Mary Machine Classic looks so very familiar

What you see above is an image for the “funny” iPhone gambling gameMary Machine Classic. Not sure what’s so funny about it, but the inevitable lawsuit that’s going to result from this game could be worthy of a laugh or two. Quite how the creator of this App thinks he’s going to get away with taking Mario’s mustache off and sticking him in a yellow shirt, I do not know. You have to admire his balls, if not his brains....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Dr. Katherine Odom

Microsoft, please stop desecrating Killer Instinct

There’s still hope to save this iconic franchise Dear Microsoft, Please stop makingKiller Instinctlook like, as our own Jonathan Holmes put it, “a mash-to-win, noob-friendly combo fest.” I’ve played your game — even had a proper lesson from Double Helix to help understand all the advanced systems that are in place for fighting game aficionados — but your recent showing onLate Night with Jimmy Fallonhas done nothing for the cause....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1088 words · Wesley Rich

Monster Hunter Wilds: How to find Gypceros in the Plains (Beware the Gypceros quest)

While most large monsters are easy to find, the Gypceros proves the most troublesome inMonster Hunter Wilds. Oftentimes, it won’t spawn right away, prohibiting you from completing Zatoh’s side mission. We’re here to help by showing you how to find Gypceros in the Plains. How to get the Gypceros to spawn in Windward Plains The Gypceros appears during theFallowweather, which you can change in the Rest’s Environment settings. However, even with this feature, many players have still been unable to get this creature to spawn....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Nancy Ingram

Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol.1 out now on Switch, includes Metal Slug titles

Pocket-sized Rawkit Lawnchair I’m going to cover this news even though they didn’t include Leona in the promotional shot. Harumph. SNK has releasedNeo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1on Nintendo Switch. The retro compilation is now available to download from theNintendo eShopfor around $40, which is less than these titles would cost you if you picked them up today in their original form. The compilation brings together great titles from SNK excellent but ill-fated handheld from the early ’00s....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Patrick Bryant

New Challenger holiday special: Favorite games of 2011!

You guys have heard of New Challenger, right? It’s Anthony Carboni’s latest show about videogames, probably most famous for its recent parody of theOcean Marketting fiasco. Not to brag or anything, but I was totally a guest on New Challengerbeforeit was cool. By which I mean last week. That’s right, last Thursday I joined Anthony along with Bob Suicide of SuicideGirls fame and a can of 4Loko to talk about our favorite games of 2011....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Nicole Rojas

No Man’s Sky to receive free upgrade on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC

Luscious technical boost coming to intergalactic explorer Hello Games has revealed thatNo Man’s Skyis the latest title to be afforded a major upgrade for next-gen platforms.No Man’s Sky: Next Generationwill be offered as a free download to all currentNMSplayers on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. The upgrade will boost the visual and technical prowess ofNo Man’s Skyacross the board, allowing for 4K resolution at 60 FPS, longer draw distances, deeper texture density, improved grass physics and “warp-speed” loading times....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Rhonda Hayes

Our Gran Turismo 6 review will be late

Sorry I’ve been playingGran Turismo 6for so many hours that I can no longer see straight. I’m not pulling your leg when I say that I dreamed about Gran Turismo last night. I had racing stress dreams, folks. So what’s the hold-up on the review? It seems that Sony is having technical difficulties in getting the online side of the game up for us to test. So while the review embargo will be up in a matter of minutes, we can’t send our review out into the world without touching on the online portion of the game....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Abigail Collins

Peter Molyneux reveals Masters of Albion, a new town management strategy title that makes some big promises

Peter Molyneux, perhaps best known for his work onFable,Black & White,Dungeon Keeper, andGodus, stepped back into the spotlight during Gamescom 2024’s Opening Night Live to reveal his studio’s new game,Masters of Albion. The game is an homage to everything Molyneux has ever worked on. With the quirky fantasy-meets-history feel of theFableseries crossed with the top-down view and god-like powers bestowed on players from theDungeon Keepergames. In it, you’re tasked with building up a town during the day, deciding everything from where the citizens work and live, to exactly what kind of sandwich they eat....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Mark Casey

Phanto: The scariest videogame character of all time

You are staring into the face of sheer terror. Halloween is only a few days away, and with it comes gamers everywhere thinking about (and dressing like) some of the videogame characters that scare them the most. Pyramid Head, with his blood-soaked deformity and giant knife. Dr. Salvador fromResident Evil 4and his deadly chainsaw and bag-covered face.Clock Tower’s demented Scissorman and those damned killer scissors. For me, though, none of these characters come close to being as scary as the dreaded Phanto fromSuper Mario Bros....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1098 words · Christopher Owens

Play as Gravity Rush’s Kat in Hot Shots Golf on PS Vita

And more DLC in World Invitational It’s no secret that Kat fromGravity Rushwould find her waytoHot Shots Golf: World Invitationalas a playable character. The time has finally come for non-Japanese versions of the PlayStation Vita game — she’ll be available for $0.99, along with two other similarly-priced characters, Erika and Gloria, starting next Tuesday. Other DLCplanned for that dayincludes new courses — revamped versions of Mt. Sakura and Northern Fox, and the golf resort Mar Cielo — priced at $2....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Robert Mcdonald

Praying mantis gets sandwich power up in this Excitebots trailer

It doesn’t matter how many times you’ll read the title of this story, the words I’m using simply don’t belong together. It’s only after you watch the trailer forExcitebots: Trick Racingthat it will all become clear, and even then it’s a bit baffling. The Monster Games developed Wii-exclusive looks like it’s taking a light and loose approach to theExcite TruckandExciebikefranchise, throwing in crazy power-ups, vehicles that look like animals, and wild tricks....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Alexandra Nixon

Project Needlemouse teased with sinister character list

Sega is loading its hype cannons withProject Needlemouseinformation as we speak, having officially kickstarted its marketing campaign today. The official Sega blog has revealed a list of potential main characters, but not everyone on the list will make it into the game. Sega will be reducing this rather horrifying list one name at a time, provided certain conditions are met. Sega has challenged its community to a test of knowledge concerning old school Sonic games....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Ryan Turner

Review: Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, 04/28/09

It’s no secret that theDynasty Warriorsseries could do with some new life injected into it. Even as a fan of the series, I recognize that Koei has done little to keep the franchise fresh, and that a change of pace is always welcome. It seems that Koei may have actually listened to criticism this time in the creating of Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, a game that freshens up the original formula with a focus on multiplayer and a structure that owes more than a little credit to Capcom’s popular Monster Hunter series....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1272 words · Nina Le