Dark Souls 3 is the zenith of the Souls brand of ruthless action
Is From Software's latest voyage into ruthless fantasy worth the hundreds of deaths it will take you to make it through?
Bandai Namco’s Tales series goes mobile with crossover game
Seeking mobile success is a familiar “tale” for companies that traditionally publish console games. Japanese game publisher Bandai Namco, known for games like Pac-Man,...
Dark Souls III is coming to VHS, according to this kick-ass April Fools’ joke
Nothing is real today because April 1 is about lying, but at least one lie is pretty neat. Publisher Bandai Namco has released an...
How a bunch of MIT dropouts created Ms. Pac-Man
One of the most popular games in history was essentially the result of a bunch of college dropouts reverse-engineering someone else’s game. Steve Golson, who worked...
Pokkén Tournament takes Pokémon somewhere new: the fringe of fan fiction
If the idea of Pikachu dressed up in a luchador costume and fighting against other Pokémon on the deck of a ship where a...
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 nearly outsold Street Fighter V on PlayStation 4 (correction)
Correction: The PlayStation 4 SKU of Naruto Shippuden outsold the various individual Street Fighter V SKUs on PS4. But when you combine the multiple...
Dark Souls III studio promises 60 frames per second on PC after holding past games back
Praising the sun is going to look a lot silkier on PC. Developer From Software has confirmed that Dark Souls III will run at...
Pac-Man: Puzzle Tour is another Candy Crush clone
Pac-Man is one of the first gaming franchises that fans turned into a phenomenon. But these days, the yellow pizza-shaped hero is spending more...
Bandai Namco brings permadeath dungeon crawler Necropolis to consoles
andai Namco Entertainment America has teamed up with Jordan Weisman’s Harebrained Schemes to bring Necropolis, a permadeath dungeon-action game, to home gaming consoles. Longtime game creator Weisman,...
This is the Star Wars: Battle Pod you were looking for — where to play it in the U.S.
Don’t worry, no Bothans died to bring us this information. Game publisher Bandai Namco has a list that reveals every location in the country,...