Home arcade company iiRcade makes some of the best cabinets around, and today it opened preorders for the new Gold Edition lineup. Alongside the previously announced Dead Cells machine, iiRcade Gold Edition includes the customizable Black Edition (with included Double Dragon decals) as well as Space Invaders and Dragon's Lair models.

Sporting a taller form factor with a curved top, more discrete speaker placement, and the same premium controls and specs as the original iiRcade system, the Gold Edition more closely resembles a real arcade machine now. The marquee also lights up for that authentic arcade look, and it has 128GB of storage space for downloading new titles from the store. Given the tiny file size of most of them, that's enough for literally hundreds of games without having to delete any, and 11 games (12 on the Dragon's Lair and Space Invaders models) are included out of the gate.

Just about every week brings something new to Destiny 2, whether it's story beats, new activities, or interesting new combinations of elements that let players devastate each other in the Crucible. Iron Banter is our weekly look at what's going on in the world of Destiny and a rundown of what's drawing our attention across the solar system.

The launch of The Witch Queen also saw Bungie making a series of adjustments to Gambit, a mode the studio had released way back with the Forsaken expansion. I've always found Gambit to be a really interesting addition to Destiny 2, and one of the things most unique about the game. It's a Destiny take on what might be a horde mode in other games, where you take on waves of enemies, but it's structured to be more strategic. Gambit is a mode I've always really liked--at least, on paper.

I've leaned into Gambit a little more with the recent addition of the new Labs feature, which makes some slight tweaks to the formula, seemingly both to add some variety and to gather player data for Bungie to make greater changes down the line. And I find I'm still torn on it. I like Gambit as an idea, but it still isn't quite as compelling as I wish it was.

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Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Supermassive Games
Release: June 10, 2022
Rating: Mature

The Quarry is an upcoming game from Supermassive Games, and it’s a spiritual successor to 2015’s Until Dawn. Unlike Until Dawn, which puts players in the roles of multiple characters stuck in a winter mountain cabin, The Quarry is riffing on the classic “teenagers without supervision at summer camp” trope. 

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We may be officially out of the ultra-busy release season, but games do not stop releasing. This week, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga finally came out on Tuesday, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 speeds into theaters today, Major League Baseball's season is officially underway, and Tiger Woods is competing in the PGA Masters tournament one year after a terrible injury. There's plenty to play and watch this weekend, and we want to know what you're spending time with, so feel free to inform us about your plans in the comments of this edition of Weekend Warrior!

First, let's see what the Game Informer staff is doing with their upcoming days off:

Wesley LeBlanc – I have so many games I've started but have yet to beat – Horizon Forbidden West, Weird West, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Gran Turismo 7, and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Buttttttt last night, I started Sonic Generations, a game I've never played before but became interested in after seeing it rank so high on our ranking of all mainline Sonic games, and I think I'm just going to play that this weekend because, wow, it's exactly what I needed after platinum-ing Elden Ring. Maybe I do like Sonic games? Hmmmmm

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Earlier today on YouTube, OOTPDevelopments dropped a new trailer and press release looking at the new features coming to Out of the Park Baseball 23. Among these changes are a brand-new tutorial system, updated graphics, and even deeper customization.

First, the new tutorial system is built to help new players get into Out of the Park Baseball 23. There’s no doubt that just being thrown in can be daunting with all of the teams, players, and general options you have. The aim of the tutorial is to explain everything in a way that anyone can understand.

Out of the Park Baseball 23 is going to get a massive overhaul compared to past iterations. That means the 3D animations are all enhanced to present more realistic visuals on the field. It’s still not quite on the same level as something like MLB The Show in terms of visuals, but it’s much improved from past years.

Additionally, there’s a brand-new simulation engine that OOTP Developments promises will improve, “Franchise Mode and Perfect Team experiences with all-new ratings balances for historical players.”

On top of that, players will also be able to upgrade all of the gear for their favorite teams. That means you can make changes to caps, jerseys, and pants. Plus you can even set certain days of the week or special dates for these different uniforms.

