It still plays the noises, of course The Fisher-Price toy video game controller is not really meant to be used as an actual controller. It’s a light-up play toy. That didn’t stop enterprising controller modder Rudeism from making the Fisher-Price toy completely usable as a controller inElden Ring, though. Following up on a joke from video game deals account Wario64, Rudeism tookthe jest as a challenge. Tweets of his progress soon followed, withUSB powerand anew porthacked into the children’s toy....

It’s taking a pit stop A newNeed for Speedgame is coming out this year, but it will not be present at E3 2019. Ablog post over on EA’s siteannounced the unsurprising news and then shattered hopes that we’d get a glimpse of the racer next month. It seems EA isn’t quite ready to show off what the future ofNFSis. EA DICE’s Ben Walke stated, “Our goal is to deliver a truly memorable high-speed entry into the 25 years ofNFS, rather than a series of promotional events....

If you love sea life, furry things, or puzzles, this is the week for you. Gamelion finally release its furry-centric platformer,Furry Legends(pictured), to WiiWare; Ubisoft brings thePetzseries to DSiWare withPetz Kittens; and Electronic Arts brings a Scrabble trainer of sorts to DSiWare. WiiWare DSiWare It’s good to see that Ubisoft has flooded retail with so manyPetzgames that it now has to start trickling them out to the downloadable space. Browsing the DS section in my local GameStop has become near impossible — they’re like four rows ofPetz-related games....

Here’s what will be affected and when Beyond Nintendo’s regular maintenance of its online services, the company will begoing through a brief periodof emergency maintenance for the Nintendo Network this week. If you experience any odd behavior over the next two days, this is why. From noon Pacific until 5:00pm today, the Wii U eShop, 3DS eShop, Wii Shopping Channel, and DSi shop will be impacted by the maintenance. Similarly, from noon through 6:00pm, the online features ofWarriors Orochi 3 Hyperwill be affected....

Top bidder retracts offer [Update 2]I reached out to the seller and unfortunately the winning bidder has retracted his offer. “The unfortunate reality is the second I approached the winning buyer with payment options, they retracted their bid claiming it was a “mistake,” wrote Muresan in an email. “I’m not offering the item to other bidders in the auction to see if any of them are honorable individuals. It may take me a while but that’s about all I can do for now....

Best of 2013 From the moody and mysterious to the sublimely depressing to the hilarious and endearing, there were a lot of games this year that tickled our minds as much they drove our fingers through dextrous gauntlets. Represented are everything from surprisingly moving AAA releases to poignant pixel art pieces to sprawling JRPGs to, well,whateverexactlyThe Stanley Parableis. The Last of Us There is more toThe Last of Usthan just combat and “emotional” story tropes....

The RPG shooter finally syncs up with its console side Xbox Game Pass owners got to check out People Can Fly’sOutridersat launch, and now, PC players can finally get in on the action too.Outridersis coming to Game Pass for PC and Ultimate on Oct. 19. The RPG loot-shooter hit PlayStation, Xbox, and PC all at once this last April. But onlyXbox Game Passusers got to check outOutriderson the service at launch....

Trouble in Paradise Of the four World Warriors making a fresh appearance atThe Game Awards last week, only one would be recognizable to theStreet Fighterfaithful — Having taken time out from the series for a few years,Street Fighter 6will see the return of the ultimate party animal and dance hall superstar, Dee Jay Maximum! Dee Jay made his Street Fighter debut way back in 1993, as one of the four new faces added to the legendarySuper Street Fighter II....

Do you remember that jump-scare web game in which you guided your cursor through a maze and, once far enough in, brushing up against the wall would cause anExorcisthead to pop out? Naturally, a far-too-loud sound effect played for added impact — and your speakers (or worse, headphones) would just so happen to be left cranked all the way up. Ska Studios’ new game,Charlie Murder, had me reminiscing about that and similar sites....

I hope I can summon a space dolphin to fight for me The upcoming demo forPhantasy Star Novawill feature cooperative multiplayer for up to four players over a local Wi-Fi network. The demo will not allow character creation or story progress, but will feature a battle against the Gigantes enemy, Agrios. Sega has stated the demo will require around 1.15 GB of space to download. I myself cannot wait to reenter the world of giant beam swords and feeding my robot healing items....

Yu fast, Yu furious Arkane Studio’sPreyis a sci-fi masterpiece. It’s an open-ended game that encourages player expression through intricate systems supported by countlesslittle detailsthat create a sense of life aboard a floating space station. ThroughoutPrey‘s main campaign, there’s no shortage of exciting gameplay to experience and memorable sights worth seeing. Of course, you could just blow through the game in under seven minutes like speedrunnerseekerTV. When we last highlighted the state ofPreyspeedruns, players were completing the game in ten minutes just a week after it released....

Digital subscriptions are still free Have you checked outour new magazine yet? It’s available forfree download hereif you enter code DTOID0215. Though I’m obviously too close to the project to properly asses it myself, I’m still pretty sure you’ll like it, partly because I’m yet to hear a bad thing about it from any of our readers. We’ve even received praise from theStarmen.netand the folks running theBloodstainedKickstarter campaign, which has been very flattering....

Versus Mode is Microsoft’s latest Deal of the Week. As such, the first majorResident Evil 5download is priced at a pretty 240 Microsoft Points instead of the usual 400 Microsoft Banana Dollars. According toMajor Nelson, this is a 40 percent savings and I’ll believe him — the Banana Dollars math continues to defeat my brain. As always, this promotion is only available to Xbox LIVE Gold Members. But another caveat was added this week: Japanese LIVE account holders won’t be able to access this deal....