Star Trek Online adds a new preorder ship, goofy clothes

Star Trek Onlineis less than a week out from its latest big free content update,Legacy of Romulus,which, as may be expected, will introduce the playable Romulan Republic faction and a new line of Romulan Warbirds to captain. A number of those warbirds are, of course, available for pre-purchase in the game’s“Legacy Pack” bundles, and now Cryptic are adding a few more items to sweeten the deal. The big addition is of the beastly ship above, theHaakona-class Advanced Warbird....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Helen Baldwin

The Daily Hotness: The Steven Hansen Intervention

You may have seenSteven Hansen’sname here on the front page every now and then; he does a wonderful job covering some reviews and San Francisco previews. In these few months I’ve known him, however, I’ve seen a side of him, a darker side: He’s a hoarder. To satisfy his constant eating habits (though he is impressively fit), Steven is constantly filling his home with more, and more food. Hang in there, Steven, we’re there for you....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Michael Bass

These are Junker Queen’s ‘berserker’ tank abilities for Overwatch 2

Check out her kit before the beta next week It’s wild to think that we were talking about Junker Queen in the originalOverwatchfive years ago— where has the time gone? With the sequel coming into focus and trying its best to justify itself (now as a free-to-play, battle-pass-powered game), the long-time-coming tank hero has stepped “out of the lore and into the light,” as Blizzard puts it. “Tanks play more aggressively inOverwatch 2,” and as one of the first new characters for the game’s Season 1 launch, Junker Queen has to exemplify that shift....

July 23, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · George Allen

This My Nintendo Rabbids Sparks of Hope prize pack is pretty cute

It’s running through November 9 A new My NintendoRabbidspromotion is afoot, andit’s currently live nowthrough June 03, 2025 at 2AM ET. As a bid to promote Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (which is out later this month), it’ll involve several figurines/plush toys, as well as more traditional collector’s edition swag like lithographs and an art book. It’ll work just likeprior My Nintendo contests, where folks can spend 10 Platinum Points for an entry, up to three entries....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Destiny Frost

Wonderful 101 Remastered just got a new cheat code, in addition to the Bayonetta one

‘TEAMUNITEUP’ In case you haven’t been following along,The Wonderful 101just recently got a special demo and a pair of codesto unlock early content: a whole six months after launch. Platinum vowed to give us some more, and that day has come. The newest code is “TEAMUNITEUP,” which unlocks three characters: Wonder Captain, Wonder Scarf, and Wonder Gramps. This is in addition to “UMBRANGIFT,” which unlocks Wonder Bayonetta, and “ANGELSLAYERS,” which grants you access to Wonder Jeanne and Wonder Rodin (also from theBayonettaseries)....

July 23, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Darren Adams

World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees announced for 2022

Honoring some of the best games of all time I think because games are still relatively new compared to other media, sometimes I don’t think of them as having much history. But now that we’re nearing fifty years of games as we know them today, preserving that history has become more important than ever, especially because the nature of games means it’s tragically easy to lose both functioning hardware and software as technology rapidly advances....

July 23, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Kaitlin Parsons

(Update) Redfall was in development for PS5 before Microsoft/ZeniMax purchase

Microsoft purchase ‘changed platform plans’ [Update:Microsoft has responded to the reports that it canned a PS5 edition ofRedfallincomments to Eurogamer. “We haven’t pulled any games from PlayStation,” said an MS spokesperson. “In fact, we’ve expanded our footprint of games that we’ve shipped on Sony’s PlayStation since our acquisition of ZeniMax, and the first two games we shipped after closing were PlayStation 5 exclusives. We did the same thing since our closing of Minecraft as we extended the reach of that franchise....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Tina Chandler

After no Nintendo Switch Pro showing (again), Nintendo of America boss indirectly comments on the future

The Switch Pro is supposedly going to be revealed every week I have no doubt that Nintendo is working on the successor to the Switch as we speak. Whether that’s the “Switch Pro” or a “New Switch,” or whatever is actually after the Switch, is up for debate. But it’s getting very old seeing insider info from random Twitter accounts saying that we’ll see a Switch Pro announcement just about every week....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Victoria Salazar

Another procedurally generated roguelike is heading to the Switch soon

GoNNER arrives on June 1 According to developer Raw Fury Games, GoNNER is set for a June 1 release date in the UK on the Switch (and likely the US, but you can “import” it via the eShop anyway). As a roguelike platformer it’ll feel right at home on the system, which is perfect for these kinds of bite-sized experiences. GoNNERhas been out for nearly a year on Steam, sothere’s plenty of information to peruseif you’re looking to pick it up....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Victoria Kirby

Blatant Pushmo clone available on the Android marketplace

The never ending saga of mobile games ripping off other titles has found a new victim withPushmofor the 3DS. The clone in this case is calledBlockShift, and the developer behind the project has even stated in the comments section on GoNintendo that he “was inspired by everything Intelligent Systems and Nintendo make.” The person behind the Android game isn’t chargingBlockShift, so while he’s not making a profit from it, he is still potentially harmingPushmosales....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Kayla Castillo

Dead by Daylight’s latest update brings a new chapter, killer and map

The Killer Inside Dead by Daylightis set to receive some brand new content soon. “Chapter 10: Darkness Among Us” will be launching next week on December 11 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. For the first time in the game, the new killer is actually a human. The trick is that it will be difficult to identify him among your friends, which should lead to some ridiculous jump scape moments....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Anthony Holmes

Dead Space audio director Don Veca details his scare technique

If you’ve played EA’s Dead Space, you know the sound design plays a big role in the overall scare factor.Our recent reviewpointed to how the sound effects really made the game. The man behind the sound desk was Don Veca, the audio director forDead Space. Original Sound Version scored an interview with Veca, where he detailed the whole audio process behind the science-fiction survival horror, from coding to recording techiques. Hell, they even recorded San Francisco’s BART train!...

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Frederick Fernandez

Destiny 2 Season of the Wish answers a long-running Destiny mystery

ThoughDestiny 2is no stranger to mysteries both big and small, none of them have ever been quite as popular as the infamous 15th wish from theForsaken-era Last Wish raid. While some might’ve expected this particular narrative thread to never be fully untangled, Bungie’s just upended that theory. It should go without saying that this piece of news is loaded with spoilers for the Season of the Witch and its final, most important cutscene....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Donna Anderson