For those of you who are all about authenticity, Out of the Park Baseball 23 will feature all of the new 2022 MLB rules, tactics, playoffs, and strategies. What’s more, they improved the calculations for batter vs pitcher, there will be a redesigned catcher framing model, and updated scouting abilities.

Even the overall club management portion of the game is going to be getting some new additions. These changes will make it easier to assess team revenue management, employ new team batting strategies, enjoy new trade options, and further customize lineups in advance.

Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch
Publisher: PlayStation Studios
Developer: Sony Interactive Entertainment San Diego Studio
Release: April 5, 2022
Rating: Everyone

A few weeks ago, spring's annual crack of the bat was in question as MLB's lockout dragged on. The players and league eventually came to an agreement, and the season was delayed slightly, but no games will be lost. As of this writing, we are just a week away from the first pitch being thrown on April 7. Sony's MLB The Show series usually hits a few weeks in advance of the MLB season starting, but this year's installment hits the streets just two days before it on April 5 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and, for the first time, on Switch.

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Elden Ring is full of hard bosses, esoteric secrets, and weird exploits, but the current top guide on the game’s Steam page isn’t about any of that. It’s about feet. The fleshy pads come in all different shapes and sizes, and Elden Ring, like the Souls games before it, is full of them. So of course someone decided to…

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Digital Extremes has finally set a date for Warframe's Angels of the Zariman expansion, with the free-to-play sci-fi shooter's first big update of 2022 coming to all platforms on 27th April.

Angels of the Zariman focuses its multitude of new additions around the lore-critical Zariman Ten Zero, an Orokin ship that vanished during a Void-Jump accident. Front and centre of the update is a new instalment in Warframe's single-player, story driven Cinematic Quest saga, which this time sets the scene by taking Tenno aboard the Zariman Ten Zero.

Then, once the mission is complete, players will gain access to Chrysalith, a new social hub onboard the Zariman, which introduces a range of new NPC, side missions, and objectives.

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Today Microsoft released a new ad promoting its all-included service Xbox All Access.

The trailer stars actor Andre Braugher, known among others for his role as the deadpan Captain Raymond Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

The video certainly plays with the character, as the setting certainly appears to mirror Holt’s house, and the corgi will prove familiar to fans of the series as well, as Holt notoriously owns his own super-cute canine named Cheddar.

The message is that Xbox All Access has it all figured out, which is also pretty much a characteristic of Braugher’s fictional alter ego.

You can watch it below.

Xbox All Access offers an Xbox Series X or S plus Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $34.99 per month or $24.99 per month depending on which console you want.

It’s worth mentioning that the service is available only in select countries, and that the lineup offered and conditions vary slightly depending on where you apply.

The first Sonic the Hedgehog film was an unlikely success story. Following a disastrous debut trailer, in which the iconic blue hedgehog looked far removed from his appearance in every other form of media, the studio went back to the drawing board. Instead of discouraging the filmmakers, the backlash motivated director Jeff Fowler and the rest of the team to pay more attention to the enthusiastic fan base.

“They were absolutely right to request us to work harder and to make adjustments,” Fowler says. “And then to come out the other side and for everyone to be able to high five and celebrate, it felt like we ended in a place where they were happy, and the film was a film that they could embrace. Now, moving forward, it just feels like we have this really wonderful relationship with the fans.”

The result was a character design that looked much more like the Sonic fans are familiar with, and the box office numbers reflected an appreciative audience, with the first film raking in more than $300 million worldwide. The authenticity Fowler and his team delivered in response to the fans paid off.

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From the partnership of Retro Dodo and indie publisher Lost in Cult, crowdfunded gaming retrospective book A Handheld History has reached its goal and raised £21,000 (roughly $27375) in only 24 hours. While the title of the book might be a bit of a misnomer, as the site to pre-order it states A Handheld History is “less of a historical account and more of a poignant, introspective adventure across decades of gaming memories…”

A Handheld History is inspired by the forty-year portable gaming empire that spawned from those LCD screens. Brought to you in partnership with Retro Dodo—the internet’s leading retro gaming site—A Handheld History is an explorative jaunt through the systems and games that defined the legacy of portable systems…This book will reconnect you to that long car trip full of Tetriminos, Mewtwos, and discarded AA batteries before speeding ahead to our contemporary days of OLED screens and blockbusters in your backpack.

