Anniversary: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Is 15 Today

That’s nuts. Rare’s much-maligned Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts launched on this day 15 years ago. Released on 11th November 2008, the Xbox 360 exclusive retained the core 3D platforming gameplay of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie but added extensive vehicle construction to the mix. Players could create all manner of craft and use them in order to…

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Poll: Box Art Brawl – Duel: Hey! Pikmin

Hey! Another brawl. Hello everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we took a look at Kirby Mass Attack for the Nintendo DS. It wasn’t quite as close as we were admittedly expecting, with the North American version easily beating the competition with 65% of the vote. Read the…

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It only took hours for modders to crowbar 4k support into the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection—now they’ve added ultrawide, high-res UI support, and more

We don’t love the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection around these parts, but if you don’t want to run your original PlayStation copies through an emulator, it’s the only game in town on PC. Thankfully, modders have come to the rescue. We previously reported on how Sergeanur cranked out their MGSResolution patch a mere 10…

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Warcraft’s game director explains why Blizzard debuted three expansions at once: ‘Speaking it out loud makes it real’

Most Warcraft fans expected an expansion announcement for the massively multiplayer RPG at last weekend’s BlizzCon 2023. But to hear Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas tell it, Blizzard Entertainment’s bold decision to debut the next three expansions at once made even its own leaders nervous. “There were definitely a few like, wait, we’re really showing…

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