GamersHeroes Wednesday, October 8, 2025 9:11 PM Speed demons will be able to race around the block with today's release of the Minecraft Pack for SEGA's Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. The post Minecraft Pack Now Available in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Wednesday, October 8, 2025 9:00 PM Celebrating over five million copies sold since April, Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is ringing in this milestone with a new game update. The post Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Celebrates 5 Million Sold with New Update appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Wednesday, October 8, 2025 7:30 PM A top five seller on the Epic Games Store during its launch week, Manticore Games has released a new infographic for Out of Time that proudly showcases the sheer chaos that went down in their chaotic co-op roguelike. The post Chaotic Co-Op Roguelike Out of Time First Week Infographic Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Wednesday, October 8, 2025 5:59 PM
No shade to those making stuff outta materials from the hardware store The post <i>Skate'</i>s Charging $35 For A <i>Dead Space</i> Skin That Looks Like A Bad Cosplay Made Outta Junk From Home Depot appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Wednesday, October 8, 2025 5:54 PM
The rapper was supposed to 'take over' the battle royale's social media account The post Doja Cat Denies Responsibility For Deleted <i>Fortnite</i> Post About Sex Toys, Calls It 'Cringe' appeared first on Kotaku. |
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The Fortnite publisher isn't fooling around The post <i>Fortnite</i> Creators Accused Of Running A Bot Scam To Earn Big Payouts appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Anime Village Online makes no attempt to hide its inspiration The post PlayStation 5 Is Getting Its Own Shameless <i>Animal Crossing</i> Rip-Off appeared first on Kotaku. |
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Baby Steps has had it with your cutscene-skipping shenanigans The post This Game Sentences Impatient Players To Cutscene Jail And It's Brilliant appeared first on Kotaku. |
Kotaku Wednesday, October 8, 2025 4:20 PM
The project was reportedly deemed 'too political in a country too unstable' The post Report: Ubisoft Canceled An <em>Assassin's Creed</em> Where You Played A Former Slave After The Civil War appeared first on Kotaku. |
PCGamesN Wednesday, October 8, 2025 5:35 PM Ghost of Yotei has just launched on PS5, but Ghost of Tsushima deserves your time, especially with the PC version at its cheapest price. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, October 8, 2025 5:55 PM  You could not pay me to go to the moon, I think. I'm glad Mr. Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear had a good time up there, but that place is scary! It's just a massive, dark rock! But in the case of Dark Moon, an upcoming survival strategy game that just got a release date, that darkness is your friend, because if you want to survive on the moon, you've got to protect yourself from that hot, hot orb in the sky called the sun. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, October 8, 2025 4:33 PM  Everybody makes mistakes! That's life, really, a constant series of tiny mistakes that are sometimes good ones, sometimes bad ones, occasionally purposeful, often not. Here's one that was very much not purposeful: Pico Park: Classic Edition, a delightful co-op puzzle platformery game you've almost definitely seen a bunch of Twitch streamers play during COVID lockdown, is now permanently free. |
Siliconera Wednesday, October 8, 2025 7:00 PM
Square Enix has shared new CG models for Cissnei in FFVII Rebirth and talked about her updated appearance in the game. Originally appearing as one of the unnamed playable Turks in Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Cissnei became an important minor character in Crisis Core: FFVII.
For her full-body CG render, the developers adjusted her clothing silhouette and facial expressions to differentiate her from Tifa and Aerith. Meanwhile, for the close-up CG render, her caring and kind side was emphasized. This can be seen in the game as she takes care of the villagers of Gongaga, as the leader of the town's Youth Coalition.
You can check out the CG model for Cissnei in FFVII Rebirth here:
The developer's goal when creating Cissnei's new design in FFVII Rebirth was to retain her original character from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII while conveying that she has matured ever since. Likewise, maintaining her connection to Zack was important for the developers, as well as making sure she had a presence of her own.
Prior to Cissnei's CG model showcase, Square Enix has also talked about other characters in both FFVII Rebirth and FFVII Remake, with the most recent one being Zack Fair, the protagonist of Crisis Core: FFVII.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is readily available for the PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. Meanwhile, FFVII Remake is available on the PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC.
The post FFVII Rebirth Cissnei Character Model Design Detailed appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Wednesday, October 8, 2025 6:00 PM
Shift Up confirmed it will prepare to celebrate the 3rd Anniversary event in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE soon, and it confirmed a livestream presentation will precede the new characters and activities. That will appear on YouTube at 2:30am PT/5:30am ET/11:30am CET on October 25, 2025. There's also teaser art for the event showing major characters like Anis, Rapi, Shifty, Neon, Dorothy, and Scarlet.
Here's the placeholder for the Goddess of Victory: NIKKE 3rd anniversary livestream on YouTube. It confirmed Shifty and Anis will appear as hosts, and two other characters will appear as mystery guests. Only silhouettes with question marks on them showed up. These are generic shadows, so we can't use the outlines as hints as to their identities.
As a reminder, the new characters that appeared during the 2nd Anniversary event were Cinderella, Grave, and Rapunzel.
Currently, the Resident Evil crossover is live in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. It features Claire Redfield as the free character we can earn via story missions and both Jill Valentine and Ada Wong as the banner characters. A number of existing characters also got themed costumes.
Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is available for PCs and mobile devices, and the 3rd anniversary livestream going over the update and its events will air at 2:30am PT/5:30am ET/11:30am CET on October 25, 2025.
The post Goddess of Victory: NIKKE 3rd Anniversary Livestream Announced appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Wednesday, October 8, 2025 5:00 PM
Marvelous announced that a new Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar patch adds a Happy Bingo feature to the remake that adds rewards for completing daily tasks. The announcement confirmed there will be standard and deluxe card options, with the latter involving new cosmetics. The update also fixes bugs tied to the pet food bowl, horseback riding, a game crash, and the Unity security issue.
