If you’ve played SpaceChem, Infinifactory, Opus Magnum, or any of the other engineering puzzles of Zachtronics you’ll be familiar with the Zach-like subgenre—visual programming games where you build a system to turn input into output, every level a lesson in learning the tools, and then realizing there are multiple ways to achieve your goal with…
First reported by GamesRadar, Hideo Kojima revealed in a year-end Twitter post that his upcoming projects OD and Physint have encountered difficulties due to the SAG-AFTRA strike that began last July and remains ongoing. “For OD, we developed the game and had actor and environment scanning,” Kojima wrote as part of his 2024 year-in-review. “In…
Here’s some good news for owners of Barrels of Fun’s first pinball machine Labyrinth and fans of the company in general, like myself. The Company announced this morning that it has hired the highly-regarded pinball industry veteran Butch Peel to write his famous pinball manuals for it. Congratulations to both Barrels of Fun and…
We began this year with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and ended it with Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Both are new games from beloved institutions of 2010s triple-A single player games, their first outings in many years—a full decade since Arkham Knight and the last Dragon Age game, while it’s been five years since…
Streamer and former pro FPS player Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek has announced a January “Fragathon” for charity, with the main event being a promise to donate $1 (with potential multipliers) for every kill he scores on-stream over the coming month. “Last year, I lost my dad to cancer, and ever since I’ve been looking for ways…
Black and blue, not white and gold. Fresh images of what looks to be the left Joy-Con controller from the upcoming ‘Switch 2’ hardware have been posted online, supposedly originating from China. Hosted over on Reddit by ‘thisSubIsAtrocious‘ and subsequently shared all over social media, the Joy-Con sports the new magnetic rail with which to…
In the early 90s, Sega’s Genesis system was struggling compared to its competitors, so the company looked to enhance their 16-bit home console with hardware add-ons. Preceding the release of the Sega Saturn, the 32X infused the Genesis with richer visuals and smoother gameplay, but it wasn’t enough to turn the tide. Originally released in…
Battle of the Bandicoots. Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl — the first of 2025, no less! Last week, we matched up a pair of beauties from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (yep, we were shocked that we hadn’t covered it already too), and after a week of voting, the results came…
Whether you’re hoping to find a bit of a helping hand, or you’d really just like to make sure you win your daily Wordle, we’ve got something here for you. Get yourself in the right frame of mind with our general tips and tricks, move onto our hint for the January 5 (1926) game if…
Returning next week. The former PlayStation Vita exclusive and action RPG Freedom Wars Remastered is launching next week on the Switch eShop and if you’re planning on downloading this one, you might be interested to know the file size. According to Nintendo’s official website, it will require around 4.6 GB of free space on your…