Also available on Steam and itch. A new Tempest-style tube shooter is making its debut on Nintendo Switch today, courtesy of the indie developer Distant Illusions. Operius DX is a revamped version of the developer’s original mind-bending arcade shooter Operius. This is a game that was created for the Opera GX Game Jam in 2021,…
Elden Ring Nightreign is now in the wild, and my experience thus far can be summed up as “wow this game is hard.” I had a few runs over the weekend and, masochist that I am, went in fairly blind. Bad idea: Every single one ended when a party member picked a fight they shouldn’t…
“One day we hope to do that”. UK developer Argonaut recently sprang back to life, and its first release was a revisit of its 1997 classic, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. While the company is famous for titles like Croc, Star Fox, Starglider and more, it produced a whole host of games between the years…
Old School RuneScape (OSRS) recently made a tweak to its economy, with developer Jagex announcing an increased Grand Exchange (GE) tax. The GE is RuneScape’s trading hub and Jagex acknowledges that “any update involving your hard-earned gold can be sensitive,” so the developer went into some detail on why it was making the change: the…
Category: Xbox Games Showcase June 2, 2025 How to Watch the Xbox Games Showcase and The Outer Worlds 2 Direct on Sunday Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief This Sunday, June 8, it’s time for another huge double feature. The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 kicks off at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK, immediately…
How much power does $250 get you these days? Anbernic is a company which is famous for releasing multiple emulation handhelds every year, but it’s gone through something of a quiet period of late. The Android-based RG557 is its first release in a few months, and it isn’t even a ‘new’ product, really—it’s an iterative…
My first thought when I saw the Asus ROG Pelta was, ‘Really, Asus went for that name?’ The second thought was ‘boy, these really feel like the Steelseries Arctis Nova 7‘. That second thought certainly isn’t a bad one. The Pelta has a notably soft and comfortable texture—one that doesn’t stand out in the looks…
A true World Warrior. Capcom has announced that it has collaborated with legendary composer Yoko Shimomura for this week’s upcoming Elena update for Street Fighter 6. In case you’re somehow unaware of who this is, Shimomura is perhaps most notable for composing another entry in Capcom’s long-running fighting series: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior….
Includes a Jet Set Radio-inspired pair of skates. The original Dreamcast version of Sega’s action roller-skating Jet Set Radio turns 25 later this year. And so, to celebrate, the California-based company ThemSkates revealed last week it will be partnering with Sega to release a bunch of new Jet Set Radio merchandise (thanks Sega Informant). Read…
It’s been a hot minute since we got an update for Lethal Company, but Zeekerss has finally answered players’ hopes and wishes with a chunky slab of new content. Available to play right now, v70 brings an update to the mansion, overhauled features, and probably the best part, a scary new monster. Work on Lethal…