I can't believe it. I simply just cannot believe it. The amount of fun I'm having playing this game, with the people I know, with people I don't necessarily know, and with people just watching, is absolutely insane. I am living in a world where I am playing Marvel VS Capcom 2, with Rollback, on my monitor, or TV, in my living room, online, with a fight stick. I gave it a 9 review, more for the package, and not necessarily the nostalgia. But to play these games, one of them being around for 30 years, in 2024, is absurd. Capcom is cookin'.

So many commas. I turned off all filters, and borders, and flashes, so everyone can enjoy. Complaints are going to start as pros delve further into the game, but right now I'm just enjoying myself. You did it. You actually did it. Also, the third stream is profanity laced, because MARVEL IS BACK, BABY! 

V Rising launched in May for PC and later debuted on PS5 in June. While we never reviewed it officially Henry did a nice job of previewing it a year before its release. Well, now is your chance to give it a preview of your own with the free weekend that is on now. Running through Monday, September 16th at 10am Pacific time anyone can experience the full game and 1.0.0 launch update over on Steam. If you want to keep going in the action RPG survival adventure then Steam is also hosting a 30% discount on the purchase of the game and 20% any of the DLCs. Unfortunately, there is no free weekend or discounts presently for the PS5 version. This deal is PC only. 

So rise as a new vampire in a human's world, build you own vampire castle, explore the seven regions of the game's world or 57 unique bosses, and even face off against Dracula himself; but do it all before the Monday - or at least enough to decide whether V Rising is worth a purchase to dive deeper after the weekend is out.

Following in the art and style of last year's wildly successful Mutant Mayhem movie (95% positive on Rotten Tomatoes!) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed brings the boys back to the games medium next month. Leo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello all grace the stage each with their own combat style and unlockable skill trees. The game will let the heroes team-up, but only in duos. It's a little disappointing the 4-player co-op isn't supported but if the game is as good as the movie was I'm sure we will be alright with just 2-player co-op instead. You can also play the game solo if you want to jump into the brawler as a lone ronin.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed releases October 18th for PS4/PS5, Switch, Xbox One/Series X|S, and PC via Steam. 

Multiversus wants you all to know that you should be playing it. It's free, there are a ton of your favorite characters, and they're about to start Season 3. And with Season 3, the once defunct platform fighter is firing on all cylinders. Or is that the City of Townville on fire...

Not to fear. Warner Bros. is adding to the roster 4 more members to the roster. And three of those members you can play all at once. The Powerpuff Girls will be added on September 17th. They also get a RowdyRuff Boys variant, voices and all., and new map, which is just a destroyed version of the Townsville stage. Later in the season, players will also get their hands on Nubia, who is the "new Queen of the Amazons", and they will get another map, called Midnight Showing, based on Gremlins. Take a look at the new Assassin class character(s), and get ready to fight with sugar, spice, and everything nice. 

Remember that game from 10 years ago that made the creator so much money, that he just shut it down and left. Remember the rumors that Nintendo tried to sue him because he allegedly used the pipes from Super Mario World. Then there were clones, and ticket arcades, and different versions, and all kinds of flappy bird nonsense. Then the world got over Flappy Bird and moved on to...wait what? They never moved on? Oh. 

Well, Flappy bird is officially making a come back. A team called The Flappy Bird Foundation have acquired the rights to bring the hopping/floating bird back into the mobileverse. And if you don't believe me, look at this. 

This is slated to release in Fall of 2024 on a "variety of platforms", including web browers, with full releases hitting Android and iOS in 2025. They're promising new game modes, multiplayer, and more. I wasn't much of a Flappy Bird player, as I preferred my birds to be more angry, but if this is real, we'll see if it'll have the same white hotness of it's predecessor. There's even a website. 

THQ Nordic held a showcase event in August and I remember it fondly in large part to The Eternal Life of Goldman, a striking adventure platformer that should have your attention. Today we received our first look at raw gameplay, and an extended one at that – clocking in at around eight minutes long. As you might imagine, you’ll be playing as the titular Goldman, an elderly man with a cane who adventures across a world of twisted fairy tales and strange folklore. And it’s a world with such impeccable art direction that it jumps off the page (or out of the video) at you.

I only watched the first couple of minutes of the new gameplay demo, because I want to go into the experience as fresh as possible, but you should definitely see it in action, if only for a bit. The Eternal Life of Goldman has not announced a release date, but will land on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC when it is ready.

