Mortal Kombat Fans Really Don't Want Cole Young To Join The Roster

Mortal Kombatfans really don’t want the protagonist of the 2021 movie, Cole Young, to be added to the roster of Mortal Kombat 12, even if that means they get to watch fatalities performed on him. Now that we know with almost certainty thatMortal Kombat 12 is a thing thanks to a recent comment from Warner Bros. during an investors call, fans of the series are doing what they do best and putting together their dream roster....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Laurie Page

My Switch Is A Puzzle Game Machine Thanks To Nintendo Switch Online

The addition ofGame Boygames toNintendo Switch Onlinelast month also meant the addition of the most important Game Boy game ever made:Tetris. There are other games in the running for that title, to be sure.PokemonRed, Blue, and Yellow were certainly much more importantto meas a kid obsessed with Ash’s adventures. AndThe Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening,Metroid II: Return of Samus, andSuper Mario Landshowed thatNintendo’s premiere franchises could work on a handheld. But, on the other hand, Tetris is Tetris....

July 5, 2025 · 3 min · 510 words · Rebecca Smith

Pentagon Leaker Arrested Thanks To His Steam Profile

ASteamprofile helped catch the alleged leaker of classified US Department of Defense documents. Jack Teixeira, an airman first class in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, has been arrested on suspicion of leaking sensitive intelligence material online. And, according to several investigations, he did it mostly for internet points.The leaked documents made headlines earlier this week as they revealed US intelligence reports regarding weakness in “Ukrainian weaponry, air defense, and battalion sizes and readiness....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Jessica Hawkins

PlayStation's Summer Showcase To Set Up The "Second Phase" Of PS5 Announcements

Gaming insider Jeff Grubb has claimed thatSony’s rumoured Summer showcase will reveal the “second phase of thePS5”, and that it was originally planned for late last year. Yesterday, PlayStation held its first State of Play showcase of 2023, giving us a detailed look atSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League,Resident Evil 4,Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections, andTchia. Although there was a fair amount of content in the showcase, it didn’t impress many PlayStation fans who were expecting to see bigger first-party titles....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Sarah Larson

Professor Oak's Voice Actor Is Retiring Due To Throat Cancer

James Carter Cathcart (sometimes known as Jimmy Zoppi) has officially retired from voice acting due to throat cancer, as announced by his wife Martha yesterday. Cathcart is widely beloved in the Pokemon scene for voicing characters such as Professor Oak, Gary Oak, Meowth, and James from Team Rocket, and has been involved in the English dub of the Pokemon anime since the beginning. He’s also much loved in the Sonic community for voicing Vector the Crocodile in Sonic X and the Shadow the Hedgehog game....

July 5, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Lucas Cisneros

Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Share Their Most Sadistic Crimes

If you thinkRed Dead Redemption 2is going anywhere, think again. Rockstar’s cowboy sim might be approaching half a decade old, but there’s life yet in the old title, as it continues to land on bestseller lists even today. Overall, Arthur Morgan’s adventure has sold more than 50 million copies while newcomers and veterans alike find novel ways to have their fun in Rockstar’s well-crafted open world. As a sandbox game, Red Dead Redemption 2 allows players to get up to all sorts of mischief especially as your character is equipped with a lasso while the physics and systems governing the behaviour of objects and NPCs allows for unique reactions....

July 5, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Jason Boyd

Redfall Is Sticking With Denuvo DRM Despite Backlash

The launch of anArkanegame usually comes with a lot of hype, which it duly delivers. SeeDeathloop, andPreybefore that, andDishonoredbefore that. Hence the early excitement forRedfall, which launches next month. However, that excitement has been tainted somewhat. Tainted by the reveal thatthe game will always need to be online, even when playing single-player, and that it will include Denuvo DRM, a decision that has not been reversed despite initial backlash.With less than a month to go until Redfall’s launch, Twitter accountDenuvo Alertshas shared that the game’s Steam page still includes a message that reads, “incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo anti-tamper....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Jennifer Johnston

Redfall Preview: Arkane Raises The Stakes

I climb up the basin of a dry lake, the water completely emptied out by vampire magic. I’m on my way to some distant quest marker when I’m stopped in my tracks by the sound of two men arguing. They’re standing on the roof of a lakehouse not ten yards away, and I’m sure if I try to slide back down into the lake bed they’ll spot me. This leaves me with only a couple of options: I can use my stealth ability to sneak past them, or I can take them out with my sniper rifle in the hope they’re holding something valuable I can loot....

July 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1431 words · William Pham

Resident Evil 4 Remake Thankfully Keeps Leon's Bingo Line

TheResident Evil 4 remakeChainsaw Demo confirms that, despite other cheesy lines apparently being removed from the full game, Leon still has his iconic bingo line in the game’s opening village section.Yesterday, as part of its first Capcom Showcase of 2023,a special demo was released for the Resident Evil 4 remake that lets players go through the game’s iconic village section. Beyond giving players a taste of what the reimagined Resident Evil 4 is going to play like (excellently, as it turns out), it also confirms that the game will retain some of its infamous cheese....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Kayla Rose

Resident Evil 4’s Original Merchant Will Be Sorely Missed

Resident Evil 4is an iconic game, and few of its hallmarks stick in the memory more than The Merchant with his trenchcoat filled with guns, bullets, and trinkets for Leon Kennedy to peruse. He comes back to life when you murder him and operates several stores across the rural Spanish countryside, in spite of the rampant infection and lack of potential clients. We stan an entrepreneurial businessman, especially one who keeps us alive and wants to buy all the chicken eggs we keep collecting on our journey....

July 5, 2025 · 3 min · 609 words · Kimberly Warren

Rest In Peace, Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go is in its death throes. It’s thrashing in the water in the wake of a Sharpedo attack. It’s taking shallow, shuddering breaths after a vicious mauling on Pyroar safari. There’s a poison that has been spreading through the game for years, but it was more likely caused by a Meowth than a Koffing. I’m talking about money. Mobile games have some of the worst standards in the industry when it comes to ethical monetisation, and to its credit,Pokemon Gohas always been at the better end of the scale....

July 5, 2025 · 5 min · 964 words · Charlotte Padilla

RPGs That Punish You With Character Traits

Thebest RPG video gamesare known for theirmyriad of choicesand paths that let you shape the story and gameplay to your liking. In most cases, this leads to new talents, skills, and buffs designed to bolster your character’s abilities, proficiency in different tasks, and overall stats. However, this isn’t always the case; some RPGs will actually punish you for playing a certain way rather than reward you, either by locking you out of specific quests, assigning you a different ending, or bestowing your character with negative traits....

July 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1319 words · Karen Krueger

Sega Has Seemingly Confirmed The Colour Of Sonic's Hands

The latest episode of TailsTube has seemingly confirmed thatSonic’s hands match whatever colour his arms are, meaning that the current version of Sonic has tan hands.For as long as Sonic the Hedgehog has been around, we’ve seen him sporting his iconic white gloves and red shoes. Now, 36 years later, wevery rarelysee the Blue Blur without his signature (and only) pieces of clothing. Fans have wondered what colour Sonic’s hands and feet are for decades now, and the latest episode of TailsTube might just have given us the answer....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Diana Coleman