The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) returns to Las Vegas from August 1-3, hosting players from more than 60 countries around the globe for a weekend of high-stakes competition. Tens of thousands of the most passionate members of the fighting game community will reunite at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the second year in a row to celebrate the games that unite them – with only the top competitors bringing...
It’s a special time of year for fighting game fans and competitors gearing up for the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) in Las Vegas this weekend. To kick off this exciting week, we’re pleased to share new images and the official name for Project Defiant, now called FlexStrike wireless fight stick. Play Video As announced during the June 2025 State of Play, FlexStrike is the first fight stick controller designed by...
It’s been a long time coming, but duos is descending on Elden Ring Nightreign at the end of this month alongside a handful of neat quality of life changes. There’s a new trailer showcasing the two-player mode, but I want to call attention to a small moment within that footage that playfully pokes fun at the way diehard Nightreign fans approach the game. It only lasts a few seconds, but...
Last week, we asked you to share the friendly and villainous side characters of Death Stranding 2: On The Beach using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: youarerexam shares Neil with his gun raised moving through shadows EmperorHal shares Tomorrow tossing an apple in the air carletto0809 shares a nightmarish version of Dollman sorathluna shares Fragile playfully posing for a picture calisarah1998 shares Rainy basking in the nighttime air...
Nightfarers will be able to explore Limveld as a duo — intentionally, that is — in Elden Ring Nightreign starting July 30, developer FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco announced Friday. Patch 1.02 for Elden Ring Nightreign will add Duo Expeditions, offering an alternative to solo play and three-player expeditions. Patch 1.02 will also include various quality-of-life UI improvements, including more Relics filtering options, Bandai Namco said. The option to play as...
Action role-playing game Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is charting some rough waters in the days after launch. Despite its gameplay being top-notch Soulslike action, Wuchang has debuted to nearly 16,000 “mostly negative” reviews on Steam at the time of this writing. It’s only been able to amass so many reviews because so many pirate warriors are playing it; Wuchang’s 24-hour peak player count sits at over 131,000 players on Steam. The...
Nicolas Guérin of Thunder Lotus, best known for 2020’s Spiritfarer, likes viewing things differently. “Maybe it’s my contrarian nature, but Spiritfarer was meant to be kind of a counterpoint to what death is usually perceived as, which is gloomy, dark, terrible,” he told Polygon recently over video call. “But there is a silver lining. There is some way to talk about death with positivity.” Guérin was the creative director for...
Skybound Games revealed yet another addition to the Invincible VS roster, and it’s none other than Battle Beast. Robert Kirkman showcased the new character during his panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, featuring a trailer built around Battle Beast’s brute strength and thirst for war. Snapshots from the teaser show off the intergalactic terror soaked in Mark Grayson’s blood after hitting him with a string of brutal combos. Screenshots...
Ubisoft has released a summer roadmap for Assassin’s Creed Shadows that includes plans for a July 29 update that will increase the game’s level cap, introduce new game plus, and add new trophies and achievements for players to hunt down. Another update is planned for early September, and a third is set to go live on Sept. 16. Next week’s update will increase the player level cap from 60 to...
Hi there. Square Glade Games here! We’re excited to share that we’re bringing Outbound, our cozy open-world exploration game, to PlayStation 5. Alone or with up to four players, Outbound starts you off with an empty camper van and sets you off on a journey to scavenge, craft, and build up your dream home as you adapt to the changing environment. I’m Marc Volger, co-founder of our studio, and I’m...