Publisher Mondo Books has partnered with UK publisher Bitmap Books to bring the latter’s range of retrospective tomes to North America, following on from their previous success in Europe. Available to purchase now from the official MondoTees website, the collection includes the following titles: The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games, a 500-page guide to over 400 classic adventure games, dating as far back as 1975. Titles featured include theUltimaseries,Wizardy, FalloutandMass Effect....

Ermac, Kenshi, and Cassie Cage fixed Netherealms is chugging along at 200 miles an hour, bullet train style, with bothDLCand hotfixes for all three current versions ofMortal Kombat X. After scrambling tofix the PC edition of the game, they’re also moving on to specific character fixes. Just this week, Ermac’s Master of Souls meter drain glitch was patched as was Kenshi’s Leaping Sword and Head Splitter abilities. Cassie Cage’s Spec Ops build was also fixed, as it would lock up the game when did a specific attack to a Grandmaster Sub-Zero ice clone — haha, such a specific bug....

Also, Kirby’s Adventure for the Wii U VC on April 17th It’s a decent week ahead of us in terms of Nintendo downloads, as the 3DS and Wii U are getting a few games each this week. On the 3DS front, we haveShin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackerscoming April 16th on the eShop as well as retail, andDillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger. The 3DS is also gettingSoccer Up 3DandClash of the Elementalists....

999.999.999 gil After four years, a player named Shalice Icefrost on the Hyperion server finally reached the money (Gil) cap inFinal Fantasy XIV. For those who are unaware, no, this isn’t a mainline solo Final Fantasy, but rather an MMO, with a living breathing economy that changes on a whim after every update. It’s a pretty insane accomplishment as you may have guessed, and the story of how they did it sounds fairly arduous....

Here are the exact times Used to be a game coming out April 12 meant you get it on April 12, perhaps by going to the local video game repository after work and buying it. Before work if you’re afraid of limited stock. But thanks to the wondrous advances of “on-line,” you get get games earlier than ever. I mean, folks been playingDark Souls IIIon Xbox One for like a month now....

To be this good takes AGES A new console generation, a new Sega compilation. That seems to be the mantra Sega has adopted with its back catalog. Unlike Nintendo’s drip-feed approach to Virtual Console (RIP) or Sony’s refusal to even allow for backward compatibility, Sega has ensured its biggest retro games are available on every platform imaginable. For the Nintendo Switch, not only will the recently releasedSega Genesis Classicscompilation be available, but individual game releases are coming to the eShop....

And a weird bumpy exterior Can I be on the committee that names the colors for cars and tech? Samsung’s new Galaxy comes in “shimmery white, electric blue, and copper gold.”It also has other features. Copper gold? C’mon. Get creative. What’s next, “Cyan aquamarine?” And isn’t “electric blue” a bit passe? Not going to catch up to the iPhone if you justphone it in, Samsung. At least “shimmery white” is nice and ridiculous, like Fitzgerald describing Daisy....

During theXbox Developer Direct Livestream 2024, developer Ninja Theory revealed some more details about the upcomingSenua’s Saga: Hellblade 2including confirmation of its release date. The action-adventure sequel will release on Jun 26, 2025 on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and as a Day One on Game Pass title. That will put the sequel release just short of seven years after the release ofHellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. Players will once again jump into the role of Senua as she attempts to overcome the barbaric and brutal raids of Vikings in a tyrannical Iceland....

The Chinese Room’s newest title gets a wider release If you’re a fan of narrative games,Dear Estheris known as being one of the classics that paved the way for the genre. Now, its developer The Chinese Room has just announced that they’re re-releasing theirnewest award-winning title,Little Orpheus, on March 1. The game was originally released in 2020 for Apple Arcade, but will now be available on PC and consoles for the first time....

Snapshots from Kyoto Doujin Dojois a sporadic column dedicated to spotlighting independent games from Japan and the people that make them. This weekend, Kyoto played host to BitSummit, Japan’s top independent games festival. Now in its third year, the event shows no signs of slowing down. After welcoming just 200 attendees in 2013, BitSummit has grown substantially, uniting the country’s nascent indie game community under one roof to welcome thousands upon thousands of visitors and share their passion with the world....

Terrorvision According to French film websiteAllocine, director Christophe Gans is currently working on two new movie adaptations: one based on Konami’s fog-festSilent Hilland another focused on Japan’s ghoulish seriesProject Zero/Fatal Frame. In a translation provided byRely on Horror, Gans is said to be working with the producer of theResident Evilfilms on the newSilent Hillmovie, which will be “anchored in (the) atmosphere of a small American town, ravaged by puritanism.” Gans previously helmed the 2006Silent Hillflick which, while no masterpiece, is still considered by some fans to be an atmospheric adaptation of the iconic survival horror series....

How many does he have you beat by? Most anyone who has playedOverwatchknows that it can quickly turn into quite the time-sink. Committed players start chasing victories, competitive rankings, and loot boxes. The hours can really pile up. One person is the new standard bearer for that dedication. Today,Overwatchplayer Treeboydaveshared on redditthat he hit level 4,000. Hisstats pageindicates that this took almost 3,500 hours to accomplish. Here’s what hisportrait borderlooks like at level 4,002....

Do you want one? Square Enix has created 10,000 moreFinal Fantasy XVUltimate Collector’s Editions. Although the company can’t pin down precise dates as yet, stating it “cannot guarantee” the new batch will arrive for launch, it promises it is “trying [its] absolute hardest to get them to fans in time”. “We have been able to produce 10,000 more copies of theFinal Fantasy XVUltimate Collector’s Edition (UCE) which will be sold worldwide!...