I’m not a full-time Balatro player, but I do have occasional spells where Jimbo lunges from my screen and throttles me until I’ve sunk about 50 extra hours into it. My doctors tell me that’s a ‘hallucination’ and a ‘deflection from me avoiding my responsibilities’, but Jimbo tells me they’re lying, so I’m not sure…
Category: gamescom August 20, 2025 Keeper’s First Extended Gameplay Shows Us an Ever-Changing Adventure Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief There’s a primal human pleasure in simply finding out what something does. It’s the reason you’d still want to push a button that says “do not touch”, or wonder what’s behind a locked door. Keeper thrives…
Formerly known as The Mini CD32. While the Commodore Amiga – which turns 40 this year – was a massive success and sold almost five million units during its lifespan, spin-off systems like the CDTV and CD32 were notable commercial duds. The latter was especially damaging to the brand, as it was seen as Commodore’s…
What do you get if you smash together the adorable cartoon art of Puyo Puyo Tetris with the musical gameplay of Rhythm Heaven and Melatonin? Apparently you get Pastel Parade, and I’ve already sunk entirely too much time into its demo. There are currently five stages to try—four story-related ones, and a bonus stage for…
Inside Out has joined Disney Dreamlight Valley in the Emotional Rescue update, adding two of the movie’s most popular emotions to the game. Both Joy and Sadness can be found and invited to live amongst the villagers, but as always, you need to follow a pretty lengthy process to get there first. Before you can…
What a surprise! As a part of today’s Xbox Gamescom showcase, Dead Cells dev Evil Empire finally lifted the lid on The Rogue Prince of Persia, revealing that it will be coming to Switch and Switch 2 “later this year”. While every other platform landed the full release of this Prince of Persia roguelike today,…
Godlike, that’s the name MSI gives to its very best gaming motherboards. It has released a number of models over the years, going back to the MSI X99A Godlike Gaming for Intel’s high-end desktop chips. I even reviewed one back in 2019, the MSI MEG X570 Godlike. That over-the-top tradition is still going strong today,…
Category: Games August 20, 2025 The Rogue Prince of Persia Gets A Surprise Release: Here’s Some Tips to Get Started Matthew Houghton, Marketing Manager, Evil Empire Summary The Rogue Prince of Persia is out today on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and is available with Game Pass. Discover what makes this 2D action roguelike…
The Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice anime, announced at Gamescom 2025, has found itself landing squarely in the hotseat—as it turns out, the studio brought in by Crunchyroll to produce it, named Qzil.la, might just be using generative AI in their work. Well. Potentially. Here’s the evidence for: As pointed out on Bluesky, Qzil.la‘s website, when…
I have yet to play Stellar Blade, a game our Mollie says is about “a scantily-clad woman fighting to reclaim the planet”, and one that’s popped up in the headlines many times since its release for its incredible number of adult mods and overall… well, let’s face it, thirstiness. Now Samsung says it’s due to…