New ‘Ballad of Gay Tony’ hit the net, helicopter shown

Despite watching a few teasers and looking out for what Rockstar Games drops about “The Ballad of Gay Tony,” I still find myself jamming fact-nuggets into my brain hole via the episode’sbrilliant Wikipedia page. It’s hard to keep abreast on these downloadables whenGTA IVisn’t fresh in the mind, especially considering that the characters in the DLC aren’t exactly prominent in the core game. But a lot is still shared between the proper game and the core game....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Katrina Rodriguez

Nintendo of America’s localization of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes added memes

Are you okay with this? I’ve been playing and enjoyingThe Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroesa great deal on my 3DS, but some people areup in armsover Nintendo of America’s localization of the game. As you can see from this image that has beenmaking the rounds, the American release added in some text referencing the populardoge meme, while the script in the European version plays it straight. Nintendo of America does its own localization of games, separate from Nintendo of Europe’s, and they often vary to a degree, but seeing a meme that will surely fade with time does seem a bit out of place....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Miguel Leach

Nintendo Switch Online adds N64 and Sega Genesis games in late October with an Expansion Pack plan, and wireless controllers are incoming

“Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack” subscription plan announced, pricing TBA [Update: The pricing and launch datehave been confirmed. Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack costs $50 per year as an individual, and $80 per year as a family (with up to eight accounts), and this tier will launch on October 25. While theN64andSega Genesiscontrollers for Switch went on sale, they’ll likely be sold out when you read this.] And new wireless Nintendo 64 and Genesis controllers for Switch are incoming, too....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Tricia Cruz

Nintendo Switch sold over 730,000 units last month, marking its best October since launch

Hybrid console racks up 68 million lifetime sales While much of the gaming industry is chatting excitedly about the NKOTB – PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X – Nintendo has quietly seen continued success with its Nintendo Switch hardware, still smashing targets nearly four years into its lifespan. Over the course of October 2020, Nintendo’s hybrid console shifted 735,926 units in the United States, which is an amazing 136% increase on sales for the same period in 2019....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Philip Smith

Owlboy creator proposes a new Wario Land

TakeMyMoney.org D-Pad Studiohas been working onOwlboyfor a long time. When a gamelooks this good, expectations run high, and the pressure to deliver can be overwhelming. Like a lot of developers, it seems that they escape from the stress by working on smaller projects. In the time sinceOwlboywas first announced, D-Pad Studio has finished work on the radiant action titleSavant – Ascent,a couple ofgames made to bebirthday gifts, andmultiple piecesofexcellent fan art....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Suzanne Moreno

Path of Exile 2 has already attracted over half a million players

After 12 years of waiting, fans must have been quite delighted to seePath of Exile 2finally drop on PC and console the other day. According to the game’sSteam page, Grinding Gears’ follow-up to its popular action RPG is going down a storm so far. In fact, it’s hitting some pretty big numbers, according to recent data. As always, we turn our attention toSteamDB– the third-party website that tracks all things related to Valve’s gaming platform....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Jennifer Williams

PixelJunk Monsters, Super Meat Boy officially confirmed for Wii U

It’s in the sizzle reel, its real, and sizzling After a long period of teasingand “will they or won’t they” Twitter pictures, we now have confirmation thatSuper Meat Boywill hit the Wii U at some point in the future. We know this from the Nindies sizzle reel on the Nintendo UK YouTube landing page — a video that wasn’t broadcasted in the US edition of yesterday’s Direct. Also slatedfor the Wii U isPixelJunk Monsters, which started life as a series for Sony platforms before moving into PC....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Lisa Roberts

Preorder the latest Danganronpa spinoff in Japan and get a cuddly smartphone stand

As cuddly as Monobear can be, anyway Spike Chunsoft’sAbsolute Despair Girl: Danganronpa Another Episodeis headed to retail shelves in Japan on September 25, and fans have yet another reason to get excited about the impendingDanganronpaspinoff: this adorable Monobear smartphone stand that will ship with each pre-ordered copy of the game. It’s so fuzzy. It probably won’t plot to kill you, either. Probably not. The game and smartphone stand will retail for 7,020 yen (~$69), which isn’t too bad, but I’m curious if this will be an extra we might see if NIS America decides to release this game likeDanganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Lori Woods

Resident Evil is hot! RE7 tops three million worldwide sales, movies eclipse a billion

The only thing clicking more than my left mouse button right now isResident Evil. While I need to fix this little rodent, Capcom needs not change any formula asResident Evil 7has now sold more than three million copies worldwide whereas the recent filmResident Evil: The Final Chapterhas pushed the “total global box-office” past a billion dollars. I have yet to personally play the game, I’m holding out until I can get a PlayStation VR, but I hear nothing but great things about it and its new direction....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Thomas Garcia

Rock Band had a ridiculously profound effect on my life

The day the music died It’s a sad week. Granted, it’s an inevitability that’s more than five years in the making, but nonetheless, it’s sad. This is the week thatHarmonix releases its final regularly scheduledRock BandDLC— a streak that’s stretched across 281 weeks. Harmonix should be applauded for its loyalty to the consumer. Alongside the 2007 release ofRock Band, the company pledged that it’d support its game with new downloadable tracks every week....

July 26, 2025 · 5 min · 855 words · Nicholas Watkins

Sea of Stars gets pushed back to 2023

Sabotage’s RPG is taking some extra time Sea of Starsis charting a course for next year, rather than this one. Sabotage Studio announced today thatSea of Starswill now release in 2023. The retro-style RPG wasrevealed in 2020as the next project from Sabotage, the team behindThe Messenger.Sea of Starswas set for aholiday 2022 launchduring an Indie World Showcase last December, but now it’s aiming a bit further beyond. “Keeping in mind our two main priorities—quality of life for our team and quality of the finished game—we can now confirm thatSea of Starswill be released in 2023,” today’sstatement reads....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Devin Wells

Squid Game Season 2 codes (January 2025) [UPD]

Updated: August 02, 2025 Added a new code! Are you here because you’re single and ready to mingle? Then, you haven’t watched the second season ofSquid Game, and you’re going to be unpleasantly surprised. You’d better get up-to-date with theSquid Game: Season 2lore and survive instead of looking for the love of your life. While you’re trying to survive games like Mingle, Lights Out, and Six Legs, useSquid Game Season 2codes to get plenty of Coins, purchase the coolest cosmetics, and show your competition that you mean business....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Michelle Adkins

The Just Cause 3 multiplayer mod will get an official release next week

Now the game is worth it Just Cause 3launched to a bunch of hiccups and problems that kind of marred the experience for early adopters. While the game has since been patched and made a bit better, console users are locked out of mods and can only extend playtime by making paying forcrappyDLC. That is a shame, but at least PC users have a multiplayer mod to tinker with. Better still, that mod is now going to be officially released....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Rhonda Sims