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HAMSTER have added another ’90s Neo Geo arcade to their increasing catalogue of titles, with non-classicPower Spikes IInow available for download on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. I’ve previously made mention of how, through the early ’90s, SNK were besotted with the gimmick of “Future Sports”, which essentially translated to “just add cybernetics.” 1994’sPower Spikes II, sequel toSuper Volley ’91, is no exception, and sees such themes pasted onto the world of pro-volleyball....

The cycle doesn’t continue after all After a full year of post-release content updates and three seasons,The Cycle: Frontieris officially coming to an end. YAGER confirmed on Twitter and viaThe Cycle: Frontierwebsitethatthe survival looter shooter will be sunset on May 17, 2025. “Greetings, Prospectors. Today we sadly have to deliver difficult news that we are sharing with a rather heavy heart. Despite our best efforts and meaningful improvements brought to the game since launch and up until the release of Season 3, the reality is thatThe Cycle: Frontieris unfortunately not financially viable....

Check out everything Destructoid did today One of my favoritewebcomicproducers wrote a choose-your-own-adventure book about Shakespeare’sHamlet. It’s up onKickstarterand has demolished its original funding goal. Above is an illustration that accompanies one of the many endings; this one in particular has Hamlet and Ophelia sending Claudius up into the atmosphere in a hot air balloon and then dropping him so that he explodes and dies. Needless to say, I’ve already ordered my copy....

As a guest in future Final Fantasy games Lightning Returnsmay cap the Lightning saga, but director Motomu Toriyama toldSiliconerathat this isn’t the last we’ll see of the “extremely popular character.” “For Lightning, her story ends here inLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, as this game is meant as a finale to this series,” Toriyama explains. “But we know that Lightning is an extremely popular character, even when compared to otherFinal Fantasycharacters. So there is a possibility that Lightning would appear in other futureFinal Fantasytitles, not as a protagonist, but as a guest character....

Dynasty Warriorsis ten years old today! Tecmo Koei is celebrating the tenth anniversary of a game that has single-handedly sold systems in Japan, and single-handedly done very little everywhere else. TheDynasty Warriorsseries is still one of my favorite franchises, despite the fact that everybody hates it, so I thought I’d celebrate a decade of hacking and slashing in the only way I know how — a top ten list! Celebrate the past ten years of medieval Chinese button mashing as we look at the top tenDynasty Warriorsgames of all time!...

I put quill to pagie to make this guide Yooka-Layleedelivers on pretty much everything that it promised. It’s a throwback Nintendo 64-era mascot platformer with a gazillion collectibles. It feels like a relic in 2017, a product of video game design that the medium has mostly abandoned. That is to say,Yooka-Layleewill be an extremely divisive game. Anyone who doesn’t hold a fondness for this style of play probably won’t be likely to look past its glaring (and usually intentional) faults....

Friday night psychological horror Hey guys! Some big Twitch stream requests recently have beenCult of the Lamb,Lamentum, a few horror sequels, and horror-adjacent games likeMartha is Dead. I decided to go withMarthatoday because if we’re lucky, we can get through most if not all of it, whereas the other ones will take at least two streams. I’m still interested inCult of the Lamb, though, so we’ll likely see that soon....

Rated ‘E’ for ‘Evil half naked woman bathing in blood’ TheHyrule Warriorsstrategy guide came out a while ago, so this art isn’t exactly news, though it was news to me as I stumbled upon it earlier today. It doesn’t look like many others have taken note of this bizarre sketch from the “Linkle” page before now. Other than this small mention onTumblr, it seems like the internet passed this one over, probably too distracted by the enticing prospect of a “Link with boobs” to take notice....

[Update: Good point byMTV Multiplayer’s Matt Clark, this may be a tie-in to Take-Two’s upcoming XCOM title. There’s also aTwitter accountwhich has anXCOM, 1950s vibe to it.] [Update 2: Confirmed as related toXCOM, as 2K Games have outed some of its PAX plans, saying: “Attendees at PAX will be able to step into Citizen One’s Seattle bunker as he recruits new agents into Citizen SkyWatch to expose the government’s attempts to cover up the unknown threat invading our skies....

Flea Markets are one of the locations we can visit in inZOI, but unlike most other spots, they aren’t marked on the map. Finding Flea Markets can be tricky, but your Zois will often desire to visit them, so you need to know where they are. There are only a few Flea Markets available to visit throughoutinZOI. They’re all decently small and hidden on larger lots, so if you’re having trouble tracking them down, here’swhere to find the Flea Market ininZOI....

The Showcase mode inWWE 2K25is a great tribute to the iconic matches from previous eras, and you may create your own history. Not only can you enjoy the matches and play them out as you want, but you’re able to also get access to a lot of unlockables. They include locked superstars, arenas, and more, and this guide will help you understand how the mode works. All WWE 2K25 Showcase mode matches The Showcase mode has 17 different chapters for you to complete....

Dog missile attack returns Square Enix has released a new video showing off the sweet moves ofDissidia Final Fantasy NT’slatest roster reveal;Final Fantasy VIII’ssorceress Rinoa Heartily. The video features a selection of attacks performed by the upcoming DLC fighter, who utilises her wrist mounted weapon, Blaster Edge, to perform various ranged attacks, allowing Rinoa to land successful hits while remaining out of harm’s way. Most importantly, however, the video confirms the return of Angelo Cannon, the infamousFFVIIIattack with sees Rinoa launch her full-size canine companion from a mount on her fist....

Issues and some fixes here! [Update: A Harmonix spokesperson reach out to us to issue the following statement: “The Rock Band experience is as important to Harmonix as it is to our players. We are passionate about Rock Band, and we’ll support it with bug fixes and feature updates for years to come. We’re working hard to identify and address the problems that players are reporting, and in most cases we are able to resolve them quickly....