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Nexon Games has officially announced the release date and available platforms forThe First Descendant, their upcoming third-person looter-shooter, at Summer Game Fest 2024. The game’s launch is approaching sooner than you’d expect, as it’ll be available on PC, PS, and Xbox consoles next month. The game is free-to-play on launch with both single and multiplayer capabilities. The First Descendant‘s Summer Game Fest trailer also revealed more information about its story and gameplay, emphasizing its co-op support, the introduction of the grappling hook, and, well, plenty of shooting....

Fun facts Microsoft’s home consoles represent a blind spot in my video game knowledge. For one reason or another, I’ve never owned one. But even though an Xbox has never graced my television screen, I’ve still spent countless hours playing 360 games with my friends. The Xbox 360 has a memorable legacy. Following a meteoric rise in popularity during the seventh console generation, it often felt like everyone in the world owned one of Microsoft’s white boxes....

We’ve been waiting for this I don’t know if it’s the comparatively yawn-inducingNew Super Mario Bros.games that have me so excited forSuper Mario 3D World, or the thought of getting more use out of the Wii U. Either way, I’m in the mood for more imaginativeMariogames and this looks to be our answer. Check out these screenshots to see what I mean. I had a hard time picking one image to use as the header considering almost all of these would have done a fine job....

40 musicians! This morning, Dale told you about thesound test modeinSuper Smash Bros.for 3DS and how it’ll let you listen to the music even while your system is closed in sleep mode. Nintendo has also come out with alist of musiciansworking on the game — it’s extensive, to put it lightly. That list includes ACE (Xenoblade Chronicles), Shota Kageyama (Pokémon X/Y), Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger), Nobuko Toda (Metal Gear Solid 4), and Junichi Nakatsuru (Katamari Damacy), just to name several....

EDF! EDF! XSEED Games is serving up a double-shot of bug-killing action on December 8, simultaneously putting out bothEarth Defense Force 4.1andEarth Defense Force 2in North America. EDF 4.1, an expansion on last year’sEarth Defense Force 2025for PlayStation 4, vaunts improved visuals, smoother framerates, and over 50 percent new content to help justify its $50 price tag. Meanwhile,EDF 2($30) is a PlayStation 2 title previously unreleased in North America that’s been reworked for the PlayStation Vita with extras features, including new voiceover and online co-op....

Series to be “reimagined” in 2013 Bethesda Softworks has today announced the latest chapter in theWolfensteinseries,Wolfenstein: The New Order. It’s scheduled for Q4 2013, for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, and next-gen consoles. The first-person shooter is being developed as a “reimagining” of the series, and aims to offer players a“gripping and dramatic experience,” because that’s not vague! According to the game’s announcement video,The New Orderhas those gosh-darn Nazis up to no good yet again, this time building themselves a robot army in a bid to rewrite history....

Violence and vindication: The seedy psychology behind a sociopathic medium You monster. Outside of the casual and educational spheres, violence abounds in games. Even Mario is violent, albeit not gratuitous. Combative, at least. Much of the game is purely avoiding obstacles, but eventually some form of cartoon, innocuous violence will be necessary for progression, be it dumping turtles in lava or tossing a mustachioed bomb on his royal, explosive tuches. And that’s fine....

Not the easiest name to say. Oblivirim? Skyrimcame out four long years ago now. For four years, we’ve been striding out into the tundra, exploring new cities, fighting in the civil war, all of which conveniently requiring us to go into yet another crypt full of a metric fucktonne of Draugr. But since then, a few pretty huge revivals of the olderElder Scrollsgames have been in the works. You probably already know aboutSkywind, which aims to portMorrowindto the newer game’s engine, but did you know about its less elegantly named siblingSkyblivion?...

Um, it looks like Guitar Hero Activision has been all about the teasers lately. First we found out aboutBlack Ops IIIby way of aSnapchat promotion, and now we have this completely obvious teaser this morning that seems to be hinting at a newGuitar Hero, which was rumored to be revealed this month. We’ll have to wait until tomorrow to get the official word. Of course, it doesn’t have to beGuitar Hero....

A revival of the legendary Super Nintendo original for Switch, PS4, PC, and mobile My biggest surprise at today’s Nintendo Direct, by far, was Square Enix’s reveal and insta-release ofActRaiser Renaissance— an unlikely return of the action-platformer-meets-heavenly-town-builder-simActRaiser. It’s a Super Nintendo classic — no “cult” needed. The developer is calling this a “remaster,” but I feel like that undersells the new look. ActRaiser Renaissanceis out now for $30. Not just onNintendo Switch, but onPS4,PC,iOS, andAndroid, too....

One Alien, one terrifying experience Have you ever been hunted? I haven’t (in a videogame or, thankfully, real life). Some games make veiled attempts to simulate the sense, but as long as you learn and know the correct order of operations, they usually don’t take much to best.Alien: Isolationmade me feel as if I was being hunted for the first time ever. It competently thrusts you into the role of the prey, and as a result, it is completely f*cking terrifying....

Wizards of the Coast has officially revealed that the secondMagic: The Gatheringand Hatsune Miku collaboration in theMTGSecret Lair × Hatsune Miku: Digital Sensation drop. the small set will only be available for a limited time but packs a real punch. TheMTGSecret Lair × Hatsune Miku: Digital Sensation is comprised of six new cards you can add to your decks and collections. They all feature the digital pop sensation in beautifully hand-crafted art that encapsulates her personality and music alongside mechanics on cards that you’ll find useful enough to use in a range of deck types....

Start your journey next month 2K has just announced that the first major DLC forBioShock Infinite,Burial at Sea: Episode 1, will be available on November 12th for $14.99 (or included with your Season Pass). This date is a worldwide release for the PS3, 360, and PC, so no timed exclusive or staggered release nonsense here — everyone is getting it at the exact same time. Burial at Seafeatures a self described “film-noir” themed story as you explore the originalBioShock‘s Rapture setting, and encounter some “old friends....