Street Fighter 6 director hints that Capcom cancelled a new Darkstalkers game years ago

After the recent reveal of theDarkstalkersGala Fighting Pass for Street Fighter 6, Capcom fans began asking what they always ask whenever this classic fighting game franchise makes a reappearance in another title: When is Capcom going to make anotherDarkstalkersgame? Curiously enough, the director ofStreet Fighter 6, Takayuki Nakayama, shed some light on this situation in an unexpected poston his personal Twitter/X account. On a thread in which he was disclosing his experiences while working onOtoranger(an old rhythmic game released on mobile devices back in 2013) he posted the following tweet:...

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Brittany Dalton MD

Super Time Force lands more PlayStation characters

Coming soon to PS4 and PS Vita with Cross-Buy Be honest: if you were putting together an intergalactic team of time travelers to help save the universe and also destroy it a little bit, you’d enlist Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida. HisTwitter gameis that on point! He’s confirmed as a playable character in the upcoming PlayStation 4 and PS Vita versions of Capybara’s silly run-and-gunSuper Time Force. No, really....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Alexis Livingston

Thanos Snap? More like Thanos claps: Marvel Rivals’ April Fools’ reward is fantASStic

The long-awaited hidden reward inMarvel Rivals’Galacta’s Cosmic Adventure event has sort of been revealed by NetEase Games, and it’s quite cheeky. As part of an over-the-air update tonight (no download required), the developers of the latest hero shooter smash hit have finally revealed what’s coming to the previously unclaimable reward within the event screen. And it sure does look a whole lot like a man’s ass. The image above can be found in theMarch 26 patch notesforMarvel Rivals, which has more bug fixes than anything else besides the new booty....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · David Cooper

The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 full release schedule

The Winter 2025 anime season is already in full swing, includingsome of the year’s biggest titles. AlongsideSolo Leveling Season 2,The Apothecary Diaries Season 2stands out as one of the season’s most anticipated returns. Experience more of Maomao’s brilliance and charm with this complete release schedule. When is the next episode of The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 The second season ofThe Apothecary Diariesis set to run for 24 episodes. The pilot already aired on January 10, and each new episode will come out every Friday....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Carol Caldwell

The next Warhammer game, Chaosbane, is a Diablo-esque action RPG for PC and consoles

This is what I’m talking about Warhammergames seem to just truck along and have become inevitable. Whether they’re too ambitious for their own good and fall flat, are too niche, or actually find an audience seems to be the complete luck of the dice, as they need to truly cross that hobbyist threshold and move into the mainstream.Warhammer: Chaosbanedefinitely has a better chance than a lot of projects Games Workshop has facilitated over the years....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Alex Price

The Steam Winter Sale 2023 is now live

It’s the time of year, folks. TheSteam Winter Sale for 2023is now live, offering some hefty discounts on thousands of games on the Steam store. For me, it’s usually when I pick up titles I didn’t have a chance to play throughout the year but definitely wanted to at some point. After all, not often is there a better discount than what we see with the Steam Winter Sale, at least anytime soon....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Jennifer Harris

Things you can do in Green Day RB: export songs

We already know that thatGreen Day: Rock Bandis coming thanks to last night’s VGA announcement. We know it will have music from Green Day and be aRock Bandgame, for sure. But what about the details and most importantly will we be able to export the songs? The details are here now thanks to a press release and, yes, song exportation is a thing you can do. It seems the game is going to function much likeThe Beatles: Rock Band, and take players through the career of the band with select famous venues and art that is selective to the band itself....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Daniel Best

VGdrum goes cyberpunk with a Shadowrun cover

Oh, Pat Kulikowski! You bang the drum kit of my soul! This week, my good buddy NukaCola has chosen to direct his skills towardsShadowrunon the SNES. There’s a property that has been getting some coverage lately! Back in April, a Kickstarter campaign was held to fundShadowrun Returns, which wound up earning over $1.8 million. And just the other day, another Kickstarter forShadowrun Online, a completely separate project, reared its head. I hope one doesn’t wind up over-Shadowrun-ning the other!...

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Brian Thomas

‘Sometimes, a project needs a reboot:’ Sony explains Santa Monica layoffs

Still mum on what potential PS4 project was cancelled God of Wardeveloper Sony Santa Monica was hit withlayoffs recently. PlayStation head of internal software development Scott Rohde spoke withIGNabout the layoffs, offering little consolation in the vague explanation. “There’s not a single business on the planet where every single project that is started is a success,” Rohde explained. “And that’s just what happened here. So sometimes, high profile projects or studios need a reboot, and that’s what’s happening here....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Chad Franklin

2012 IGF Main Competition finalists named

Theresults are infor the 2012 Independent Games Festival. Hundreds of entrants were narrowed down considerably, and what we’re left with is a delightful collection of very different games. The finalists for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize are: Be sure to read over the finalists for the other Main Competition categories — plus the honorable mentions — sometime before the winners are named during the Game Developers Conference early next month. Consider this list a cheat sheet of notable games if you don’t regularly follow the indie scene....

May 22, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · Cassandra Soto

All EA FC 25 TOTY Promo player leaks

Not long is left for theEA FC 25TOTY promo to go live, and it’s expected to be the biggest time of the year for all Ultimate Team lovers. If rumors are to be believed, we have the names for all the Icons that are going to have their Team of the Year versions. This will be similar to last year inEA FC 24, and some amazing items are expected to be in packs next weeks....

May 22, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Roberta Willis

All Planet of the Apes movies, ranked

With the release ofKingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the long-running film franchise now has ten films. Throughout its semicentennial lifespan, the series has undergone several drastic evolutions, going from meditative science-fiction epics to corny blockbusters and back again multiple times. No twoPlanet of the Apesfilms are alike; needless to say, some are better than others. Here are our rankings of all thePlanet of the Apesseries films, from worst to best....

May 22, 2025 · 6 min · 1227 words · Elizabeth Wood

Bloggers Wanted: Disappointment

[When we’re looking for blogs on a specific topic, we’ll put out a Bloggers Wanted call. Check out the blog prompt, write your own response in the Community Blogs and tag it with the “Bloggers Wanted Essay Response” tag, and you may see your blog promoted to the front page.— JRo] It’s been pretty hard to avoid — a lot of people are really unhappy with the ending ofMass Effect 3....

May 22, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Hannah Smith