Today,Bungieunveiled their newest, albeit uninspired, vehicle — the Mongoose! It’s official name is the M274 ULATV, but that doesn’t sound nearly as cool as “Mongoose” — which everyone knows is a fictional creature of unbelievable beauty, with a vast, golden plumage with curious medicinal properties. Kind of like the Warthog. Red vs. Blue jokes aside, the Mongoose (well,Halo 3as a whole), looks really pretty, although it doesn’t seem to be much more than a beautified 4-wheeler, an altogether domestic and redneck-ish, and fun, vehicle....

Also, Shantae on Wii U In an interesting turn, Nintendo has a great Nintendo Download week for us on Christmas Day. On the Wii U there’sShantae and the Pirate’s Cursewith a few extra upgrades like off-TV play. Additionally there’sDuck Hunt,Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World,Mario Party Advanceon the Wii U Virtual Console.Spy ChamelonandToon Tanksare also on the eShop. The 3DS isn’t getting much, as it’s only debutingPuzzlebox SetupandSuper Mario Bros....

Also,Breakers Collection Things are lower key this week for the eShop, with a few indies hitting the service: both newish and oldlish. One game in the latter category isShieldmaiden: Remix, which is currently on Steam, and has a modest amount of positive reviews. Oh, and it has a pretty cool little hook on top of the 2D pixel art aesthetic: “The end of the world just started and everyone is gone....

A new home for indies? Last week,Kevin reportedon a surfacing trend of indie games finding success on the Nintendo Switch as potential players move toward it and away from the Nintendo 3DS. The handheld’s eShop might not be the best place for indies, but they seem to be performing splendidly on Nintendo’s prized home console. Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trapsold more on itthan any other platform combined. Now, two more developers have come forward to praise the Switch, saying they’ve also sold more copies of their games on it than any other platform....

The Liverpool team joins PlayStation Studios PlayStation is adding another studio to its lineup. Sonyannounced todaythat Firesprite will be joining the PlayStation Studios team. The Liverpool-based studio has previously collaborated on several Sony games, includingThe Playroomon PlayStation 4 andThe Playroom VRfor PS VR. It also developed the VR horror gameThe Persistence. A number of Firesprite developers also previously hailed from Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Studio Liverpool. In today’s PlayStation blog, head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst said that Firesprite’s “technical and creative capabilities will be paramount to growing our stellar catalogue of exclusive games....

April catalog additions PlayStation Now is Sony’s Gaikai-powered game streaming service that isnow automatically installed on your PlayStation 4. Thanks. It is also accessible on newer Sony Blu-ray players and televisions. You don’t even have to own a PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 to play the hottest third game in aTomb Raiderclone franchise from 2011! Anyways, if you pay $20 for a month of PlayStation Now (or $15/month for a 3-month-long subscription), there are new games for you to play in addition to the 100+ existing options:Uncharted 3,Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate,Ninja Gaiden Sigma,Super Stardust HD, andHustle Kings....

At a much more reasonable price Kokoromi’s virtual-reality puzzlerSuperHyperCubesheds its PlayStation VR exclusivity today. The game is outnow on Steamfor $15 with support for HTC Vive, and there are some walls that need increasingly-wonky-shaped blocks put through them, stat. We’ve launched! SUPERHYPERCUBE is available on Steam (Vive) for $14.99 today! Spread the wordhttps://t.co/yqtxflTkIYpic.twitter.com/7abrCY7nki — Kokoromi Collective (@KOKOROMI)May 26, 2025 The PlayStation VR versionalso now costs $15, which is half the original price....

Hold down R2 for a bit I haven’t startedEverybody’s Gone to the Raptureyet, but if I had, I’d probably be among the people wondering why such an exploration-heavy game doesn’t let players sprint. It does, though — hold down R2 for a few seconds to build up your movement speed. Why the confusion? As explained by The Chinese Room’s Dan Pinchbeck, earlier in development, the game featured an autosprint. But after it became clear that playtesters “wanted to be able to trigger it themselves,” the team went with the R2 input method....

At least she’ll never be in direct sunlight It took scant hours for the mod community to jump on Capcom’sResident Evil Village, with a fistful of weird, twisted, and fun code tweaks that addedBarney the Dinosaur, turnedLady Dimitrescu into Thomas the Tank Engine, and swapped the heads ofChris Redfield and baby Rose Winters… Amusing and disturbing stuff, for sure. But this new creation frommodder Kallialee, while not quite as horrific, is equally as bizarre....

Mr. Arin “Soon-to-be-reality-show-star” Hanson, aka Egoraptor, is a smart man. A very, very, very smart man. He’s so smart, he made a 20-minute video explaining whyMega Man Xis both the bee’s kneesandthe cat’s pajamas at the same time. In the words of Harley Morenstein: “F*ckin’ smart!” This is the second installment of Egoraptor’sSequelitisseries, thefirstof which weighed the originalCastlevaniaagainstSimon’s Quest. While that episode focused onSimon’s Quest‘s many flaws, this one is all about howMega Man Xvastly improved upon the franchise formula and became his personal favorite game of all time....

The Seabound Soul launches November 20 It wouldn’t be an Xbox live stream without a quick word from Rare aboutSea of Thieves. During today’s X019 broadcast, the developer showedThe Seabound Soul, a new narrative-focused content update. The latest free Tall Tale mission has to do with Captain Pendragon and a ship called the Ashen Dragon. (How veryDark Soulsof you, Rare.) This format is business as usual forSea of Thieves, but if you haven’t done a Tall Tale yet, they’re essentially a way to sneak story nuggets into the game’s shared world....

Relax. A pinball game is finally coming to PlayStation Network. Yesterday, ZEN Studios (ofMushroom MenDS fame) announced thatZEN Pinballis hitting PSN this spring. It’s a cute little game, with lifelike pinball physics and some decent multiplayer options. you may always go to thelaundromatand pop your change into the dirtyRobocopmachine in the corner, but the chance you’ll get to challenge anyone to a score shootout is less than stellar. So here’s the quick and dirty on the multiplayer:ZEN Pinballwill have local and online multiplayer, a crazy amount of leaderboard data and “worldwide tournament competitions....

Strictly Limited Games and ININhave announcedIrem Collection Volume 3. It’s set for Q2 2024 on Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox, which gives time for the first two collections to actually be released. Irem Collection Volume 3will includeMr. Heli,Mystic Riders, andDragon Breed, which are all scrolling shoot-’em-ups. To be fair, that’s sort of what Irem was known for.Mr. Helireleased in arcades in 1987. It was known in North America asBattle Chopper.Mystic Ridersis similar to theCottonseries in that it involves piloting a broomstick....