Long live calorie-laden consumerism! I’ll be the first to admit that the Arby’s Twitter handle does some really awesome stuff related to gaming. And yes, I’ll always have a soft spot for assaulting hapless victims with a meal containing 172% of your daily intake of sodium inSneak King. And god damn it, there’s something so enticing about the prospect of aCooking Mama-style game where you makeKFC Double Downsbecause man, you really should have tried harder in high school....

We have a new way to kill some time while we patiently wait around to see ifDead Island 2eventually gets canned. (Seriously, it has been more than a yearsince we last heard about it, and that was just Deep Silver confirming it wasn’t dead yet.) Now there’s aDead Islandmobile game. Dead Island: Survivorslaunched today oniOSandAndroid. It’s a free-to-play tower defense game with base building elements. Basically, defend yourself from all those dang zombies....

Bringing Up Baby Sony has dropped the launch trailer for one of the most hotly-anticipated video games in some years, Hideo Kojima’s bizarre-looking sci-fi epicDeath Stranding,now just two weeks from release. Never one to shy from length, the trailer runs almost eight minutes in length and is particularly bleak in tone in its depiction of the mysterious adventure title. The trailer features stilted cars, babies in jars, a panicked Mads Mikkelsen, a confused Norman Reedus, and a context-free view of the locations that players will visit, as they explore the planet’s isolated cities and landscapes....

If only it caught on I’ve been playingHeroes of the Stormfor over four years now. There are very few games that manage to keep me captivated that long, but alas, theHeroesteam managed to grab me where so many other MOBAs haven’t. While others chaseDOTA‘s fame,Heroesdid its own thing, andlived/suffered fromthat boldness. Now it’s invited Deathwing into the fray, who is one of the most exciting and requested characters to date....

Monster ride system introduces more quirky attack animations NIS America took some time today to show us the “piggyback” or “monster ride” system inthisDisgaeasequelwhere characters can mount non-humanoid characters and unleash some devastating (and often comical) attacks. One such attack was performed with Laharl mounting a Prinny, cutting away to an animation of the game’s characters participating in a match ofBomberman, complete with bomb blast upgrades, before returning to the battlefield and dealing damage to the enemy....

Tell your bro Patrick reviewed the recent PC version ofDouble Dragon: Neonand found the game itself to be rad but couldn’t say the same for its online cooperative play due to input lag.A new update on Steam has been released to remedy the situation and fix other issues: As of this week, publisher Midnight City has also added the option to buy a two-pack ofNeonon Steamfor $12.99. (For the sake of comparison, a single copy costs $9....

Let’s turn it up Good Smile Company continue to pump out pre-order pages for their ever-expanding roster of Nendoroids from Blizzard’s online shooterOverwatch. The next hero to be added to the queue is music-lovin’ healer Lucio. Standing around 100mm in height, Lucio arrives packing his classic skin and sound-based blaster. Also included are interchangeable faceplates and skate effects, to recreate those wall-riding skills that I’m horrendous at. A clear effect sheet allows you to pose Lucio in the middle of activating his Ult, Sound Barrier....

No details yet [Update:Square Enix has confirmedthat it will be an enhanced port of sorts, offering up “new graphical options,” as well as an improved battle and camera system, among other updates.] Square Enix has been on a Steam bender lately. The latestFinal Fantasygame to hit the service is going to beType-0 HD, which the publisher just announced this morning by way of its official Japanese Twitter account. Not a whole lot is known at this time, but you may probably expect a straight port without any extra frills....

$12 for nine games, with more to come On Sunday, I came closer than I ever have to downloadingRepublic Commandothanks to its recent debut on GOG.com, but I didn’t. After reflecting on my growing backlog, I chickened out. Now I’ve got an even more compelling opportunity to play the squad-based shooter: it’s available in theStar WarsHumble Bundle. Here’s the tier breakdown, with more games to come soon: Super curious to see what else will join the bundle....

Not thankful anymore A Dutch court has ofund in favour of retired footballer Edgar Davids (pictured) in his lawsuit, filed against Riot Games, over a champion skin for aLeague of Legendscharacter. The “Striker Lucian” skin, which Riot themselves once admitted was designed in tribute to the former Ajax and Milan player, was found to infringe upon Davids’ personal rights, in the ruling made last week. Riot must now reveal the amount of money made by the sales of said skin, so a percentage can be established as compensation....

Place Your Bets Geoff Keighley continued to stoke the flames of hype this weekend, as the clock counts down to this year’s Game Awards event. Speaking on his Twitter just yesterday, producer Keighley teased a world premiere reveal set for the December event, which will announce a brand new game almost three years in the making. What could it be? Could be almost anything, frankly, but there are a host of IPs and franchises that have been churning in the rumor mill for some years....

Because calling it Haunting Grounds would have been too obvious There are a lot of IPs out there originating in comics, television, and films that have a surprisingly difficult time translating over to video games. I think we’ve all played a game or two based on a movie or TV show that we love only to be disappointed by the end result, left wondering how it all went wrong. And there is perhaps no better example of this thanGhostbusters....

Heist of the Century Publisher Take-Two Interactivehas released its financial reportfor the first quarter of the fiscal year, revealing blockbuster figures thanks to major catalogue contributors such asRed Dead Redemption 2,NBA 2K20,Borderlands 3, andThe Outer Worlds. But the crown jewel in Take-Two’s vault remains Rockstar’s 2013 magnum opus,Grand Theft Auto V. To date, the open-world crime sim has sold close to 135 million copies across the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC platforms....