Apex Legends Newcastle guide: Slam your opponents

Guides Get that Castle Wall down and protect your team! Newcastle has a unique power in Apex Legends. The defensive legend can drag downed teammates to safety, and can place strong cover that makes the unplayable playable in those tight endgames. He has struggled for popularity since he joined the Apex Games. Newcastle is hard to play, and certainly is much stronger in games that have more people alive in the final rings....

July 18, 2025 · 5 min · 865 words · Stacy Thomas

Awesome Games Done Quick’s 2017 schedule has me excited again

Can we speed-run through November and December please? Just under three months to go until you have to put your backlogs on hold for a week to watch a cavalcade of insane and informative speed-runs. The next event will be held from January 8 through January 15, and with theschedule now finalizedwe can start looking ahead. If you’re not aware, AGDQ (Awesome Games Done Quick) is the largest speed-running event in the world and is held biannually (Summer Games Done Quick in early July)....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Kimberly Cline

Axiom Verge developer muses on how a 3DS port would be possible

Lots of good info here for portable enthusiasts Being so embedded in games on a daily basis, I enjoy getting to chat with developers about the creation process. And there’s no better way to do that than with indie teams, who are fairly open about their trade secrets — Vlambeer is a big one. Anyway,Axiom Vergedeveloper Tom Happ recentlychatted with Nintendo World Report, and explained how a 3DS port would be possible....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Antonio Proctor

Backyard Baseball ’97 comes to Steam in October, includes global leaderboard

Gaming News Backyard Baseball ’97 is coming to Steam, with players able to swing for the fences when it releases on October 10. Backyard Sports announced its comeback near the tail end of August 2024. Now, Megacat Studios and Playground Productions are bringing back a classic title from the series. Backyard Baseball ‘97 has been announced, and is coming to Steam on October 10. Everything we know about Backyard Baseball reboot: Backyard Sports Pablo Sanchez and others are back for the Backyard Baseball reboot....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Mark Griffin

Dustforce makers share fascinating sales data

Drinbox studios has posted a detailed blog outlining sales over the last year Getting exact sales figures for a videogame is hard; outside even most earnings calls, publishers will simply refer to the sales of a title as a “success” or “failure.” Indie studio Hitbox has written adetailed blog postabout how wellDustforcesold over the last year since it launched. Hitbox was lucky enough to win a design competition with an early version and pocket $100,000 in prize money that then went into finishing development....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Mikayla Perry

E3: Hack the city in Watch Dogs

[Update:Ubisoft’s press site listsWatch Dogsfor PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, with a “to be confirmed” release date. That could just be placeholder platform information, though. While you’re pondering it, we’ve got the first three screenshots for you in the gallery below.] Watch Dogswas without a doubt the highlight of Ubisoft’s show this afternoon, in my opinion. It’s set in a speculative future in which the US has become a high-tech nation where cities are run by computers, which are in turn controlled by private companies....

July 18, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Kevin Owens

E3: The Penguin appears last-minute in Arkham City demo

Rocksteady’sBatman: Arkham Cityis shaping up nicely. The behind-closed-doors E3 demo starts out showing Batman flying around the city before switching to a sexy Catwoman sequence, which Nick will give you full details about soon. But as the final day of E3 wound down, Warner Bros. felt like giving the final viewers something extra. Footage of Oswald Cobblepot, The Penguin, was shown for the first time today. Batman walks into a large room containing hordes of locked-up criminals....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Lisa Odonnell

Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ beloved Gatekeeper arrives in Fire Emblem Heroes this week

Nothing to report Fire Emblem Heroesis getting a new batch of heroes this week, chosen by popular vote. And one of them isn’t the classic hero you’d expect, but a nameless NPC that became a fan-favorite: the Gatekeeper fromFire Emblem: Three Houses. Earlier this year, Nintendoannounced the winners of the fan pollfor the Choose Your Legends event, which would add special versions of characters based on popular vote. On the women’s side,Three Houses‘ Marianne came in first, followed by Eirika fromThe Sacred Stones....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Jordan Peterson

Five things that must return in the EDF sequel

It’s a funny thing that I just so happened to be enjoying a replay of Sandlot’sEarth Defense Force 2017with a good friend of mine when news of the website trademarked by D3 Publisher surfaced. CalledEarth Defense Force:Insect Armageddon, it sounds like everything I could want and more from a new title in this series — at least, my imagination thinks so. So with all this going on, I’ve had the EDF series on the brain as of late....

July 18, 2025 · 5 min · 1009 words · Dr. Renee Munoz

FPX confirms SUYGETSU unable to attend Copenhagen due to visa issues

Valorant News The org has announced his replacement for the Masters 2 event. FunPlus Phoenix has confirmed one of its player will be unable to attend Masters copenhagen due to visa issues. Replacing Dmitry “SUYGETSU“ Ilyushin on the team will be Mathias “SEIDER” Seider. Today we share the unfortunate news that SUYGETSU will be unable to attend the group stage of VCT Masters Copenhagen due to visa issues. Whilst we have been working hard on getting SUYGETSU to the event, the time of getting his VISA approval still remains uncertain....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Natalie Clark

Full lineup of broadcast talent for BetBoom Dacha Dubai

DOTA 2 News Here are the voices of BetBoom Dacha Dubai. It’s less than a week before the first premier Dota 2 tournament of the year begins. BetBoom Dacha Dubai will bring together twelve teams in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for some high-class Dota 2 action. But who will be the storytellers of this event? Find out the casters, analysts, and other broadcast talent of BetBoom Dacha Dubai below. Russian language talent: English language talent: There are more Russian language talent in the broadcast lineup when compared to the English language talent - understandably because BetBoom Dacha is a Russian tournament....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Henry Dixon MD

G2 Gozen vs Team Liquid: TL moves on to the GC Champs 2023 Grand Final

Valorant News The Lower Final of VCT Game Changers Championship 2023 is G2 Gozen vs Team Liquid, and we’ve got the results. The second-to-last series of the VCT Game Changers Championship 2023 is upon us. Ina rematch from the very first dayof competition, G2 Gozen vs Team Liquid determines who takes on Shopify Rebellion in the Grand Final. G2 Gozen are the defending champions from 2022. Shopifyknocked them downto the Lower Bracket and they have a chance for revenge if they make it past Team Liquid....

July 18, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Corey Sexton

Golden Guardians announce the acquisition of jungler River from Dignitas

League of Legends News The acquisition of River is another example of solid business by Golden Guardians. Golden Guardians last night announced the acquisition of LCS jungler Kim “River” Dong-woo. The transfer of River to GGS was made official last night on the official League of LegendsGlobal Contract Database. It was then confirmed later that evening by the organization themselves. The move comes as a surprise to many considering Dignitas' position in the standings....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Pamela Mccarthy