Handheld gaming has been a thing since the late 1970’s. It’s as much a fixture of gaming as consoles are. For those among us who are old enough to have experienced the Gameboy eras, be it the original, Color, or Advance, those memories are part of us and A Handheld History apparently wants to help you connect back to that.

Retro Dodo also released a video of their founder Brandon Saltalamacchia speaking about the book that you can watch here and below:

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Before YouTuber IShowSpeed was put under the spotlight for his toxicity, Jake Lucky, an esports commentator and the person responsible for highlighting Speed’s behavior, was also under public scrutiny. Lucky, who tried to exonerate an alleged Call of Duty: Warzone hacker with a lie detector test, was criticized for…

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Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games, Headcannon
Release: August 15, 2017
Rating: Everyone

This week on All Things Nintendo, Brian is joined by Beware of Darkness vocalist and guitarist Kyle Nicolaides. After talking about Kyle's band, mental health advocacy, and upcoming book, the two jump into the news from the week and a quick look back at the year Nintendo has had so far. 

Note: This episode contains discussion around sensitive topics such as depression, drug use, and a brief reference to suicidal thoughts. Listener discretion is advised.

I didn’t try to recruit Kokomi, the water-element healer, during her initial, limited release. Instead, I opted to skip her for Childe, the water-based archer who can slay packs of enemies in seconds flat. I regret that now. After spending over a hundred wishes to get Childe (which would’ve cost around $300 if I…

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2K Games has released a new gameplay trailer for The Quarry, the next horror game from the developers of Until Dawn. In this 30-minute gameplay clip from the game's prologue, we see teenage camp counselors Laura (Siobhan Williams) and boyfriend Max (Skyler Gisondo) visiting the camp one night before they were scheduled to appear. What a great idea... certainly nothing will go wrong.

Obviously, things go very poorly, and you'll want to watch the full gameplay video below to see how it plays out. Or if you're planning to go into The Quarry with fresh eyes, skip this video entirely.

The Quarry tells a story of the final day of summer camp when a group of teenage counselors at the Hackett's Quarry camp are hosting a party. This will end up becoming a fateful, blood-soaked evening filled with horror. Like Until Dawn, players will make choices to determine what happens to each of the nine camp counselors. Any character can die.

The Quarry also features online play where those invited to a session can watch the action and cast their votes on certain decisions. New screenshots from The Quarry have been released as well; take a look in the gallery below.

Tired of those infernal video games, always insisting on being so darned interactive? Well, developer Supermassive Games (Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology) has you covered in its next horror title The Quarry, which comes with its very own Movie Mode.

Movie Mode, just as it sounds, lets players (or rather viewers, in this instance) watch the entirety of The Quarry's summer-camp-flavoured horror in linear, non-interactive fashion - meaning you can simply plop your bot on the sofa, grab your popcorn with two controller-free hands, and soak up its scares with only minimal exertions from yourself.

As detailed in a new IGN preview (thanks PC Gamer), The Quarry's Movie Mode will come in three different flavours: Everybody Lives, Everybody Dies, and Director's Chair. The first two are pretty self-explanatory, determining whether The Quarry's cast members - including the likes of Lance Henriksen, Grace Zabriskie, David Arquette, Ted Raimi, Justice Smith, and Skyler Gisondo - manage to survive their experience at Hackett's Quarry summer camp to live another day.

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For a while now, the prevailing narrative around Halo Infinite is that interest in the game, once confidently perched at the summit of Mt. First-Person Shooter, has fallen off a precipice. But that stands poised to change when season two, “Lone Wolves,” rolls around on May 3. Folks, it sounds (and looks) dope AF.

