Disney Parks created a new corner of the universe with Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. These bumbling baddies played a big part in the prequel trilogy, but also the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon. In fact, the action sequences inside Galaxy’s Edge seem to take their inspiration from Dawson’s upcoming novel Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire, which will hit store shelves in September 2019. It’s a place that every Star Wars fan can call home, if only for four hours at a time. Update: This story originally said t

A new single-player puzzle adventure game called Gylt will be coming to Google Stadia at launch this November. Developed by Tequila Works, the makers of the game RiMe, Gylt will be released as a Google Stadia exclusive. Gylt comes to us as one of 30 or more titles announced for the platform during toady’s Google Stadia conference. Play as Sally, a young school girl, as you search for her lost cousin in a monster-ridden town. Gylt will be released along with Google Stadia Nov. 2019.

But while using “Google’s data center as the platform” is indeed a shift for gaming, it also shifts the burden onto your internet connection. When it launches in November, Google Stadia will support a wide range of bandwidths. According to the chart Google Stadia showed, 5 Mbps is an option for 720p, but we’ll have to see in practice how well that actually works. Unsurprisingly, Google Stadia’s suggested connection speeds are higher than non-interactive streaming video. Netflix, for example, rec

Developer Respawn Entertainment has added the first ever challenges to Apex Legends. pic.twitter.com/ki29XZ04N4 — Apex Legends (@PlayApex) June 4, 2019The challenges themselves are all part of a special limited time event entirely focused around Bloodhound. There’s also a limited time event called Apex Elite Queue. It’s a little bit like a competitive matchmaking option for Apex Legends. Apex Legends’ Legendary Hunt event started on June 4 and the challenges will be available until June 18.

The statement Electronic Arts gave, however, sheds curious light on how the publisher and developers view the two sides fighting it out in the World War II shooter. The Wilhelm Franke of Battlefield 5 is, if not literally a Nazi, at least reflective of their villainous presentation over the past 75 years of pop culture: disfigured, ruthless, supernaturally immune on a battlefield, and indifferent to life or death. EA is correct that Battlefield 5 strives to present the Germans without Nazi image

Disneyland’s new Star Wars-themed land will only have one ride, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, until Rise of the Resistance opens later this year. That leaves a lot of time to buy Star Wars toys, lightsabers, costumes, and even a $25,000 droid. Obviously, the life-size R2-D2 unit looks more realistic than the smaller, plastic custom droids available in the same shopping area. It would fit comfortably in a Star Wars fan collection, no doubt. I would love to follow the journey of this replica a

Brand-new Pokémon are coming to the franchise with Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, the eighth-generation of Game Freak and The Pokémon Company’s series for Nintendo Switch. Ability: Cotton Down / Regenerator When Gossifleur evolves into Eldegoss, its head becomes covered in thick cotton fluff. Eldegoss spreads these seeds throughout the region, making the soil of the Galar region rich in nutrients. The fur is used for clothing, carpets, and other goods and is very popular as a specialty produc

SpongeBob’s underwater universe is getting a little bigger with Kamp Koral (working title), an upcoming spinoff series that throws back to SpongeBob’s pre-teen years. The series is set to begin production this June just before the original series’ 20th anniversary in July. Unlike the original 2D SpongeBob series, Kamp Koral will be CG-animated like the latest SpongeBob feature film, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. The series is confirmed for at least 13 episodes and will be co-executiv

I didn’t expect too many other people to wake up at five in the morning to play the closed beta of Granblue Fantasy Versus, and certainly not on the American servers. And indeed, Granblue Fantasy Versus looks beautiful. Arc’s detailed animation gives subtle life to even the blank slate of Gran, the silent player avatar from the mobile game. In case that isn’t friendly enough, Granblue Fantasy Versus bridges the gap between RPG and fighting game with some unique accessibility features. The three

Blasphemous, first revealed in a trailer today, seems to lean heavily into the roots of Castlevania, Dark Souls and, yes, Metroid, with its emphasis on exploration, character development, and comically large bosses. Blasphemous is being made by The Game Kitchen, a studio that previously saw success with The Last Door, a series of point-and-click adventure games. While those games utilized 8-bit-style, low resolution pixelation, Blasphemous seems more inspired by the SNES era, with its increased

