Rockstar’s release history might already be telling us when GTA 6 preorders go live

GTA 6could finally be coming soon, and like everyone else, I’m tired of waiting for this long-overdue sequel. TheGTA 6release windowis officially set for Fall 2025, meaning it should launch sometime between September 22 and December 21. We can narrow this down slightly based on release schedules from other major games, which suggests a more likely launch before November. However, we still have no idea whenGTA 6pre-orders will go live....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Felicia Adams

The Daily Hotness: Music for Elevators

Did you know that Anthony Stewert Head (Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is also a musician? He’s got an album called “Music for Elevators”. It’s actually a decent album if you like light acoustic jazz. Today we have all kinds of fun stuff. Ryan Perez wrote an excellent editorial about fantasy video games, and you should really check it out. Chad shares with us the top 10 video game laughs, there’s new episodes of Podtoid and The DTOID Show, and reviews forThe Amazing Spider ManandBomb Monkey....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Linda Shepherd

The Epic Games Store is leaning even more into exclusives and there’s a Spring Showcase this week

Expect many more Epic Store exclusives through at least 2022 The Epic Games Store is securing even more exclusives over the next two years, and later this week, it’s streaminga Spring Showcase eventwith game announcements (and hostinga corresponding sale). That first bit is crucial and lays the foundation for Epic’s ongoing strategy.In a statement to PC Gamer, a rep said the store has “more exclusives coming in the next two years than we have published to date....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Thomas Barrett

Twitch Plays Dark Souls has beaten Ornstein & Smough

Seems like they actually did git gud Well this is embarrassing.Twitch PlaysDark Soulsis officially now doing better in the game than I ever have. They’ve beaten what is considered by some to be the game’s most difficult boss: Ornstein & Smough. At first, it looked like this was going to be another failed “Twitch Plays” hoping to cash in on the success of Twitch PlaysPokémon, with the character being stuck in the first area of the game for over three days....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Patricia Rogers

Ultimate Ninja Time Families Guide & Tier List [RELEASED]

If you’ve already gotten yourself a decent element and clan inNinja Time, you will want to get a matching family to utilize their abilities fully. However, not all families are as strong as the rest. So, to help you make the right choice when rerolling your family, we made the followingNinja Timefamilies guide and tier list. Table of Contents What are Families in Ninja Time? Families inNinja Timework aspassive buffs. They generally increase yourChackraandVitality, as well as thedamageyou dealwith the matching clan....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Alexis English

Visage is rolling out an Enhanced Edition for Xbox Series X/S and PS5

The freaky psychological horror game has a 4K60 Enhanced Edition in time for Halloween One year later, the unsettling and paranoia-inducing first-person horror gameVisageis back with an Enhanced Edition. After a PC, PS4, and Xbox One debutlast October, SadSquare Studio isreleasingan Enhanced Edition ofVisagefor Xbox Series X/S and PS5. “Experience the same horrific journey in 4K 60FPS, with improved loading times and support for the next-gen controller haptic feedback,” according to the team....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Michael Marquez

Warface is jumping on the battle royale craze

Let me show you my… RememberWarface? When Crytek launched the game a few years ago in the Russian market, I rememberthe company sayingthey were done with triple-A development and that free-to-play was the future. I’m not sure if that still rings true for them, butWarfacehas managed to stick around in spite of its free-to-play trappings. With this next upcoming patch, the game might finally be able to draw attention. Jumping on the craze started byH1Z1andPUBG,Warfaceis going to be adding a “battle royale” mode....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Selena Martinez

Watch the first five minutes of Borderlands 2’s Tina DLC

Let’s play a game of Bunkers and Badasses It seems as if the fourth (and possibly final) DLC forBorderlands 2is nearly upon us, as a full five minute playthrough has surfaced forTiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep. You’ll get a taste of the theme of the DLC, which involves some real life Wasteland narrative, and the fictionalDungeons and Dragons-esque world of Bunkers and Badasses. Tiny narrates the entire DLC as you face all new enemies (finally, no re-skins, as Gearbox tends to do) in a new fantasy/medieval setting....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Justin Edwards

Watch the set of a musician who composes music to competitive Smash Bros.

From the mind of Nicholas Caleb Goss Nicholas Caleb Goss has quite a future ahead of him. Recently he unveiled his project “Musical Mango,” which, through the help of a jazz band, is a composition inspired by competitiveSmash Bros.battles by Jose “Mango” Marquez. Goss goes a bit further in his inspiration than most, as he times various crescendos based on the rhythm of the fight and what’s happening. Seeing folks create art around eSports is not just experimental, but inspirational....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Michael Ochoa

What if Twitter was a Real Life Party? Video games and violence

Social media animated! One of the great things about the Internet is the limitless opportunity for social interaction it provides. While it always saddens me to see people use Twitter and other social media tools for the primary purpose of putting other people down, I can’t help but be simultaneously amazed at how technology today allows them to engage in this sort of douchebag behavior on such grand scale. Because of this, and my general fascination with people in general, I end up engaging with these kinds of internet tough guys quite a bit on Twitter....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 613 words · David Thomas

When do Dailies reset in WoW: The War Within?

Waiting around for your Daily Quests to reset can be a very boring endeavor, especially when you don’t know exactly when it will happen. If you’re unaware, Dailies do reset at a specific time, and knowing when will make the process less tedious to deal with. How often do Dailies reset in WoW: The War Within? Timezones can make the Daily reset time difficult to match up, but everyWoWserver has a universal ‘Server Time’ to make it easier to comprehend....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Matthew Gates

Yuji Naka indicted on Square Enix insider trading charges

Case proceeding against Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Former Sega veteran Yuji Naka has been formally indicted following their arrest earlier this month for suspected insider trading. The indictment was reported yesterday by Japan’sNHK news corporation. Nakawas first arrested in Novemberas part of an investigation into insider trading at studio Square Enix, led by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors’ Office Investigation Department. Naka, along with two further SE employees named as Taisuke Sazaki and Fumiaki Suzuki, was arrested under suspicion of purchasing stock in Japanese studio Aiming, right before Square announced that the developer was working on a new title in theDragon Questseries,Dragon Quest: Tact....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Jerry Davis

#SaveBubsy

I didn’t even know he was sick Almost did a spit-take when I saw this slide into my inbox today. Apparently, Retroism is on the quest to saveBubsy(yes, the platforming feline with radical CATtitude) and wants your help to do it. They’re re-releasing two of Bubsy’s “classic” adventures under the name ofThe Bubsy Two-Furthrough theSteam Greenlight systemand they’re asking you to pitch in and #SaveBubsy with your vote. Strange, I thought the Arcane Kids already did a great job ofbringingBubsyinto the modern age....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Samantha Barnett