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With Saquon Barkley being the cover athlete for Madden NFL 26, it should come as no surprise that his famous reverse hurdle mechanic has made it into the game. The mechanic was originally added in Madden 25, shortly after he pulled off the move in a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. As Madden 25 players know, though, the reverse hurdle is one of the toughest moves to pull off in a game of Madden. We'll be breaking down everything you need to know about the move and how to do one...
Summer in Mara is free for the next two days on GameSpot sister site Fanatical. The relaxing farming game with a tropical setting is part of Fanatical's Summer Sale 2025, featuring titles that are up to 96% off. Fantatical notes that there are 100,000 Steam keys for Summer in Mara, which originally launched in 2020. The cozy title focuses on a girl named Koa as she farms on an island and even fishes the high seas. In addition, Summer in Mara offers 25 other characters to interact with and...
Many of the experiences in Roblox don’t cost a dime to play, but may have shortcuts or exclusive items available for a few Robux. This is the platform’s currency, and it's highly valued among its humongous community. However, there's always the question of whether or not there are ways to get in-game currency for the low price of nothing. While you’ll only see this happen in a few of the best Roblox games, more often than not, you’ll find that you need to spend Robux for shortcuts, premium...
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto VI is coming in May 2026, and it's expected to be a gigantic success. But Strauss Zelnick, the head of Rockstar parent company Take-Two, isn't willing to bank on it being a success ahead of launch. Speaking to GI.biz, Zelnick said, "We run scared around here." "We're looking over our shoulders. We take nothing for granted and we don't claim success until it occurs. So while I couldn't be more optimistic than I am, all of us have to do the work. We have to deliver...
Amplitude Studios has released a time-limited demo for Endless Legend 2, the long-awaited follow-up to its 4X fantasy strategy game. The demo's release on Steam follows the developer's decision to delay the game's early access launch from August 7 to September 22. The demo is only available until August 18 while the Amplitude team notes that "this is a limited version of the game." The Endless Legend 2 demo will offer the following playable content: Choice of two playable factions: the...
The Battlefield 6 beta got off to a flying start on the weekend--over 520,000 concurrent players on Steam alone--but one of the major complaints amongst PC players has been the influx of cheaters into the game. EA and developer Battlefield Studios are well aware of this problem, with one of the measures taken being the implementation of Secure Boot technology for the PC version of the game. While this can help in a fight, EA's anti-cheat team has admitted that it's not a "silver bullet" that...
Battlefield 6's very popular open beta just wrapped up its first weekend, and with many people playing the game, players have made a number of discoveries about how the game plays and feels. In particular, people are sharing their thoughts on the game's aim-assist and destruction elements, and now some developers from Battlefield Studios have weighed in. On the subject of Battlefield's trademark destruction elements, some people noticed that players who are inside a building as it comes...
The Battlefield 6 open beta recently concluded its first weekend, and wrestler and actor Samoa Joe is among those who tried it out. What's he think of it? In a post on social media, he said he enjoyed what he's played so far, but, like many others, wonders if Battlefield 6 coming after the poorly received Battlefield 2042 might be shaping his impressions. "Is the new Battlefield kinda hitting for anyone else, or was the bar so low I'm just grateful? I'm really rooting for the former over...
It looks like Far Cry will be the next high-profile video game series getting a TV adaptation, as Ubisoft confirmed the news on its official site before quickly deleting the post. This being the internet, nothing is ever truly deleted, no matter how briefly it's online for, and the original announcement has been preserved. Over on Reddit, those people who did manage to see the original announcement say that the show will star Rob Mac--the Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor who recently...
Weekends are usually the busiest time for a new game release, and the Battlefield 6 open beta was--fortunately--no exception to that rule. Once the game switched from early access to open beta, the numbers soared and Battlefield 6 reached an impressive peak of 521,079 concurrent players (via SteamDB). A second open beta is scheduled for August 14-17, and if you're planning to play on PS5, there's an exclusive skin you can claim if you choose to purchase the game later this year. To put that...
