Activision reveals crowd-sourced music video results for Guitar Hero Live

100,000 videos generated I’m generally not a fan of lip-sync videos, but it looks like Activision managed to round up quite a few people into their newest scheme forGuitar Hero Live. The gist is that people are tasked with creating a video for Ed Sheeran’s “Sing,” and over 100,000 fans participated. The final product includes Stephen Curry, Shaquille O’Neal, Erin Andrews, and “Vine Star” King Bach (the world is moving so fast, guys)....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Ashley Wilson

Angry Birds spin-off Bad Piggies launches next week

Whilst theAngry Birdsfranchise strives to become perhaps the most ubiquitous Scandinavian thing ever, displacing IKEA and ABBA, it seems like we often forget there’s a series of videogames at the heart of it all. The next spin-off title in the franchise has been announced and this time it’s pigs that are flying. Judging from the trailer,Bad Piggiesshows a totally different set of mechanics from the “flinging birds at stuff” gameplay that madeAngry Birdsa smash hit....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Garrett Bailey DDS

Anno 1800 will be a nice blast from the past

Coming to PC in ‘Winter 2018’ Fans of the city-buildingAnnoseries who prefer the older games tothe last few future-set installmentswill be pleased to know that the next title isAnno 1800. We’re headed for the 19th century, baby! Even if you don’t care much forAnno, this announcement trailer has a pleasant calming effect. Ubisoft Blue Byte plans to incorporate community feedback intoAnno 1800with opportunities to vote on features, “create content,” and partake in play tests....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Amber Wood

Capcom unlikely to do single-save 3DS games again

Capcom has acknowledgedthe controversysurroundingResident Evil: The Mercenaries 3Dand its single save file that cannot be erased. While claiming it meant nothing malicious with its decision, Capcom has confirmed that future 3DS games are “unlikely” to sport the same contentious feature. “I think it’s fair to say there was never quite the malicious intent that the conspiracy theorists out there would have you believe,” said Capcom US’ senior VP Christian Svensson. “I think it’s also fair to say that in light of the controversy it’s generated, I don’t think you’re going to see something like this happening again....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Jacob Rodriguez

Charismatic comic Thief of Thieves gets episodic game series

He robs from the rich.. and that’s about it. Robert Kirkman’s suave Bondian comic book,Thief of Thieves, will be coming to a PC near you in video game form, courtesy of Skybound Entertainment. Thief of Thieves, first published in 2012, is the story of debonair master-thief Conrad Paulson, who abandons his life of crime with plans for retirement, but not before ransacking the opulent homes of his fellow robbers, much to the anger of his former employers....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Robert Martinez

Chibi Noctis and Lightning are so cute

Fortune Street lives on Fortune Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversarymight be off your radar. And that’s okay! Because it’s slated to only arrive in Japan later this month on PS4 and Vita, and probably won’t ever see the light of day outside of that region. But for all our Japanese readers out there (or importers), Square Enix has been giving us a steady stream of updates for a while now, including this pair of trailers that give us a good look at chibi Noctis and Lightning....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Keith Garcia

Chinese Democracy lives on in Rock Band 2

The latest out of theNYTimesis that this Monday MTV and Harmonix will announce that a Guns N’ Roses track called “Shackler’s Revenge” will make its official debut onRock Band 2. The track is from the perpetually delayed album, Chinese Democracy. The article then goes on to state that Chinese Democracy could come out this fall withDuke Nukem ForeverandWhen Pigs Fly. Of all the songs that I wish could be inRock Band 2, I can’t say that I imagined a Chinese Democracy single was one of them....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 244 words · Alan Jones

Chocobo Racing, Triple Triad, and the Gold Saucer coming to Final Fantasy XIV in patch 2.5x

Maybe you should think about playing it now? Final Fantasy XIVis gearing up for its new massive 2.5 update, called “Before the Fall.” The patch will be broken up into two parts. The first of which will drop next week with extra main scenario quests, boss fights, Wanderer’s Palace (hard), Amdapor Keep (hard), more Hildebrand quests, an Odin boss fight, and a new 24-person raid called The World of Darkness....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Joel Burnett

Complete Threadville Controls Guide – PC, Mobile, PlayStation & Xbox

Even thoughThreadvilleis a type of game that gets you immediately immersed in its cheerful but ultimately very dark world, some players might struggle even with the simplest things like controls.Here’s a complete guide on controls inThreadville. Table of contents All Threadville Keybinds & Controls Getting around the world inThreadvilleisn’t complicated at all. What you’re going to be using wherever you play are themovement,crouch,sprintandinteract keys. Of course, itdepends from platform to platformwhat those keybinds are, and with further updates we’ll surely get the option to choose our own keybinds....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Joshua Meyer

Contest: Win ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove

Steam, PS4, or Xbox One Get your groove back with our contest forToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! I never understood how something could be both funky and fresh, but ToeJam and Earl have always been known as funky fresh. Quite the conundrum, right? Well you’re able to figure it out for yourself by winning a Steam, PS4, or Xbox One copy ofToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!...

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Nathaniel Fisher

Deep Down isn’t the only PS4 game Capcom is working on

‘I?m sure you all will be surprised’ Capcom producer Jun Takeuchi (Resident Evil 5,Lost Planet) told Famitsu in an interview (viaGame Johou) that the game he is currently producing is for the PlayStation 4 (and notDeep Down, which we’ve been assuredwill still come out). “As far as the quality of the game I’m currently working on goes, I’m sure you all will be surprised,” Takeuchi said. He noted that there would be an announcement soon, “Not only domestically, but we’re making it into something that will turn plenty of heads if we were to release it in the foreign market as well....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Melanie White

Does Disney Dreamlight Valley have cross-play and cross-progression?

The full release ofDisney Dreamlight Valleyis here, meaning the adventure life-sim is no longer in Early Access. Typically games like this are best experienced with friends and often enjoyed across different platforms. So doesDisney Dreamlight Valleyhave cross-play and cross-progression? Let’s take a look! Is there cross-play inDisney Dreamlight Valley? This question sort of has two answers.Disney Dreamlight Valleydoes in fact support cross-play, however, it is not supported on PlayStation platforms. According to developer Gameloft, due to platform restrictions,the PlayStation version of the game does not support cross-platform play....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Dawn Ross

Dune: Prophecy new teaser trailer teases more about Bene Gesserit origins

HBO has published a new trailer forDune: Prophecy, a prequel to theDunemovies. While the first teaser featured broader strokes about the Bene Gesserit, this new teaser shows the internal politics, scheming for power, and the early days of the Sisterhood. TheDune: Prophecytrailer revealed glimpses of how the Bene Gesserit train, and shows the Sisterhood in its fragile stages. Set 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides from the movies, this series extensively focuses on the journey of the Bene Gesserit to become the revered Sisterhood that we have seen in the movies....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 266 words · Robert Morse