The almost-full list of playable games We told you about everyonewho will be atPlayStation Experience 2016, but now we can share a list of everything(well, almost everything) that’ll be at the Anaheim convention in early December. Curiously, a few conspicuous “unannounced panels” are on the schedule. Sony is also quick to point out that this list of playable games isn’t exhaustive — there’s apparently “plenty more to be revealed.” Saturday, December 3 Sunday, December 4 At the very least, I’d consider swinging bySonic Mania,Ace Combat 7,Yakuza 0, andHorizon Zero Dawnif I were you....

Aye captain, there be a storm comin’ Coming off of a very successful console launch, Sony is looking to trim some fat in other parts of the company. The subject of these trimmings, Sony Pictures, is reportedly going to see $100 million worth of cuts, including job losses. At the center of these cuts is Bain & Co., a global management consulting firm, whom Sony has hired to identify where cuts should be made....

Belt apocalypse incoming On Tuesday, the Twitter account forXenoblade Chronicles 2revealed that Tetsuya Nomura, know for his work on theFinal FantasyandKingdom Heartsfranchises, would be a guest character designer for the game. The account went into further detail about how the character design was being handled. Masatsugu Saito, who did the redesign of Celica for theFire Emblem AwakeningDLC, would be handling the character designs for the majority of the games cast, including main characters Rex and Pyra....

Review round-up: The games of March 2013 What a month! Now that March is well behind us (and we remembered to take a look back to ponder), I feel confident in saying that betweenBioShock InfiniteandTomb Raider, and yet anotherGears of War, we are well into this year of big-budget gaming. Take a look at everything we reviewed in March — there’s a lot! What was your jam? What did you miss out on?...

If you’re familiar with the spells introduced duringBaldur’s Gate 3’sPatch 8, you may already know exactly what I’m about to talk about. That’s right: Bursting Sinew, a cantrip that allows you to carry and blow up corpses whenever you like. Bursting Sinew is one of the funniest thingsBG3abilities I’ve seen in a while. The damage isn’t OP by any means—if anything, it’s fairly weak, but the spell itself is fun....

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger Wrenchfarm shares his reminiscence for last month’sCommunity Assignment. Want to see your own blog appear on our front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] For a few years now, game developer Paul Barnett has beenspeaking abouthis theory of a gamer’s “golden age”. This is the period of time in a gamer’s life when they are THE MOST into games. When they are living and breathing videogames, just sucking them up and digesting them like one of those horrendously ugly fish you toss in the aquarium to keep the tank clean....

Podtoid 450 It’s easy to be dismissive of theGrand Theft Autofranchise because it’s the biggest fish in the pond and has been for quite some time. And as we prepare to take our adventures in San Andreas to the next generation, let’s not forget one of the reasons why these games, particularlyGTAV, are as beloved as they are: the stories they tell are actually quite good. That’s one of the topics CJ, Charlotte, Occams, and Chris cover on this episode of Podtoid....

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide As I was watching thisZelda: Breath of the Wildclipfrom DatMemeConnoisseur on Reddit, I couldn’t help but remember the olden days of starting out in this version of Hyrule. As I’ve said quite a few times, I thankfully was able to play an advanced version ofBreath of the Wild, completely isolated from any meta, discourse, or guides. It was just me and the wilderness, and wouldn’t you know it,I completely wandered off into Hyrule Fieldand got blasted by Guardians....

DLC is the place to be The Divisionis an Ubisoft game, so it will have DLC. Lots of it. We all assumed this, now we know — the publisher has laid out their plans openly before its March launch. In addition to free regular updates, there will bethreepaid expansions released “over the course of the year.” This includes the “Underground, Survival, and Last Stand expansions. The former sounds like the most meaty with a new co-op section, Survival sounds like just that (“stay alive as long as possible”) and the latter doesn’t have any further information at the moment....

Next week, too! To celebrate the upcoming release of Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition on the Vita,Sonyhas put some of their fighting games on sale this week, with more discounts coming on games next week. This week,Dead or Alive 5 Plus, Guacamelee!, Mortal Combat, Real Boxing, andSoulcalibur: Broken Destinyall see price chops, with up to 60 percent discounts. Next week,Atomic Ninjas,Divekick, KickBeat, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Ultimate Marvel vs....

The Girl in the Bubble Nippon Ichi Software has released a short teaser trailer for intriguing roguelike RPGVoid Terrarium,which was officially revealed last week. This first video is relatively free of gameplay, but gives us the opportunity to feel out the game’s strange and desolate universe. Void Terrarium– orvoid tRrLM(); //Void Terrariumto give it its full title – is the story of a small, reactivated service bot, who awakens post-apocalypse to find the world besieged by toxic plantation....

InWarriors: Abyssthere are 21 playable heroes to slay hordes of dead as, each with their own unique Traits and Actions. We’ve put together aWarriors: Abysstier list to rank all the playable heroes so you know which ones are worth playing. Warriors: Abyss Heroes Tier List Each hero inWarriors: Abysshas their own unique weapons, traits, and actions, offering a ton of unique playstyles and variability across the available 21 heroes. While all heroes can complete all content, this tier list ranks all theWarriors: Abyssheroes to help indicate which ones are overall better compared to the rest....

The Battle of the Nile InTotal War: Rome II‘s take on the Battle of the Nile, you can either play as the Egyptians or the Romans. The latter is at a distinct disadvantage in terms of positioning and troop numbers, which means, yep, let’s go with them for the walkthrough video. It’s clearly the more entertaining of the two. Enjoy approximately 12 minutes of footage as we wait for September to get here....