Update on the Switch 2 today. Nintendo has been rolling out game updates every week since the Switch 2 arrived earlier this month, and we’ve now got a new patch for Mario Kart World. This follows a small patch last week and bumps the game up to Version 1.1.2. It comes with some general adjustments…
Come and get it. The Switch 2 has been flying off the shelves in its opening month, with Nintendo already confirming the new unit sold “over 3.5 million units worldwide” in the first four days – making it the “fastest-selling Nintendo hardware ever”. While there were some initial concerns the demand for this Switch successor…
Shoot some hoops this August. Earlier this week, Nintendo surprised us with an update about the release date of the 3-on-3 sports game Drag x Drive, confirming it would be arriving on the Switch 2 this August. Adding to this was a price reveal and now in another update, we’ve got what appears to be…
It was 2015—10 years ago—that we called Nuclear Throne “a crowning achievement for Vlambeer, and one of the finest action-roguelikes ever made” in our 90% review. Seven years later, in 2022, we said it was still the best roguelike around. And now, in 2025, eight years after its last update, Nuclear Throne has suddenly sprung…
The US Federal Trade Commission has issued a new wave of refunds totalling $126 million to Fortnite players who were charged for unintentional purposes, and reopened the claims process to allow people who missed it the first time around another chance to get their money back. The refunds stem from a 2022 settlement between the…
Jurassic Park was a story about the dangers of using technology to manufacture the beauty and majesty of life so it can be turned around for a profit. Frontier Developments, publisher and developer of the upcoming Jurassic World Evolution 3, seems to have relearned that lesson, announcing earlier this week that it would remove AI-generated…
It’s a big day for Stalker 2, which saw the return of A-Life in the big 1.5 patch as well as the addition of the absolutely massive (as in, bigger than my whole entire primary SSD) Stalker 2 Zone Kit, a modding toolkit that will enable users to “modify existing content or create new experiences—animations,…
On June 24th, Tassei Denki made an initial offering for the G’AIM’E Plug & Play Time Crisis Gun, a device which can play Time Crisis and other lightgun games of its era on a modern television display. Tassei Denki launched its initial offering on Kickstarter here with a fairly modest initial funding request of…
PvP is the most controversial part of survival MMO Dune: Awakening, and players haven’t been shy about airing their grievances. The massive endgame zone, the Deep Desert, is the only place to find spice in large quantities and endgame-tier resources, and some players aren’t happy that it’s dominated by PvP combat that mostly takes place…
Last night, New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani declared victory in New York City’s mayoral primary election, defeating former governor and political dynast Andrew Cuomo and an opposition backed by billionaire-funded interest groups and an antagonistic press. Some might argue that Mamdani—a 33-year old Muslim immigrant and democratic socialist—achieved a surprising victory by pitching a bold…