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PlatinumGames released additional DLC for 2020’s The Wonderful 101: Remastered today. The game’s Kickstarter stretch goal material is also free. Today, you can download Part One of the DLC. Next week, Part Two will drop. This new DLC, ‘The Wonderful One: After School Hero’, follows Luka’s superhero quest. “Super-duper-fun side-scrolling laser shooting action” is advertised in the DLC’s trailer. We’ve ...

Overwatch 2’s PvE Hero Mode was canceled today by Blizzard. The sequel to the popular team-based hero shooter’s main mode has been scrapped, but PvE will remain. In a Twitch livestream, Overwatch 2 executive producer Jared Neuss explained that the PvE experience had “not really” progressed and that shipping a “Blizzard-quality experience” would be huge with no end date. “With ...

Nintendo will close Bandai Namco’s Switch Online game PAC-MAN 99 on October 8, 2023. You can still play offline, including any paid content, but you can no longer play online. Social media announcement: “The online service for Nintendo Switch Online subscriber-only software “PAC-MAN 99″ will end on Sunday, October 8, 2023. You can continue to enjoy the offline mode of ...

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Ganondorf’s new look excited fans. Hidemaro Fujibayashi, director of Tears of the Kingdom, recently revealed that Satoru Takizawa, a staffer since The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and a huge Ganondorf fan, was given the redesign task. Fujibayashi’s only request was to make him a “very cool” and “very awesome demon king” ...

Sega Sammy may join other major publishers in raising some game prices to $70. After a year of $69.99 games, President / Group CEO Haruki Satomi and Senior Vice President / Group CFO Koichi Fukazawa confirmed in a recent Q&A (thanks, VGC) that the company will review its titles’ prices. Full quote: “Globally, AAA console games have been sold at ...

The next mainline Mortal Kombat game has been rumored and teased for a while, but we may finally learn more this week. On May 10, the official Mortal Kombat Twitter account teased that the next game would be called “Mortal Kombat 1” and be a reboot. The Nintendo Switch version appeared to launch alongside PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. ...

WrestleQuest combines turn-based RPG mechanics with wrestling’s biggest stars. The outrageous outing, originally scheduled for May, has been delayed until summer. Instead of bugs and pixels, the delay is more intriguing. At this late stage, Mega Cat Studios “secured a new partnership we are extremely excited about” that “resulted in certain issues outside of our control”. WrestleQuest has over 50 ...

Death Stranding 2 is unknown. If the first game taught us anything, it’ll be weird, a visual and stylistic tour de force, and probably good. Elle Fanning, who plays a mysterious but crucial character in Death Stranding 2, talks to Josh Horowitz about her time on set. The actress had some motion capture experience, but performing for a video game ...

Crash Bandicoot voice actor Brendan O’Brien died at 60. O’Brien voiced Crash Bandicoot, Neo Cortex, N. Gin, Nitrus Brio, and Tiny Tiger in the PS1 trilogy and other characters in spinoffs like Crash Team Racing and Crash Bash. Fans are sharing emotional memories of O’Brien’s work on Legacy and social media. PS1 hardware prevented extended line reads, but a well-delivered ...

Update: Cherry Pop Games informed us that Pool Blitz released a day early in Europe, which caused some features to malfunction. 16 May 2023 should resolve everything. Pool Blitz, a free PS5 eight- and nine-ball sim, released today. Cherry Pop Games’ latest billiards game will disappoint mobile gamers. Loot boxes, online play, and unlockable cues will boost statistics. This resembles ...