Sega is going the extra mile with its Sega Genesis Mini. In an even bolder move, Sega revealed that it’s releasing a handful of accessories for the Genesis Mini: recreations of the Sega CD, Sega 32X, and a Sonic the Hedgehog cartridge. Right now, the tower add-ons are only confirmed for release in Japan, where the Mega Drive Tower Mini will cost 3,980 yen (about $37). According to a livestream from Sega Japan, the Mega Drive Tower Mini will be released on Sept. 19, the same day the Genesis Mini

After years sitting on the shelf, the Vampire: The Masquerade franchise is picking up steam again. First came the release of the fifth edition of the classic tabletop role-playing game, then the announcement of a sequel to the cult classic Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines. Now a small team of developers out of Poland has announced Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries of New York, a narrative adventure inspired by Telltale Games. Called Vampire The Masquerade: We Eat Blood, it was developed by A

The biggest (really, the only) question you’re faced with early in Warhammer: Chaosbane is what hero (or character or class — whichever word you prefer) to play as. You have to worry a little bit more about your position in a fight with this class than the others. RangeThe other way to frame the above point would be melee versus ranged combat, but that’s not quite accurate for how Warhammer: Chaosbane plays. Slayer — Bragi AxebiterWith a name like Axebiter and a class named Slayer, Bragi is a fi

Sea of Thieves will get a tabletop role-playing game adaptation soon, with pen-and-paper adventures involving locations, enemies and objectives familiar to the year-old pirate MMO. Sea of Thieves Roleplaying Game from Mongoose Publishing will arrive in October 2019. A PDF of the manuals is available now for £30 (about $38) and the box set is £60 (so, $76). Writeups name-check such Sea of Thieves video game pastimes as getting caught in dangerous storms, fighting Skeletons, encountering the Krake

Apparently Elon Musk has gotten Cuphead to play on one of his cars’ in-dash displays. Musk told McCaffrey that the Unity engine works on the Tesla platform — which is the engine driving the ultrahard run-and-gun game from 2017. Tesla cars have been involved in two fatal accidents in which their assisted-driving Autopilot features have been engaged. McCaffrey followed up with a developer at Studio MDHR, who confirmed that Tesla had reached out to them to port the game. Musk told McCaffrey there w

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare won’t have a zombies mode. Of course, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 didn’t have zombies modes either — that’s mainly been Treyarch’s jam ever since World at War 11 years ago. What Modern Warfare 2 will have, according to PlayStation Lifestyle, is a “single-player storyline that goes directly into the co-op storyline. But not in Modern Warfare, because “we’re trying to create an authentic, realistic feeling world,” Minkoff said. Any

Cadence of Hyrule, the rhythm game that combines Crypt of the Necrodancer gameplay with The Legend of Zelda’s look and tunes, is coming to Nintendo Switch sometime in June. That release window and a new sneak peek at the game comes from Nintendo of Japan’s YouTube channel. There’s about a minute of gameplay in this new footage, including Link and Zelda battling Moblins, Darknuts, and other monsters in rhythmic combat. We get a look at the vast array of tools, weapons, spells, and musical instrum

Mortal Kombat 11’s first batch of add-on fighters will bring Shang Tsung, Nightwolf, Sindel, and Todd McFarlane’s Spawn to the fighting game, according to a trailer for the Kombat Pack DLC. Shang Tsung was announced as Mortal Kombat 11’s first DLC character back in March. And as long as Shang Tsung’s bringing back classic Mortal Kombat characters, he summons Mortal Kombat 2’s Kintaro for his fatality, ripping apart his opponent from the inside. While we don’t get a look at the other Kombat Pack

Adventure Week will be returning to Pokemon Go, from June 4 at 4 p.m. Rock-type Pokémon will be spawning more in the wild, including a chance to get a Shiny Onyx, Lileep, and Anorith. Other bonuses include quadrupled candy from your walking buddy and a special reward of 50,000 Stardust and 15 Rare Candies for anyone who walks over 50 kilometers using Adventure Sync. Pokéstops that haven’t been visited before will also earn players 10 times more XP than usual when spun. Players should be sure to