New Fuse trailer shows that technology will kill us all

Insomniac’s latest A brand new trailer for Insomniac’s latest,Fuse, gives us a better look at the upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 title. You’ve got technology gone wrong in a third-person co-op shooter, with characters with either super red hair or porkchops. Everything you’ve ever wanted in a game, right? The trailer doesn’t blow my skirt up, but there are definitely some interesting shots in this trailer. The warping? Cool stuff. The huge dude with the laser hand?...

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Rachel David

Nintendo is using Splatoon to sell Paper Mario: Color Spash

I’m sure you have a wide spectrum of opinions about this One time I was at Disney’s California Adventure, watching theWorld of Color light/water show. There was a giant Genie from Aladdin screaming “DO YOU LIKEBLUE?!” somewhat too enthusiastically, the excitement on his tongue sounding more like a knife being sharpened. That’s the end of that memory.BUTwhile we’re on the topic of colors,Miroku129on NeoGAF spotted Nintendo trying to convince customers that if they liked third-person shooter/platformerSplatoon, then they should give the upcoming sidescrolling adventurePaper Mario: Color Splasha chance....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Dennis Martinez

Nintendo: Miitomo already has 3 million users

Including Mii Now thatMiitomois out in places other than Japan, it’s becoming kind of a big deal. According to Nintendo, over than 3 million people have played the social networking app worldwide, which isan increase of roughly 2 million userssince the Japanese launch a fortnight ago. I can certainly believe it. As someone who has dared to glance at Twitter in the past 24 hours, I can safely report that every numpty on the Internet is spamming lousy pictures of their Miis like this one:...

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Maria Stanley

PS Mobile titles Gun Commando, Mononoke Slashdown go free

As Chris told us,Sony is giving awayten PlayStation Mobile games for free this holiday season. The current pair of titles is an old-school first-person shooter calledGun Commandoand a 2D hack-and-slash romp namedMononoke Slashdown, shown above. If you’re a Vita owner, find these in the PlayStation Mobile section of the storefront. Otherwise, they’re listed on the PS Mobile Store for those who have a PlayStation-certified mobile device. I wasn’t going to write about the games unless they looked reasonably decent, and that seems to be the case, particularly forMononoke Slashdown....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Nicholas Anderson

PS4 and Vita Remote Play detailed at E3 Roundtable

It’s looking good for Vita owners AlthoughRemote Play from the PlayStation Vita to the PS4has been confirmed, Sony opened up a bit more today at E3. To clarify the situation, Sony has informed us that Remote Play is basically required for PS4 development. This is due to the fact that it’s taken care of system-side, and the single biggest issue on why there aren’t many PS3 games that utilize it is because it was optional....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Adam Miller

PS5 accounted for over half the UK console market recently

The console wars continue to rage on, as always. Nothing gets the gaming market fired up quite like being at loggerheads with competitors. There’s never usually a clear winner, but for the UK, the PS5 seems to be outshining the rest. According toGamesindustry.biz, a report from GfK – a data and market intelligence analyst – reveals Sony’s current-gen system has been doing remarkably well in the UK. Between November 2022 and October 2023, the PS5 had a 43% market share....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Lynn Garcia

Rockman x Dive is still alive and will launch this fall in Japan

You can pre-register now Rockman x Diveis intriguing as hell. While “Mega Manmobile” is enough to scare away entire buildings of people,Diveseems like a very interesting celebration of the series: an “all star” treatment, if you will. Mobile gaming has also come a long waysinceRockman Xover, asDivewill support mobile controllers for a classicMega Manexperience. I’ve heard some good things from folks who have been playing the Asia-region release of the game earlier this year, and now a lot more prospective players can try it for themselves soon enough....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · John Scott

Rockstar Toronto getting a new place, Vancouver moving in

Things are a-changin’ over in Rockstar Canada. Rockstar is moving their Toronto team into a much bigger studio, a part of which the Ontario government is footing the bill for (specifics of the financial details were not released). Part of this expansion plan will close the Vancouver studios and give the 35 employees there the choice to either join the Toronto team or any other Rockstar studio they want. Not bad....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Dillon Holmes

Sakura Wars stage show looks like an absolute delight

Spiricle Stars What would the festive season be without a delightful, high-energy pantomime? And for video game/anime fans, there’s no production more perfect for your needs than this awesome-lookingSakura Warsstage show, which took place in Japan back in late-November. Shin Sakura Wars the Stageis a live-action adaptation of Sega’sSakura Wars– a soft reboot of the legendary RPG franchise that launched on PS4 back in 2019. The show dramatizes an abridged version of theSakura Wars’narrative, and sees Flower Division stars Claris, Anastasia, Azami, Hatsuho, Sumire and Sakura herself perform energetic song-and-dance routines, before taking to their Spiricle units for dramatic, demonic battles....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Veronica Brown

Satoru Iwata excited about Nintendo’s digital business

In a Q&A with investors, the Nintendo president lays out plans for the coming year Following Nintendo’sfiscal year 2013 briefing, during which president Satoru Iwata announced asignificant changeto the company’s E3 presence, aQ&A sessionwas held to address investors’ concerns and inquiries. It was a rather humbling discussion, as Iwata had to fess up to Nintendo’s slipping performance and defend certain key decisions and changes. If it wasn’t obvious before, it’s crystal clear now that no one at Nintendo was prepared for the shift to HD development....

June 26, 2025 · 4 min · 699 words · David Hess

Sony: We have to do better at promoting PS Vita

Cites games and price as big barriers to tackle Addressing the never-ending tragedy that is the PlayStation Vita’s sales career, Sony has suggested marketing is a problem. Aftercutting the system’s sales expectationsdrastically, the company pledged to better promote it. “Now one thing clear for us that in terms of profitability, we have to do a better job in promoting the PlayStation Vita mobile product,” said Sony CFOMasaru Kato. “How do we do that?...

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Scott Dunlap

Starbreeze sells System Shock 3 rights back to developer OtherSide Entertainment

Poor financial quarter results in loss of sequel publishing deal Developer/publisher Starbreeze hasgiven up the publishing rightsto sci-fi sequelSystem Shock 3, selling the contract back to the game’s developer, OtherSide Entertainment. The news comes at the end of a very rough period for Starbreeze, which includes some in-house controversy and thedisastrous launchof co-op shooterOverkill’s The Walking Dead.It is believed that Starbreeze had planned to invest millions of dollars intoSystem Shock 3when they picked up the publishing rights back in 2017....

June 26, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Luis Young

StarRail Simulator codes

New code added! PlayingStarRail Simulatoris surreal because it combines my favorite game,Honkai: Star Rail, with Roblox. The game is simple, but it requires significant investments if you wish to unlock the skins of your favorite characters. Luckily, you can use codes to help you get the task done faster. RedeemingStarRail Simulatorcodes is simple and worth it. You’ll get incredible rewards like Stellar Jade, Potions, Credits, and more! Just make sure to redeem them fast because they can expire before you know it!...

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Kimberly Ballard