Somehow, the IOC lets Mario, Sonic, and their friends skip the qualifiers for the Olympics every two years. So once again, Sega is developing an Olympic sports minigame collection whose mascot crossover might have been cool if the year were 1991, not 2011. You’ll probably get sick of the games inMario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Gamesbefore you can finish saying the title out loud, but then again, maybe the allure of a new platform — this time, the game will launch on 3DS as well as Wii — will be enough for you....

In a major surprise,EA FC 25has received the Live Tuning 1 Update, which has brought some major gameplay changes. Unlike Title Update 1, players won’t have to download any major patches, as the changes will be applied in real-time. EA Sports has already uploaded the patch notes for the first update, which can be viewed on the official Trello. While there are exactly three changes in this patch, all of them will definitely have a telling impact on gameplay....

Thanks to Retro-Bit Gaming I’ve talked aboutMega Man: The Wily Wars(the white whale of a lot of collections) extensively in the past, but I’ll give you a recap just in case. Back before remakes were out every single week, the SNES and Genesis era saw their far share of remakes/remasters/trilogy re-releases. One of the most sought after wasMega Man: The Wily Warson Genesis, which gave us remixed versions of the original NES games, with new music, an actual (non-password) save system, and a new challenge mode: Wily Tower....

InFazbear World TD,you have to wait for specific banners to roll for specific units. I’ll show you which units are the best so that you know when to roll with Fazbucks and when to wait for the next banner. Here’s myFazbear World Tower Defenseunit tier list. Table of contents Best Fazbear World Tower Defense Units Tier List I’ve ratedFazbear World TDunits from S-Tier to D-Tier.S-Tier and A-Tier units are usually must-haves that I highly recommend you roll forif you see them in a banner....

This has no online play, for one As part of the ACA NeoGeo line that’s been hitting Switch lately, classic fighterGarou: Mark of the Wolvesis coming to the very same platform. It’ll drop on May 11 for $7.99, but you should definitely look into grabbing it on PS4/Vita instead (it’s on PC too, but has issues). For one, since this is an ACA joint, it won’t have online play — whereas the other aforementioned platforms have been reworked to accommodate....

Where are the guns? Hey puzzle-heads! You might be pleased to hear the news that developer Jupiter will be launching a brand newPicrosstitle on Nintendo Switch next week.Picross S4comes loaded with a whopping 480 puzzles, and will be made available to download on the eShop April 23. For those of you, like myself, are more inclined to play games with the punching and the exploding, Picross, (traditionally known as “Nonograms”), are number puzzles in which the player fills in squares on a grid, eventually creating fun little images and designs – provided you get your math right....

Not quite ready to come home just yet Annnapurna Interactiverevealed last weekthat their walkabout storyGone Homewould be seeing a Nintendo Switch port today. The studio has since put out word that it will now be knocking on The Big N’s door in September instead. Gone Home,which originally launched back in 2013, is a mystery/adventure title which sees a young woman, Katie, return to her childhood home after a period of time away....

Does not include power to ban unruly users Japanese toy manufacturer Good Smile Co. have opened pre-orders today on the latest Figma in theirPersonarange, and it’s the instantly recognisable Pixie, star of multiple games in theSMTseries’ long-running history. The figure stands around 6.5 inches tall and, as expected, comes with multiple articulation points and a clear stand, allowing for all manner of gravity-defying poses. Pixie comes with interchangeable hands and face-plates, and features beautiful iridescent-coloured wings....

Crowdfunding site raised $13m in first half of 2021 Among the myriad half-year financial reports currently doing the rounds on the internet, Kickstarter has also dropped a slew of statistics pertaining to the various projects that have emerged on the crowdfunding site in the first half of 2021. As noted by GamesIndustry.biz, Kickstarter has welcomed a total of 649 video game-related projects in 2021 — an increase of 61 projects on the same period in 2020, (Kickstarter notes that the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has a major effect on the amount of launched campaigns)....

Modern Warfare 3andWarzone‘s new Critical Countdown event is here, but if you want to unlock some sweet cosmetic rewards, you’ll need to collect DNA Samples during matches. Critical Countdownis Season 4’s first event, taking place acrossMW3multiplayer,Warzone, andZombies.As always, players have a series of challenges to complete to unlock cosmetic items, with the top prize coming as the World Ender blueprint. Each challenge requires you to collect DNA Samples, so they will prove to be a critical part of this season....

Get ready for rush hour As Justin and I walked to the In-N-Out Burger after a long day of sitting on a bus two blocks away from my apartment, we were riffing on the idea of a sentient universe; specifically, the fact that we finally saw the famous In-N-Out arrow just as we were getting tired. “The universe anticipates what you need and provides,” Justin said. “Those aliens, man,” I quipped....

Developers Tripwire Interactive and Trendy Entertainment must be having a happy Valentine’s Day as they’ve both announced that their respective games,Killing FloorandDungeon Defenders,have hit the 1 million download mark. Whilst both games have been out for differing lengths, it’s still a great achievement, showing that providing players with a low price point and a long-term extra content plan can work. Tripwire revealed thatKilling Floorhas sold 1.1 million copies which translates to 440 million Zeds dispatched at a rate of 20,000 an hour!...

Genshin Impactand the Discovery Channel are collaborating with a Teyvat Nature Discovery Tour to celebrate the beauty of the natural world. To start us off, we’ve got a strange but endearing nature documentary, and it looks like there will be more events to come as part of the collaboration. “Voices of Nature” mini documentary Genshin Impactreleased a short 9-minute documentary on their YouTube channel where various ecosystems of Earth speak to the viewer in first person....