More than just a mask: Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring

Mira que sé que no soy mucho de un hablante de español. En realidad, soy muy consciente de que esto ha sido escrito en Inglés, ya continuación, ejecute a través de un traductor web. Pero sabes qué, eso no es importante! Lo importante es que la noche anterior por la noche Konami Gamer’s fue que nos muestra lo último en juegos de lucha libreLucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring. ¿Por qué es importante esto?...

June 8, 2025 · 5 min · 939 words · Dana Brown

Naked body pile executions are why Hitman is so good

Still laughing You may remember from myreviewthat the new, episodicHitmanis good as heck, “a dope slapstick murder comedy.” I recounted a fewfunny tales here, including a pretty amusing, but not all that creative kill (it’s practically set up for you, it’s just that the reflection in the mirror isn’t recognized by the AI, which makes it funny). This, on the other hand, is incredibly emblematic of whyHitmanis a dang fun game....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Suzanne Mullen

Nintendo Download: NES Open Tournament Golf

Also, Adventure Island II The Wii U isn’t getting much today, as the headliner isNES Open Tournament Golffor the Virtual Console. If you’ve paying attention, this is one of the inclusions inNES Remix 2, so expect all of those listed games to make an appearance on the Wii U at some point before its launch. You’ll also getBlok Drop U, and there’s a sale forRunner 2($4.99 until March 17th). On the 3DS side there’sThe Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths,Adventure Island II, andVacation Adventures: Park Ranger....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Allen Turner

Playing With Others: Let’s play a game, dad!

Promoted from our community blogs! [Editor’s note: megaStryke talks about gaming with his dad for hisMonthly Musingpiece. — CTZ] I really should count my blessings more often. Who doesn’t complain about X and moan about Y from time to time? It’s all small stuff, though. Compared to most people, I’ve had very few snags in my life. I grew up with two wonderful parents who’ve always done their best to ensure that I never had a need to want....

June 8, 2025 · 8 min · 1671 words · Benjamin Barry

PRIX clothing releases King’s iconic Tekken 3 fit, immediately sells out

Massive sneaks not included PRIX, the artsy clothing company owned by influential NZ designer Esther Ng, has produced a line of clothing replicating the super-iconic “Player 2” look sported by King inTekken 3— Quite understandably, the line sold out almost immediately, because why wouldn’t it? The famous fit — first sported by the mysterious grappler King II inTekken‘s highly acclaimed second sequel — consists of a pair of blue/grey and leopard print track pants, and a matching blue/grey shirt, emblazoned with the declaration “Mishima Zaibatsu EVIL”....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Joanne Choi

Set TV guarantees they won’t get in trouble from the Amazon/Netflix lawsuit

Straight from the horse’s chat support Set TV sounds too good to be true, and it turns out it is. They offer a cable alternative where a measly $20 a month gets the user over 500 channels, including premium services such as HBO. Not only does that sound like a bargain, but they promote the ability to watch movies that are still in theaters. Nothing shady here, nothing at all....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Amanda Bryant

Silent Hill HD Collection patch canceled on Xbox 360

Good news:Silent Hill HD Collectionhasbeen patchedfollowing reports offrankly grotesque problemswith the unfinished code. Bad news: This patch willonlybe available to PlayStation 3 customers. If you bought the Xbox 360 version, sorry — you have officially bought a broken game that Konami won’t be fixing. “Plans for an Xbox 360 title update have been cancelled due to technical issues and resources,” announced the publisher. “Understanding the issues some users are experiencing, Konami issued a title update forSilent Hill HD Collection(PS3), which fixed frame rate issues as well as audio-synching and other reported issues....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · Samuel Russell

Sony and Nintendo are changing their subscription auto-renewal rules

Sony will pester you before you’re charged, and Nintendo will turn it off by default Subscription auto-renewal practices, in an era where nearly everything is a subscription service, are a pain. The UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has been looking at individual publishers this year, including the “big three” of Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. The former reciprocated back in January, but Sony and Nintendo have yet to answer: until now....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Patrick Thompson

Sony confirms PlayStation Plus price increase in certain regions

But not the US The price of PlayStation Plus is rising in a few regions. According to Sony in astatement to Joystiq, “We slightly increased prices for PlayStation Plus in South Africa, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and India regions due to various market conditions. Currently, price adjustments are not being planned for PS Plus in the SCEA [North American] region.” PlayStation Plus is a great service for games, but it’s interesting to see them play catch-up with Microsoft in terms of straight revenue flow....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Brooke Palmer

Stardock plans to reboot Star Control

Inspired by Firaxis’ template for XCOM Galactic Civilizationsdeveloper Stardock is set to take onStar Control, a classic series by any measure, afterpicking up the rights from Atari. What are the studio’s plans? CEO Brad Wardell has some reassuring words: “We expect the newStar Controlto come in the form of a reboot, similar to what Firaxis did with theXCOMseries last year. We are looking atStar Control IIas a major source of inspiration....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Linda Boyd

Steam reveals the top-selling games of 2018 so far

The usual suspects While mySteam purchasinghas severely slowed down in recent years, I still catch myself eying the marketplace’s top-sellers list. I like seeing what folks are into and whether or not I’m stillwith it. This week, Steam has broken out a list oftop sellers,top new releases by month,top VR games, and themost-played titlesof the year so far. Let’s take a look. (Note that these lists aren’t in any particular order, as refreshing the Steam page changes the games’ positioning inside their specific group....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Kevin Hill

Super Mario Odyssey is now one of the fastest-growing games in the speedrunning community

Lets-a-go Mariogames are just plain fun to speedrun.Super Mario 3D Worldquickly became a favorite of mine, but I also partake in plenty of side-by-side speedrun contests with a friend in pretty much every game in the series. Every 3D iteration has that special spark, butSuper Mario Odysseyspurred tons of people into action since its launch. Although it may not seem like much,Odysseyjust logged its 1,000th speedrun submission within two months, making it the most submitted game to date within that timeframe....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Catherine Miller

Superhot blasts onto PS4 this week

People with glass faces shouldn’t fire Uzis The anticipated chrono-carnage ofSuperhotis finally coming to the PS4. Much sooner than you might expect, considering its recently announced release date.. The unique, lateral-thinking shooter, in which time only moves when you do, will be available on the European PlayStation store tomorrow and on Friday in North America. Both the standardandthe VR versions of the game will be on sale for £20/$25, with pre-order discount available for PS+ members....

June 8, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Jason Morris