We’re about six weeks away from the release of highly anticipated RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which means that developer BioWare is keeping the flow of new information about the game steady. Today, we have received a new look at the world of Thedas and the locations you will be exploring, as well as flyover videos of each one.

You can expect your adventure playing as Rook to take you through diverse environments, including the Arlathan Forest, Hossberg Wetlands, Minrathous, Rivain, and Treviso – some of which are locations that have been present in the lore of past Dragon Age games, but never seen before. Additionally, a hub known as The Lighthouse will be the place for your version of Rook to rest, get to know your companions, pick up bits of lore, and more. The Crossroads will be your connection and fast travel point to each of the game’s locations, in addition to providing opportunities to embark on a side quest or two – or three. One cool feature of The Lighthouse is that each companion will decorate their personal room to their own liking as the story progresses. You may also see companions not in your active party out in the world doing their own thing, which is also a neat touch.

You can check out all the flyover videos in a new blog post on the EA website or read the blog in its entirety. Just beware of some minor spoilers for the game. Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a spooky launch date of October 31^st for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

The first expansion for Mortal Kombat 1, titled "Khaos Reigns" arrives in a few weeks and with it will bring the return of three Mortal Kombat characters. Sektor and Cyrax will return, who are now female and aren't cyborgs any more but are wearing Ironman style robotic suits for uhhh reasons I guess.

Despite that there is one character that I am very excited about and that is Noob Saibot. We got a brand new trailer for Khaos Reigns showing off Noob Saibot's gameplay which features a lot of his classic moves including the teleport slam and the shadow drop along with sending out his shadow for attacks as well. Pretty cool. 

Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns launches on September 24th.

Today, Sony unveiled the specifics of the PlayStation 5 Pro. This new console boasts a better CPU and GPU and faster RAM. How much better?

Well, Sony went into just general terms as they said the CPU has 67% more compute units while the RAM runs 25% faster. With the larger GPU, Sony is saying the rendering speed gets an uplift of 45%.  All combined, Sony states the PlayStation 5 Pro has double the performance of the PlayStation 5.

The GPU looks like it'll have better ray tracing performance and an upscaling technology. They call it PSSR or PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution. I wonder since it's running on AMD hardware if it's not just an implementation of AMD's FSR, which is on the PC.

All together, Sony wants to remove the choice of playing the game in performance or fidelity mode and let you have it all. Smoother gameplay at 60fps and better graphics, the PlayStation 5 Pro is the machine Sony hopes will deliver that to you,

The design change of the shell looks to be minor with four strips going to the back of the unit. From the video, it looks like this will only be a digital console, no Blu-Ray drive.

And the price. Sony's announced that the PS5 Pro will cost $700, which sounds pretty expensive. That's a $250 increase over the PS5 Digital Console. We'll have to see once reviewers get their hands on it if it's worth that cost increase. But for now, check out some of the PS5 Pro in action and if you already have a PS5, will you upgrade?

-Update-

The Sony Blog has more details on the PlayStation 5 Pro. The $700 price point is only for the digital version, but you can add a Blu-Ray drive if you want. No word on the cost. Default storage size will be 2TB, a 2X increase over the original PlayStation 5. The PlayStation 5 Pro will launch on November 7th with pre-orders starting September 26th.

If you have ever played any of the annual Jackbox Party Pack games, then you know how easily things can turn... shall we say... not exactly family friendly. In my experience, the most fun is had with these games with a raunchy and rambunctious group of players. Despite that trend, the themes of the game each year remain fun and lighthearted. That is, until now.

This year's release, dubbed the Jackbox Naughty Pack, will have the developer finally embracing the dark side of making their games fun. This edition features three new party games for you and your friends:

• Fakin' It: All Night Long - find out which member of your playgroup is the best liar
• Dirty Drawful - its the classic Drawful, but with dirty prompts
• Let Me Finish - explore and discover the anatomical layouts of everyday foods and objects (yes, you read that correctly)

If you've never played a Jackbox game, you're absolutely missing out. These are great party games and the go-to entertainment in my household each holiday when guests are over. Now, if we can just convince the dev to make a hub for all the releases... maybe next year.

The Jackbox Naughty Pack releases later this week, on September 12, 2024.