Payday 2 is profitable and it’s not even out yet

Owners of original game now have beta access Despite the fact that it hasn’t even launched yet,Payday 2is profitable. The cooperative heist game, which is currently playable in beta, hits Steam on Tuesday. “Starbreeze today has once again demonstrated that our strategy to invest in our own brands is correct,” said CEO Bo Andersson-Klint in a statement translated byGamechup. “We now look forward to royalties that can ensure the company’s development of its own IP to come,” he continued....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Vanessa Peterson

Platinum might be teasing a set of Bayonetta Switch ports

I mean, I’d take ’em Aseemingly innocuous tweethas turned into a frenzy of speculation. So it’s a day, on the internet. What happened? Well Platinum put up this image on Twitter, which showcases the designs of Bayonetta in both the original and the sequel — and then folks started to speculate that the red and blue hues used where to symbolize the neon blue and red JoyCon from the Switch. Given that Platinum has been port hungry lately and we know the Switch is up to the task hardware-wise, it’s entirely possible....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Michelle Evans

Preview: Sanctum

Let’s get this out of the way first:Sanctumhas no relation to the quite terrible 3D movie that hit theaters earlier this year. In fact, it is a quite good first person shooter variant of the tower defense genre, built in Unreal Engine 3 by Swedish indie developer Coffee Stain Studios. I spent some time withSanctum— alone and cooperatively with Jonathan Ross — in the beta that is currently available on Steam if you pre-order the game....

May 27, 2025 · 8 min · 1533 words · Ms. Jennifer Gonzalez

PSA: Spoilers for the Halo Infinite campaign have been datamined, so watch your step

If you’re waiting until later this year Remember theHalo Infinitetest period this past week? About that! Dataminers got their hands on it, and apparently there were campaign spoilers galore hiding within its framework. As a result, “roughly 800 lines of text” have allegedly been leaked, including a “twist” for theHalo Infinitestoryline. Yep,Halospoilers are out and about. According to Neowin, the spoilers are via a plain text dump, which is now being circulated around the internet, similar to whenLast of Us Part 2was widely spoiled....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Cynthia Lucas

RE4 Separate Ways DLC: How to solve the Ada castle lithograph puzzle

Although Ada has her own unique flavor of badassery to show off in theResident Evil 4remakeSeparate WaysDLC; she’s also constantly stopped in her tracks with puzzles to solve. Here’s how to easily clear the lithograph puzzle in the castle! Step 1: Grab both of the missing lithographs nearby After splitting up with Luis in Chapter 4, Ada will be tasked with finding the ingredients to stave off the infection plaguing the game’s cast: and to do that, you’ll need to get through a mandatory lithograph puzzle....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · John Johnson

Red Faction: Guerrilla on Switch is a decent enough port

Better Red than Dead There aren’t a tremendous amount of open-world experiences on Switch. WhileBreath of the Wildcame right out of the gate with a massive map for players to explore, it seems developers have been a little hesitant with porting over gigantic worlds to Nintendo’s hybrid console. A lot of that probably has to do with how relatively meager the power of the device is, but there’s also the issue of performance to consider....

May 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1072 words · James Ruiz

Review in Progress: God Eater 3

Less is Vore Given that I’m not even a couple days worth of play into a hunting game others dump hundreds of hours into mastering, I feel it’s a little bit early for me to be saying ifGod Eater 3is worth picking up. That said, from these limited impressions, Icansay that the game is so far shaping up like an exemplaryGod Eatergame, which is a slightly backhanded way of saying that it’s quite a bit like the previous entries in the series, particularlyGod Eater 2: Rage Burst....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 655 words · Anne Williams

Rock star blasts Rockstar Games over ‘extremely low’ offer to put song in GTA 6

Musician Martyn Ware has taken to Twitter recently to air his frustration with Rockstar Games. The source of the Heaven 17 member’s dismay is an offer he allegedly received from the acclaimed studio to put his song inGrand Theft Auto 6, which he refused. Ware claims Rockstar contacted his publisher about the band’s song “Temptation” possibly being used in the studio’s upcoming titleGrand Theft Auto 6. The offer was $7,500 for each of the three writers of the song, which would serve as a buyout of the band’s claim to royalties....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Dustin Ortiz

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive ROM hacks are now available in the Steam Workshop

Hack Sonic 3D to feature Rom the Vacuous Spider please Sega has addedSteam Workshop support forSega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics,allowing ROM hackers to make their work easily available to everyone. The update comes as part of a massive revamp ofClassicsthat introduces a full 3D menu based on a rank ‘90s bedroom. While being able to faff about with cartridges is cool, it’s the ROM hacks that are by far the most exciting thing here....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Charles Wells

Shenmue III TGS trailer embraces the spirit of the land

A nice place to visit… Sega and Ys Nethave released a pair of trailersfor their long-awaited adventure sequelShenmue III.While the first clip is merely a Japanese language version oflast month’s Gamescom trailer, the second is a more tranquil endeavour, taking a look at some of the locations Ryo Hazuki will visit on his dogged quest. The “Spirit of the Land” video is a three-minute travelogue of the towns, forests and villages that the player will pass through en route to Ryo’s date with destiny....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Sandra Salas

Sony appears to have ‘abandoned’ its trademark for The Last Guardian

Is this the last time we’ll hear about this game? Waiting to finally see more of Sony’s elusiveThe Last Guardian? You may be in for some disappointing news in the near future, as one eagle-eyedNeoGAF userdiscovered Sony has opted not to extend its trademark forThe Last Guardian. According to the official listing that can befound herevia the office of patent and trademark in the United States, the trademark has been “abandoned” because “no Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice of Allowance was issued....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Christina Bradshaw

Stack the Blocks codes (August 2025)

Updated: July 12, 2025 We added a new code! No doubt you’ve heard of billionaires who got their fortune through real estate. If only they knew that you don’t have to hire architects and specialized workers to get rich! In this experience, all you need to do is what the title says: stack the blocks. And if you redeemStack the Blockscodes, you’ll have something to stack, indeed! The codes below primarily give you Spins, which you can use to get exotic blocks to add to your stack....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Mr. Joel Ramirez

Steins;Gate Elite confirmed for 2018 release in the west

The drink of intellectuals The originalSteins;Gateis one of the single greatest science-fiction stories ever told, and its newest version has finally been confirmed for a western release this year. If you have any love for visual novels, and somehow managed to never play this, you need to tighten up and get on that. Seriously, it’s fucking magical. It simultaneously serves as a love letter and parody of otaku culture, and it genuinely made me feel stuff dangerously close to actual emotion....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Jeffrey Swanson