May 3, 2025

EVE Online studio CCP is making a medieval-style tome of epic poetry inked with the blood of players to commemorate the game: ‘It turns out, to store information, a really good way is to take blood and write on calfskin’

12 months ago05 mins

At the close of this year’s EVE Fanfest, CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson took the stage to announce a surprising new commemoration of the long-running sci-fi MMO: An epic poem in the style of the ancient Icelandic sagas, written on genuine vellum in⁠—and here’s the kicker⁠—the blood of EVE Online fans. Did I mention…

Valve only wants to make new Half-Life games if they push the medium forward, but what could it push forward next?

12 months ago08 mins

When asked to explain why Valve never made Half-Life 2: Episode 3 for the recent 20th anniversary documentary, Gabe Newell said that he “couldn’t figure out why doing Episode 3 was pushing anything forward.” For the Valve founder, the Half-Life games can’t just push Gordon Freeman’s story forward. They have to push videogames forward in…

Yuzo Koshiro’s Earthion Confirmed For Switch, PS4, PS5 And Xbox Series X/S

12 months ago01 mins

…as well as Steam and Mega Drive. The official website for Yuzo Koshiro’s upcoming Mega Drive shmup Earthion has gone live, finally confirming the consoles the title will be coming to when it launches this year. We already knew that a Steam release was happening, but it has now been confirmed that Earthion will launch…

Blizzard accidentally left a placeholder item in Diablo 4 and a couple of lucky players went god mode with it

12 months ago06 mins

It wouldn’t be a new Diablo 4 season without someone figuring out how to deal so much damage the game can’t compute it anymore. A couple of lucky players looted a pair of placeholder gloves and proceeded to go god mode with them, crushing the action RPG’s hardest dungeons before Blizzard disabled them in an…

The Company That “Leaked” Switch 2 Is Being Sued By Nintendo

12 months ago01 mins

Genki “used Nintendo’s trademarks… in violation of Nintendo’s rights”. Remember when Genki, the accessory maker behind products like the Shadowcast and Savepoint, showed off a mockup of the Switch 2 at CES earlier this year, stealing a march on Nintendo’s official unveiling? Well, it turns out Nintendo itself wasn’t too thrilled at the surprise being…

Strikers 1945 And Bases Loaded Collections Come To Polymega

12 months ago01 mins

Two more physical collections arrive. Polymega is getting two new releases as part of its ongoing series of physical releases. Polymega Collection 9: Strikers 1945 brings together several classic shmups and features the following games: Read the full article on timeextension.com Two more physical collections arrive. Polymega is getting two new releases as part of…

Once hidden in a Friday Night Funkin’ fangame, surreal free exploration sandbox Garn47 gets a major makeover with the ‘Glorgle update’

12 months ago05 mins

Oh dear, I’m writing a news story about Garn47, which means I now have to explain Garn47. Okay, so hear me out: Garn47, developed by the largely mysterious solo developer/artist/musician Floombo (she wears many hats), is a very strange open world exploration sandbox that started out hidden in a Friday Night Funkin’ fangame, but you…

Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects (April 2025)

12 months ago01 mins

Our picks for the top Switch 1 eShop games of April. Ready for better, brighter weather (at least in the northern hemisphere) and eShop Selects? Us too! Admittedly, our eyes are firmly set on the near future. The Nintendo Switch 2 is just over a month away, and that means a whole slew of big,…

Retro News

The Walking Dead Pinball Remaster IS Happening at Stern, So is Another Run of…; Spooky Pinball IS Making Motörhead

The Fridge12 months ago03 mins

Just a quick update re-confirming some earlier rumors that I wrote about for everyone, since word is that people are saying they aren’t true. A remake of Stern Pinball’s The Walking Dead IS happening this fall. I’m accepting bets on it for anyone who is interested. Also, Stern is planning on making use of those…

Sea Of Stars’ 8-hour epilogue expansion won’t cost you a penny when the circus comes to town on May 20th

12 months ago05 mins

Whether it’s reworked old classics you’re after or fresh picks inspired by ’90s gems, you don’t have to look far for a good JRPG these days. While Clair Obscur might be stirring up discourse on whether a French game can carry the genre name, let’s not forget the powerfully Québécois Sea Of Stars, which dropped…

‘Our presence on PC isn’t strong enough,’ Xbox bosses admit

Peter Molyneux has made a proper game again rather than a monetization experiment, and I really hope he finishes it

‘The exhaustion on screen is 100% real’: The solo dev of this ‘live-action’ survival game spent 40 grueling days alone in the wilderness to create it

Turkiye passes legislation to tighten its grip on Steam and other gaming platforms, but it’s social media companies that really get it in the neck

Everything you need to know about the Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred has a special gift for necromancers who want to be surrounded by 28 skeletons and druids who hate being bears

EVE Online studio CCP is making a medieval-style tome of epic poetry inked with the blood of players to commemorate the game: ‘It turns out, to store information, a really good way is to take blood and write on calfskin’

Valve only wants to make new Half-Life games if they push the medium forward, but what could it push forward next?

Yuzo Koshiro’s Earthion Confirmed For Switch, PS4, PS5 And Xbox Series X/S

Blizzard accidentally left a placeholder item in Diablo 4 and a couple of lucky players went god mode with it

The Company That “Leaked” Switch 2 Is Being Sued By Nintendo

Strikers 1945 And Bases Loaded Collections Come To Polymega

Once hidden in a Friday Night Funkin’ fangame, surreal free exploration sandbox Garn47 gets a major makeover with the ‘Glorgle update’

Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects (April 2025)

The Walking Dead Pinball Remaster IS Happening at Stern, So is Another Run of…; Spooky Pinball IS Making Motörhead

Sea Of Stars’ 8-hour epilogue expansion won’t cost you a penny when the circus comes to town on May 20th