Actually unlocking Happy Bingo in Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar requires quite a bit of gameplay. The feature only opens up when you hit the City Bazaar Rank for the weekly bazaar, which is the fourth rank out of seven total ones and involves an additional five new stalls total opening up and over 251,000 gold in sales. If you hit that rank or already passed it, then a new event will trigger with the Nature Sprites coming by to add access to Happy Bingo. You then need to complete daily cooking, farming, friendship, gathering, livestock care, and bazaar tasks to get five icons in a row for a "bingo" and a reward. standard easy and hard and deluxe bingo cards are available.
The first Bingo Vol 1: Deluxe Card Rewards also appeared as part of the reveal. It is a pirate-themed set. People can get black and green Pirate Gliders, a Captain's Hat, a Captain's Coat, and a Seafarer's Dress.
Here is the first screenshot showing Happy Bingo. It is added to the in-game menu and appears on the final tab.
This is one of multiple updates tied to the latest Story of Seasons game since the Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar remake released. In August 2025, the cosmetic Pine Hoverfly Set with outfit and glider cosmetics appeared. That's the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland charity DLC. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azumawill also get a free add-on tied to this game.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar and its new Happy Bingo update are on the Switch, Switch 2, and PC, and Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar appeared on the DS.
The post Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Gets Happy Bingo in Free Update appeared first on Siliconera. |
Destructoid Wednesday, October 8, 2025 4:03 PM
Though they were meant to be temporary and deleted upon verification, over 1.5TB of Discord verification images (selfies) have been swiped by hackers, totaling more than two million user photos.
According to Insider Gaming, 2,185,151 age-verification images, i.e., selfies, alongside other private user information, have been stolen by hackers during a September intrusion into Discord's network. Discord Previews has said that the hackers' motive was to "extort" the company, and that the stolen data is being actively used for this purpose.
The hack itself was first disclosed on Oct. 3, where Discord did not specify the exact number of images or the size of the data stolen, but only said it was a "small number" of government IDs. From what the company released that day, it appeared the hack wasn't that serious, and that it acted in a timely manner to kick the hackers out of its network, specifically by revoking the support's access to Discord tickets. The hack appears to have targeted those who had interacted with Discord support in particular, which could explain the age verification images.
However, as Insider Gaming points out, these images, used by Discord to confirm a user's age in certain jurisdictions where the law requires it (the United Kingdom being the most recent example) are supposed to be temporary, meaning they'd be deleted once the age verification process is complete.
But, as we see above, millions of those images reportedly remained within Discord's systems, allowing the hackers to steal them during the attack.
The company did not clarify how or why these images were retained in its systems, despite its own claims that they are temporary. This also raises concerns of privacy, since the laws requiring social media platforms to verify a user's age are supposed to protect them, rather than leaving them vulnerable and anonymized.
Internet anonymity is a crucial component of the technology, and hacks like these prove how vulnerable users can be if that is taken away, despite promises to the contrary. Though credit card information, passwords, and messages were not affected by this, the hackers now have the means to fully disclose people's names and information if they see fit, exposing them to the broader internet and likely permanently revoking their anonymity.
It's a slippery slope, this sort of measure. It remains to be seen how this will ultimately affect Discord's users and platform as a whole, and I fear this won't be the last time we see these sorts of images, photos, and information leaks.
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Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, October 8, 2025 6:04 PM Several new additions. The post Xbox Game Pass Adds Ninja Gaiden 4, Evil West, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, and More appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, October 8, 2025 5:00 PM As seen on Reddit. The post NINJA GAIDEN 4 Is Now Available To Pre-load on Xbox and PC appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
MonsterVine Wednesday, October 8, 2025 9:00 PM Seven Leaf Clover, the Argentina-based studio behind the upcoming first-person action game Rebel Engine, has announced an exclusive collaboration with Hololive English -Promise- member Hakos Baelz. The partnership features an original soundtrack composed and performed by Baelz, which will debut in the game's Steam Next Fest demo from October 13 to 20, 2025. A Fusion […] |
MonsterVine Wednesday, October 8, 2025 8:00 PM Square Enix has launched Patch 7.35 for Final Fantasy XIV Online, officially introducing the long-awaited crossover with Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds. The collaboration, first revealed at Gamescom 2025, brings new hunts, exclusive rewards, and the fearsome Guardian Arkveld into Eorzea. A New Hunt Begins The crossover event challenges players to take on Guardian Arkveld, a […] |
MonsterVine Wednesday, October 8, 2025 7:00 PM Marvelous USA has released the free 1.1.0 update for Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, introducing a brand-new gameplay addition called Happy Bingo, along with various bug fixes and improvements. The update is available now on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and PC via Steam. Bingo Comes to the Bazaar Once players reach City Bazaar Rank in […] |
MonsterVine Wednesday, October 8, 2025 6:00 PM One More Game has announced that its bizarre and hilarious co-op roguelite shooter, Swapmeat, will officially launch in Early Access on October 21, 2025, for PC and macOS via Steam. Before then, players can try the game for free in a brand-new demo during Steam Next Fest, running from October 13 to 20. In Swapmeat, […] |
MonsterVine Wednesday, October 8, 2025 5:36 PM Indie team O. & Co. Games has released the full reveal trailer and an updated demo for their debut game, TetherGeist, a heartfelt precision platformer that blends the emotional storytelling of Celeste with the style and atmosphere of Hyper Light Drifter. A Grounded Journey of Spirit and Skill TetherGeist follows Mae, a member of the […] |