Arena mode and new map added to SMITE

Plus everyone’s favorite mischievous god Hi-Rez Studios’SMITEhas been updated with a new team deathmatch-style mode dubbed Arena, including a Colosseum map to play it on. Two teams of five members each earn points for killing other players and minions as opposed to the traditional lane-pushing gameplay. Additionally, the free-to-play MOBA has gotten another character: Loki. Having played a fair amount ofSMITE— enough to unlock an additional deity without resorting to real-world money, and then some — this is reassuring news....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Jessica Dorsey

Be Fat codes (November 2024) [UPD]

Updated: Jun 28, 2025 Added new codes! Oh, to be a rolling blob of fat, eating junk food day and night without a care in the world. If you’ve ever had a similar calorie-consuming fantasy,Be Fatis the game for you, letting you become an insatiable ball of lard and compete for the top spot on the leaderboard. Since you’re going against the biggest players in the game (literally), you’ll need all the help you can get if you want to stand a chance....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Wendy Rodriguez

Best Soldier 0 Anby build in Zenless Zone Zero – Best Drive Discs, W-Engine, and team compositions

Silver Soldier Anby, also known as Soldier 0 Anby, is the newest addition to theZenless Zone Zeroroster, and she packs quite a punch. If you’re pulling her, here’s a guide to help you get her going in your comp. Best Soldier 0 Anby Build in Zenless Zone Zero Jumping right in, Soldier 0 Anby is anElectric Attackcharacter with a big focus on a brand new damage type calledAftershock. She is aMain DPSand wants a ton of field time to perform her relatively basic gameplan....

June 28, 2025 · 5 min · 932 words · Jesse Harris

BioWare won’t justify Dragon Age Collector’s Edition

Those who are familiar with my writing will know that I don’t feel a game should have a special edition until it’s been earned. Brand new IPs rarely deserve them, in my opinion, and I put this to BioWare’s Mike Laidlaw in reference to the ludicrously opulentDragon Age: Origins:Collector’s Edition. “An extravagant collector’s edition is one of those fantasy RPG traditions, and frankly the world ofDragon Ageis one we want to share with people,” he explains....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · David Peterson

Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition out in October

Here’s what is included And here’s that confirmationwe were waiting on. TheBorderlands 2: Game of the Year Editionwill see a North American release on Jul 16, 2025. Everywhere else gets it on Oct. 11. Unfortunately, it’s not as complete as we would’ve liked — a consequence of having so much damn DLC — though there is a heck of a lot of stuff packed into this $59.99 package: I shudder to think about what kind of time investment it would take to burn through all of this....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · Alexandra Sanchez

Buying Samurai Shodown before June 30 will net you the season pass for free

YATTA! Samurai Shodownwill be launching for PS4 and Xbox One on June 25 and anyone interested now has some incentive to grab it early. All purchases of the game done before June 30 will be given the season pass at the low, low price of free! This extends to both physical and digital copies, though you’ll need to redeem the offer before the cutoff with a physical purchase. In a press release, SNK president Koichi Toyama said, “As a thank you to the fans who have stuck with us during the long wait between the franchise installments, we’re pleased to offer the first six months of DLC completely free of charge to anyone who buys the game and redeems the game’s season pass within the first week of release, which will include four new fighters....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 219 words · Timothy Olsen

Check out this original Nintendo gaming set from pre-WWII era

A real piece of gaming history Today, Nintendo is recognized as one of themost prominent gaming companiesin history, but what a lot of people don’t know is that they’ve been around since 1889, nearly seventy years before the first video game was ever created. They actually got their start making traditional Japanese playing cards known as hanafuda. I’ve known this fun fact for a while, but I had never actually seen what early Nintendo’s products looked like — until now....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Marc Perry

Cute bobbles of Street Fighter stars and SFxT producers

This year marks theStreet Fighterfranchise’s 25th anniversary. Capcom has several plans for this grand celebration, not the least which is the upcomingStreet Fighter X Tekken. Another plan is a team-up with toy maker Multiverse Studio to addStreet Fightercharacters to theBobble Buddsfigurine line. Capcom previously tapped Multiverse to make Bobble Budds of apairofServbotsfromMega Man Legends, and now a whole army ofStreet Fighterwobble-headed reps will appear beginning in April. First up are Blanka, Chun-Li, Ryu, and Sagat, with more appearing at later dates....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Tommy Mitchell

Destiny lore geeks won’t have to worry about Grimoire going away

Look closely at your junk Back when we heardGrimoire cards wouldn’t be making a comeback inDestiny 2, most people breathed a sigh of relief (or kicked some dirt in frustration that one of their talking points about whyDestinyis bad is going away). But there was a sect of the community peeved at the decision. Indeed, there are lore archaeologists out there who pore through the volumes of text on Bungie.net, making sense of everything....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Alex Lewis

Developer describes extreme difficulty working with Wii U

Right out of the gate they disliked the underpowered CPU Eurogamer recently hosteda first-hand account from a mystery developer, which describes the Wii U development process in great detail. It’s a page turner for sure, going through theentireprocess of making a game for the Wii U, from the “studio visit” from Nintendo when it was “Project Cafe,” to early development woes, tothe rush for the day one patch, to the “less than impressive” sales figures....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Kenneth Cook

Diablo 4 system requirements (minimum and recommended)

Is your PC mighty enough? Diablo 4is the latest in the legendary action RPG series from Blizzard. Before taking a trip to Hell, however, you’ll need to check theseDiablo 4system requirements. There’s nothing worse than having a laggy experience, especially in such a precise game like this. Here are all of theDiablo 4system requirements, including the minimum, recommended, and everything in between. Diablo 4system requirements (minimum) To get intoDiablo4’s open world, you’ll need to meet the minimum system requirements below....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Megan Mccall

Digital Extremes has its lunch stolen and its new game leaked

Roast pork with a side of Keystone Something awful has happened. A crime unfathomable, incomprehensible, and simply indescribable. One that breaches the very bonds we as a species have between one another and hold us all together on this violently spinning rock. The victim?Warframedeveloper Digital Extremes. The crime? Oh god, it’s too hard to type even now, my friends… they had theirlunch stolen. Oh and someone kind of leaked their game too, but that’s distracting us from the true issue:stolen lunch....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 592 words · Kelly Johnson

Doggie! Bandai’s Rush toy comes with a Mega Man figurine

Bandai’sTamashii Nationbrand has brought many popular properties to life in high-quality action figure form. Perhaps most notable is theD-ArtsMega Man Xline, which has been selling pretty well even here in the States. Next up, Bandai is planning to go back to the series’ roots. Hereis a prototype for D-Arts Mega Man, along with the ever-faithful Rush and an adorable enemy Met. It may seem a bit redundant to make available a new Mega Man figure, considering that toy maker Kotobukiya has already doneClassic Mega Man....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · John Parks