Ymir is already looking very promising. A new PC-based Sega Saturn emulator is doing the rounds called Ymir, and it’s already showing plenty of promise despite only being at v0.1.2. As you can see from the footage below, the emulator is already capable of running SEGA Rally very accurately. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting its first set of hotfixes tomorrow—which’ll include a nerf to Stendhal, a skill that’s been allowing players to do around 4 billion damage, which, as I observed yesterday, is enough to kill the game’s hardest endgame superboss 45 times over. “We hadn’t planned to make any balance changes this…
There’s a very strange thing that happens when an industry starts to become incredibly relevant to national security: There’s talk of spy movie-sounding tech like tracking and remote disablement. And no, I’m not talking about PC gaming—this is, of course, about Nvidia’s AI chips and the potential that they could end up in China’s hands….
“We have had to make certain compromises”. Late last year, Palworld developer Pocketpair announced that it was scrapping the Poké Ball-like summoning mechanic from its game as a result of its ongoing Nintendo lawsuit. Well, it looks like the changes aren’t stopping there, as the dev has today announced that more “disappointing” changes are yet…
Synergy has had an impressive rework for its official launch. While this does mean you have to say goodbye to your early access saves, I’ve been playing the final build and can assure you it’s a worthy trade for loads of new features like new plants, seasons, and storylines. I remember when Synergy was but…
“When I left, I kept EVERYTHING”. Fallout series creator and legendary designer Tim Cain has been sharing stories of game development on YouTube for a while now and recently claimed that, to his knowledge, the source code for the first few Fallout games on PC had been lost after Interplay—the original publisher—ordered it to be…
Pending shareholder approval. Nintendo has announced that it is appointing a new outside director to the company who will also take a seat as a member of the board. Subject to approval on 27th June 2025 as part of the annual shareholder meeting, Kazuhiko Hachiya will join Nintendo as a director, effective immediately upon approval….
Make way for Bananza. Nintendo has confirmed that Donkey Kong Country Returns HD has surpassed 1 million in sales, reaching a total of 1.27 million. Released on 16th January 2025, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD’s performance is about what we were expecting, but it’s nevertheless an impressive achievement within just a month and a half….
Scarlet and Violet climb the ladder. Nintendo has released its financial data for the full FY2025, and you know what that means: it’s time to take an updated look at the top ten best-selling Switch titles. The only notable change we can see here is that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has expectedly overtaken Pokémon Sword…
And original Switch, of course. Nintendo has released its end-of-year financial update and, as per the norm, it has reconfimed release dates/windows for its major upcoming titles. It’s a little bit different this time, of course, since we’re now also factoring in Nintendo Switch 2, so the schedule is undoubtedly looking a bit more stacked…