Cute LittleBigPlanetis a pretty special franchise to me, and I’m glad Sony has allowed it to stay around for so long. Compliments ofLittleBigPlanet 3‘s new engine, you can get a quick look at some other Sony franchises likeTwisted Metal,Shadow of the Colossus, andGod of Warin the form of a 20th anniversary celebration. There’s a lot of good stuff in there, and I’m hoping that more than a few of the franchises seen here aren’t done — likePaRappa....

In a good way Recently, I forgot thatShin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem(known asGenei Ibun Roku FEin Japan) existed, but a new series of videos from Nintendo have reignited my interest. Highlights from this newest promotion include a crazy demon man who slices up opponents to a cheering crowd, then seemingly is available for dating in the locker room after, Super Sentai characters, and stage battles set to the backdrop of a fairy tale setting....

Both are around until roughly the first week in September Xenoblade Chronicles 3andMario KartSwitch icons are at the forefront of the Switch Online app this month: andthey’re available now. TheXenoblade Chronicles 3iconswill come in waves, and currently feature main protagonists Noah, Mio, Riku, and several side characters [heroes]. Wave 1 is available until August 4 at 5:59PM PT, andthe entire line will cycle out on September 1 at 6PM PT....

Ronin, new guns, and plenty of blueprints Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2andWarzone 2.0feature many new items for players to collect in Season 2. Through the Season 2 Battle Pass, players are able to get a new operator, a couple of new weapons, and even various weapon blueprints across its 100+ rewards. MW2andWarzone 2.0Season 2 Battle Pass price, explained TheMW2andWarzone 2.0Season 2 Battle Pass has the same price as previous iterations....

And it’s never coming out OhStar Wars 1313, you were the hope of so manyStar Warsfans. WithLucasArts no more, there’s little hope of this Boba Fett adventure ever coming. What would it have been about?IGNwas shown 15 minutes of a demo that would have been at at E3 earlier this year. The game was to begin with a prologue set on Tattooine, taking place between the prequel movies and the original trilogies....

Nier Re[in]carnation to launch in February 2021 Three years on from its initial release,NieR: Automatais still shifting units. Publisher Square Enix announced that its emotional tale of robo-dystopia has successfully passed the milestone of a recorded five million shipments and digital sales since its launch back in February 2017. Available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, (though the latter did require a variety of fan fixes to achieve a stable state),NieR: Automatais a spin-off from theDrakengardseries and tells the story of a miserable proxy war between alien forces and the dwindling army of human-created androids left defending what remains of the planet....

Strap on your bum bag and let’s get to it If you fancy a trip back to the Day-Glo years of the 1990s, then The Big N has you covered — Nintendohas added three more Sega Genesis classicsto its paid subscription serviceNintendo Switch Online. The three old-school adventures joined the burgeoning online catalog of 16-bit hits yesterday. First on the agenda is Treasure’s action-RPGLight Crusader,which made its debut on the Sega platform in 1995, during the final embers of the legendary console’s lifespan....

To celebrate Mario’s 25th anniversary, Nintendo has overhauled their Nintendo World store in New York’s Rockefeller Plaza. They say that they’re pulling out all the stops for the November 7th grand re-opening, and all are invited. There will be a Super Mario Bros. cake, a photo booth and a video station so that you can record your Mario memories. Of course, new and old Mario games will be there to be played....

A proper reveal is coming tomorrow The latest take on the battle royale genre also seems like the most overtly conspicuous. The upcomingNotmycarconfines players to the driver’s seat and has them hunting down the other vehicles. Equal partsPUBGandTwisted Metalseems like an apt comparison. However,Notmycarhas only been revealed so far as the name and the concept. It’s survival-based and full of explosions, but that’s all we really know. We haven’t yet learned any specifics like how many players will be in a match, what kind of “gear” systems there are (orifthey even exist), or how the game will funnel players toward one another....

With the amount of secrecy surrounding it, we were worried Folks, this isn’t HBO, no leaked scripts here. Disney released an official synopsis forSolo: A Star Wars Story. No pictures. No trailer. Still. Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away inSolo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of theStar Warssaga’s most unlikely heroes....

One of the concerns people rightfully have with digital distribution services is whether or not they will retain their purchases if the company overseeing the platform closes. That was one of my first thoughts upon hearing Friday’sflood of rumorsabout cloud gaming service OnLive. Despite everything that happened last week, you won’t lose your OnLive purchases; “users are not expected to notice any change whatsoever,” reads a press release. In restructuring itself as a company, not everything made it over, though “almost half”of the staff were given job offers “at their current salaries....

Free Ms. Pac-Man for a limited time with purchase Have you somehow not had enoughPac-Manin your life yet? Well Bandai Namco has just the compilation for you, asPac-Man Museumis set to hit the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC platforms on February 26th (the PS3 gets it on the 25th). MuseumincludesPac-Man,Super Pac-Man,Pac-Land,Pac & Pal,Pac-Mania,Pac-Attack,Pac-Man Remix, andPac-Man Battle Royale. If you buy the game early (before March 31st), you’ll getMs. Pac-Manfor free....

The classic MMO RPG is back Today’s Xbox Games Showcase featured an exciting and action-packed trailer forNew Genesis: Phantasy Star Online 2,which is headed to Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC. PSO2: New Genesisis to be considered a complete, from-the-ground-up overhaul of Sega’s originalPhantasy Star Online 2,with a new engine, new visuals, gameplay mechanics, and much more. According to the official blurb,PSO 2: New Genesisis a brand new game, “redesigned for best-in-class online action”, and offering players “limitless adventure” and “unparalleled customisation....