The list of games Nintendo is bringing to Cologne, Germany for gamescom this month looks an awful lot like the company’s E3 lineup. But considering that means moreSuper Smash Bros.,Hyrule Warriors,Splatoon, andYoshi’s Woolly World, you’ll hear no complaints from me. Wii U 3DS I hope these aren’t the same game builds we saw back in June. Realistically, though, many likely will be. Also, noKirby and the Rainbow Curse? Bummer. gamescom 2014: Nintendo gibt Line-up bekannt[Nintendo-Online viaNintendo Everything]...

Look, I’m a simple dude. I just want fun and cool stuff. And it looks likeOverwatch 2is getting just that with aCowboy Bebopcollaboration event. The event starts March 12 and features skins, emotes, and more from the space bounty hunter anime. Music from the series will be featured in-game as well. The below trailer is all it took for me to click the Install button forOverwatch 2on my Battle.net launcher for the first time in over a year....

$10 less I guess Sony is getting a bit more serious aboutPlayStation Vue, as it has just confirmed a price cut to the service. It will now run you $10 less per month, bringing the base subscription (roughly 60 channels) down to $40 (“Core” is $45 with 75+ channels, and “Elite” is $54.99 with 100+ channels). Another big “get” is the addition of a bunch of Disney family channels, which includes the sub-conglomerate ESPN, as well as ABC, Disney Channel, and Disney XD....

Plus, win two Steam games! [Dtoid community blogger Cutie Honey shares his list of games that made him feel the feels in 2012. Be sure to read the whole thing, too; there’s a contest hidden betwixt the text! Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] With the 100s of games I’ve played throughout the last quarter of a century, I could count on just one hand the titles that had some abnormally large emotional effect on me:...

Radical Entertainment announced today a pre-order bonus forPrototype 2, available to customers who lay down their cash in advance atGameStop. In exchange for your consumer confidence, you’ll get a code to unlock the “Butt Kicker” power, an enhancement of the Bio-Bomb ability. Where the Bio-Bomb merely lets you throw an enemy which you have pumped full of explosive goodness, the Butt Kicker allows you to punt that enemy and rain devastation on your enemies....

The PlayStation Vita has officially launched in Japan, and it wouldn’t be a hardware launch without some issues cropping up. Youtube videos have been appearing online since launch, as users reveal the issues they’ve had with the Vita — the most common being system freezes and unresponsive touchscreens. The more features you put into a machine, the more opportunities you have for something to go wrong. This is, of course, why your NES still works after a bit of blowing in the slot while your more recent consoles are nowhere near as hardy....

I fought the law… For anyone looking to nabLawBreakerson PS4 today, just be aware that the game currently suffers from some stuttering issues. While this is only coming from one source, its hard to argue with raw metrics that point out the issue. The developer, Boss Key, even admits they are aware of the problem, so you might as well be aware of it, too! Upon booting up the game, you’ll see this message displayed at the menu....

And that’s no BS One of the rarest and most unique entries in legendary RPG franchiseFire Emblemhas finally seen an English translation, courtesy of a dedicatedFEfan, some 23 years after its Japan-only release BS Fire Emblem: Archanea War Chroniclesoriginally launched in 1997 exclusively on the Nintendo Satellaview service. As a quick refresher, the experimental concept allowed players in Japan to stream broadcasts, magazines, and games directly to their Super Famicom via a paid radio satellite subscription....

With an open beta to start Rockstar hasn’t had much to say about Red Dead Online yet, but given the wayGrand Theft Auto Vhascontinued to dominatewith its ever-changing online component, it doesn’t take much imagination to picture what shapeRed Dead Redemption 2will take. We’ll find out for sure in November. Red Dead Online, “an evolution of the classic multiplayer experience in the originalRed Dead Redemption, blending narrative with competitive and cooperative gameplay in fun new ways,” will launch with a public beta....

Richard is ruined Over the past few weeks,Super Seducerhas earned quite the reputation on YouTube and Twitter. The game, headed by self-proclaimed “seduction guru” Richard La Ruina, is an FMV choose your own adventure title with the goal being to learn “tried and true attraction hacks” for getting women to swoon over you. While the game released on Steam without a hitch, it wasn’t available this past Tuesday on PS4 and there wasn’t any mention of that version being cancelled....

In an effort to energize a base of misguided youth, Sony has announced the PlayStation channel on YouTube. Starting today, Sony enthusiasts will be able togo to Sony’s YouTube pageand browse videos that include interviews, trailers, and gameplay footage. No word if anyone at Sony is going tovideo blog about their love of Britney Spearsin the near future. The channel won’t just have the same content that can be readily accessed via the PlayStation network....

Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley has big plans for his division of Sony — ones that involve the seemingly impossible. He has stated his belief that a console MMO has the potential to be as successful, if not moreso, than Blizzard’s dominatingWorld of Warcraftfor PC. “… In fact I think by having a stable platform where every customer has an online capable box is a huge, huge potential advantage in building an MMO because you’ve already got an online userbase,” Smedley suggested after stating he “absolutely” believed a console MMO could matchWoW....

Squid Sisters Forever The ink has dispersed aroundSplatoon 3’sfirst DLC. TheSplatoon 3 Expansionpass has been announced, with the first of two waves is coming in Spring 2023. The first wave has revealed a return of the originalSplatoon’sInkopolis hub area. This includes the shops, with some familiar faces showing up. The Squid Sisters will also perform during Splatfests. Not much was really shown beyond the hub world. I’d have to think that there’s more to it than just that, however, even though it pokes the nostalgia center of the brain nicely....