I have come to commend what I can only describe as 8BitDo’s commitment to the bit. From the 8BitDo Retro keyboard and the Pro 3 gamepad, to the R8 gaming mouse sat under my palm, they all have a distinguished and unique look, but they’re so much more than a retro facade slapped on top…
Redeeming Playground Basketball codes will save you from spending hours earning coins to purchase cosmetics. Instead, you can instantly redeem thousands of these coins at a time to ensure you’re the best looking player on the field. With plenty of active codes already available, you’ll be able to start shopping around in no time at…
Bring it on. Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined may look all cute and cosy, but fans of the original game will know that its story is pretty dark when compared to other entries in the series. According to producer Takeshi Ichikawa in a new interview with GameSpark (thanks, Automaton), this is actually a key factor in…
Tokihiro Naito was the creator the groundbreaking RPG series ‘Hydlide’. Tokihiro Naito, the creator of the highly influential Japanese role-playing game Hydlide, recently opened up on his personal social media account about the difficulty of finding work in his 50s due to age discrimination in Japan. As spotted by Automaton-Media, Naito shared on his Twitter/X…
Will also work on real PS1 & PS2 hardware. Taki Udon, the developer of the FPGA PS1 open source console, the SuperStation One, has shared a first look at a set of prototype renders for its upcoming memory card line on social media. As many have noted, the cards share a fairly similar design to…
A 35-page appetiser. Nintendo has released a 35-page digital sample for its upcoming Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective book ahead of its official release on 28th October 2025. The sample shows off some gorgeous concept art from the original Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. We get a glimpse…
N++ released as a PS4 exclusive in 2015 before hitting PC a year later. It’s a platformer focused on fluid, momentum-based motion through stylish one-screen levels, and I can’t recommend it enough: nothing else feels like this game. In my 92/100 review I practiced no restraint at all. “In some ways N++ feels like the…
It’s no secret that Western games development is in the doldrums: the industry has laid off over 45,000 jobs since the COVID bubble burst in 2022, and publishers and studios are scrambling for ways to adapt to rising costs and shifting player priorities. Meanwhile, viral hits from smaller teams—ranging from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 through…
Sail straight through your daily Wordle with our hints for the October 21 (1585) game. Use them right at the start if you like, helping you form your early guesses and then working from there. Or save them for later, turning weird yellow letters into winning green ones. And if things still aren’t working out?…
It won’t be updated “in time for the main game’s release”. Persona 3 Reload got a Switch 2 demo a few weeks ago, and it’s raised some concerns about the performance of the game on Nintendo’s new hybrid platform, with players reporting all sorts of issues about the frame rate. While the eShop showed the…