Bandai Namco's free-to-play PC title Supernova, an RTS MOBA hybrid set in a sci-fi battle between humans and cyborgs, will soon be entering Closed Beta testing. To sign up for the CBT, which begins July 23rd, head over to the official site.

There’s a new kid in the competitive gaming scene. Announcing Bandai Namco Games’ free-to-play title Supernova, an RTS MOBA hybrid set in a sci-fi battle between humans and cyborgs.

Battleline: Steel Warfare, currently in its second beta testing phase, just pushed live its latest update, introducing six new unit tanks into the game.

Approaching a game is never an easy task; bias has to go out the window. It's like reverting to a turn-based strategy game after playing years of real-time games. It's hard to consider the factors of what might go into a title when someone plays it for scoring. I'd argue a sequel should be scored harsher than its predecessor, especially if there's an expectation set by the community. In the rules of game development, nobody expects a sequel to have worse graphics than the prequel, because these are just fundamental rules that are not only followed, but expected.

Dark Souls II will release its upcoming DLC pack, Scholar of the First Sin, across all platforms on April 7, 2015. The new DLC will include the three previously released DLC packs—Crown of the Sunken King, Crown of the Old Iron King, and Crown of the Ivory King—along with new NPCs to offer an even deeper storyline, improved graphics, and additional gameplay features and enhancements.

From now through 11:59pm PT on Sunday, August 17, 2014 you can jump into the Rise of Incarnates beta for free! This F2P fighting game features 2v2 multiplayer action as you, the incarnate, battle for dominance using your powers. To join into the testing head over to the official site and download the beta client.

Over the weekend at Evo 2014, Tekken series Director/Chief Producer Katsuhiro Harada announced Tekken 7, the newest iteration of the fighting franchise. The game will run using the Unreal 4 engine, but that's the extent of what we know. Bandai Namco promises more details on July 25th at San Diego Comic-Con.

Dark Souls II: the best coward-crusher of 2014, courtesy of From Software and Bandai Namco. Continuing the series' torturous satisfaction is The Lost Crowns DLC trilogy, three back-to-back DLCs released one month apart starting this July.

Crown of the Sunken King – July 22
Crown of the Old Iron King – August 26
Crown of the Ivory King – September 24

PC gamers, the wait has ended.

As of yesterday at 6PM Eastern, Dark Souls II is officially ready to play on PC. While the first Dark Souls was a notably-poor PC port, it seems From Games and Bandai Namco have listened and delivered. Durante, a very well-respected modder who "fixed" the first game, has given Dark Souls II a hearty thumbs-up (although that hasn't stopped him).