Author: Zach Barbieri

Wandering through the many areas surrounding My Friendly Neighborhood, you are sure to have seen several doors marked with a diamond design, either through paint or a tiny symbol. Surely by this point, you have wondered when you will be able to access these rooms, and it will take a while for you to reach the point where you can actually gain access to these areas and collect the goodies within, and we are here to help. Beware, light spoilers for My Friendly Neighborhood below. Now, time to get that diamond key. You will not encounter the diamond key until…

While not a point of pride, one thing I have been pleased about has been my ability to avoid getting sucked into the mascot horror genre up to now. Thinking back, there was maybe one Five Nights at Freddy’s Game I played within the last few years, but other than that, only the first game in that series, way back before the sub-genre it spawned had a name. As such, I never really saw the appeal of these games, and that isn’t intended as an attack or a criticism, but more a genuine question. Is it the characters that take…

The creator of both the Silent Hill series and the 2024 new IP Slitterhead, Keiichiro Toyama, has announced he is working on his next game. While speaking with Japanese publication Famitsu during an exhibition for concept art for Slitterhead, a range of topics were discussed, including the reception of his latest game and his new project. While Toyama reinforced that his new studio, founded to develop his 2024 game that saw a mixed reception at launch, wasn’t concerned with making a commercial game, but did acknowledge that the game performed below expectations. He also addressed some confusion over whether the game…

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, the next entry in Sega’s spin-off racing series of their flagship mascot, will release with the “full base game” featured on a 64GB physical cartridge when it releases on the Nintendo Switch 2. This is opposed to being a Game-Key card, which features access to a key on the cartridge, allowing players to download the full game through internet access onto the system. Game-Key cards are labeled along the bottom of the case with a white strip that states the game is accessed through this message, with the cartridges themselves marked with a key symbol in the…

People who know me know that I have an unhealthy obsession with Roguelikes, Anything where I can die over and over again, making a little more progress with each run is something I’m into, which is weird since I was never much of a Soulslike player. Those same people would also know that I love fighting games, even owning about six fight pads/sticks, though I have only ever been good at one or two actual games, at least enough to care about frame data. One of those games was the BlazBlue series, which fell between being better than mid-tier players…

Square Enix, publisher of the Dragon Quest series of RPGs, is suggested to relaunch more classic Dragon Quest titles than those that are already known, starting with Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past. This news is according to the website MP1st, which received leaked documents from the company that showcased a number of unannounced projects in development, including the remake of the seventh mainline title. What is interesting about this is that while other games have been specifically marked as being HD Remakes, VII is not listed as such. This could suggest that the title might be more…

Astro Bot has received a new update, which adds five new challenge levels for players to conquer, along with new special bots that pay homage to the history of PlayStation for players to add to their already large roster of characters. In particular, two of these newly added characters should help fill a massively glaring gap in representation for a specific franchise that many fans noted was oddly absent from the game at launch. If you are looking to learn the identities of these characters on your own, more power to you; these characters can be unlocked on the stage…

Stalker 2, which launched for Xbox Series and PC, has been announced for PlayStation 5 later this year. This was announced by developer GSC Game World, along with a trailer for the upcoming PlayStation 5 release, which is just listed as late 2025 currently. While the trailer doesn’t show much, GSC has confirmed the title will take full advantage of the DualSense controller with haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. In addition, PS5 Pro enhancements are in development, though if this means they will release later or are being worked on for release has not been stated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSl8qMOIinA Stalker 2: Heart…

Thinking back on the first time Death Stranded loaded into my all those years ago (My Death Stranding limited edition PS4 Pro), the game really did grab me from the get-go. While it is easy to see why some players would not gravitate to a franchise about delivering packages and trying not to trip and fall flat on their face, for me, this was exactly why the game was amazing. It was something that didn’t feel like a retread of common ideas, or something that had a place in the AAA gaming space until somebody crazy and well-liked like Hideo…

Sony has announced that they will be holding a PlayStation State of Play event that will be focused on their upcoming first-party PlayStation 5 exclusive title Ghost of Yōtei from developer Sucker Punch. It makes sense that the company would move to focus on this title, having just released Death Stranding 2: On The Beach in June. https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1942584542704877774 This event will be held on July 10th, a Thursday, and will begin at 2 pm Pacific / 5 pm Eastern time. Fans can expect the event to run around 20 minutes and will feature a deeper look at the game’s core…