More high level party XP WithSuper Mario RunNintendo has adopted a “set it and forget it” strategy, where they aren’t altering the game that much outside of some sparing events and tweaks. ButFire Emblem Heroesis following the exact opposite beat, and will likely win out monetarily in the long run for it. Nintendo has announced that they’re altering the way experience works inHeroessometime in the next several weeks, as high level characters will now earn more experience in low level skirmishes....

The other is an ‘unprecedented’ One Piece game Courtesy ofJump, we know that Bandai Namco has plans for two upcomingOne Piecegames. The first isOne Piece: Grand Cruise, a PlayStation VR title that’ll be fully revealed during an event on July 22 at Tokyo Tower. According to early reports, you’ll be able to explore a ship inGrand Cruise, though not much else is known for certain. If the gameplay is decently fleshed-out, I’d be interested....

The preservation of art so that it can be discovered by future generations is incredibly important. Videogames should be no exception and a new paper published in the International Journal of Digital Curation outlines the challenges our preferred form of entertainment faces in being protected. Painting a bleak picture, it suggests a not-distant future where some console games could be lost to time forever. Satisfactorily preserving a game is difficult. In order to present the exact experience as designed, games really need to be run on their original hardware....

Shoot and loot OVERKILL’s co-op bank heist game,PAYDAY 2, will be hitting the Switch on July 19, 2025 for Europe and June 27, 2025 in North and South America. You’ll be able to grab the game either digitally or physically or perhaps both if you’re crazy. The Switch port will feature local co-op with up to four Switch consoles, so you and your friends can play even when the internet decides to stop cooperating....

In the US and Canada, anyway… Demo discs are largely a thing of the past, but Sony is making an exception forPlayStation VR. The company is bundling in a disc that contains a bunch of virtual-reality demos, and if you’ve somehow gone all digital (godspeed!), its contents will also be available to download on the PlayStation Store. The specific games included vary by region. In the United States and Canada, we’re getting:...

Welcome Game Freak has been killing it for nearly three decades now (their 30th anniversary is next April). While Nintendo gets a lot of the spotlight when it comes to thePokemonseries Game Freak is there actually developing all of them — and amazingly have remained a private company throughout this entire endeavor. But they also need to get with the times eventually, and as of this past week they opened official Twitter and YouTube accounts for all the world to see....

Not even including the Switch version Leave it to thePokemonname to bring in mounds of cash. Just one month after launching on mobile devices,Pokemon Quest(spin-off tapper of thePokemonseries) has earned over $8 million in revenue. According toSensor Tower(a website dedicated to tracking mobile app performance), while daily spending has slowed,Questis still racking up some impressive numbers for Nintendo. The majority of spending on the game comes from the Japanese market (around 34%) with the United States coming in second (at 24%)....

Developed by CyberConnect 2 and published by Capcom,Asura’s Wrathhas some serious action game pedigree behind it, but it’s becoming more and more apparent that it’s not your typical action title. I got to see two new episodes that explored the game’s story a bit more and showed some battles that weren’t enormous boss fights, displaying some of the more familiar third person action mechanics. Asura’s Wrath (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)Publisher: CapcomDeveloper: CyberConnect 2Release date: June 25, 2025...

I’ll admit, I’ve never had the burning desire to be a Latin American dictator. Something between the ten hour rants and the constant military garb is just off putting. However, it seems to be a fantasy someone has dreamed about, otherwise why would theTropicofranchise exist in the first place? So here it is, the third game in a series that encourages you to be placed in the shoes of your very own island dictator....

Maddest Max Bethesda promised us a newRage 2trailer for The Game Awards 2018, and it certainly delivered. This two-minute trailer is a virtual flyby of what seems to be the entireRage 2map. Surprise! There’s insane shit happening in all corners of this wasteland! From high-flying cars to crazy mech battles,Rage 2does its over-the-topMad Maxact at all times. There’s a bit of news to come out of this Game Awards segment, too....

Sony is no longer publishing the game Rime was announced all the way back in 2013 by Tequila Works, who had crafted the promising, though ultimately flawedDeadlight. It looked like a massive step up for them visually, and on top of that, they announced that Rime would become a Sony exclusive with the backing of Sony. But plans have changed, because as of yesterday, the studio announced that they had reacquired the rights, and that Sony was no longer involved....

[Update:Additional info and screens have been added to the post.] 343 just showed off the sexy looking new Xbox 360that got leaked earlierthis week. The console sports a design based on a combination of Forerunner and UNSC ascetics with a semi see-through side paneling as well. Custom sound effects were also created for when you power on or off the console, and the console and controllers feature blue lighting. Frank O’Connor also showed off a special limited edition controller that will run $59....

We haven’t heard much about the upcoming PS3 titleMetal Gear Onlinesince it wasfirst announcedlast month, but now some new shaky-cam footage of the game in action has made its way onto the internet.GameVideos sent us a clip from Gamer.tv showing the first publicly shown footage of the game, letting us scope out some multiplayer team play action.The Konami rep in the video tells us about a game play system that encourages you to link up with your team mates, which allows you to share information, location, and battle condition....