BioWare: Jade Empire could return at any time

Good I’ve talked about how greatJade Empireis before, and all there is left is for you to play it and see for yourself. But once you’ve done that, that’s it. There hasn’t been a sequel or spinoff in 11 years since its debut, but according to Mike Laidlaw of BioWare, that might change at some point. Speaking to Game Informer, Laidlaw noted that “Jadeas a sequel is never dead,” with BioWare General Manager Aaryn Flynn clarifying, “I think one of the advantages to getting back to it after a long time is not only nostalgia is a very powerful feeling in people, but skipping a generation of hardware is actually really exciting because it feels like it’s not an evolution....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Jaime Price

Black Future ’88 is a rogue-lite with synth-punk style

Rogue-lite games for everyone I saw an unbelievable amount of rogue-lite games at PAX East. I felt like I was drowning in the damn things, but developer Superscarysnakes’Black Future ’88and its giant colorful booth made it stand out in the sea of indie titles. I spoke with the game’s creative director, Don Bellenger, about what setsBlack Futureapart from other 2D platforming rogue-lite games. Black Future ’88is set in an alternate version of 1988....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Mike Jenkins

Creator of Lodoss War to write Dragon’s Dogma tie-in

Any story that gives me an excuse to post a picture ofRecord of Lodoss Waris pretty much the best thing ever. Siliconera is reporting that first edition runs ofDragon’s Dogmawill ship with a short story written by Ryo Mizuno, creator ofRecord of Lodoss War— a fantastic franchise that’s known for a number of anime, game, and manga adaptations. Also, in a collaboration with Studio 4°C, the game is featuring weapons and armor from the hit animeBerserk, in honor of thenew series of 2012 films(which I couldn’t be more excited for)....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Jeffrey Johnson

Dead Space dev: Gears of War has the worst writing

It’s very rare that you’ll get a representative from one studio slam another developer’s game, butDead Spacestory producer Chuck Beaver has some words to say aboutGears of War‘s narrative efforts, and it ain’t pretty. In fact, he says it’s “literally the worst writing” in the industry. Ouch! To be fair, he said it didn’t matter to the game’s fans, becausetheydon’t care about the game’s plot to begin with. “It contains atrocious, offensive violations of story basics,” he said....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Travis Salazar

E3: Experiencing the open world of Sleeping Dogs

Up until now, Square Enix and developer United Front Games have shown off very enclosed,focused areas ofSleeping Dogs. So it was about high time they finally let the press loose on the city of Hong Kong in its full open-world sandbox goodness. In this case, we were thrown into the game right near the start, about five missions in. Main protagonist Wei Shen is an undercover cop trying to take out the Triads from within....

July 19, 2025 · 4 min · 749 words · Timothy Mcgrath

E3: Kill viruses and repair DNA in Transcripted

It’s not always necessary for games to have any sort of ultimate meaning or context, but when they do, they’re made a bit more satisfying. When you’re given a role, are required to shoot specific anomalies, and are charged with some worthwhile goal, a game can provide a great amount of appeal — even more so if the game is well done. InTranscripted, players will take on the role of a nanomachine inside of a host, charged with the destruction of an impeding virus, and reconstructing and protecting the strands of DNA and RNA that it threatens....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 531 words · Taylor Becker

Eternal Piece codes (June 2024)

Updated: July 22, 2025 Looked for new codes! Eternal Piecemight be your best bet for finally becoming the Pirate King! Collecting Devil Fruits will give you cool abilities that will help you defeat enemies effortlessly. If you don’t feel like running around the map looking for Fruits, there’s a quicker solution to making your character stronger. Eternal Piececodes provide various Devil Fruits, Stat Resets, Race Spins, and many other useful freebies that will help you level up your pirate and face all the enemies stress-free....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Kevin Grant

Fan-favorite Tharja returns in new Fire Emblem Heroes update

Bewitching beauty back for more mischief Today sees the launch of the latest Summoning Event in Nintendo’s pocket battlerFire Emblem Heroes. Once again, four more heroes will be joiningFeH’sridiculously stuffed roster of heroes and villains, all ready and eager to drain you of your hard-earned orbs. The new quartet of Special Heroes is lead by the ever-popular Tharja, fromFire Emblem Awakenings.The mistress of the dark arts is accompanied byNew Mystery of the Emblem’sKatarina,Three Houses’barrel-chested fighter Raphael, and finally a new Dual Hero in the form ofThree Houses’stunning Dorothea andGenealogy of the Holy Wardancer Lene....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Stacy Hicks

Fighting game Koihime Enbu coming to PC

Steam release planned for next month Degica Games is bringingKoihime Enbuon Steam this May, the publisher announced today. Koihime Enbuis a fighting game based onKoihime Musou,a visual novel that reimagines the story of classical Chinese author Luo Guanzhong’sRomance of the Three Kingdoms. The title originally got its start as a Sega-published arcade game in 2014, but was more recently released on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan. And now it’s on PC....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · James Stephens

Final Fantasy Tactics director’s studio considering refunds for mismanaged Kickstarter project

But first it needs to make some money Unsung Story, the crowdfunded SRPG fromFinal Fantasy Tacticsdirector Yasumi Matsuno, wasdelayed indefinitelyearlier this month after diminishing finances and departing staff forced the company to shift its focus to another project in order to stay afloat. Many of the people who supported the project, raising more than $660,000 for the developer, Playdek, in 2014 were understandably upset by the news and asked for refunds....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Jordan Myers

Gears of War 4 doesn’t have a locked frame rate on PC

For the single-player campaign, anyway WhileGears of War 4is coming to both Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, the experiences across the two platforms won’t be identical. With the Play Anywhere functionality, players will be able to hop between the two versions freely to make the most of their preference or convenience. However, it’s on PC that people will find more options. Speaking withEurogamer,Gears of War 4‘s technical director Mike Rayner gives the mission statement for how developer The Coalition is tweaking the game for PC players....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Vincent Rhodes

Genshin Impact blows past a staggering $1 billion in mobile revenue alone

Man hath no stronger love, than that of waifus According to the latest figures, miHiYo’s phenomenally popularGenshin Impacthas raked in an unbelievable $1 billion USD in revenue – purely for its mobile versions. According to number-crunchingintelligence network Sensor Tower, the free-to-play version of the anime gacha title has rocketed into the ten figures range in little more than six months from its initial September 2020 release. miHiYo’s mobile juggernaut got off to a mind-blowing start,raking in $400 million in revenueduring its first two months of release, while also scooping up numerous mobile game awards....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Amanda Nelson

Geoff Keighley touches a PS5 controller a little bit today, but he’ll touch it a lot tomorrow

That is only one of the five senses So it has come to this. I’m blogging about Geoff Keighley touching a next-gen controller tomorrow. It’s not eventoday. It’stomorrow. This is the#PlayStation5DualSense Controller. Tomorrow at Noon ET / 9 am PT, it’s time to go hands on. Can’t wait to tell you about my experience.https://t.co/Hp7WuLrjXk#SummerGameFestpic.twitter.com/hvxTouNrc1 — Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)June 18, 2025 However, the eagle-eyed among you may notice that he’s already touching the controller in his teaser video....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Elizabeth Sims