Mega Man: Dual Override Will Be Playable For The First Time At Gamescom 2026
Along with Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen. Capcom has announced that Mega Man: Dual Override, the latest (and long-overdue) entry in the action-platformer series, will be playable for the first time at Gamescom 2026 in Cologne from 26th – 30th August. We’ve not seen much from the game so far, which isn’t a big surprise…
Feature: “Why Is Falco So Thick In This Game?” – Lost In Space With Star Fox Zero
THREE pilots, TWO controllers, ONE Arwing, ZERO mission. With the return of Team Star Fox imminently upon us, folks are feeling pretty torn about the series retreading old ground instead of forging a new chapter in Nintendo’s long-running rail shooter. And while that may be disappointing to some, there are at least a few interesting…
Out of Words is a Stop-Motion Masterpiece for Everyone
Category: Games June 17, 2026 Out of Words is a Stop-Motion Masterpiece for Everyone Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor Ever since I was a small child, I’ve thought that stop-motion animation is simply one of the coolest forms of human artistic expression. From “The Nightmare Before Christmas” to “Prometheus and Bob” to “Fantastic Mr. Fox,”…
Feature: “You’d Never Be Allowed This Kind Of Freedom Nowadays” – Remembering Fleetway’s Sonic the Comic
Nigel Kitching & Richard Elson join us to reflect on the comic’s legacy. I can’t remember a single point in my life when I didn’t already know about Sonic the Hedgehog. Ever since I arrived kicking and screaming into this world back in 1992, the character has pretty much been a constant presence in my…
Don’t Kill Them All make you keep orc calm so orc not smash resources—big smart, neat game, like demo much
It’s a hard life, being an orc—you wake up, you smash puny creatures, you go to bed. But your warlord’s mad at you. Why? Because you got a little too in the zone and broke all the things you were there to steal. That’s a big problem, especially if you’re trying to do things like…
Inside the Volcano Region in PAW Patrol: Dino World
Category: Games June 17, 2026 Inside the Volcano Region in PAW Patrol: Dino World Guillermo Abajo, Producer, Outright Games At Outright Games, we worked alongside our partners at Nickelodeon to bring Dino Island to life in PAW Patrol: Dino World. We wanted to make each region feel distinct, with its own atmosphere, gameplay style, and…
New Switch 2 Bundle Announced For Europe
Pokopium. Nintendo has seemingly finally realised just how popular Pokémon Pokopia really is. Following in the footsteps of Australia and New Zealand, the company has announced a new Switch 2 bundle for Europe. It contains the console itself along with a download code for Pokopia and is scheduled to launch on 2nd July 2026. Read…
HOT NEWS as Ghosts’n Goblins has arrived as a Commodore Amiga AGA edition via JOTD!
If you played ‘ Ghosts’n Goblins ‘ the first game in the Ghosts ‘n Goblins franchise on systems such as the Amstrad, Amiga, Atari, C64 and ZX Spectrum, or the more recent arcade overhaul that was released for the Plus/4. You’ll be interested to know that as of just recently, JOTD has finally released the…
Civilization is the most iconic turn-based series of all time, but Sid Meier considered making it an RTS: ‘It could have easily gone in different directions’
I am 41 years old tomorrow, and for most of my life I’ve had a game of Civilization in rotation. The first Civ arrived in 1991, popularising the nascent 4X genre and quickly becoming a PC gaming icon. But Civ could have looked very different. Instead of a slow, deliberate turn-based game, it was almost…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says we need to ‘deal with social norms’ surrounding AI but apparently that means ‘just go engage it’
When the Nvidia CEO isn’t busy basking in the adoration of fans at Computex Taiwan, it seems he might spend his time considering how to shift social norms. In what direction, you ask? Why, using AI more, of course. That’s what he told the Associated Press when the interviewer asked whether AI itself concerns people…
