Last week's surprise Nintendo Direct might not have been the showcase of wall-to-wall bangers that we had hoped for, but it still held its fair share of surprises — perhaps the biggest of which was Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream.
Sure, it had been rumoured for years, but we never really...
Speculation surrounding a potential remake of Final Fantasy IX has seemingly been growing for years at this point, rising exponentially when an NVIDIA leak made mention of the unannounced project in 2021.
Now, we may well be on the brink of a reveal as Square Enix teases "a variety of projects"...
Nier Automata is widely regarded as one of the finest action games in recent years thanks to its remarkably compelling gameplay and deceptively deep storytelling.
In a new interview with AV Watch (thanks, Automaton), PlayStation vet Shuhei Yoshida went so far as to credit Automata as the "game...
If you've tried to play Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot in the past using the PS3 Emulator RPCS3, you'll know that the experience is still far from perfect, requiring a bunch of patches to mitigate some of the issues you're bound to encounter upon running the game.
Nevertheless, there...
The PC Engine was a huge success in Japan, keeping Sega's Mega Drive / Genesis in third place and even challenging the might of Nintendo for a few years.
However, it's a system that struggled to achieve the same impact overseas, with its North American variant—the TurboGrafx-16—failing to make...
Yoko Shimomura — the legendary composer behind the soundtracks to games like Kingdom Hearts and Street Fighter II — is set to be honoured with a BAFTA Fellowship later this year.
The award will recognize "her incredible body of work" from her almost four-decade-long career and will be presented...
The legendary development studio Cyan Worlds — the creators of Myst and Riven — announced last Friday on the social media that it had been forced to lay off twelve talented staff members — roughly half its team (h/t: PC Gamer).
This decision came about due to what the leadership of the company...
The rise of retro gaming has led to a flood of aftermarket mods and optional equipment, all of which is designed to make playing your classic games as enjoyable as possible. These range from everything from Optical Drive Emulators to AV hubs and next-gen memory cards, and many of these amazing...
Update [Mon 31st Mar, 2025 12:00 BST]: Over the weekend, @Plissken___ dropped their fan translation patch for SOS's Japan-exclusive PS1 sequel.
The game is available in both Russian and English and can currently only be downloaded via a set of Mega NZ files, shared on the fan translator's...
I’m about to get personal for a minute, but I promise it is relevant. Decades ago, my family moved to a tiny village in Ontario — it was in the middle of nowhere, it covered less than a square kilometre of land and the population was only a few hundred. With nothing else to do after school, I...
COVID lockdowns broke us all a little bit (or, at least, those of us who endured actual lockdowns). Huddled in our little spaces while we waited for the government to assure us that the threat was passed and we could, again, go out and experience the world. At its core, that is what Look Outside...
If you've ever played the MMORPG Black Desert on Xbox or are interested in trying it out, the next big update might interest you.
In a "console service update", the development team announced native versions of the massive-multiplayer online game were set to launch for Xbox Series X|S (and the...
Square Enix has announced it will be releasing a two-in-one physical Switch collection for Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II.
According to Square Enix Asia's Facebook page, this bundle will be made available on 2nd April 2025.
It's currently listed on select websites like Playasia and...
PrBoom+ 3DS Port
Hi all. After much arduous work, I'm thrilled to finally share a brand new port of PrBoom+ to the 3DS!
This is more or less a straight port of PrBoom+ 2.6.66, with some extra added enhancements exclusive to the system.
Just about everything you'd expect desktop PrBoom+ to do...
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is a 2000 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was the second The Legend of Zelda game to use 3D graphics, following Ocarina of Time.
GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, with the player controlling the secret agent James Bond to prevent a criminal syndicate from using a satellite weapon.
Sony and Xbox have been highly focused on releasing AAA titles to sell their consoles over the years. While it was not a bad decision, players got to see the revival of iconic franchises like The Last of Us, Spider-Man, and many others.
This has also led to the closure of many great studios...
The marketing window for Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games’ open world action game, GTA VI, is relatively close to its release.
During an interview with Bloomberg, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked about the release schedule of GTA VI, and why its a very carefully held...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has had a stronger start than many gamers expected, with 3 million players reached and 40 million hours played. However, the RPG appears to fail in convincing them to play for long, as new Steam and PlayStation 5 achievement data reveal.
More than half the Steam...