What is your most played fighting game right now?

Is it…Guilty Gear? It’s a golden age for fighting games right now. Not only are retro titles popping up like daisies all over the place (including the Switch), but we’re getting a treasure trove of fighters within a three week span —Injustice 2, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, Ultra Street Fighter, andTekken 7— it’s insane. Not only that, Evo 2017 is on the horizon and people are still playing mainstays that are involved with it (RIPKiller Instinct), and even more fighters are knocking on our door likeARMSand the PC version ofKing of Fighters XIV....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Guy Hall

You’ll get a free Xbox Series X if you can become an Xbox trivia champ

Go with C for every answer, never fails You’re the best around! Nothing’s ever gonna keep you down! That $500 price tag for the Xbox Series X isn’t gonna cause you any problems because you’re getting that bad boy for free. Microsoft keeps coming up with ways to give away the Xbox Series X to the elite of the elite. A couple weeks ago, we learned about theXbox Hall of Famewhere the most dedicated players could win the new console for their dedication to Xbox over the past seven years....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Joshua Mcdonald

Activision is bringing back the Call of Duty XP event with live Nuketown paintball

September 2-4 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfaredoesn’t look exciting, but the return of the XP event seems like it could be a pretty fun time. Activision has announced that it will hold the first XP event since 2011, which will take place at the Forum in Inglewood California, from September 2-4. Tickets will go on sale (which you can peruse below) on June 11 at 10AM PT. It’ll feature a playableInfinite WarfareandModern Warfare Remasteredbuilds, a PlayStation VR experience, the Call of Duty World League Championship, a paintball arena based on Nuketown, “zombie laser tag,” and a “surprise musical guest....

June 16, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Christopher Marquez

All-Women’s GDQ speedrunning event Frame Fatales returns in August

Submissions open May 18-25 The button-mashing speedrunners over atGames Done Quickare getting set to sweat once again. The GDQ organizers have announced that sibling community Frame Fatales will be holding another fantastic, all-women’s speedrunning event this coming summer. Rebranded “Flame Fatales”, the week-long event will see some of the world’s greatest speedrunners gather online to showcase their twitchy, glitchy abilities. Game submissions are set to open on May 18 and will remain open until May 25....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 243 words · Francisco Butler

Alone in the Dark Collector’s Edition announced, along with a creepy teaser

The upcoming reimagining ofAlone in the Darkis getting a limited Collector’s Edition. A post over onTHQ’s websitesays there’s only going to be 5,000 of these made worldwide, so you might want to get in quick if you want one. The Collector’s Edition will feature a fair amount of bonus material, including both a statue and miniature, a steelbook case for the game, some DLC (which includes the Derceto 1992 costume pack), and more....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Gabrielle Dixon

Battlefield 3 has no in-game browser server on PC

It has been revealed thatBattlefield 3is getting an in-game server browser, something that is usually obligatory with PC games. Except … the feature is exclusive toconsoles. The PC version has to use the Battlelog home page, with no in-game browsing allowed. Senior gameplay designer Alan Kertz hasgone so far as to saythat there won’t be an in-game menu at all on PC, with everything done through a Web browser. He says that it acts as the in-game menu and that you can jump straight from the service into a game with no inconvenience....

June 16, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Bonnie Morgan

Best Ninja Build in Killing Floor 3

Killing Floor 3wouldn’t be aKilling Floorgame if it didn’t have some awesome melee butchery. Of course, no other Perk in the game is as good at slaughtering Zeds as Ninja,Killing Floor‘s ultimate swordsman. The ultimate swordsman is also a quirky pick, having quite a few caveats that make him exceptionally vulnerable, particularly at higher difficulties. Constantly forced to get up close and personal with the strongest Zeds, Ninja is a challenging Perk to play....

June 16, 2025 · 3 min · 502 words · Richard Mack

Check out pages from the new Bloodborne comic here

Looks suitably gooey Titan Comics have issued a press release featuring images from their new comic book, based upon From Software’s role-playing slashfest,Bloodborne. Bloodborne: The Death of Sleepwill tell the grim tale of a foreboding hunter, who wanders into the besieged city of Yharnam, armed to the teeth and with violent intentions. The series is written bySecret Avengers’Ales Kot, with suitably gothic artwork by Piotr Kowalski, all muted colours, stark gore and nightmarish locations....

June 16, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Kyle Ortiz

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s Breach mode adds an arcade twist

Mechanical Arcadeheid Deus Ex‘s newest augmentation has virtual reality sensibilities. Not actual real-world virtual reality, but a game mode designed to mimic it in the most cyberspace of ways. At a pre-E3 event in Los Angeles,Deus Ex: Mankind Dividedproducer Fleur Marty introduced us to Breach, an arcade-like take on theDeus Exformula. The new mode combines the series’ earmark of stealth mixed with action and sets it to the beat of self-contained, short challenges....

June 16, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Sydney Palmer DDS

Disregard the 4th of July, acquire points: Spelunky dated

It’s been a long time coming, but the Xbox Live Arcade version ofSpelunkyfinally has a release date. And it’s somehow, miraculously, not very far away. Xbox Live’s Major Nelson has posted a schedule ofwhat’s coming upfor the service which lists the 1200-Microsoft Point game for Wednesday, July 4. For those of you who missed out on the original free version, I’ll kindly link back to Anthony Burch’sthoughts on the matterfor the twentieth time....

June 16, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Trevor Robinson II

Do you play games in chronological order?

Or in any order? You could’ve warned me all you wanted, but finding myself sitting here, playingTwisted Metal III,was an inevitability after I decided I wanted to re-experience the series. As I fought a monster-truck-driving grandma outside Santa’s workshop, I began to understand why the game was a critical disappointment. I could’ve avoided this pain by just skipping toTwisted Metal Black, but I can’t help myself; there’s an order to these things....

June 16, 2025 · 4 min · 750 words · Micheal Rivera

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has sold 1.5 million copies to date

Another DBZ hit for Bandai Namco Recent years have been very kind to Bandai Namco when it comes to theDragon Ball Zlicence. Not only did 2018’sDragon Ball FighterZlaunch to great sales, critical acclaim, and continued acceptance from the major league competitive scene, but new action-adventure titleDragon Ball Z: Kakarothas already shifted over 1.5 million copies since launch. Available on PS4, PC and Xbox One,Dragon Ball Z: Kakarotlets players embark on an epic adventure across theDragon Ball Zuniverse, where they can play as multiple characters, explore the world, engage with popular characters from the manga/anime series, enjoy minigames and, of course, kick the tar out of each other....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 223 words · Catherine Harmon

EA FC 25 Backline Booster Evolution: Best players to use

The Backline Booster Evolution is live inEA FC 25, and this is the best chance to upgrade your defense without spending any resources. The latest evolution is available to all for free, and you can use it to upgrade any item that’s not a CB. Let’s first take a look at the requirements of the evolution. EA FC 25 Backline Booster Evolution requirements Here are the requirements of the Backline Booster Evolution inEA FC 25....

June 16, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Katherine Frye