Assassin’s Creed Shadows was delayed until 2025. At the time, this was considered to be a bit of a blow to a floundering Ubisoft. Fortunately for the developer, it seems like that gambit paid off in the end. The game sold well enough, making it the second-highest Assassin’s Creed seller (on day one) in Ubisoft’s…
The best part of working on Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yōtei has been getting the opportunity to go on reference gathering trips to Japan. As an American, I had primarily seen the country through the lens of beloved classic samurai movies. But actually going there, feeling the wind on your face, smelling pine…
“Gotta Catch ‘Em All”. Police in the UK have arrested a man following a raid on his home, where they discovered a massive haul of rare Pokémon cards, the BBC reports. The estimated worth of the entire haul? GBP £250,000, which is just over USD $332,000. The arrest took place in Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester,…
No smashing please, we’re Nintendo. We’re not sure we’ve reported on the fact that an unofficial Smash Bros.-themed dating app is a thing that exists in this world, but it is (or was), and we all know now. Yes, ‘SmashTogether’, which according to its social media strapline is “The premium dating app for smashers”, had…
The trial version of Friends of Mana has successfully been dumped. Friends of Mana probably isn’t a title that many Western fans of the Seiken Densetsu/Mana series will be aware of. Released in 2006 for Softbank-compatible feature phones (and for i-Mode and EZWeb services one year later in 2007), the network-based multiplayer RPG was never…
Recruitment sessions start next month. There’s no doubt that the Nintendo-owned studio Monolith Soft is cooking up something for Switch 2, but what it’s working on remains to be seen. Whatever it has planned for the future, it looks like the studio needs a couple more hands on deck as it has announced that it’s…
“A true leap forward”. Just to note, that’s not the Flip 1S, but the earlier Flip DS she’s holding AYANEO’s Flip duo of Windows-based handhelds was a pleasant (if expensive) surprise in the world of portable gaming. The Flip KB and Flip DS were clearly inspired by the clamshell design of the Nintendo DS, with…
Until you get your hands on it, it’s hard to comprehend how much bigger Doom: The Dark Ages is compared to its predecessors. Not only are the Doom: The Dark Ages missions generally more open than what we’ve come to expect, there’s also tons of them to complete and heaps (and I mean heaps) of…
We’re finally getting into full swing of the current RDNA 4 and Blackwell GPU generation, with the less expensive cards appearing on the near horizon. On the AMD side that means an RX 9060 XT, which AMD is now all but confirming will be announced next week at Computex. AMD’s recent X post reminds us…
Wizards of the Coast just put out a new line of Baldur’s Gate 3 miniatures via WizKids, and some recipients are complaining because, well, half the cast looks like they got hit with an Acid Spray—maybe a Vitriolic Sphere. “Only Gale has a decent face,” writes Larian’s own senior cinematic artist Elodie Ceselli, who worked…