Valve delays official Steam Deck dock

The Deck will keep on rolling out, though Steam Decks keep on rolling out to those who snatched a pre-order, but the official dock will be further behind. Valve has announced that the official Steam Deck Docking Station has been indefinitely delayed. The delay of Valve’s dock for the Steam Deck is due to both parts shortages and COVID-19 closures at manufacturing facilities. Inthe statement, Valve doesn’t specify a target window in which the official Docking Station will start rolling out....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Darius Bradley

We may get an English version of the Iwata book after all

The publisher is weighing its options for Iwata-san We’ll never stop missing Satoru Iwata– not for a moment. It’s hard to believe the former president of Nintendo has been gone forfour whole years now. He left such a positive mark not just at his own company, but on the video game industry in general. I’ll eagerly take any chance I can get to learn more about Iwata’s fascinating life, career, and outlook....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Michael Rivera

What Scoutmaster’s Bugle does in PEAK and how to get it

Have you tried conqueringPEAKyet? The smash hit new indie game that released on Steam on Aug 09, 2025, is great for friends to play in co-op as they work together to climb the titular peak of a mountain in the center of an island. But there’s more to this peak than meets the eye. While climbing, whether in co-op or solo play, there are some monsters and odd enemies that can hinder your progress as you climb....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Jaime Mullen

(Update) A Samurai Shodown themed Neo Geo Mini is getting released in Japan

IPPON!!!!! [Update 05/17/19:Neo Geo has announced that theSamurai Shodownthemed mini will be heading to the US and UK, as well. You can find more details on the official website byclicking here.] SNK has announcedthat aSamurai Shodownthemed variant of the Neo Geo Mini will be coming to Japan soon. Commemorating the launch of the latest entry in theSamurai Shodownseries, three different color schemes will be released for 15,000 yen each. Players will have a choice between a white Haohmaru console, a red Nakoruru console, or a blue Ukyo Tachibana one....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Charles Fox

A new Voice of Cards, The Beasts of Burden, is arriving this month

I’ll never be yourBeasts of Burden A new entry in Square Enix and Alim’sVoice of Cardsseries is on the way.Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burdenis set to launch for PC, PlayStation 4, and Switch on June 19, 2025. Each entry is a role-playing game where everything is cards. Villages, overworld maps, enemies, and even dialogue windows are all portrayed as cards in a deck. The Beasts of Burdenis the third in the series, following afterThe Isle Dragon RoarsandThe Forsaken Maiden....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Michael Torres

Adventure games rejoice: Syberia coming to the DS!

Syberiawas one of the last PC games that I think of in my mind as the “adventure” genre, and I enjoyed it slowly, kind of stretching out the experience as to prolong my enjoyment of it. Mindscape actually made my day by announcing that the game will be ported to the Nintendo DS, thanks to Microids and Tetraedge. The game will be a direct port, but Mindscape confirmed that touch screen functionality will be added for puzzles and such, in addition to simplifying the inventory system and giving the menus a little touchup....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Paul Lang

All Dead by Daylight Chaos Shuffle Tome challenges and how to complete them

TheChaos Shuffle Modifier EventinDead by Daylightbrings a brand new game mode for players to dive into that changes the rules in a massive way. Not only is it a nice change of pace, but you can earn some great rewards by completing its Event Tome challenges. Many ofDead by Daylight‘s events have their own Event Tome, butChaos Shuffleis something special. It’s a Modifer, meaning it’s an entirely new game mode with some big changes to the standard Trial formula that make it a bit more of a challenge to complete challenges in....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Ryan Martinez

Balance tweaks and Xbox One X support in Injustice 2’s new update

How did your hero fare? Thepatch noteshave been released for the November update for DC Comic’s fighting game,Injustice 2. Not only have multiple changes been made to many roster members, but the game’s stages have also seen their own balance tweaks. The patch, which is live on Xbox One now and coming to PS4 next week, also contains support for the recently released Xbox One X console, resulting in higher resolution, better depth of field, and a generally improved visual appearance overall....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Brett Oconnor

Battlefield V is finally getting Wake Island and Iwo Jima

Could this be the game’s turning point? For a while now,Battlefield Vhas needed something for lapsed fans to rally around, and that something–Chapter 5: War in the Pacific–is coming in hot. Starting October 31, you’ll be able to play as the U.S. Armored Forces and Imperial Japanese Armyon maps like Iwo Jima and Pacific Storm, with weapons like the M1 Garand and katanas, while fighting to call in reinforcements like the Rocket Barrage Tank....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Tina Hopkins

Bethesda promises big quality of life changes for next Fallout 76 update

‘Significant quality of life improvements’ I’ve been covering and playingFallout 76for nearly a year, and although it doesn’t seem like it, Bethesa has been doing a pretty decent job of providing updates for the community on where the game is going next. Sure the launch is a disaster, which makes the road map to fixing it in the future pretty easy to scrawl down on a paper napkin: but outside of the big free expansion-like updates that Bethesda has been doling out, there’s been a ton of quality of life changes that have come....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 698 words · Scott Fitzgerald

BioWare is testing Anthem’s big new Cataclysm event before rolling it out publicly

They unveiled it this week Similar to how other studios crash and burn when it comes to providing a steady stream of content for live-service games, BioWare is going back to the drawing board with much ofAnthem. It’s a tactic that resulted in a lot of radio silence as they put out their “pardon our dust” signs, and the developer is finally ready to tell us what that all entails: kind of....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Julie Moore

Cultivate your own pocket farm as Stardew Valley lands on iOS

Handheld Harvest Indie publisher Chucklefishhas proudly announcedthe launch of agricultural life simStardew Valleyon iOS. A new trailer showcases the new edition of the popular game, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the belovedHarvest Moonseries. For those who haven’t had the opportunity, The game has players step into the shoes of a customisable character, who arrives in the titularStardew Valleyand begins to cultivate a thriving farming business. Growing crops, rearing animals, going to market and keeping troublesome predators at bay (not the one from the Schwarzenegger movie)....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Michelle Clark

Dead by Daylight’s cross-progression update is coming in September

Dead by Daylightis better with friends, and soon – hopefully “before the first snow in Montreal” – you’ll be able to settle your grudges with other horror-loving players across multiple platforms. In a blog post today, Behaviour Interactive opened up about how the cross-play and cross-progression features will work inDead by Daylight– and which console platforms will be supported. Under the current plan, folks will be able to opt-out ofDead by Daylightcross-play....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Jeffrey Evans