Take-Two: ‘Tablets are going to be as good as PCs’

Release their core games on tablets right alonside consoles and PC Take-Two’s CEO Strauss Zelnick is a man that sees the same future I do. A future where tablets will be on par with next-generation consoles. Strauss gave a talk at the Cowen and Company Technology, Media and Telecom Conference where he stated that Take-Two is bridging the gap in which its core games appear on tablets and smartphones. “We continue to believe that video games will be more and more important to consumers on mobile platforms, especially tablets,” Zelnick said....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Benjamin Mcfarland

Tauros is how you objectively kick ass at Pokemon

That ain’t no bull Everyone has their theory on how to be the best Pokémon trainer in the world. If you ask me, I’d say use that Charizard to obliterate anything that dares to challenge you. Work smarter, not harder. To coincide with the re-release ofPokémon Blueand two other games that aren’t as good because I didn’t have those ones as a kid, The Pokémon Company has put outits objective findingson how to kick some Poké-ass....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Hailey Palmer

Tetris 99 teams up with Super Mario All-Stars for new Grand Prix event

Brickin’ It Two classics of the Nintendo scene will collide this week, asSuper Mario Bros. invades the world ofTetris 99for the latter’s latestlimited-time Grand Prix– the 18th of such events sinceTetris 99first launched back in February 2019. From tomorrow, December 4,Tetris 99players will be able to use their hard-earned in-game currency to purchase a colorful theme based on the 1993 SNES compendiumSuper Mario All-Stars, complete with the classicSuper Mario Bros.theme tune when things are going great, as well as Bowser’s theme for when the playfield gets a little too hot to handle....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Daniel Hansen

That King of Fighters rhythm game is out now on iOS and Android

It also has Samurai Shodown and Metal Slug in it A rhyhthm game based on various franchises from the SNK world (most notablyKing of Fighters) is a thing, and it’s dropping on iOS and Android this week. The base app is $0.99, with extra songs available via in-app-purchasing (mobile DLC). Characters can level up, as well as call upon support while they’re battling it out by way of a rhythm based interface....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Brittany Buck

The Colonists, a chilled-out city-builder, is coming to consoles

Keep tabs on this game if you’re looking for a Settlers-like experience on Nintendo Switch, PS4, or Xbox One Depending on who you ask, Steam is overrun with city-builders, but there aren’t a ton of options for the console crowd – and even then, it can be hit-or-miss to find games that are comfortable, legible, and run okay on consoles. Even if they aren’t ideal, I’m open to these ports. I’ll give them a chance....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Katherine Keith

The drought is ov… Oh screw it, Gamecock publishing for Wii and DS

Destructoid has been keeping a hopeful eye on new publisher Gamecock ever since our own Mr. Dbonded with their giant chickenover a brief moment of shared violence at CES. While the ensuing moment of robot-on-fowl aggression was a confrontation of Godzilla vs. Mothra proportions which shook Vegas to its very core, both warriors walked away from it with a newfound respect for each other. Our expectations of their output have been steadily simmering since then, their increasingly punk independent spirit making us very hopeful that their promise of “promoting the artists and bringing original games into this bloated and originality-starved industry” will provide us with a serious antithesis to the EAs of the world....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Diane Sutton

The first Fallout: New Vegas patch is out on PC

The first of what will likely be many updates has appeared forFallout: New Vegas, Obsidian’s buggy-but-brilliant post-apocalyptic roleplaying game. The first patch is for PC, and while it won’t fix everything, it’s stitched together a few of the game’s open wounds. The update fixes “quest and scripting issues” and will automatically download to your game. As of this time, there’s no news on an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 patch, but Bethesdahas saidit plans to support the consoles as quickly as possible....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Karen Dickerson

The first footage of Patrice Desilets’ 1666: Amsterdam shows potential

Hopefully we’ll see it again someday Here it is, our first look atAssassin Creedcreator Patrice Désilets’1666: Amsterdam. Originally in development for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 at THQ Montéal,1666wascancelledshortly after Ubisoft acquired the studio and subsequentlyfiredDésilets in 2010. According to Necrosoft Games founderBrandon Sheffield, who captured the footage during a talk at the Reboot Develop conference in Croatia, the game is about being “worse than the devil” — something that apparently involves using occult powers to possess small creatures and kill innocent bystanders....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Meghan Frost

The Pokemon Go Plus is a game-changer if you play a ton

Otherwise you can safely save $34.99 [Update:As of June 01, 2025, the Plus can now spin gyms.] I’m what you would call a fair weatherPokmeon Gofan. Shortly after launch I tore the game up, reaching level 20 in record time and dominating nearly all of my local gyms with a boosted Vaporeon. But when everyone else fell off several months in, I followed suit. Scattered, hollow events would occasionally drag me back in for a few days at a time, but it was the recent promise of legendaries that truly swayed me....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 822 words · Scott Suarez

The ‘GamePad’ is a 7″ Android device with buttons

Archos, a self described “pioneer” in Android tablets, has just unveiled a new 7-inch Android 4.0 slate device with a dual core 1.5GHZ processor called the “GamePad”. Yea yea, yet another Android device hits the market — no big deal right? Well, it does sport some very cool features, such as 8GB of internal storage with the option to up it by 64GB with a micro-SD card, a mini-HDMI connector for TV-out, and the fact that it supports both touch and button-based control methods....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Theresa Valdez

This Stardew Valley flower dance poster makes me want to play the game all over again

Don’t mind if I do If I had a gold coin for every time I missed aStardew Valleyevent, I’d have enough to make the Grandpa statue proud. ThisStardew Valleyflower dance posteron Reddit from artist hiphopapotamusssis fantastic in so many ways, and conveys just how limitless theStardewart scene is. First up, the details. They even give the date and the times of the dance on the poster itself! That’s the sort of info I need to burn into my brain now because on repeat plays, I completely forget when pretty much every important event is happening and they just sneak up on me....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Paul Rogers

Throne and Liberty: How to fix Error 46

If you’ve spent a decent amount of hours inThrone and Liberty, chances are high that you have encountered Error 46 at least once. This specific error is exclusive to PC users, as there have been no reports of it so far from players on the console. Like most errors ofThrone and Liberty, the exact cause of this report remains unknown at this point. While NCSoft has released the first major post-launch 1....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Kristen Braun

Titanfall 2’s new Live Fire mode goes pilot-only

There’s no release date, but it can’t be far off These freeTitanfall 2content updates sure are appreciated. I hope they can continue! Here’s a quick peek at Live Fire, the upcoming six-on-six pilot-only mode and two accompanying maps. It’s best of five, with 60-second rounds and no respawns, so good luck. Teams can win by either taking out the competition or by capturing and holding the map’s neutral flag when the timer ends....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Sharon Cooper