Honkai Star Rail 1.3 release date and banners

Honkai: Star Rail News Honkai Star Rail 1.3 release date will be August 29 in the Americas, and August 30 for the rest of the world. Here are the exact times. MiHoYo have confirmed the release date for Honkai Star Rail 1.3. The new version is called Celestial Eyes above Mortal Ruins, and the new chapter of the storyline will focus on the aftermath of the party’s encounter with Phantylia....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Chelsey Hunt

How to activate the DOOM Eternal PC Mod Preview

During QuakeCon 2024, one announcement trumped most others for me, personally. It was the DOOM + DOOM II remasters, but outside of those, it was definitely theDOOM EternalMod beta that just came out for owners of the game. However, activating this version can be a bit confusing, so here’s how to activate the DOOM Eternal PC Mod Preview beta on PC. If you own DOOM Eternal, you own the PC Mod Preview beta First and most importantly, you don’t need to buy anything other than the base game of DOOM Eternal to access the Mod Preview beta....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Barbara Garcia

I hope you like Sega’s Olympic games, because it just announced four of ’em (only one is not Sonic related)

For Tokyo 2020 Do you like the Sega Olympic games that come out every few odd years? No? Well too bad! Now there’s four of them on the way for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 festivities. Announced by way of the official Olympic Games site, Sega is planning four projects: the most interesting one is a working title “official game” that willnotinvolve cartoon characters or mascots, due in 2020 on PC, PS4, Xbox One,and Switch....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Stephen Hall

Is Dead by Daylight cross-platform?

Over almost a decade, withcontinuous updates and new content,Dead by Daylighthas grown to adopt millions of players. It’s the best asymmetrical horror game on the market, offering something truly unique that few can compete with, thanks to its sheer breadth of diverse characters, potential builds, maps, and events. However, its cross-platform progression leaves a lot to be desired. No,Dead by Daylightdoes not have cross-platform progression for most platforms. The only exception to this is between Steam and the Epic Games Store, which does feature cross-progression....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Kelly Garner

Mega Man Boss Battle art now on sale for a limited time

[Art byDavid Alegre] [Update: GameSpot put together a video showing off the event. They even featured Oil Man Unchained for a second. Surprising!] Few games have inspired as much “fan art” as theMega Manseries. That’s in large part due to its expansive, iconic and diverse cast that has come to popularize the series over the past 25 years. These days there are hundreds of differentMega Manbosses, each with their own distinct styles....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Latasha Baker

Monster Hunter-alike Toukiden: Kiwami hits PS4, Vita in March

Plus a cool anime trailer from Studio 4?C Toukiden: Kiwamiis coming to Vita and PS4 onMarch 31 in North America. It will be available digitally and at retail. Kiwamiincludes, “both the originalToukiden: The Age of Demonsstory and a brand new story of roughly the same size, following the original.” Pretty good way to release something, I think. Would like to see more of this to help appeal to new players. Plus, for owners of the original, allToukiden: The Age of Demonssave data carries over....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Elizabeth Anthony

One Piece Odyssey highlights its battles and overworld actions in new gameplay

A battle for every area Bandai Namco Entertainment has put out a new gameplay showcase forOne Piece Odyssey, where we get a good glimpse of how the Straw Hat Pirates fight their turn-based RPG battles. Before the fighting starts, we do get a look at the locale for the new adventure.One Piece Odysseyfollows Monkey D. Luffy and the crew in a journey after they’re shipwrecked at sea. In thetrailertoday, we see the city of Alabasta and some of the locales the pirates will run through....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Dr. Natalie Johnson DVM

Overwatch 2 Lucioball: How it works and how to win

Guides News Score some goals and have a blast with Lucio in this returning summer game mode. Lucioball has returned for the Overwatch 2 Summer Games 2023 event! Here’s how the Lucioball game mode works, how to win, and what’s at stake. How Overwatch 2 Lucioball works There are two versions of this game mode to choose from during the Overwatch 2 Summer Games 2023 event. These include just Lucioball and Lucioball Remix....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Melissa Mason

Overwatch 2 Lunar New Year release date, challenges, and skins

Overwatch 2 News Here’s everything to know about the Overwatch 2 Lunar New Year 2023 event. The official Year of the Rabbit celebrations are almost upon us in Overwatch 2! Read on for the Overwatch 2 Lunar New Year event release date, challenges, skins, and more. When is the Lunar New Year event in Overwatch 2? Overwatch 2’s Lunar New Year 2023 event will happen between Jan. 17 and 31....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Natasha Henson

Overwatch 2 will force players to unlock heroes behind a time-limited battle pass

News Opinion Overwatch 2’s hero unlock system is a predatory pipeline to funnel players into its battle pass With the launch of a new season trailer on Sep. 15, fresh details of Overwatch 2’s system of unlocking new heroes has been revealed. While initially leaked that this would be the case, it’s now confirmed that new heroes are tied to a battle pass. Each new hero will be unlocked via levelling the battle pass, and the first hero unlock isn’t until level 55 of 80....

August 4, 2025 · 4 min · 745 words · Christopher Ho

Palworld dev drops major hint about possible PlayStation release

If you’re a PlayStation owner and feel like you’ve missed out on one of 2024’s biggest game releases, then good news may be heading your way asPalworld‘s community manager dropped a significant tease about a possible release. WhenPalworldlaunched back in January, it was exclusive to PC and Xbox consoles, leaving those who own the Sony machine out in the cold. While it didn’t affect player count, withover 25 million gamers jumpinginto the weird and wacky universe, plenty were begging Pocketpair to drop a PS5 version....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Virginia Hall

Rainbow Six Siege Y7S4 patch notes: New ranking system provides better skill progression

Rainbow Six Siege News The Old MMR system gives way to Rank and Skill in Rainbow Six Siege. The latest Rainbow Six Siege update brings significant changes to the way ranks work in Ubisoft’s FPS game. The latest update splits MMR into Skill and Rank. Skill will be a hidden value used for matchmaking. Meanwhile, Rank will be used for progression through the competitive ladder. Here’s all we learned from the Rainbow Six Siege Y7S4 patch notes....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 617 words · Dorothy Arnold

Run, hide, survive: Good advice, Alien: Isolation trailer

Don’t touch Willie… That’s the coolest SEGA logo ever. I’ve always liked when a logo is altered to tonally match whatever it’s slapped on. ThisAlien: Isolationtrailer doesn’t divulge too much, which is good for a horror title, though there are moredetailed, lengthier videosout there from this E3. It’s also single player focused, so there’s a bit more on the androids (terrifying, flaming androids) and the like that you also have to contend with, rather than the purealien challenge map I wrote about....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Alan Dougherty