Author: Karen M. Menke

While some studios will chase realistic visuals and heartfelt themes worthy of Hollywood, the Earth Defense Force series is content to remain the most pure video game rubbish ever created, even after investing hundreds of millions of dollars and years of development time. Earth Defense Force 6’s PS3-era graphics, terrible voice acting, ridiculous plot, and erratic technical performance should not be taken seriously. Developer Sandlot is skilled at creating an outrageous satire that makes Helldivers 2 seem sophisticated in contrast. Like its predecessors, EDF6 prioritizes mindless pleasure over all else and leans into its rough edges and hilarious cooperative mayhem.…

Sony has revealed the PlayStation Plus titles for August 2024: Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (PS4), Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach (PS4 and PS5), and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (PS4 and PS5). Director of Content Acquisition & Operations at Sony Interactive Entertainment, Adam Michel, announced in a recent PlayStation Blog post that all three games will be made digitally available to current PlayStation Plus subscribers starting on Tuesday, August 6, and they will have until Monday, September 2, to redeem them. Members of PS Plus who have not yet claimed the July 2024 free games (Among…

After searching the map for Deviations to aid them in surviving a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Human players discover that one uncommon collectible—Hug-in-a-Bowl—is malfunctioning. Hug-in-a-Bowl is hard to find. Many have been misled into thinking it has a low drop rate, even though some people had luck locating it during beta periods. Even diligent people have had difficulty finding it at its spawning sites in Broken Delta and Iron River. For online games like Once Human, rare things are nothing new, but this specific Deviation has gotten enough negative feedback from players to become a topic of discussion in the Steam and…

More than ten years after its introduction on Steam, the critically acclaimed 2D side-scrolling hack-and-slash game Castle Crashers from the Xbox 360 era is receiving DLC. During a YouTube livestream earlier today, Castle Crasher’s forthcoming DLC, Painter Boss Paradise, was revealed by developer The Behemoth. Along with an artistic makeover for its ensemble cast and weaponry, the DLC will allow players to customize their characters via the Steam Workshop. Paint Junior, a new playable character in Paint Boss Paradise, is described by the developers as having the ability to “vanquish foes with the mere strength of their imagination.” Painter Boss…

Surprise! An open beta test for the fast-paced mech multiplayer game Mecha BREAK is being held on PC, and it will premiere in weeks. Amazing Seasun Games, the game’s developer, announced today that it will host a pre-launch beta for everyone from August 10 to August 13. Additionally, a limited access test from August 2 to August 8 will be available to dedicated gamers and those who have taken part in previous testing. Tomorrow is the start of registration on its Steam page. Players can test out the 6v6 mode and employ Stego, a new mech, in the Mecha BREAK…

The Battle Bus, which comes with nine minifigures, the Supply Llama, Peely Bone, and Durr Burger are among the newly announced LEGO Fortnite kits. You can pre-order the Battle Bus, Supply Llama, Peely Bone, and Durr Burger sets. They will begin shipping on October 1, 2024. Minifigures of Battalion Brawler, Adventure Peely, Brite Bomber, Cuddle Team Leader, Cube Assassin, Trespasser Elite, Drift, Meowscles, and Raven are included in the Battle Bus, which is priced at $99.99. Pickaxes, Slap Juice, Slurp Juice, and a grappler are also included in the kit. In addition, it features a detachable roof, moving wheels, and…

Though Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will launch on Game Pass on day one, it looks like another title will have the title of being the first Call of Duty title on Microsoft’s gaming subscription service. According to fresh rumors, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which is set to debut in 2023, will be available on Game Pass this week. According to sources cited by Tom Henderson in a recent Insider Gaming post, the 2023 first-person shooter will launch on Game Pass on Wednesday, July 24. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 rumors originally surfaced thanks to Windows…

Games featuring characters like Kratos, Bayonetta, Terra Branford, and many others have made god slaying a common feature. A new pair of god killers named Nor and Enki join their ranks, bringing action-RPG souls to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. It never quite rises to the top among its contemporaries, taking many cues from numerous genres without really making an impression in any of them. It tells the well-known story of being mistreated by the many gods of this world and getting obsessed with vengeance. Despite its lack of actual grandeur, Flintlock never ceased to amuse me during my 26-hour…

Thanks to an official coffee line, Persona 5 fans may now think they are at the game’s renowned Café Leblanc in real life. Publisher Atlus revealed a partnership with Jade City Foods to provide a range of spicy sauces inspired by the Persona 5 universe in addition to three distinct coffee roasts. The names of the main characters’ schools are represented by the names of three different roasts: Shujin Academy, a light roast with notes of cherry and chocolate, Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a medium roast with boldness and fruit acidity, and Café Leblanc, a dark roast with notes of…

It does not take much for me to pick up Blizzard’s excellent role-playing game, Diablo 4, again. In the year since its devious launch, the game has received an incredible amount of upgrades and seasonal content. But I might have to bid my leisure time farewell after getting hands-on with its forthcoming character class, the Spiritborn. This master of all trades offers up a whole new uncharted territory in the Diablo narrative, combines the most flexible and versatile class yet, and—most importantly—allows you to conjure a massive spectral gorilla to smash monsters into pink giblets like a Hulk. I was…