With work on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach complete, all eyes are on the next game from Kojima Productions, OD. Also known as Overdose, OD is one of several games from Hideo Kojima and his team at Kojima Productions that we know about, and it's being made in partnership with Xbox Game Studios. Kojima has kept most details on OD under wraps, allowing the brief reveal trailer to do the talking for him and get fans of his work speculating on what he's cooking up right now. A few other details...
Walmart is randomly celebrating Super Mario by offering a bunch of Nintendo Switch games starring the Nintendo mascot for $39. The catalog of deals features platformers like Super Mario Odyssey, role-playing games such as Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and sports titles like Mario Golf: Super Rush. It's unclear when these Nintendo Switch game deals end, so check them out while you can. The deals on Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi: Brothership, both of which launched last year, are new...
Earlier this year, Krafton released the life-sim InZoi in early access with the promise of free DLC throughout the year. Now, details about the second DLC have been revealed, and it's coming later this month alongside InZoi's debut on Mac. The new DLC is called Island Getaway, and it was inspired by the tropical locations in Southeast Asia. It will include a new map called Cahava, which features both a primary island and a separate island dedicated to a vacation resort. Players can give...
Thirteen years after it first appeared in The Sims 3, singer Katy Perry surprised fans when she reprised her hit song "Last Friday Night" at a concert this week--and sang in Simlish, the nonsense language of Sims characters. On X, TheWitnessedBoy shared a clip from a TikTok user of Perry from a recent concert (viaKotaku), in which the singer accepted a fan's request to sing Last Friday Night in Simlish. Rather than sing the entire song in Simlish, Perry opted to start with the chorus...
Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4: Shock N' Awesome has added a number of new features, characters, and quirks to the long-running game. But perhaps one of the most disruptive additions is the Springleg medallion, which brings some wild mobility to Fortnite. In the clip below, one player uses that medallion to leap around another player as if he was a cartoon character. The clip was shared online by a Reddit user going by jhhxft, who compared the other player to Bugs Bunny. Meanwhile, YouTube...
It's a day ending with "y," so you know what that means: more Call of Duty datamines and leaks. This time around, the community has found that preordering Black Ops 7 will resurrect Reznov, a classic villain from the series' past--in the form of an operator skin, at least. CharlieIntel, a page well-known for publishing details on the Call of Duty games, shared a pair of posts sourced from Twitter users HeyImAlaix and Reality that seemed to corroborate the news. According to the posts...
Roblox is secretly the most popular game around. This May, the Roblox game "Grow a Garden" surpassed seven million concurrent users--but Roblox itself has been hugely popular, especially with kids, for years. Case in point: YouTube revealed today that Roblox-related videos have surpassed 1 trillion views. Trillion. To celebrate the momentous number, YouTube has launched a Roblox Museum within Roblox, which the company describes as "a virtual space where anyone can go to visit over 100...
Battlefield 6 on PC requires Secure Boot, something meant to help ward off cheaters. For many, this is already enabled and thus a non-issue as they attempt to play the beta. For others, it may mean taking a trip into BIOS menus they're unaccustomed to seeing but ultimately something that can be resolved in a matter of minutes. For others still, the process of enabling Secure Boot is turning out to be a much bigger problem. Secure Boot is often enabled by default on newer PCs, but that's not...
Pokémon TCG Pocket's latest Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion faced an awkward stumble out of the gate: it featured plagiarized art of the legendary birds Ho-Oh EX and Lugia EX. Developers Creatures Inc. and DeNA promised the plagiarized art would be removed and replaced, and thanks to an update today, these cards now feature the official artwork. When Wisdom of Sea and Sky first launched on July 30, an artist by the name of Lanjiujiu came forward with a comparison of their own art of Ho-Oh...
Back in 2015, Techland partnered with Ampisound--a popular YouTube channel that’s known for its parkour-based content--to create a video promoting Dying Light. The idea was to showcase the real-life POV of a runner trying to escape a mob of zombies across various locations in Cambridge, UK. The video was a huge success. So much so, that after 10 years, Ampisound has released another real-life Dying Light video sponsored by Techland. Ampisound’s latest video, named Zombie Escape! Parkour...