The Nintendo titles you already own are some of the best VR games

Breathing new life into old games with VR Now that I’ve spent a lot of time with both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive I can honestly say that the best games available for virtual reality headsets are Nintendo games. I know what you’re thinking, “Jed, Nintendo doesn’t make VR games!” Sure, but that didn’t stop some mad geniuses from creating emulators that force fully-functional VR into existing Nintendo classics....

July 17, 2025 · 4 min · 773 words · Matthew Rich

The ultimate guide to Oblivion Remastered’s leveling system

In most RPG games, it’s obvious when you gain a level. A giant burst of colors fills the screen, a guitar riff wails, and the words “Level up!” blast your screen.The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remasteredis a little different than most games, though. It looks like you have a typical experience bar, but it doesn’t just fill up for cutting down rats and wolves. You gain experience by increasing your Major Skills....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Jeanette Williamson

The X-Men film series tries Dark Phoenix again in this new trailer

I demand for more things to catch on fire No one really likesX-Men: The Last Stand—if you do, I don’t believe you. The screenwriter of that film, longtimeX-Menfilm producer Simon Kinberg, is trying that story again in his directorial debut, theApocalypsefollow-up simply titledDark Phoenix. The first trailer debuted during Wednesday night’s episode ofThe Late Late Show, and it shows all of your favorite young mutants returning. Those familiar with the comics lore (or evenThe Last StandandApocalypse) know that Jean Grey (here played by Sophie Turner) struggles to control the powerful entity known as the Phoenix Force, which the conflict ofDark Phoenixcenters around....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Mark Lewis

This modding tool aims to bring the original Deus Ex to Unreal Engine 5

Those who were around when the originalDeus Exreleased will no doubt have an appreciation for this pretty innovative RPG. While we’re still not 100% sure whether anew game is in developmentor not, there’s something interesting happening with the OG. As spotted byPCGamer, a modder is taking the 2000Deus Extitle and putting it through an Unreal Engine 5 filter. That is to say, the quarter of a century old game is being given a bit of a boost, and it’s all possible thanks to a toolkit called DXU24....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Cristina Wilkins

Titanfall multiplayer limited to 12 players

This in conjunction with the AI allies and opponents Well looks like Vince Zampella’s Twitter is going to be the ongoing source for allTitanfallnews. His latest reveal is thatTitanfallwill support a maximum of six players on each team, so 12 total real players. Vince added that this “turned out to be the best balance with AI for us.” Remember, the maps are filled with AI allies and opponents as you’re playing, so multiplayer matches do feel like a large scale endeavor....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Vickie Wright

Vagante is a tough, promising 2D action-platformer

There’s an alpha demo with four-player co-op Nuke Nine has launched aKickstarterfor its action-platformer with RPG elementsVaganteand the best part about the pitch — well, besides several attention-grabbing .gifs — is the included demo. Vagantehas permanent death, randomized levels, and a willingness to unceremoniously kill you in the blink of an eye. It reminds me ofCatacomb Kids— but since some of you won’t be familiar with that game, think of this as a sort ofSpelunkyin a dark fantasy world....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Tyler Williams

Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate Definitive Edition pops up on Australian ratings board

Buy it again and again and… Do you think that you’ve had enough ofWarriors Orochi 3? No. According to a new listing on theAustralian Classification Ratings Board, publisher Koei Tecmo is preparing to rerelease the rerelease of the original release one more time, in the form ofWarriors Orochi 3 Ultimate Definitive Edition. Originally arriving on PS3, PSP, Wii-U, and Xbox 360 back in 2011,Warriors Orochi 3was the then-latest entry in the legendary hack ‘n’ slash RPG franchise....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 265 words · Andrea Dillon

Witcher 3 delayed, Angry Birds gets Epic, and an Ouya game about Slavery

DTOID News salutes ursine iconoclasm Everyone’s off playingTitan SoulsorDarkfallor whathaveyou, so news this week is a lot of non-news.The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunthas been delayed, which sucks, but apparently won’t derailCyberpunk 2077. Sony shakes its head and frowns on the subject of release dates forThe Last GuardianandDrive Club, and apparentlyWatchdogsisn’t late, Ubisoft just told us about it really early.Angry Birdsjust took a turn for the turn-based,Halfbrick’s latest gameis about a bear destroying precious works of art, and there’s anOuya exclusiveon the way where you play as an escaped slave....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Alison Keller

Wuthering Waves hits 30 million download milestone within three weeks of launch

Wuthering Waves, the free-to-play gacha game by Kuro Games, has only been available for the masses to play for under three weeks. However, since its release on August 08, 2025, the RPG has already hit a huge milestone — 30 million downloads. This number does include pre-registrations and doesn’t reflect the number of active players per day. However, it’s a commendable occasion for the studio either way you slice it. It’s no small feat, considering the issues faced byWuthering Wavessince it was released....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Nicole Randall

XenoRaptor bringing twin-stick action to consoles this month

Christmas Carnage Interstellar twin-stick shooterXenoRaptor, already available on PC via Steam, will be headed to PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch this month. An energetic trailer was released by publisher Digerati to announce the console ports. Developed by programmer Peter Clearly,XenoRaptorcombines elements of classic and modern space shmups with bullet-hell action and a unique combat system that allows players to create their own bespoke vessel, before taking to the stars to battle waves of enemies and boss armadas....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Rebecca Gates

You should be paying attention to Rayman Origins

Rayman Originsis out next week. Sadly, yet understandably, there isn’t a noticeable buzz surrounding the title — certainly not at the level of productivity-endersModern Warfare 3andSkyrim. It is a full-priced 2D platformer, which rubs some people the wrong way. However, and I can’t stress this enough, I’m not going to be surprised ifRayman Originsends up being my favorite game of 2011, based on what I’ve played of it so far. Fan of classic Rayman or not, you owe it to yourself to try the demo....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Jennifer Bowen

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim arrives on PC April 28

XSEED delivers enhanced Nihon Falcom RPG later this month Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtimis coming to Windows PC on April 28, XSEED announced today. The role-playing game comes from Nihon Falcom, the studio also known forThe Legend of Heroesand the recently localizedBrandish: The Dark Revenant. It was originally released on PC in 2003, but wouldn’t officially arrive on western shores until 2005 with the PlayStation 2 version. Konami handled the initial localization and subsequent PSP release, but the western publisher has obviously changed since then....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Mario Jacobs

10000000 creator’s new game is You Must Build a Boat

Don’t tell me what I must do At this point, so many match-three puzzle games exist that it is easy to see a new one and immediately write it off without a second thought. Fortunately,10000000did enough new stuff with the genre that it gathered a decent amount of buzz, eventually making its way from iOS to PC, Mac, Linux, and Android. Developer Luca Redwood originally planned a free update for10000000, but with nebulous goals for what the update would include, it kept growing and changing until it was clear that the project was more sequel than update, and it would deserve its own release....

July 16, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Haley Young