World of Warcraft: Dragonflight expansion will lift off November 28

Through the Dragon’s Eye Activision Blizzard has announced a release date forDragonflight, the newest expansion to its iconic fantasy MMOWorld of Warcraft— the new content will be made available to all players on November 28. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, like the many, manyWoWexpansions that have come before it, will welcome players to a brand new locale — The Dragon Isles. This long forgotten continent will comprise or four new areas — The Waking Shores, The Azure Span, The Ohn’ahran Plains, and the opulent kingdom of Thaldraszus — each packed out with quests to be undertaken, dungeons to be raided, and loot to be gathered, providing hours upon hours of new adventure for the community....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 219 words · Billy Roberts

Xbox boss discusses Scalebound delay

Time for polish and time to breathe Earlier this month, Platinum Games announced that its Xbox exclusiveScaleboundwouldn’t be hitting its “Holiday 2016” release window and would insteadrelease in 2017. Speaking withIGN, Xbox senior marketing director Aaron Greenberg, discussed the delay into 2017, asserting it would have been difficult for the dragon-riding game to stand out amidst Microsoft Studio’s strong 2016 lineup that includesQuantum Break, Rare’sSea of Thieves,Cuphead, Keiji Inafune’sReCore,Below,Crackdown 3, andGears of War 4— not to mention the competition!...

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Stephanie Cowan

Yoshi is trying to seduce me

I’m in love with dinosaurs again Remember when I wrotethat reviewand said I fucking hate dinosaurs? I take that statement back. I’m in love with Yoshi inMario Party 10— just look at the fuck-me eyes and seductive tail waggle he gives you when in third place on the results screen. As a self-identifying dinosexual I can’t help but be really turned on by this. Seriously. Just think of the stuff he could do with that tongue....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Chad Lawrence

Yu-Gi-Oh’s Seto Kaiba teases his Jump Force skills in slight trailer

Less is more, I guess Namco Bandai has released a sliver of a trailer giving us a glimpse at the next DLC character headed to so-so-so anime crossover fighter Jump Force. As revealed last month, it’s the turn ofYu-Gi-Oh! star Seto Kaiba, who will arrive alongside two as-yet-unannounced characters. The stoic young man is one ofYu-Gi-Oh’sprimary characters, and wields his signature cards “Blue-Eyes White Dragon” and “Obelisk the Tormentor” with devastating precision....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Ryan Williams

‘Explore the Void’ site update ups the erotic ante

As ifthe site’s premiere imagewasn’t titilating enough,this Monday’s updatetakes sexually provocative black and purple shapes to a whole new level. For a bonus boner-popping surprise, hit the Web site and click the image and BAM! You get a face full of Friday’s sexy, sexy grid.Ripe Mangotake two, indeed! I didn’t expect an update this soon, as Friday was the first anyone had seen of this new jeans-creaming site. I get the stinking suspicion that these weekday updates may be leading up to something....

July 27, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Miguel Vaughn

(Update) What is this strange Nippon Ichi Software site teasing?

One more ride on the merry-go-round [Update:NIS has added a second, equally bizarre video featuring a pair of plush-headed weirdos and what appears to be a stack of dead bodies. The plot thickens, though the iconography is business as usual for NIS and its catalogue of dark Japanese releases.] Always fans of a good mystery, the scamps at Nippon Ichi Software (NIS) are at it again, with the appearance of a strange and creepynew websitethat is teasing a new title....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · Brandon Lee

A wild Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires demo appears

Only on PS3 Right now you’re able to boot up your PS3 and grab the demo forDynasty Warriors 7: Empires. The full game is set for a February 26th release, and will be adownload-onlygame for the PlayStation 3. It’ll also lack an English dub. Empiresis basically Tecmo Koei’s sub-genre withintheDynasty Warriorsfranchise, that allows for a bit more tactical gameplay, as well as endless modes under different roles, similar toSim City....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Rebecca Briggs

Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3) Critical Role Easter Egg

Critical Rolestarted streamingDungeons and Dragonsgames back in 2015. Over the years the live-play show has brought tons of new fans to the game. The show has had such an impact onD&Dthat it’s only natural for it to get a nod from a game likeBaldur’s Gate 3. The game actually acknowledges the impact thatCritical Rolehas had onD&Din more ways than one. First Larian Studios snuckCritical Role’sDungeon Master Matt Mercerinto the game. They could have offered him a small cameo, but instead let him voicea core companion....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · Nicole Walsh

Battlefield 2042 will have an open beta at the start of October

(To the tune of theBattlefieldtheme): Duh-dum dum duh-dum The date forBattlefield 2042maybe moved back, but the open beta is right around the corner. Electronic Arts and DICE confirmed today that theBattlefield 2042open beta will kick off on Oct. 6 for early access, and general access on Oct. 8. The open beta will spotlight one map and one mode: Conquest on Orbital. Progress also won’t be able to carry over to the main game, but players are allowed to capture and share content from it....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Samuel Aguilar

Capcom celebrations continue with big Resident Evil discounts

Apart from PlayStation for some reason To celebrateResident Evil’s 20th anniversary,Capcomhas discounted a buttload of new and classicResigames across a range of platforms that aren’t owned by Sony (nope, I have no idea why, either, but I’ll keep you posted if that changes). Tempted? You should be. But then I’m the only person on the planet who likedResident Evil Operation Raccoon City,so don’t listen to me. Here’s the list in full, courtesy of our friends in Capcom....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 94 words · Maurice Liu

Celeste devs cancel procedural game Skytorn

The team ‘just never figured out what it was’ BeforeCelestewas even a thought, the devs over at Matt Makes Games were working onSkytorn. A procedurally generated Metroidvania, the title was sidelined whenCelestebegan development. After a few posts reassuring that the action game would eventually get released, designer Noel Berry has confirmed in a blog post thatSkytornis no more. “Having worked on the game for several years,” Berry writes, “we constantly struggled with what the game was....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Jeffrey Reynolds

Chainsaw controller sales are buzzin’ since release of Resident Evil 4 Remake

You’ll buy it at a high price TheResident Evil 4chainsaw controller isone of the best controllers ever made. Wait, did I say best? Good, because I meant best. As a quick history lesson for those who need it, the chainsaw controller was a novelty peripheral manufactured by NubyTech that launched alongside the originalResident Evil 4in 2005. It retailed for $49.99 and, for all intents and purposes, was just a weirdly shaped GameCube controller....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Tracy Blair

Cliffy B: Borderlands is the Diablo of the FPS generation

You know who likes Borderlands? Clifford Bleszinski! The Epic Games designer has spoken incredibly highly of Gearbox Software’s “roleplaying shooter,” going so far as tocompare itwith the classic Blizzard RPGDiablo. “Borderlands, I adore you,”Tweetsthe handsomeGears of Warcreator. “You’reDiablofor a generation raised on first person shooters. I want a Claptrap.” I’ve spent the past two weeks playingBorderlandswhenever I can get a spare minute, and I must say that I have loved almost every second of it after the a rather dull start....

July 26, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Aaron Landry