In August 2020, Apple kicked Fortnite off of the iOS App Store for violating its terms after Epic Games bypassed Apple’s 30% transaction fee by adding its own payment processor to the battle royale game. Almost five years later, Fortnite is finally available on the US App Store again. The return isn’t entirely triumphant for…
Despite what’s implied by the title, Hermano isn’t actually the name of the character you play in the side scroller of the same title for the Game Boy, best optimized for the Chromatic from ModRetro. Rather, you play as Nano, who rises from the grave furious that a demon has kidnapped his beloved…
The Witcher 3 at 10 (Image credit: CD Projekt RED) To celebrate its 10th anniversary, all this week we’re looking back on The Witcher 3—and looking ahead to its upcoming sequel, too. Keep checking back for more features and retrospectives, as well as in-depth interviews with the developers who brought the game to life. Let’s…
Gotta go faster. Sonic the Hedgehog is known for all sorts of partnerships and ahead of the arrival of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Sega might be teasing some sort of collaboration with the energy drink company Red Bull. Sonic’s official social media account posted a rally car featuring a Sonic the Hedgehog graphic and in a…
We’ve gotten our first look at Nicolas Cage as John Madden in the upcoming movie Madden, and I’m stoked. Not for the story or subject: I don’t care much about football, I honestly haven’t played much of the Madden games, and I mostly only know John Madden himself from the TV commercials he did for…
Microsoft is facing more pushback over its dealings with the Israeli military, as The Verge reports that the company’s Build developer conference has been interrupted twice by protesters. The first incident occurred shortly after the start of CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote on May 19, when firmware engineer and No Azure for Apartheid organizer Joe Lopez…
Blade of glory. When Onimusha: Warlords launched for Switch all the way back in 2019, we had optimistically assumed that its sequel would be right around the corner. How naïve. A bit of patience has been required, but now, more than six years later, Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny has finally been given the same remaster…
There’s a boss fight near the midpoint of Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny that I genuinely did not think I’d be able to get through. Not due to any intended challenge or a jarring difficulty spike, but due to its 2002-ass design: fixed camera angles suddenly switching and changing my directional input mid fight; a huge…
It’s been a while since Subnautica 2 first pinged the radar back in 2022, but we know there’s a return voyage from developer Unknown Worlds in the works, and it’s out sometime this year. We’ve seen a slow and steady trickle of details on the next dive—teasers from showcases, Discord updates, and even screenshots hidden…