Bleh: Batman: Arkham Origins has a season pass

$19.99 for four skins, a mission, and a side mission Batman: Arkham Originswill have a season pass. Yawn. For $19.99, you’ll get these five downloadable content items: Gotham by Gaslight Batman skin plus Brightest Day Batman skin, new millennium skins pack, Infinite Earths skins pack, Arkham Origins Initiation, and an all-new story campaign. The Initiation content will see you playing as Bruce Wayne before he becomes Batman, facing his final test to prove himself against his teacher Kirigi....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Isaiah Bowers

Call of Duty: Ghosts is official kinda [Update]

Nah, confirmed. [Update 2:Confirmed!] [Update 1:GameStophas listed the game, giving it a November 5 release date. They even have preorder bonuses listed!] Remember those Ghosts we thought we saw? They’re real. Ghosts are real. I was in my office the other night, working late. I was leaning forward in my chair to read some fine text on my monitor and felt the back of my chair shake, like someone rattled it with their hands to intentionally startle me....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Denise Noble

Capcom knows that the West is important

Hi, Japan. We’re the western world. We’re kind of a big deal. We might not have been able to say that a few years ago and expect them to listen. But Japanese developers and publishers have been realizing that the North American and European markets are the place to be. Capcom is no exception. Speaking to MCV, recently transplanted executive David Reeves noted exactly how important these markets have become, saying, “88 percent of the games business is in the US and Europe combined, while 12 to 15 percent is in Japan....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Angel Pratt

Contest: Pull the trigger for retro-style run and gun shooter Gun Crazy

Mega woMan In today’s contest you can win a Switch or Xbox One copy of Mega Man-esque shooterGun Crazy! I don’t know about you, but I sure am sick of every game being this giant, open-world ordeal that takes hours and hours to play through. I simply don’t have time to traverse across a huge map to get Mr. Pallardy’s hat he left in an oddly specific cave at the other end of the planet....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Angel Ewing

Crunchyroll, YouTube, and Niconico apps to shut down on Wii U this year

I like this lengthy eulogy the Wii U is getting While the 3DS is shutting down its eShop early next year, another marketplace is dying a slow death. The Wii U YouTube app now has an end-of-life date, and so do two other services on the console. As pointed out by Nintendo Everything, theYouTube support page for the Wii U was recently updated, stating: “Note: The YouTube app is no longer available for new downloads from the Wii U eShop due to Nintendo’s upcoming discontinuation....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Deanna Frederick

Destiny 2 Vantage Point Pulse Rifle – God Rolls and how to get

Pulse rifles have a tendency to be hit or miss inDestiny 2. There are some seasons where they absolutely wreck shop and others where they’re barely a blip on the radar. Despite theseasonal artifacthaving a strong emphasis on Stasis, there are some Arc mods that can make great use of the new Vantage Point pulse rifle. Here are the rolls to make the most of it. How to get Vantage Point in Destiny 2 Vantage Point, like the otherRevenantseasonal weapons, is acquired by running the new seasonal activities....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Michael Ellison

Destiny 2’s Trials of Osiris is being completely revamped

It launches on September 10 with anti-cheat software Amid Bungie’s recent announcementthatDestiny 2PVP would be getting a revamp of sorts, we now have more info on how the memorable, but historically troubled,Trials of Osiris mode will be introduced into the world. Titled “the revamp begins,” a new blog reminds us that Trials of Osiris will return on September 10, with a much more accessible format. Onto the basics. So Bungie is aiming to make the mode approachable “no matter your skill level or fireteam size,” and wants to up the rewards in general win or lose, while making the mode more engaging....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Christopher Pineda

Destiny fans create their own tools for endgame raid matchmaking

Get matched up with people Destinyis going to haveMMO-like raids. What do I mean by that? Well, you’re going to need to manually find six people to access some endgame content, which will deliver the biggest challenge the game has to offer. As someone who has been playing MMOs since the 90s, I’m into that. Some of you however, are not. Because Bungie isn’t budging yet on this idea, gamers have taken it upon themselves to create a few communites for the cause....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Jennifer Glass

Doom Guy, Geralt, and Izuku Midoriya invade Fortnite Chapter 4

Another chapter, another season of skins to collect Following yesterday’s somewhatlongwinded finale to the third chapterofFortnite, the game is finally back online with Chapter 4 Season 1. At the end of the last chapter, spectators watched as the game’s island was destroyed and then slowly reassembled. ForFortniteChapter 4, that means getting to know this island from scratch once more. What locations are in? Which ones are out? And most importantly, what do I get if I buy the season pass this time?...

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Stacey Jackson

E3 08: What’s Cooking? with Jamie Oliver

While the DS elves are busy tinkering away tosatisfy the hardcore gamer, Atari has got you covered in the kitchen with their upcoming gameWhat’s Cooking? with Jamie Oliver. Featuring the celebrity cook of Naked Chef fame, the game has dual properties for both the gamer and the food fanatic. Players will be able to sift through 100 of Oliver’s original recipes and practice virtually cooking them á laCooking Mamastyle with a more realistic twist....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Steven Macias

Evil Dead: The Game pre-orders are now live, but Shop Smart

That’s right, you primitive screwheads Saber Interactive has announced that pre-orders are open for its groovy-looking asymmetrical horror titleEvil Dead: The Game.Therecently delayedgore-fest can now be purchased on all platforms, so it will be ready and waiting come May 13, when it officially launches on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox. Anyone bagging themselves a pre-order on any platform will earn themselves two exclusive new outfits for our luckless hero Ash Williams. These include his trusty S-Mart getup from his price-tagging day job, as well as his Gallant Knight ensemble from the 1992 cinematic masterpieceArmy of Darkness....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Sean Steele

Fallout 76’s next battle pass adds allies as rewards

Plus a full overview of Steel Dawn In its first two seasons,Fallout 76‘s battle passes have looked mostly the same. Some cosmetic decorations, some microtransaction currency, some boosts — it’s all a bunch of stuff thatFalloutplayers want but don’t necessarily need. Next season is going to raise the stakes a bit. As part of a developer overview of the upcomingSteel Dawnexpansion, Bethesda has confirmed that Season 3 will add allies to the list of rewards....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Krystal Norris

Gundam Evolution is a free-to-play hero shooter going live on Steam this month

Console users will have to wait for a while Would-beGundampilots will get to show off their skills this month on PC.Gundam Evolution, a free-to-play team-based shooter is going live onSteamon September 21 for North America. The newGundamgame takes a six-on-six, hero-based approach to the wide, wide expanse of theGundamuniverse. It’s a little bit ofOverwatchmixed in with mobile suits. Gundam Evolutionwill feature mainstays from throughout theGundam-verse, duking it out on the field of battle....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · Scott Martinez