I was hoping to jump right into some older games on my shiny new PlayStation Vita, buta new itemon Sony Japan’s PlayStation Vita Q&A kills that. The question asks if Game Archives (PlayStation and other retro digital releases, like TurboGrafx) will be supported on the Vita. Sony says that the Vita will not support these games at launch, and that they’ll share details of support at a later date. You shouldn’t be worried that support won’t come — it will....

Japanese developer heads westward CyGames Inc, the Japanese developer behind theGranblue FantasyandShadowversefranchises, has announcedit is expanding into the west, establishing two new studios in Europe and the United States. “Following the worldwide launch of Cygames’ strategic card gameShadowversein June 2016, a Global Business Development team was established alongside branches in Korea and Taiwan to further promote the company’s titles outside of Japan,” said the company in a statement.” “Cygames America and Cygames Europe are the latest additions to Cygames’ ongoing push to promote and market their titles in North America and Europe, which together account for roughly half of the world’s video game marketplace....

A ‘unique networking model’ Destiny 2was a chance for Bungie (and Activision) to make technical improvements that fans have been clamoring for years for, but it seems like we aren’t getting them. Consoles are still locked to a framerate of 30FPS, and no version is getting dedicated servers. While the former is easier to swallow (and understand,if the PS4 Proand Xbox One S physically can’t handle it), they really missed the boat with the latter....

A max level Auto Rifle is quite the treat Destinycelebrates Halloween tomorrow, as its Festival of the Lost event runs October 16 through November 6. That’s a long time to push through the Haunted Forest and to earn unsettling masks. Last week, we detailedeverything we knewabout the Festival of the Lost. Today, Activision released a trailer reinforce it all. It looks equal parts scary andDestiny. The 600 Power, full Masterwork Legendary Auto Rifle seems to be the major reward, as it’s an event item that drops at max level....

Destructoid reviews games.The Darknessis a game. So we reviewed it. And, all things considered, it probably wouldn’t kill you to read it. Within this hallowed post, you’ll find the opinions ofNick “Brutal” Chester,Alan “Gamboi” Johnson, and myself as we dissect the latest game from Starbreeze studios in an effort to help you, the reader, decide whether or not it’s worth your time. Are you a bad enough dude to read about Nick harping on Darkling A....

Update out now on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 DICE’s promised netcode improvements forBattlefield 4are rolling out this week. An update is available now on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC and will hit PS4 and Xbox One later this week. On PC, PS4, and Xbox One, there’s a new high-frequency network update option which you can enable from the gameplay tab in the options menu — it’s set to off by default....

That’s a fact, Jack After givingMikeyandRapha moment in the spotlight, Donnie comes out to strut his stuff in the latestTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadowstrailer. A character trait that usually gets glossed over inNinja Turtlegames is Donatello’s world-class skills as an inventor. In the TV shows, he’s always building some weird gizmo that will aid the team in battle… or will hilariously backfire and become just as big a threat as whatever enemy they’re squaring off against that week....

July marks the start of the endgame for theEA FC 25community, and it will begin with the release of the FUTTIES promo. The last promo of Ultimate Team should be almost two months long, as it will finally transition to the global release ofFC 26. As always, FUTTIES will mark the best period of playing Ultimate Team when our clubs should be packed with fodder and 98-99 rated items. Let’s take a look at all the rumors surrounding the upcoming promo and what to expect from it....

This year’s discount king Update: Best Buy/Amazon deals are dead. Only one remains is PC digital copy at Origin. From $34.99 to $29.96 to $32.99…Titanfall 2has been the discount king thus far this fall for pre-Black Friday season. Today only, Best Buy joins the fray and is putting down theprice-smashing hammeron both the Standard and Deluxe Edition ofTitanfall 2across all platforms. This is the first time the PC copy has been discounted (unlike previous sales where consoles got all the love)....

Reggie Fils-Aime has always been tough guy to read. Sometimes it seems like he could give a toss about videogames and the people who play them. At other times, he seems to have a genuine passion for producing videogames that will make the world a more fun and interesting place. The only thing about Reggie I’ve ever been sure of is that he’sintense. Now that I’ve actually exchanged a couple words with Reggie, my opinion hasn’t changed....

The long-awaited graphical update toFinal Fantasy XIVis coming in version 7.0 with theFinal Fantasy XIV: Dawntrailexpansion. During theFinal Fantasy XIVFan Fest, Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida confirmed the new graphical update would include enhancements that pushFF14‘s engine even further. Square Enix has teased that some visual upgrades were coming as we reach a decade since the release ofFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. As part of the update, several graphical systems will be getting improvements that will be visible in the new expansion as well as throughout previous expansions....

Most of the people reading this right now download games on a pretty regular basis I would assume. I would also assume that the market for downloadable games is pretty good since even Nintendo has a service, so the format must be making a profit. Still, a handful of downloadable games is a far cry from all out digital distribution of AAA titles, andGameStop seems to believethat we’ve got a long way to go before it becomes a an “addressable market....

GDC Europe is taking place August 13-15, and is set to feature some wonderful talks by some of the industry’s biggest voices. This will be the fourth year of the European focused Game Developers Conference, taking place right before gamescom, one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world. Some of the key talks taking place will see Wargaming’s CEO discuss free-to-play games, DICE’s General Manager Karl Magnus talk “10 years of Battlefield/20 years of DICE,” and a real-time demo of the Unreal Engine 4 by Epic Games....