Your PC could be 100 courics of crap and it could still run South Park: The Fractured but Whole

100 courics is the current world record Goin’ down to South Park this October should be an easy trip to make. The show that’s known for its weeble-wobble animation was probably never going to be especially tasking on PCs. Now we have confirmation of that. Ubisoft has released the minimum and recommended PC specs forSouth Park: The Fractured but Whole. As suspected, getting the thing to run shouldn’t be much of a problem for most people....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Rachel Matthews

Agony turns to Kickstarter to help bring its hell to life

After a back-to-backHellraiserbinge over the weekend, my mind is suitably warmed up to enjoy seeing more of the horror adventure gameAgony. It looks and sounds so fleshy! Between the heaps of discarded bodies, the teeth-lined walls, and the unnerving, statuesque figures that sure do seem like they could spring to life any second now, my eyes don’t know where to turn. The audio-visual unpleasantness is enveloping, just as it should be in a game about escaping the clutches of hell....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Deanna Diaz

Alternate-history RTS Iron Harvest is looking good on Kickstarter

Remember all that cool concept art? Jakub Różalskicaptured our imaginationswith his anachronistic, mech-filled artwork. In the world of 1920+, the machines that fought in the Great War have since become “part of everyday life.” Iron Harvestleverages Różalski’s alternate-history setting as a backdrop for real-time strategy battles that favor “clever tactics over action” and “player freedom over scripted set-piece moments.” Scrolling throughthe Kickstarter pitch, I thinkCompany of Heroesfans are going to feel right at home....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Brian Velazquez

Arc System Works looking forward to new year, will hold anniversary event in 2019

Guilty Gear developer thanks fans Anime fighting game developers Arc System Works have released a video sending gratitude and good wishes to their fans at the start of 2018, which is set to be one of the company’s most successful years in some time. In the light-hearted, slightly goofy vid, ArcSys CEO Minoru Kidooka, COO Daisuke Ishiwatari, and Development Director Toshimichi Mori, thank fans for their support throughout 2017 and speak of the company’s growth from a small, three-person studio to the industry giants behind such titles asBlazBlue, Guilty GearandPersona 4: Arena....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Timothy Gonzalez

Battlefield wants you back with player appreciation month

Optionally unlock all grenades and handguns DICE is still in damage-control mode overBattlefield 4and the latest attempt to curry favor is a month-long player appreciation event, starting February 1. There will be a double XP weekend (two for Premium members), daily Bronze Battlepacks on weekdays and Silver Battlepacks on weekends, voluntary shortcut bundles which will unlock all handguns and grenades for the base game, and more. They’re trying here, but, yeah — I’ve moved on....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Meghan Decker

Bethesda lays out their stance on Fallout 76 exploits

‘We work very closely with our Support team to remove problem players’ For a long while now people have been messing around withFallout 76‘s economy, duping items and taking charge of various exploits in the very buggy game, and Bethesda has finally had enough of it. Following a winter break, during which time the community took full advantage of Bethesda’s laxness, the company is officially addressing exploits in a blog post....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Samantha Hall

Bethesda wants you to swipe right on Vault Boy on Tinder

And then play Fallout Shelter After all this time stuck in adverts for Vault-Tec, Vault Boy needs a little love too. TheFalloutmascot has turned to matchmaking app Tinder to look for companionship. It’s so awkward when you come across the profile of someone you know, but maybe you want to swipe right anyway. As discovered by aKotakureader, Bethesda is using Tinder to market its hit mobile titleFallout Shelter. Vault Boy is 25, likes to explore the Wasteland and collect bottlecaps, and wants to “build a better future together…underground!...

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Todd Harrison

Bit.Trip collection coming to PS4, PS3, Vita

Cross-buy and cross-save for $10 All six of Choice Provision’s originalBit.Tripgames now available on PlayStation systems, Sony announced today during its keynote address at the PlayStation Experience in San Francisco. The collection will support both cross-buy and feature cross-save functionality for $9.99. As a massive fan of theBit.Tripseries from its humble beginnings on WiiWare, I can’t wait to take the games for another spin on PS4 and Vita and sink hours of my life into them all over again....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 79 words · Randall Hamilton

Bloody Valentine: Last of Us DLC coming February 14

Give us a kiss You don’t have plans on Valentine’s Day, right? Are you feeling…left behind? Don’t worry. It’s just some corporate call to arms that guilts you into spending way too much money on seasonal garbage. Why go out to dinner in elbow-to-elbow crowds with 45-minute wait times when you could stay home and play videogames? The Last of Usisgetting prequel DLC,Left Behind, that focuses on Ellie and her friend Riley....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Tony Robinson

Capcom fights lag for Street Fighter IV online

Street Fighter IVproducer Yoshinori Ono hasbeen talkingabout the problems facingStreet Fighter IV‘s development and has admitted that lag during online bouts is a “huge problem” for the game. He stated quite openly that creating the newStreet Fighteris a difficult process, but said his team is working on the potential problems. “Obviously lag will be a huge problem for online play. We’re working on it. It’s quite difficult for 3DStreet Fighterat the moment,” explained Ono....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Thomas Russo

CJ names the five games from 1918 that were a real hoopty-doo

Afternoon my fellow sheiks and shebas. It’s the end of the year, a great year, the best year ever. 1918 has been a real duck soup for ole CJ and before I hop in my breezer and hit the docks to pick me up a bell-bottom or two, I want to take this chance to remind you all of everything this year that was the bee’s knees. You might think 1918 was a terrible year but to that I say, “Applesauce!...

July 17, 2025 · 5 min · 897 words · Samantha Higgins

Clint Hocking, Kim Swift join Amazon Game Studios

What are you up to, Bezos? Amazon’s acquisition ofKiller Instinctdeveloper Double Helix Gameswas unexpectedand the company has only just begun making moves if a recent pair of hires is any indication. Kotakuis reporting thatPortaldesigner Kim Swift andFar Cry 2designer Clint Hocking have both joined up with Amazon Game Studios, presumably — but not necessarily — to work on games targeting the Kindle Fire and newly-unveiledAmazon Fire TV. When this company gets into a new space, itreallygets into it....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Jose Diaz

Come April, you won’t be able to access the PlayStation Store on PSP

As of Aug 03, 2025, PlayStation Portable owners in the United States, Canada, and Latin America will no longer be able to access the PlayStation Store directly through the handheld. SCEA is ending native support (but that’s not as big of a deal as it initially sounds). Before you rush to drop an angry drive-by comment, it’s important to note that “users will be able to purchase PSP content from the web-basedPlayStation Store, and also access past purchases from the Download list on their PSP system....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Julie Smith