Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt and much more. Nintendo Music has mostly been drip-feeding Switch Online subscribers one game album per week, but this week it’s going all out with 26 game albums from the NES and Famicom era. This includes songs from classics like Donkey Kong and Duck Hunt, and even games like Devil World…
Descenders Next is a sequel of sorts to Descenders, but it’s pretty different. It’s still about going down hills really fast, but it’s no longer about doing so on pushbikes: instead we have snowboards and mountainboards. I played a little bit last year and loved it, so I’m pretty happy to see it’s just shadowdropped…
“I can finally say… I’m the voice”. Nintendo has already swapped out its Mario voice actor in recent years, and last month, alongside the release of Mario Kart World, Princess Peach’s voice actor Samantha Kelly revealed she was no longer voicing her character after 18 years. Now, in an update, it’s been confirmed that the…
EA has done what I was starting to worry was impossible: Make a rational, popular design decision around Battlefield 6 classes. Earlier this year, the studio caught heat for a series of dev blogs detailing how Battlefield 6’s class system would carry over an unpopular Battlefield 2042 change that allowed all classes to use all…
Please, don’t touch the artwork. There’s something nostalgic about going back to Monument Valley. Ustwo’s indie hit debuted on mobile in 2014 and helped establish (at least for a mainstream audience) that the mobile space could include the artistry of the wider indie games scene with thoughtful, immaculately presented, perspective-bending puzzlers alongside all the clickers…
I wouldn’t blame you for feeling like the games industry is in a dire state. Microsoft’s recent layoffs and studio closures are just the latest in a years-long, industry-wide bloodletting where successful game releases don’t provide any protection against corporate downsizing. Things aren’t great at the moment, but legendary shooter designer John Romero says that…
Category: ID@Xbox July 21, 2025 Ruffy and the Riverside Lets you Copy and Paste the World – Literally Max Geyer, Art Director at Zockrates Laboratories Summary Experience the unique and fun gameplay of the Swap. Explore an all hand-drawn open world. Multiple side quests and customizable environments. Experience the Unique and Fun Gameplay of the…
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As reported by Game Developer, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room has bought its own independence from former owner Sumo Digital, but laid off an undisclosed number of employees in the process, bringing its total headcount to 55. The management buyout was done with the help of venture capital funding, and…
The co-founder of Valve Corporation, Gabe Newell, recently gave an interview to YouTuber Zalkar Saliev. The ocean-going billionaire shares his thoughts on everything from his daily routine to startup culture, but one of the largest themes is AI: and the “funny situation” Newell foresees whereby people who can’t code become “more effective developers of value”…