Arkham Knight’s latest PC patch is drenched with fixes

A lot of rain being the biggest one David Cage had nothing to do with the newestBatman: Arkham KnightPC patch, but you’d be forgiven if you mistakenly believed that he did. NotHeavy Rainbut heavy rain is the most notable change made to the game among a big ol’ list of improvements. Added in is a more extreme rainfall at the beginning ofArkham Knight. Given the game’s performance issues on PC, it’s very possible that the waterworks were originally scaled back to alleviate some of the resource-intensive strain....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Claudia Hall

Awesomenauts community address teases DLC character

Over the weekend, Ronimo Games sent out anAwesomenautscommunity address detailing the current state of its immensely fun MOBA and what’s left in store. To be perfectly frank, we’re a little late in covering this news because we were busy playing loads ofAwesomenauts. The game isn’t going to prestige itself! Ronimo is hard at work on the first patch, which will incorporate feedback from fans to achieve a better balance. The team is also looking into connection issues some users are experiencing due to their NAT settings and, more excitingly, they have a teaser for the game’s debut downloadable character....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · Stephen Lara

Black Ops III’s new mode is more Mirror’s Edge than Call of Duty

With a dash of Titanfall Don’t expectCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIto be all killing. Well, it’ll be a fair amount of that. But there’s also some running, and the game’s newest mode focuses squarely on that. During a developer livestream today, Treyarch showed off the Freerun mode. It’s an obstacle course designed to take advantage ofBlack Ops III‘s movement mechanics. Treyarch says that it’ll be punishing on higher difficulties and that competition for leaderboard glory will be tight and fierce....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Jaclyn Gardner

Cblogs of 9/9 to 18-07-2025 + Death and Transformation

A tip of the cap If you are reading one of these “Recap” blogs for the first time, then you are probably new to Dtoid, or just unaware of the Community Blogging scene that is part and parcel of this site. The Community Blogs, or C-Blogs for short, have always been an important part of the content being produced here, content that is purely community driven. Many of the front-page writers on this site actually started as community bloggers, such as Chris Carter, Peter Glagoski, CJ Andriessen, Chris Moyse, Rich Meister, Ray Porreca, and a whole slew of others....

June 2, 2025 · 9 min · 1736 words · Charles Simpson

Contest: Help Professor Lupo tame his horrible pets

They can’t be that bad… We’ve got a contest giving away copies ofProfessor Lupo and His Horrible Pets— come win one! There’s nothing worse than a horrible pet. It’s like, it’s an animal and I love animals, but also they can really, really sometimes suck. I’ve had a few pets that were objectively horrible…but what can ya do? It’s not like they were murderous monsters found in the deep recesses of space or anything....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Wanda Flynn

Cyber Shadow initially shied away from publishing with Yacht Club

It’s like a Julia Rah-roberts romance movie Yacht Club Games, the developers ofShovel Knight, had a historic showing at PAX East this year. Six years ago,Shovel Knightmade its playable debut there. Now it’s coming to a close there as well, withShovel Knight: King of CardsandShovel Knight: Showdown, its final updates. Both modes were drawing crowds for all four days of the show, making for a climactic finale to the game’s long-running relationship with the show....

June 2, 2025 · 4 min · 687 words · Debra Ross

Dark portents abound in trailer for Rift: Storm Legion

The future of sci-fi MMORiftis ominously teased in this new trailer for its first expansion,Storm Legion. A sinister female voice, referred to as “Dragon,” talks about her plans for total domination through the use of something called the “Infinity Gate.” I’ve read enough comic books and seen enough sci-fi television and film to know that anything with the word “infinity” in its name is some seriously bad juju. We will, we hope, be checking outStorm Legionnext week at E3....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Mr. Jared Gates

Distant Worlds: Final Fantasy is coming to Blu-ray

And the Japanese have no idea how to price Blu-ray products If you’re a fan ofFinal Fantasymusic, it’s likely you’ve heard of theDistant Worldsglobal tour. Several CD and DVD collections have been released over the years, but Square Enix is putting togethera special Blu-ray collectioncontaining live video recordings of many of the fantastic arrangements from theFinal Fantasy Orchestral Album(including “The Dreadful Fight” fromFinal Fantasy IV, “The Mystic Forest” fromVI, “The Dalmasca Eastersand” fromXII, and Crystal Kay’s version of “Eyes on Me”)....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Ronald Harris

Dredge: The Iron Rig release date and gameplay details

The Iron Rigis the second premium DLC forDredgefollowingThe Pale Reach. It adds a new story that’s designed to be enjoyed alongside the base game, giving you a new purpose in this world of cosmic horror fishing and many more gadgets to utilize. As far as we know, the DLC is the last one planned for the game, and it has been coming for a long time. After an initial delay to allow developer Black Salt Games more time to make the experience the best it could be, it’s finally going to be released for all platforms in 2024....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 568 words · Martha Ball

Earth in Starfield becomes habitable again, thanks to this mod

InStarfield,Earth has become a desolate wastelandwith only minimal evidence that humans ever lived there. To rectify this, someone has made our home world that little bit more lush with fresh fauna and sea life. Over onNexus Mods, user Ainsy has managed to restore Earth’s atmosphere, breathing a bit of life into the dead planet. While it’s not a complete restoration, the mod does give back the atmosphere, as well as the oceans, some creatures, all culminating in basically turning it into a jungle biome....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Jessica Robertson

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (FNAF 2) movie release date and teasers

Following the triumph of theFive Nights at Freddy’sfilm, the infamous animatronic crew is back for a highly-anticipated sequel. They always come back, don’t they? We’re here to keep you in the loop with theFive Nights at Freddy’s 2movie release date, potential returning cast, and teasers. When does Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 movie come out? The release date of theFive Nights at Freddy’s 2film has been set forDec. 5, 2025.Universal Pictures confirmed this exciting news, listing it on theirupcoming movie schedule....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Sarah Thomas

Folder Dungeon is an OS-themed roguelike dungeon crawler that’s just as mad as it sounds

Roguelikedungeon crawlersfeel fantastic to play if you really enjoy the way the battlefield changes with every run and how you, as a player, grow with the experience and items gained before each death. The genre works well in pretty much any setting, and that appears to be exactly whatFolder Dungeonis trying to prove. As you might guess from the name,Folder Dungeonis a roguelike dungeon crawler in which you battle through a computer’s operating system....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Jessica Watson

French retailer unveils exclusive Limited Edition for Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Pre-orders going live tomorrow French retailerPix’n Lovehave tweeted out images of a Limited Edition set for Capcom’s upcoming compendiumStreet Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. The set, which appears to be exclusive to the artsy retailer, contains a copy of the game, new packaging, a selection of A5 art prints from the wholeStreet Fighterseries and an 80 page art book, looking at over three decades of iconic series’ visuals. Anyone interested in picking up this set should note thatpre-orders open on-sitetomorrow, April 13, at 10:00 CET....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Stephen Sanders