Hungry eyes [Update:Activision have dropped a new trailer, which you’re able to check out below, revealing the owner of the creepy eyes above. Meow.] It’s San Diego Comic Con this week, a place for thousands to gather, sweat and spend way too much money, usually on things that aren’t comics. Activision will be there, and are planning on revealing more details on the latestZombiesmode, coming later this year inCall of Duty: Black Ops 4....

The Ashfall region is now available in Fisch, and it introduces a new bestiary with nine fresh species to catch. This is the final minor update we will get prior to the Mariana’s Veil update, which is coming soon. Unlike last week, we have new fish to catch this time around, and to do so, you’ll have to travel to Ashfall. This location can be found near the Roslit Bay area, and let’s take a look at which new creatures can be caught....

Enough Retro games to play three or four every day for a year Retro cloud streaming platform Antstream Arcade has announced their vast collection of officially licensed retro games is coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S later this month. As part of this, Antstream says games that had previously only been playable on Sony or Nintendo platforms will also become playable on Xbox through its service. The extensive collection includes retro titles all the way back to the Commodore era....

Atari has announced thatqomp2, the follow-up to the 2021Pongcontinuation, will be released on February 20 on PC and console. qompwas a game that dared to ask dangerous questions like, “What would happen if thePongball escaped from the confines of the court and went on an adventure?” I’m not sure how you extrapolate further on that, but Atari and Graphite Lab are going to try. They promise “An enigmatic story of doubt, fear, and self-acceptance, told wordlessly through simple effects and gameplay....

Dungeon Travelers 2 avoids AO rating While publishing our initial report onDungeon Travelers 2, a PlayStation Vita role-playing game based on an erotic visual novel, I wondered what sort of concessions Atlus would have to make to localize such a game for western audiences. Now we know the answer. Atlus admits the “fan service content” presented some challenges during the ratings process. to receive classification without getting slapped with the dreaded “Adults Only” rating, the publisher needed to make “minor edits” to four in-game images that were deemed too steamy or inappropriate for the “Mature” crowd....

In a decision made out of desperation and geek enthusiasm, developer Arkane Studios (Dishonored) abandoned its groundbreakingThe Crossingto work on filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s EA gameLMNO,in late 2008. In a recent interview with Polygon, Arkane founder Raphael Colantonio said the studio decided to stop development onThe Crossingin order to work with Colantonio’s heroes (Spielberg, Doug Church, Randy Smith) and pull in some money for his financially troubled studio. “It was a way more secure deal than the other one,” Colantonio said....

Game delays are a necessary but unfortunate part of the industry for a variety of reasons, but what about game release dates accelerating? Borderlands 4is one of these extremely rare cases, according to Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, who posted a video this morning announcing that the looter shooter will be moving off of its original Sept. 23 date, and will now be coming out on Sept. 12 this year. STOP SCROLLING!...

So we can all get the song stuck in our heads again Young Horseshas announcedthat its cute, (if a tad weird) island adventureBugsnaxis heading to mobile platforms, and will be receiving a new port for iOS devices this coming summer. Bugsnax,which launched in 2020 on PlayStation and PC platforms, before later coming to Xbox and Nintendo Switch, sees the player pick up the pad and pen of a news reporter, invited to the whimsical Snaktooth Island by explorer pal Elizabert Megafig....

Like I said earlier, pictures and video of this gorgeous game just doesn’t do it proper justice. But at least it’s better than nothing, right? All of the videos are of Ken and Ryu fighting it out and gives you a good sense of how the fighting will be.Watching the videos here made me realize something I didn’t when I originally played the game. Some of the songs that they are using forHD Remixis from theBlood on the AsphaltOC Remix project....

Bungie has officially announced an unexpected collaboration for bothDestinyplayers andThe Witcherfans. CD PROJEKT RED will partner up with Bungie to debutWitcher-inspired content inDestiny 2. The crossover is set to launch alongsideDestiny 2’sSeason of the Wishon November 28. This isn’t the first timeDestinyhas seen a crossover with another franchise, but it’s certainly among the more high-profile, right along with the previous Sony crossover. That collaboration introduced armor sets inspired byGod of War,Horizon Zero Dawn, andGhost of Tsushima....

RememberDraw Something? Yeah, that asynchronusPictionaryrip-off that everyone was playing for two weeks before we all moved on with our lives. Well, it looks like the honeymoon is over. After setting record downloads, (50 million in 50 days) OMGPop’s trendy iOS app is hemorrhaging users at a rather alarming rate. Data collected by WebMediaBrands indicates thatZynga’s latest acquisitionlost nearly four million active players over the course of the past month. From April 2 to May 2, daily users dropped from 14....

Rabbit Rumbles for All It’s been a week since the launch of TiGames’ excellent bunnyvaniaF.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch.And for those of you who might be struggling on your mission to overthrow the entire government — help is en route. The developer has previewedthe first major updatefor the game, offering new difficulty options alongside a carrot patch of bug fixes. Expected to arrive on PlayStation platforms in the coming days, Update 1....

Own Goal Yesterday saw the inevitable closure of one of gaming’s most expensive ongoing licenses. After a 30-year branding relationship, EA Sportsfinally parted wayswith the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, better known globally by the instantly recognizable acronym, “FIFA.” Following three decades of annually successful football simulations, Electronic Arts announced that this year’sFIFA 23will be the final title to carry the football association’s branding. The series will be retitledEA Sports FCfrom 2023 onwards....