If you haven’t bought a Steam Deck because of the price, you’re in some semblance of luck. It turns out that Valve is now selling refurbished models of its handheld gaming PC at discounted prices. The information was confirmed on the official Steam DeckTwitter pagerecently. Indeed, if you head over to thestore pageitself, you can now get repaired versions of any of the three variations of the device. Introducing Valve Certified Refurbished Steam Decks!...

Pick your partners well After sitting on my 3DS for the past few days, I finally got around to starting up theMiitopiademo. It’s a bit of a beefy demo, allowing me to traverse what I assume is much of the first land of the game, powering up my squad to level 6 while forming the early foundations of friendship between my crew. If you haven’t downloaded it yet or just haven’t heard what it’s all about,Miitopiais an RPG featuring Mii avatars....

If Kobold curry isn’t a thing, it should be I’ve always been a sucker for gimmick recipes. I love an excuse to get drunk on cocktails tangentially related to a game (drinking straight gin is a bad look, drinking straight gin with a bit of blue food coloring in it and calling it a “mana potion” is delightful), or to try a bunch of strange appetizers becauseGame of Thronesis back on and someone bought you the recipe book for Christmas....

NANI?! It is with a heavy heart that I have to type this next sentence, but I’m just going to have to bite the bullet.Yakuza 6has been delayed in the West until July 22, 2025. While no reason was stated for the delay, Sega is assuring fans it was a “tough business decision” the company didn’t take lightly. On the bright side, we will be able to playYakuza 6a little earlier than anticipated....

Updated: June 29, 2025 Added new codes! Welcome to an experience that is a mishmash of mechanics that you’d never expect from the title. I mean, I guess that you could technically call a game where you train shooting, buy and upgrade guns, and then race down a path as you shoot zombies and titans anZombie Titans Simulator. The zombies and titans are really persistent in not letting you through, so you’re going to need a good Gun paired with a good Skill, and you’ll also need to train a whole lot....

Pay up another $50 for the game or else Bethesda and ZeniMax Online have announcedin a forum postthat they are beginning to closeElder Scrolls Onlineaccounts bought through unapproved Steam key resellers. Starting yesterday, May 26, accounts with codes bought from certain grey-market sellers will receive an email explaining their access to the game has been revoked. It’ll also oh-so-helpfully give the player more information on how to repurchase the game for the full price of £50....

Someonewas listening to a radio show about sports in the United Kindgom, and that show may have gotten our first real hint at what’s going on with the nextCall of Duty. Actor Craig Fairbass was on the show (because “sports,” obviously) and dropped a few lines that may be relevant to our interests. “I’ve been out in [Los Angeles] doing something…,” he says, immediately after talk of his voice work as Gaz inModern Warfareand later Ghost inModern Warfare 2....

The highs and lows of living in a time loop Three writers sat in a room in the Microsoft Theater, looking at one man in a room with his wife. She wants to have dessert, so he sets the table while she goes into the other room. The man starts eating without her. Presumably, the guy to my right, controlling the man on screen, is not married. But it’s okay, because soon I’ll get my chance to right some of the wrongs done on this first playthrough of12 Minutes....

Murray’s Costume Manor inSecret of the Mimicis lost in time, a freeze-frame of those who came and went, and others who were left behind like a forgotten memory. Distorted voices from neglected inventions echo across the facility, where audio logs tightly hold onto the Murray family story, keeping their dreams and despair alive forever. But the Mimic can steal the voice of whoever it hears, so what can you really trust in the abandoned Costume Manor?...

It has come to my attention that I’ve not touched my 3DS since I reviewedRidge Racer 3D, and this makes me very unhappy. The Streetpass function is useless here, the collection of Play Coins feels like a waste of time, and Nintendo released the system two months too soon to keep its investors happy. Meanwhile, I’m worried that I’ve gotten over the 3DS before the truly great games have even arrived....

[SephirothX writes a model for personal history blogging: there’s danger, there’s suspense, there’s little brown mushroom people. Who could ask for more? As always, remember to load your own bloggers wanted responses into the Community Blogs and tag them with the “Bloggers Wanted Essay Response” tag, and you may see your blog promoted to the front page. – Kauza] Everybody knows whatSuper Mario Bros.is: it’s one of the most iconic and memorable games in video game history....

Relic’s WWII strategy series is back Relic Entertainment is headed back to World War II, as today it announcedCompany of Heroes 3, a new entry in itsCompany of Heroesfranchise. And while it won’t be out until next year, there is a way to check it out a little bit early today. Company of Heroes 3was revealed today, showing off its Mediterranean setting in both acinematic reveal trailerand agameplay reveal. You can check out the former below:...

This is actually quite lovely! Nintendo doesn’t much care to do anything withMetroidsave for soccer games, so here’s a professional gradeMetroidproduction,The Sky Calls. I was a bit dismissive of this for about as long as it took to see those excellent title cards and appreciate the post-processing put into capturing the 70’s sci-fi vibe that I love. The description notes, “2001,Alien, andSolaris” as influences and it shows, eschewing modern, sterile sci-fi for a style, “more in tune with the themes that inspired the first Metroid game in 1986: isolation, exploration, and the wonders of deep space....