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While the PlayStation Store kicked off its Spring Sale last week, PlayStation Direct has now gotten in on the fun with a selection of deals of its own. PS Direct's Spring Sale is smaller than the digital sale on PSN, but if you specifically want physical games, it's worth checking out. The sale runs until April 22.

The sale focuses on PlayStation exclusives for PS5 and PS4. PlayStation 5 owners can grab a few of the best exclusives on the platform for discounted prices. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Returnal are down to $50, while The Nioh Collection and Demon's Souls are slashed to $40 each.

If you want the entire Insomniac Spider-Man experience, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate edition is discounted to $50. It comes with Miles' campaign as well as the PS5 remaster of the original game starring Peter Parker.

Anyone who has encountered Malenia in Elden Ring knows that she is easily one of the toughest bosses in the game. She is incredibly fast, has two stages, and regenerates health whenever she hits you. One of her most dangerous attacks is the Waterfoul Dance, where after floating in the air for a brief moment, she flies into you rapidly swinging her sword. If this attack doesn't kill you, it will regenerate a ton of Malenia's health bar. However, someone has discovered a hard counter to the Waterfoul Dance that anyone can use.

Use the Freezing Pot to stop the Waterfoul Dance

Reddit user toxicBird7 shared a video of the strategy, which shows Malenia charging up the Waterfoul Dance when they throw the Freezing Pot at her. The Freezing Pot cancels her attack, which will increase most people's chances of beating her significantly. Since you can carry up to 10 Freezing Pots--assuming you have the materials--you can stop Melania from using the attack during the entire fight. Since this strategy involves using a throwable item, it doesn't matter what kind of build you have. Anyone can use the Freezing Pot, but you might need to go out of your way to gather the materials to make them.

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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy from developer Eidos-Montreal did not sell as well as publisher Square Enix might have wanted, but the game is apparently seeing some growth lately thanks to its arrival on Xbox Game Pass.

Senior creative director Jean-Francois Dugas told Eurogamer that Guardians of the Galaxy isn't perfect. "It can always be better," Dugas said. "But is it a great ride? And is it something this year or last year that you played that is unlike everything else? And is it worth spending your time on? I honestly think it is, from a game standpoint."

Dugas went on to say that the team did "everything" possible to make Guardians of the Galaxy a success in the market, but it might not have been enough. Dugas pointed out that one issue could simply be awareness. "Even though we say all 'Guardians [of the Galaxy] are known', it's still a new IP [in the video game market]. It could be a lot of people don't even know that the game is out yet, or they're not sure exactly what it is," Dugas said.

Senior narrative director Mary DeMarle mentioned that Game Pass specifically is helping people discover the game who might not otherwise have. "What I love right now is that people, especially with Games Pass, are playing it and they're sharing the experience," DeMarle said. "We make games to touch people, we make games to hit an audience. And it's great that it's finding its audience, and it's great that it keeps going forward."

Platform: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Developer: 343 Industries
Release: December 8, 2021
Rating: Teen

The Halo series has been a wild ride through the first two episodes. We've seen a maskless Chief, beautiful Reach and High Charity recreations, and everything in between. But after last week's rough episode, the show could only get better, right? Join us on a special episode of The Game Informer Show as we review "Emergence," the third entry of the new Paramount Plus show starring Master Chief and company.

Despite being known for its difficulty, players have always managed to beat souls games in the most unconventional ways, using everything from guitars to morse code to beat games like Dark Souls and Bloodbourne. After being out for a little over a month now, it looks like it’s Elden Ring’s turn.

Just yesterday on Twitch, streamer Luality managed to defeat Malenia, one of the hardest bosses in Elden Ring, using just a dance pad. In total, it took her about four hours just to finish this fight alone. You can check out the ending highlight of this impressive accomplishment below.

As you can see from the video above, Luality used the different sections of the dance pad and assigned important actions like attacking, dodging, and item usage accordingly. Alongside using this unique controller, it is also worth noting that the streamer didn’t even use the Ashen Summon, further proving how skilled she is at the game.