Air force one. Kirby Air Ride, I think it’s fair to say, didn’t receive all that warm a welcome when it launched back in 2003. With lucky GameCubers already marinating in the delicious driving juices of Mario Kart: Double Dash and F-Zero GX, Kirby’s cute and chaotic style of racing just didn’t seem to stick…
Personally, when I hear Honeycomb, I think of ice cream—and then the consequences my lactose intolerant-self would have to face were I to indulge. However, for flight sim fans, there’s only Honeycomb Aeronautical—and lucky for them, they’ve just dropped a brand new gamepad. The Echo Aviation Controller is specifically geared towards playing flight simulators on…
“She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end”. This week has given us the sad news that Rebecca Heineman has lost her battle with cancer at the age of 62. A legend in the world of video game design and development, Heineman won the Space Invaders National Championship in 1980 before moving…
Move over Nvidia—France’s first Exascale Supercomputer will be powered by AMD hardware. Eyponomously named the Alice Recoque, after the French computer scientist who passed away in 2021, the supercomputer is a collaboration between AMD and Eviden. Europe’s second supercomputer to date, the Alice Recoque will be built with next-gen AMD EPYC CPUs, codenamed “Venice,” and…
‘Bomb Bee’ released in 1979. Bomb Bee, Namco’s 1979 arcade sequel to its first in-house designed game, Gee Bee, is this week’s Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 release. Developed by the Pac-Man creator, Toru Iwatani, Bomb Bee, much like its predecessor, is a brick-breaking arcade game that incorporates elements of pinball. It plays similarly…
No “try before you buy” option. The Switch 2 has already got a decent library of demos, but if you were hoping to see something similar for Resident Evil Requiem, it supposedly won’t be happening. Speaking to Australian game website Stevivor recently, Requiem’s producer Masato Kumazawa mentioned there is currently “no plan” to make one…
While players weren’t happy with things being left out of EA’s remaster of Plants vs. Zombies, post-launch support has since restored the dynamic audio and made a few other improvements. In the most recent update, which brings it to version 1.4, the sun vacuum from the console versions finally arrives on PC—as do more hotkeys,…
Here at PlayStation, we’re excited to celebrate the holiday season and another year of gaming experiences with PlayStation’s Black Friday offers which kick off this week. Starting from November 21 for a limited time* gamers can explore a range of incredible deals on games, and more on PlayStation Store. Visit the official PlayStation Black Friday…
Available for a “limited time”. Among Us has dabbled in all sorts of crossovers, and for the latest event, it’s teaming up with the farming and lifestyle sim Stardew Valley. The Stardew Cosmicube (a special item featuring themed cosmetics you can unlock) will be available from now until 18th February 2026 and is completely “free”….
See you out there, Shellheads. Super Evil Megacorp has continued to release all sorts of updates for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate since it arrived on the eShop in 2024, and today it has launched the ‘Wrath Invasion Update’. Astral Wraiths are now invading the game’s campaign and can be found wreaking havoc across…