Microsoft agrees deal with Sony to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation

Call of Duty News After months of back-and-forth and over Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard acquisition, Sony have agreed to a deal with Microsoft. It looks like the dust is finally settling after the FTC vs Microsoft trial. With the American regulator losing its case against Microsoft (pending appeal), it’s looking likely that the Activision-Blizzard acquisition will go through. And Sony, who was putting up a bitter fight against the acquisition, have finally accepted the outcome....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Zachary Thompson

Mobile Legends Cici Build guide: Best items, skills, emblem, combos

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Guides Check out the esports.gg build guide on mastering the fighter hero Cici in MLBB. Cici is an EXP Lane hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) who can easily jump to the backline and pick off high-value targets. Her utility is also quite high, allowing her to survive 1v1 duels. This makes her a good hero to pick on the sidelanes on top of her not requiring mana for casting abilities....

July 11, 2025 · 5 min · 1035 words · Jose Adkins

New Super Smash Bros. ‘Paper’ level revealed for 3DS version

Switches between Paper Mario games In addition to thatTomodachi Lifestage that’s exclusive to the 3DS, the portable is getting another stage — the ‘Paper Mario‘ level. According to director Sakurai, it’s “made of paper, so strong winds will blow it away.” What’s really cool about the arena is that it transforms, folds over, and opens up again to reveal a new arena. BothSticker StarandThousand-Year Doorlocales are confirmed so far, including the S....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Michael Gordon

Outer Worlds 2 price drops to $69.99, refunds issued to pre-orders

Gaming News After backlash over its $79.99 price, Outer Worlds 2 is now $69.99. Xbox and Obsidian responded quickly, issuing refunds and moving the release to Oct 29. The reveal back in June, that Outer Worlds 2 would cost $79.99, went down so poorly that the developers Obsidian Entertainment have now dropped the price and issued refunds for existing pre-orders. Pitchforks back in your inventory, the $80 AAA game uprising has been pushed back, at least for now....

July 11, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Mary Miller

Player discovers silly Zelda: Breath of the Wild underwater glitch

Thank goodness you can fast travel, even in combat People are finding all sorts of delightful ways to breakZelda: Breath of the Wild, sometimes within the confines of the physics engine, and sometimes, in all new ways that Nintendo never even thought of. This instance probably belongs in the latter category, veering into firm “this is a glitch” territory. Twitter user Swiffy22 found that by getting hit (in this case, from a Stone Talus) and falling backwards into a body a water, that they could walk along the ground....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Ricardo Johnson

Rock Band DLC: Next week Spinal Tap is gonna rock you next week

For those of you a bit disappointed by the Spinal Tap releases on the Rock Band Music Store a few weeks ago, this is for you. Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that a ton of Spinal Tap, including all of the stuff you wanted. All of the tracks will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. $1.99/200 Wii Points/160 MS Points per track; $22-05-2025 MS Points for the entire “Spinal Tap’s TAP TEN....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · William Wright

Sega’s pachinko business is struggling, but its games arm is fine

$44.6M in profits from Sega this fiscal year Sega’s fiscal year report is in, and it’s doing just fine — in the games department that is. Sega reports that it raked in $44.6 million in profits, and $2.94 billion in sales, down from a profit forecast of $98.1m. The culprit? Pachinko, apparently, as that part of their business is down 30% from its forecasted revenue, but with their games division doing so well they aren’t too worried....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · John Bonilla

SUPERVIVE: A new game reinventing the Battle Royale genre

News SUPERVIVE is a new Battle Royale inspired by MOBA mechanics. “SUPERVIVE” is Therorycraft’s first game, an arena-based battle royale with some MOBA-inspired qualities. The developers publicly announced the game almost a year ago, with their community describing it as “League meets Apex meets Smash”. Many players already tested the game and shared their experiences throughSUPERVIVE’s discord channel. However, little footage lives online due to an NDA agreement players had to sign....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Brenda Ross

Tekken 8 Teased at Evo by Harada and Bandai Namco

Tekken 7 News Tekken 8 has been revealed! Or maybe it hasn’t? We’re about 90% sure… Tekken 8 has been announced… kinda. The latest entry into Bandai Namco’s fighting game was seemingly teased in with a tiny video reveal at Evo 2022. Initially a preview of a new update for Tekken 7, the video closed by showcasing protagonist/antagonist (depending on which side of the Mishima family civil war you fall on) Kazuya....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Kayla Mathews

Totodile Pokémon GO Community Day Classic: Tips, tricks & 100% IV Hundo CP’s

Pokémon News Totodile is returning to Pokémon GO with March’s Community Day Classic. The next Pokémon GO Community Day Classic will feature Totodile. This will provide Pokémon GO Trainers a second chance to grab a Shiny Totodile, and get a Feraligatr with exclusive move, Hydro Cannon. Totodile Community Day Classic takes place Saturday, March 22 from2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. Choosing Totodile for the next Pokémon GO Community Day Classic is a very popular choice....

July 11, 2025 · 3 min · 616 words · Mr. Michael Dillon DDS

All editions of Star Wars Outlaws – are they worth it?

Guides So many editions to choose from! Star Wars Outlaws has several different editions to choose from. With some of these costing some serious money, how do you choose which one to go for? The game is set to release on August 30, meaning time is running out to make your choice. We’ve got you covered! Here is all the Star Wars Outlaws editions, what they contain and crucially how much they cost....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Samantha Wright

Atlus drops more details on Catherine, sexy texting

I’m practically pre-sold onCatherine, the new PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 game from the team behind thePersonaseries, but a few skeptics have been demanding more details from Atlus beyond its sexiness and sheep-men (the two not mutually exclusive). Well, Atlus teased a few more hints about the story that you could probably have guessed fromwatching the incredible trailers, as well as a detail or two about a game mechanic. Yes, “a” as in “singular”....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Charles Jordan

B1ad3: “We must also understand that I don’t think S1mple can be like Prime S1mple all the time, and that is normal.”

CS:GO News NaVi coach B1ad3 discusses the recent performances of S1mple & B1T and talks about the integration of npl into the NaVi system. Heroic and NaVi’s rivalry is a match that always delivers no matter the form of those teams. And their game at the BLAST Premier World Finals lived up to the billing. Both teams showed dominant T sides on their map picks and took it all the way on the final battleground of Nuke....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 696 words · Todd Hall