatic shooter Inversus Deluxe, picture puzzler Picross S, and co-op spaceship manager Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (on October 3).
Over on the 3DS, Nintendo fans will be able Yo-Kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters on September 29 and Culdcept Revolt on October 3.
You can learn more about this week’s additions to the Nintendo eShop after the break. (more…)
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Tagged 3DS, Culdcept Revolt, FIFA 18, Inversus, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Switch, Wii U, Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits/Fleshy Souls
Second Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer released… Ubisoft to add “Educational Mode” to Assassin’s Creed Origins
It’s hard to compete with a brand new trailer for the highly-anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2, but Ubisoft is going to try, and they’ve announced a combat-free “Educational Mode” for Assassin’s Creed Origins.
You can see the trailer and read more about Origins’s “Educational Mode” after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Assassin's Creed Origins, Red Dead Redemption 2