Get in line. Retailer Smyths has announced that it will be holding a midnight launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, allowing those who pre-ordered via Click-and-Collect or Store Collection to pick up their consoles as early as possible. Stores will be open from 12:01am to 12:30am, and Smyths has also confirmed that it will have…
Sebastian Vettel once said over the radio: “We have to remember these days because there’s no guarantee they will last forever.” There’s an odd feeling of that here, and not only due to F1’s stablemate WRC being ‘paused’ by EA. Rather, 2016’s genius revamp of the career mode was arguably perfected in 2018 and here…
Category: Games May 27, 2025 Dragon Quest Day is Here – How the Iconic RPG Series Gained Legendary Status Melanie GordonMarketing Manager, Square Enix Summary May 27 is Dragon Quest Day – learn all about the legendary franchise that created the JRPG genre. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is available now on Xbox – start…
Cities: Skylines 2‘s had a rough ride since it launched in 2023. There’s no denying that Colossal Order has made some substantial improvements to the wonky launch build in the nearly two years since it arrived, but it feels like the team is constantly juggling a variety of issues. In the original post-launch roadmap, which…
Doom Eternal, NBA 2K25, and more to get an update. Nintendo has updated its list of Switch 1 games that will be compatible with the Switch 2 today, 27th May 2025, with a bunch of games needing a free update to run on the new console. Titles such as Doom Eternal, ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in…
Evangelion The Fighting Impact Rebuild launched on mobile in Japan. Preserving Japanese phone games is a tricky and often underappreciated process. These titles weren’t distributed physically but as digital downloads via services such as i-mode, so tracking them down and ensuring they’re not lost forever as hardware dies is effectively a race against time. While…
It’s not exactly news that Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 both grapple with heavy-hitting themes—but there are a few stand-out moments that can really crawl under your skin. For me, just about all of ol’ 2077 was a bit of an existential nightmare, though it was one I was thoroughly enthralled by. Speaking to…
Peter Mandelson, the oleaginous right-hand of Tony Blair’s Labour Party in the late ’90s, once remarked to a colleague that the party had no need to focus on its traditional voter base, and could safely dedicate itself to chasing more affluent, middle-class, conservative voters. After all, said Mandelson, its base had “nowhere else to go”….
A heavy K.O. for collectors. Street Fighter 6 is one of the key launch titles for the Nintendo Switch 2, releasing on day one on 5th June 2025. Digitally, you can pick up either the bog-standard edition for £34.99 or the Years 1-2 Fighters Edition for £49.99. Meanwhile, a physical release is being lined up…
“Honestly, we were almost doing Mario Kart”. If you’re a keen follower of Formula One, then you’ll know that the Monaco GP is one of the most famous races on the calendar—even though it’s ironically one of the less exciting races. The principality’s narrow, winding streets weren’t designed for racing super-fast, open-wheel cars, and, as…