Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta players can earn a bonus weapon

Hammer Time Activision’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfareiscurrently engaged in a series of open beta tests, giving fans the opportunity to check out 2019’s entry into the legendary shooter franchise ahead of its October release. Players engaging in some run ‘n’ gun action this weekend will have the opportunity to bag themselves an exclusive weapon for the main game. All you need do is achieve Level 10 in your profile, and you’ll find the new Hammer Shotgun waiting in your arsenal whenModern Warfaredrops next month....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Michael Lee

Carl Boss Fight codes (December 2024)

Updated: Jul 31, 2025 We added new codes! If you have a personal vendetta against someone named Carl, thenCarl Boss Fightis the perfect game for you. Even if you don’t, it’s fun to go through levels, battling against the NPC with each level being more difficult, but you being more powerful as well. RedeemingCarl Boss Fightcodes will get you more Tokens. You use this currency inside the in-game shop to get various weapons with better stats, as well as Souls that grant you specific effects....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Jason Randall

Dating sim classic Tokimeki Memorial has a fan translation out now

Heartthrob Memorialis open for lovelorn players in the west There are still a good few influential gaming classics that have yet to see an official English translation. This includes ’90s dating simTokimeki Memorial. Downtrodden dating sim fans have something to celebrate: the fan translation of the Super Famicom version is out now. The fan translation teamhas published their versionof the Super Famicom version. This fan translation,Heartthrob Memorial: Under the Tree of Legends, uses the 1996 version of the original game....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · Paul Chapman

Deltarune sounds perfect on the Switch

Chapter 1 for free, others not so free It turns out the excellentUndertalespin-off/sequel,Deltarune, will be heading to Nintendo Switch soon. The first chapter will be hitting the eShop on June 27, 2025, for free. The teaser trailer confirmed that the rest of the game will be coming, as well: it just won’t be free. I don’t know a whole lot aboutDeltarune, but the teaser is sufficiently spoiler-free. If you want to take a gander, feel free to watch the clip and then patiently wait for the game to arrive....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Amanda Myers

Destructoid’s award for Best Remaster/Remake of 2019 goes to…

Resident Evil 2 RevisitingResident Evil 2was both a risky and dubious undertaking. After all, many people cite the 1998 survival horror sequel as one ofthegreatest video games of all-time. That’s not an acclaim tossed around recklessly, either. The characters, map design, monsters, story, puzzles and cinematics of the PS1 adventure remain rightly embedded in the memories of all who’ve encountered it. GivenResident Evil 2’sstatus in video game history, a remake–whether the fans wanted one or not–could have potentially been a complete disaster....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · Debra Garza

Dingodile returns as a playable character in Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time

Strewth! During yesterday’s State of Play presentation, PlayStation fans got to hear a few new tidbits regarding Toys 4 Bob’s upcoming platforming adventureCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time.While the info was fairly scant, we did find out that classic villain Dingodile will be joining Crash and Coco on the sequel’s roster of playable characters. Dingodile first made an appearance in theCrash Bandicootseries back in 1998’sCrash Bandicoot: Warped. As his name would suggest, Dingodile is part dingo, part crocodile, not unlike the characters in Disney’s forgotten series,The Wuzzles....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Kimberly Weber

Dungeons of Hinterberg still looks right up my alley

Forget a staycation, next year I’m taking a slaycation! A littleover two years ago, I stumbled across the Twitter account for Microbird, a game developer working on a quaint-looking action-RPG calledDungeons of Hinterberg. I loved the art direction, the setting, and the character design; it checked a lot of boxes for me. I told myself I’d try to keep the game in mind, but that didn’t happen. I forgot about it until I saw the debut trailer for the game in today’s Xbox Game Showcase....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Courtney Harris

Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions is on Android now

$13.99 Square Enix has released the mobile version ofFinal Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions (itself a remake originally debuting on PSP) on Android devices. It’s basically the same version as the iOS release from 2011, with touch control support, for $13.99. As for the quality of the port, it seems to be getting good marks on Google Play, with complaints ranging from occasional crashes to font issues on specific devices....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Sylvia Hayes

Fired Dead Island 2 team files for insolvency

After being dropped as developer Yager (Spec Ops: The Line) was recentlyfired from developingDead Island 2by publisher Deep Silver as the companies’ “respective visions of the project fell out of alignment.” Last week, July 22, Yager Productions filed for insolvency. Yager Productions was a sub-division of the greater Yager Group spun off solely to makeDead Island 2, so it’s no surprise that this is, “a direct result from the early termination of the project....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Craig Carey

Giving credit where credit is due: A developer’s plea

Last week,aDarksiders IIdeveloper posted comments on Twitter about being left out of the credits despite working on the game. Some joined his side, some ridiculed his outburst, but most ignored the issue altogether. Does the troubling topic not warrant our attention? Who better to answer that question than Andy Modrovich: industry veteran, ex-Vigil Games employee, and the latest victim of the increasingly common industry practice of leaving staff out of game credits....

July 27, 2025 · 10 min · 2104 words · Erik Ryan

Green Mario accessory box up on Club Nintendo

700-coin reward is only available for a limited time I received my Club Nintendo Hanafuda card set in the mail this week. With that acquisition, I’ve finally obtained all the 800-coin-and-up rewards on Club Nintendo — the Hanafuda cards,Game & Watch Collection 1and2, theGame & Watch: Ballreprint, and theGold Wii Nunchuk. I also have the3DS 18-game card casethat, though only worth 250 coins, ran out pretty quickly. Now I play the waiting game for new must-have Club Nintendo goodies....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · William Jacobs

Guilty Gear Strive’s Starter Guides return with Millia Rage

Millia Dollar Baby Arc System Works is firing up the engines once again onGuilty Gear Strive’s“Starter Guide” series, giving players an opportunity to check out the skills and special abilities afforded the sexyGG Striveroster. The publisher will release a new video daily in the lead-up to the new open beta, which takes place on PS4 and PS5 theweekend of February 18. The first video takes a look at the beautiful ex-assassin Millia Rage, who steps back into theGGring armed with her Angra-enchanted hair....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Alexandra Schmitt

Guitar Hero Live adds 10 more songs I don’t know

Hot acts like Marilyn Manson I have willfully ignoredGuitar Hero Liveuntil now. I will go back to that after I finish informing you of the 10 songs newly confirmed for the game (?), none of which I recognize by name, but a few of which I have assuredly heard before. They are: Trivium “Strife” And go with the previously announced: Judas Priest – “Breaking the Law”Pantera – “Cowboys From Hell”Alter Bridge – “Cry of Achilles”Rage Against the Machine – “Guerrilla Radio”Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Higher Ground”Sleigh Bells – “Bitter Rivals”System of a Down – “Chop Suey!...

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Eugene Cantrell