You almost feel bad for them… The latest boxed charts from Japan are now available thanks to Famitsu, and as expected, Nintendo’s first-party line-up for Switch 2 is doing particularly well. Specifically, Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza remain unchanged at the top, selling a further 30,202 and 8,424 copies respectively. We’d like to…
If any one thing can claim responsibility for sending me down the dark, dark path of writing for a living, it’s probably MUDs—text-based MMOs from an era before 3D graphics that somehow still endure today. It wasn’t school, it wasn’t uni, it wasn’t a mentor’s encouragement or some precocious childhood proclivity. I just spent most…
Correlation without causation was the caveat we applied last week to reports that the KB5063878 update for Windows 11 was nuking SSDs and HDDs. Now SSD controller maker Phison has reported back on an extensive investigation into the alleged issue. The outcome? Nothing to see here. In a statement to WCCFTech, Phison said it had,…
In the world of PCs and PC gaming, debates are usually quite evenly distributed. AMD vs Intel. AMD vs Nvidia. WASD vs arrow keys. Cats vs dogs. You’ll find arguments for either side most of the time. However, when it comes to Unreal Engine 5, comments from PC gamers are mostly on the side of…
Glitter ball. Following on from last week’s Mega Victreebel reveal, The Pokémon Company has revealed another powered-up ‘mon, with Mega Hawlucha joining the fray in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. The new Mega was introduced in a new combat-focused short on the official Pokémon YouTube channel titled ‘FULL MATCH: Hawlucha vs. Machamp’. Rather fittingly, it showed the…
“We paid special attention to the death scenes…”. Following its original release on the Apple II computer back in 1989, Broderbund and Jordan Mechner’s cinematic platforming classic Prince of Persia went on to receive countless ports to other machines. However, very few of these are as well regarded as its 1992 Super Famicom/SNES port from…
In case you’re unfamiliar with the Final Fantasy 14 community, recently, a mod named Mare Lamentorium—which had many thousands of users at its peak—was sent a cease & desist order. The mod in question allowed players to share their modded appearances with each other, either via an individual code, or by allowing players to join…
Ahhh, memories. XSEED Games has announced that it’s bringing Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta to Switch in the West in early 2026. In case you missed this one, Revelations in Celceta enhanced port of the PlayStation Vita game (which later came to PC and PS4) Ys: Memories of Celceta. Can you see why they changed…
“Who’s a good ape? You are.”. Like many first-party Nintendo games, Donkey Kong Bananza is absolutely stuffed with fun little details and easter eggs. Some are pretty obvious, like the short challenge level that’s basically a recreation of Donkey Kong Country, but others take a little more time and patience to notice. For example, you…
You never see a true ninja attack coming. So it’s only appropriate that none of us predicted Joe Musashi sneaking back onto our screens when Shinobi: Art of Vengeance was announced at The Game Awards in 2023. It’s been eagerly anticipated since, but the 2D action platformer is finally ready to unsheathe its blade on…