Evercade announces its next cartridge, Legacy of Kain Collection

Blaze Entertainment has announced the next in its range of Evercade cartridges. Legacy of Kain Collection will feature two PS1 era games on a single cartridge – Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. The cartridge can be played on all Evercade and Super Pocket devices, including the upcoming Evercade Alpha tabletop arcade machines. Blaze has partnered withCrystal Dynamicsfor the cartridge, which will be released in September alongside another cart, the Bitmap Brothers Collection 2....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · James Jordan

Fall Guys is coming to mobile devices in China

Mediatonic’s breakout hit Fall Guys is coming to mobile platforms in China. As reported by analyst Daniel Ahmad, the mobile version of the game will be published by Chinese games and entertainment company Bilibili. There are currently no officially announced plans for a mobile version of the game in the West and developerMediatonichas said that recent adverts claiming to show itare a scam. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockoutreleased forPS4andSteamon August 4, with the console version alsoavailable via PlayStation Plus this month....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · April Melendez

FIFA 23 will join EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate next week

FIFA 23 will be added to the ‘Play List’ on EA Play next week, it has been announced. The latest entry inEA’s football series will be available on the Play List next Tuesday, May 16. The Play List is EA’s archive of legacy titles, which can be played by anyone with an EA Play (Xbox,PlayStationorPC) or an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. FIFA 23 will arrive on EA Play about a month quicker thanFIFA 22did....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Nathaniel Pacheco

First details revealed for Halo creator’s sci-fi FPS Disintegration

Disintegration, the new sci-fi FPS from Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto, has been unveiled in the latest issue of UK magazineEdge. The game, which is being worked on by a team of 30 people – including further ex-Halodevelopers – atV1 Interactive, centres on piloting hovering, weaponised vehicles called gravcycles (there are multiple class types), while simultaneously commanding up to four AI-controlled ground soldiers. “The way we’re developing the game is thinking of you as the pilot, the gravcycle as your right hand, and your crew on the ground as your left,” creative director Lehto told Edge, whoselatest issue is on sale now....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Thomas Gomez

Fisch bait – How to use bait and get free Bait Crates

Not surehow to get Bait in Fischon Roblox? There are multiple ways. But when you’re getting started, you’ll need all the help (andfree Fisch bait) you can get. Fishing without bait in Fisch can dramatically limit the types of fish you’re able to reel in. If you’re aiming to complete Angler quests or make the most of atop-tier Fisch rod, knowing where to find bait and how to use it will be key....

May 18, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Robin Walker

FTC may pause Microsoft Activision opposition in favour of settlement talks

The US Federal Trade Commission could be about to pause its battle with Microsoft over its impending Activision Blizzard deal. According toBloomberg, citing people familiar with the case, this could open the possibility of a potential settlement between the groups. Should the FTC withdraw its case, it would open the parties to discuss a settlement, ifMicrosoftandActivisionare able to convince the FTC’s commissioners to come to the table. According to the report, an order to withdraw the trial could come as soon as later today....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Shane Kim

Full patch notes: PS5’s first major update adds HDMI, 120 Hz options and more

Sony has released PS5’s first major system update, revealing previously undisclosed updates via its on-console patch notes. The patch notes, transcribed by VGC below, detail changes to accessibility,ControlCentre, new visual options for 1080p / 120 Hz monitors and the ability to turn off HDR for non-HDR games. As detailed by Sony yesterday, version 21.01.03.00.00 also adds the ability to storePS5games on external USB drives (but not play from them), and cross-gen Share Play, meaning PS5 users can let friends onPS4remotely play their games....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Matthew King

GameStop is holding another PS5 in-store sale event today

GameStop has confirmed that it will be selling PlayStation 5 consoles in stores today. It’s the retailer’s firstPS5in-store sale event in nearly a month – the last took place on May 28. Bundles will be available at all GameStop stores, excluding those in Guam. “Visit your local GameStop for a chance to get one in person,” the retailer says onits website. “Must be a PowerUp Rewards Pro Member, quantities will be limited....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Dr. Paul Barnett

Genshin Impact is releasing on the Epic Games Store next week

Genshin Impact will be released on theEpic Games Storeon June 30, 2025. The open-world action RPG, which is developed and published bymiHoYo, originally released forPC,PS4,AndroidandiOSin September 2020 and has been a massive success, generating $1 billion in player spending from the App Store andGooglePlay alone within six months. The PC version is currently only available to download from miHoYo’s website via a bespoke launcher. APlayStation 5version of the game was alsoreleased on April 28 alongside Genshin Impact’s 1....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Thomas Garcia

Ghost of Tsushima, Hades and Last of Us 2 lead GDC 2021 Awards nominations

Nominations for the 2021 Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced. The developer-picked nominations (see the full list below) are led bySucker Punch Productions’Ghost of TsushimaandNaughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part 2, andSupergiant Games’ Hades, which are each nominated for six awards. Valve’s virtual reality gameHalf-Life: Alyxis up for five prizes, with all four aforementioned titles nominated for the Game of the Year award, along withNintendo’s Animal Crossing New Horizons....

May 18, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Dean Branch

Ghostwire Tokyo: Prelude is a free visual novel out today on PS5 and PS4

Bethesda has released a free visual novel that tells the story of Ghostwire Tokyo. Ghostwire Tokyo: Prelude is available now onPS5andPS4, and will be available onPCon March 8. The free download is set six months before the events of the main game and follows KK, a detective who is investigating mysterious phenomena and discovers that “urban legends [are] coming to life”. According to directorKenji Kimura: “By having people experience and enjoy the events that occurred before the events in [Ghostwire Tokyo] through a different genre made by a different team, it could help open up and widen people’s interpretations of the world and universe we’ve created....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Stephen Richards

Google has countersued Epic Games for Fortnite breach of contract

Google has countersued Epic Games in the latest twist in the antitrust battle originally brought against the company by the Fortnite maker. The legal battle began in August 2020 afterEpic moved to circumvent platform feeswith a new direct payment option inFortnite, leading tothe game’s removal from Google Play and the App Store. Epicthen took legal action “to endAppleandGoogle’s anti-competitive restrictions on mobile device marketplaces”, although it recently came out on the losing side in its battle with the iPhone maker....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Alexis Rodriguez

Google is reportedly quietly ‘deprioritizing’ and rebranding Stadia

Google has reportedly started quietly deprioritizing Google Stadia, and exploring new ways to integrate its streaming tech into other areas of its business. According toBusiness Insider(paywalled, transcribed by VGC), since announcing the closure of its internal studios last year,Googlehas “shifted the focus of its Stadia division largely to securing white-label deals with partners that include Peloton,Capcom, andBungie, according to people familiar with the plan”. The publication goes on to claim that the company is “shopping the technology to partners under a new game: Google Stream”....

May 18, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Leslie Davis