Sniper Elite V2 Remastered pulls the trigger this week

Tom Berenger is stoked Developer Rebellion has dropped a launch trailer for Sniper Elite V2 Remastered, which launches today digitally on PC and console formats, with a physical release to follow later in the week. Originally released in 2012 for PS3, PC and Xbox 360, before later being ported to the Wii U,Sniper Elite V2gave players the opportunity to take a break from the lead-spraying shooters crowding the market, offering a slower-paced, more tactical, single-shot experience....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Amy Larson

SPECTER codes (August 2025) [NEW MAP]

Updated: July 22, 2025 We searched for new codes! Scary experiences are best when played as a team, andSPECTERis as good as it gets if you’re into ghost hunting. Team up and attempt to survive while trying to identify the type of ghost that you’re up against. With the latestSPECTERcodes, you can do all that in style, too! The new codes will give you some great cosmetics so that you may show off while exploring various haunted locations....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Amber Meyer

Spectral Force Genesis: Screens and box art

The lastSpectral Forcenamed game I played was…not that great. Sorry. I have higher hopes for this title,Spectral Force Genesis, coming to the DS by way of Ignition this spring. This one is different, though. Idea Factory has mixed a combination of war sim and strategy RPG. You’ll oversee diplomacy, war tactics and even taxes on one side, but you’ll also find yourself right in the heat of battle, controlling SRPG game play as well....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Denise Palmer

Strap in, it’s time to watch EA Play Live 2020

The real EA Play is the friends we made along the way No E3, no problem. The streams won’t stop. Electronic Arts is about to kick off itsEA Play Live 2020presentation at 4:00 p.m. PT. If you wanna watch along with the Dtoid community, hey, stick around. We’re expecting appearances fromStar Wars: Squadrons(gameplay this time),Apex Legends,Madden, other miscellaneous sports,another co-op rompfromA Way Outcreator Hazelight, and possibly other EA Originals. Will we hear a peep out of BioWare?...

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Jennifer Trujillo

Switch Port Report: Dandy Dungeon: The Legend of Brave Yamada

It’s crawlin’ with jerks! Roughly two and a half years ago, Onion Games and publisher DMM released an absolute gem of a game inDandy Dungeon: The Legend of Brave Yamada. It combined roguelike elements with puzzle solving and ridiculous characters to make for an experience dramatically different than most other games clogging up the various app stores. I gave it a 9.5 and if you’d like to try it out for yourself right now, you can’t....

June 30, 2025 · 5 min · 1046 words · Erika Ball

The best part of Wave Race 64 coming to Switch is the music

It gets to live on in a new era Wave Race 64ruled the roost in so many houses across the world, and now, over 20 years later,it’s backvia Nintendo Switch Online. Set to arrive on the service on August 19,Wave Race 64joins a smallish group of Nintendo 64 classics that are all part of the “Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack” family. While the rate of games is incredibly slow, the choices have been fairly on-point most months, especially when it comes to this beloved oddity....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Larry Jones

The Division 2 is getting some new content after all

U-bisoft Turn While it initially seemed that tactical military shooterTom Clancy’s The Division 2was getting marching off into its apolitical sunset, Ubisoft has now decided to give the mercenary matchmaker one last hurrah, with a batch of new content, arriving later in 2021. The fourth season of DLC forThe Division 2– literally titled “End of Watch” – revolved around the chasedown of treacherous agent Faye Lau and her squad of lieutenants....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Kenneth Morgan

The House of the Dead: Overkill revamped for mobile

The Lost Reels on Android and iOS Adapting light-gun series for use on a touch screen doesn’t sound immediately appealing, but I’ll try most things once. After all,The House of the Dead: Overkillwas enjoyable for what it was back in 2009 on the Wii. Following a more recent “Extended Cut” release for PlayStation 3, Sega has now turned to the mobile market withThe Lost Reels. ThisiOSandAndroidtitle has of course incorporated in-game currency alongside real-world money....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Leslie Jones

There is a Splatoon 2 splatfest happening next month. This is not a drill.

Battle of the Condiments back for Round 2 Well, Icertainlydidn’t expect to be writing one of these up anytime in 2020. But yes, it’s true. Nintendo is rolling out a splatfest re-run on its delightful Switch shooterSplatoon 2. Between May 22-24, squid-kids will be able to take to the colourful battlefields of Inkopolis once again, as Nintendo brings back the originalSplatoon 2splatfest:Mayo vs. Ketchup,which was first fought way back in August 2017, right after the sequel’s initial release....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Danielle Spencer

There’s a reality show casting internet trolls sick of ‘fake gamer girls’

From the makers of Catfish: The TV Series While the gaming community has made small strides to highlight intelligent conversation and criticism over the years, it’s unfortunately widely known by its loudest minority: “trolls.” Try as the community might to incorporate views from folks other than white males, there’s still an incredible amount of hate and bile. No doubt piling onto this is the latest attempt at a reality show from the producers ofCatfish: The TV Series....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Lauren Lynch

THQ Nordic will have new games and more surprises at Gamescom

At least three new titles being demoed Big-time publisher THQ Nordic has announced some of its plans for upcoming industry event Gamescom 2019, which will take place in Cologne, Germany in August. Alongside several new titles we already know about, a few all-new reveals are being prepped for the event. As detailed in a new sizzle reel, which you can check out below, THQ Nordic will be bringing five hot titles to the show floor....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Charles Nguyen

Twitter reveals why there aren’t many women in videogames

#1ReasonWhy Women in the game industry are currently revealing some of the crap they have to put up with in the videogame industry, using the#1ReasonWhyhashtag to explain why there aren’t as many women in the business as there ought to be. “I had to make my own game in order to see someone like me as a main character,” explainedMattie Brice, also adding, “Men write about sexism and get praise, and I silenced and degraded for writing the same thing a week, month, year before....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 489 words · Beth Jarvis

When was each Eeveelution added to the Pokédex in Pokémon

For many fans ofPokémon, Eevee and its ability to evolve into Pokémon of many different types is a fan favorite feature. It’s a metaphor, in a way, about your fate not being entirely sealed and anything being possible. Or perhaps that’s me reading too much into it. Either way, Eevee is a belovedgeneration 1Pokémon who is still a mainstay in many players’ parties to this day. Creating an entire party made up of different evolutions continues to be a challenge that players take part in as new games are released, and the worldwide Eevee merchandise scene is huge....

June 30, 2025 · 5 min · 916 words · Aaron Miller