Natsume got it (mostly) right, at least Just the other dayI brought you the “trailer” for XSEED’sStory of Seasons, where many of you were concerned with what’s going on withHarvest Moon: The Lost Valley. It looks like Natsume’s finally come out with an official trailer, and it’s already leagues better than what XSEED could come up with forStory of Seasons. This video showcases the game’s horrible logo, strange superimposition of text, a narrator that’s overacting, and video that doesn’t take up the whole screen....

Crime inBitlifecan pay, but it can also land you in a bit of hot water and, at worst, incarcerated. If you end up in prison and don’t want to sit around aging up until you’re free again, you do have the option to escape but it’s not as easy as it looks. Whether you’ve committed fraud or murder, ending up in prison isn’t anybody’s idea of a good time. Thankfully, if you want to recreate The Shawshank Redemption and go on the run to escape your bad choices (or wrongful accusations), we can talk you through escaping....

Once you reach around level 94 on any Job inFinal Fantasy XIV, you’ll start to notice that your previously perfectly appropriate gear starts to suddenly feel a little less than adequate. Of course, you can purchase new gear, but why spend the Gil when you can craft it? Playing through MSQ rewards mid 90s gear for whichever Job you’ve chosen, but what about the other Jobs? High quality gear provides the biggest boost to stats, but at a cost that reflects the upgrade....

Ready to ball? There are possible combinations inInfinite Craftto create the sport of Basketball, along with two legendary athletes from the sport, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Here’s how you can make all of them. How to make Basketball inInfinite Craft First, let’s start off with making Basketball since its components will be instrumental in getting the two GOATs after. I know, it’s getting a bit biblical here. Trust the process....

Shrining Happy People Publisher Natsume has released a new trailer for its 16-bit inspired sequelPocky & Rocky Reshrined. The new teaser gives fans their first reasonably lengthy look at the cute-em-up’s frantic top-down shooter gameplay in action. Developed by The Tengo Project – the same outfit behind recent retro revisitsWild Guns: ReloadedandNinja Saviors: Return of the Warriors– Reshrinedis no mere remaster, but a fully fledged sequel to the 1992 SNES releaseKiKi KaiKai: Nazo no Kuro Mantle– which is better known in the west asPocky & Rocky....

At 12PM ET [Update:The Indie World showcase begins in around 20 minutes. Be sure to tune in below!] Where’s the big summer Direct? Well it hasn’t happened yet.It may never happen. But until then, we’ll get plenty of side shows. Announced this morning, Nintendo will air the next Indie World showcase tomorrow, August 18, at 12PM ET. It’ll run for “roughly 20 minutes,” and will provide “information on indie games coming to Switch....

Well, normal for now The Joker origin filmstarring Joaquin Phoenixanddirected by Todd Phillipshas been a long time coming. What seemed to be a total pipe dream by Warner Bros., a studio that seems to announce a new DC film every other week, isactually becoming a realityas production begins. To celebrate, Phillips posted a picture of Phoenix in-character on his Instagram profile. Arthur. A post shared byTodd Phillips(@toddphillips1) onSep 16, 2018 at 12:12pm PDT...

It’s out next month New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, also known as the game that spawned Bowsette, is still slated for an early 2019 release on Switch on January 11. As a reminder the touched-up port of the 2012 game will come with theNew Super Luigi Uexpansion, which is basically a full game on its own. This lengthy Japanese trailer does a good job of running through the basics, showcasing a wide swath of levels and every playable character....

Spin-off characters and areas might show up Following up word that the actually-happeningFinal Fantasy VII Remakewould be broken into several games each the size of “a fullFinal Fantasygame,”Game Informerhas the full interview with producer Yoshinori Kitase up. If you’re wondering why you caught that bit about the size of the segments last week, it’s because it was the biggest piece of “news” out of the exchange. As Game Informer itself notes, “Square Enix wasn’t ready to go into that level of detail,” referring to, “questions about story, combat, materia, airships, exploration, and more....

…can we get PC? Slowly but surely the news is trickling in forCastlevania Requiem. First we found out by proxy that it was a PS4 exclusive when Konami announced that the game was on the way due to a “partnership with Sony,” the first real red flag. We also learned several days later that the two-pack of games would use a different script than the one we were used to, and now Konami is confirming that wallpapers are in (as is the “blackout” original aspect ratio), as is the option for pixel smoothing....

Ntreev’sdigital crackRPG golf gamePangyais currently entering its fourth season, and along with tons of new features and systems, it’s got some new characters as well. Thankfully, however, they haven’t neglected to bring back some familiar faces, like my favorite caddy, Papel. Keep an eye out for that, and in the meantime hit the gallery for a look at the new characters, who have completely customizable outfits if you don’t like what you see them in here....

‘OneBillion’ Magic: Arenais really taking off, and it just hit its billionth game. To celebrate, Wizards of the Coast is gifting everyone with a free pack:one of many free code effortsin past months. All you have to do is head to the store and enter the code “OneBillion” and you’ll get a pack for the latest expansion, War of the Spark. As a reminder, each pack comes with eight cards, some of which might be wild (which allows you to redeem them for any card you want of the equivalent value)....

The Pan-European Game Information ratings logos have long been stamped upon EU game boxes to indicate the suitability of titles for certain ages. However in this new-fangled age of cyberinterwebnets, where we have the ability to play videogames against people thousands of miles away via cables jacked into the back of our skulls, there are new provisions to be made to further protect the safety of underage players as they travel between online games on their lightcycles....