During a panel at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con,Prince of Persiacreator Jordan Mechner has revealed that a new version of his hit Apple II title,Karateka, is in the works.The original game featured groundbreaking animation, and put players in the gi of a karate master trying to rescue a princess from the deadly clutches of Akuma (noStreet Fighterrelation). Players had an attack selection of three punches and three kicks, each which could be delivered at different heights; this was also groundbreaking at the time....

A good first-person shooter on the Vita? The PlayStation Vita is a great system with a slowly increasing library of great titles. The exception being in the first-person shooter genre, that is. You’d think that after one of these big game companies made a handheld with two joysticks that there would be a bigger incentive to create more first-person experiences. Instead, we’ve gotten only a few first-person shooters to date:Resistance: Burning Skieswas a joke, andCall of Duty: Black Ops: Declassifiedwas an insult....

Using Fox Engine, no less In a roundtable discussion, designer Hideo Kojima expressed his interest in a remake ofMetal Gear Solidusing his studio’s fancy new Fox Engine. Can you imagine what that would look like knowing what we know aboutMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain? Interestingly (and thankfully), such a project would be undertaken by an external studio. According toGamereactor, Kojima is currently looking for a team and believes some of the game’s mechanics would need updating alongside the modern visuals....

[Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] Another day atMash Tactics, another change in plans. We had originally planned on rocking theRaiderZbeta this evening with theDtoid.TVcommunity, but it seems that may be a better plan for tomorrow....

Shoot Gears of War 4plays a lot like you’d expect aGears of Wargame to play. Steven said as much when hepreviewedthe multiplayer component a few months back. The series is so deeply entrenched in its own style that changes have to be mostly granular. “Hey, that was a cool execution. Hey, this new gun is neat.” There’s just as much duck-and-cover shooting as there has always been. At a Microsoft event at E3, I had a chance to sit down and play a 25-minute slice of the campaign....

Level-5 on your hard drive Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witchis almost finally here. The long-awaited game may be arriving exclusively on PlayStation 3 next week, but that doesn’t mean players won’t have a choice of where to grab it. The PlayStation Blogcast hasconfirmedNi no Kunifor a digital release on PlayStation Network. Environmentally conscious and plastic-adverse gamers will be able to download the title on Tuesday for $55. Until then why not while away a few minutes by watching Level-5’sdeveloper diary series....

30% off a handful of great games I’ll refrain from talking upKid Icarus Uprisingagain. Starting…now. Total silence. NoUprisingtalk. No sir, nothing about how great it is, or was overlooked because of its sometimes uncomfortable control scheme. Starting…now. Uprisingis just one part of this relatively good My Nintendo 3DS sale, which will net you 30% off the aforementioned angelic shooter,Metroid: Samus Returns, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, Pocket Card Jockey, Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure,andHey!...

Both Japanese bikini-and-sword extravaganzas —Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squadfor the Xbox 360 andOnechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers for the Wii— have gone gold, says D3Publisher in a press release that just hit the Destructoid inbox. Hamza previewed both games, and he had good things to say about each. The game has been visually enhanced for North America, but I think we were already pretty good with how they looked in the first place....

Well, they finally did it. They finally made a game that looks like a cross betweenPikminandSpace Channel 5.On top of that, Orgarhythm is being developed by Neilo, a studio formed by one of thelead programmers ofShenmue. It’s bound to move quite a few units based on that pedigree alone. I’m not kidding about thePikminthing. Everything about this game, the perspective, the red, blue and yellow “troops”, the battles with large, dominating bosses that can effortlessly toss your army around like they were a bunchof paper dummies— it all justscreams“Pikmin”....

The World of Darkness people White Wolf Publishing has found a new home under Paradox Interactive. The company, known forrole-playing games likeVampire: The Masquerade, had been withEVE Onlinemaker CCP Games since 2006. For years, CCP was working on adaptingWorld of Darknessinto a massively multiplayer online game, but development on the projectceased last year. White Wolf was sold in an all-cash deal and will be run as an “independent entity with a dedicated team” lead by Tobias Sjögren, the former VP of business development at Paradox....

The Gen 5 roster just got bigger Pokémon Gois finally adapting the trade-based evolution mechanic from the mainline series. As of today, you can trade certain established Pokémon like Kadabra, Machoke, Graveler, and Haunter to wipe out the Candy cost needed to evolve them. What’s more, if you’ve gotten any of them through trading in the past, you’re covered – the no-Candy evolution bonus will retroactively apply. The game also added a range of monsters hailing from the Unova region, several of which – Boldore, Gurdurr, Karrablast, and Shelmet – can take advantage of the new “trade evolution” perk....

Both casual and online competitions Pokemon ScarletandVioletbattle modes are at the forefrontof a new update this past weekend, postedalongside of the game’s new trailer. Game Freak breaks down both casual and competitive angles, as the former will return with an anything goes “any Pokemon” setup, in which results are not recorded for posterity. Ranked battles will have sorted tiers of ranks, with the master ball tier serving as the top of the pops....

We hardly knew ye Miitomo, Nintendo’s first smartphone app,is finallyclosing shopafter a little over two years. The app launched with the promise of making your Mii’s more interactive and it barely achieved that. While I had some fun withMiitomo, I couldn’t tell you the last time I actually logged in to answer some funny daily questions. For any fans, today will be your last day to even take a glance....