October brings out my desire to do Halloween-related things. Staying up late to watch horror movies? “Halloween.” Eating random candy weeks beforehand? “Halloween.” Playing scary games? You guessed it. Sony has the same idea with thisPlayStation Network sale. Rather than list everything in this two-week promotion, I thought I’d do some trimming (sorry,R.I.P.D.: The Game). Here’s what we’re looking at for week one, which kicks off today: Sale of the Dead: Daylight, Outlast, and More on Sale[PlayStation Blog]...

Gaming News Only you can pilot the Evangelion fight stick and prove your megalomaniacle father wrong! While it appears that the release of Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is the end of the franchise as an anime product, the same cannot be said for licensed merch. Coming off a string of gaming hardware-related releases such as the ROG Evangelion-themed motherboard is a new addition:An Evangelion fight stick, just in time for the year of our fighting games, 2023....

Counter Strike 2 News Eternal Fire’s XANTARES called it the “worst tournament” of his life. Skyesports, the organizer behind the $300,000 CS2 tournament Skyesports Championship 2024 in Mumbai, India canceled the first day of the tournament following multiple tech issues on Tuesday, July 23. The Indian tournament has been under much criticism all day as constant tech issues happened across multiple competitors. Only one of the matches scheduled for today, The MongolZ versus True Rippers, finished and it took nearly three hours due to the amount of technical pauses....

Square Enix is a company that traditionally sticks to its roots, rarely venturing outside the box. Most of its output over the last few years have been remakes of previous classics, which is why executive Shinji Hashimoto mustbe so thrilledabout releasingFinal Fantasy XIIIon the Xbox 360. Like eating a hamburger after ten years of jam sandwiches. Hashimoto has shared his excitement at being able to bringXIIIto a new range of fans (though to be fair, it’s probably the old fans who were too cheap to buy a PS3) and also expressed his joy at being able to localize the game more quickly and efficiently....

When game development legends Suda51 and Swery65 team up for something, you know it’s gonna be wacky. And likely exceptionally violent. Sadly, we won’t see the fruits of the collaboration until next year. Their game,Hotel Barcelona, has been quietly delayed until “early 2025.” Swery revealed the news in aninterview with Gamereactor.Hotel Barcelonawas originallyplanned to launch in 2021but got pushed to late 2024. Delays in game development aren’t uncommon (we’ve seen a fair number over the years), so hearing that it’s getting held back just a bit longer shouldn’t be shocking....

The Awards are back this December It’s another year, and that means another bout of The Game Awards. Today, the showconfirmedits stream date for this year will be Thursday, December 8. And The Game Awards 2022 is also adding another category, for Best Adaptation. In a press release, the awards organization announced it will introduce Best Adaptation, a category for adaptations of video game intellectual properties into other media. This includes (but is not limited to) theatrical movies, streaming shows, podcasts, novels, and comic books....

Pokémon News Shiny Togedemaru releases with Pokémon GO Ultra Unlock: Strength of Steel. Part two of a series of Ultra Unlocks in Pokémon GO will see the release of Togedemaru in the shiny form. Ultra Unlock: Strength of Steel will start onThursday, July 25and run untilTuesday, July 30. As with most Ultra Unlock events in Pokémon GO, this event carries some really exciting event bonuses. This makes the Ultra Unlock: Strength of Steel a really exciting time to play Pokémon GO....

Valorant News The VALORANT Daydreams Bundle has been leaked and showcases skins on some of the game’s most popular weapons. VALORANT players are able to get their hands on the Daydreams Bundle. It features a set of skins with immaculate vibes. You’ll find palm trees, roller-skates, cool cars, and more slapped onto the purple and yellow weapons with this bundle. VALORANT Daydreams Bundle weapon skins The bundle comes with four weapon skins, a melee variant, and an accessory for you to get your hands on....

Rocket League News Version1 talks to Esports.gg about the ongoing RLCS Fall Major and the general esports scene of Rocket League. The North American Rocket League team Version1 is a name to be reckoned with in the Rocket League scene. With the acquisition of Rat Enterprise in 2020, Version1 has managed to be a dominant team not just in the North American scene but also on the international level. Version1 houses the veteran player Kyle “torment” Storer, the colorful Robert “comm” Kyser, and the prodigy Landon “BeastMode” Konerman....

Plenty to keep you inside whilst spring still fails to arrive. For me, anyway. I always wonder about what title to start these posts with, but this week there’s no doubtDishonoredis my pick of the weekend deals. Arkane’s stealth-action game was one of my favorites from last year and it’shalf price on Steamthis weekend. Also on Steam, but coming from a completely different angle, isFarming Simulator 2013which is also reduced to half price....

Pokémon Guides Everything you need to know about Max Particles in Pokémon GO. Max Particles are now officially avaliable in Pokémon GO. From September 4 at 12pm local time, both Max Particles and Power Spots are releasing into the game. However, we are not yet getting Max Battles to battle Dynamax Pokémon until September 10. So, what are Max Particles, how can you get them and what do they do?...

Looking back at his career at Bungie As we learned this past week, Marty O’Donnellis no longer with Bungieafter nearly two decades at the company. His music is iconic in this industry, and theHaloseries owes a part of it’s infamy thanks to what he did on that series without a doubt. While I think Marty will find work again easily if he wants it (maybe go to 343 and make theHalomusic good again?...

DOTA 2 News SumaiL, the king of mid, played as a support Keeper of the Light in his Dota match against Team Bright. But how did he fare? Even though he is the king of mid, Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan has played a number of roles throughout his Dota 2 career. He has played as an offlaner for OG and a carry for Team Secret. But never in the wildest dreams could anyone have imagined him to play a support....