I didn’t expect to be spending today writing about a console, but here we are. The Nintendo Switch 2 is officially announced in a teasingly slow-to-start video, and hold up, did those Joy-Cons just start slipping and sliding around like the rodents we PC gamers are so used to? Yes, I believe they did. In…
Start your engines. Well, folks, the Nintendo Switch 2 is real – finally! In addition to its confirmation via the debut trailer, Nintendo also revealed a brand-new Mario Kart title, which we’re going to simply refer to as Mario Kart 9 until Nintendo says otherwise. Footage from the game was pretty scarce, to say the…
Thanks to a new Dreamcast port of the Half-Life compatible Xash3D engine. A modder has successfully managed to get online matches of Half-Life: Deathmatch & Counter-Strike working on the Sega Dreamcast, despite the games never officially being released for the classic console. This news came to our attention recently thanks to the Dreamcast developer Falco…
Tekken 8 did some good things with its online matches: It introduced a best-of-three format which, while not mandatory, at least encourages folk to stick it out for a few games and get that true tournament feel. It also, however, did some not-so-good things. Introducing the best-of-three matches came at the sacrifice of the humble…
This afternoon, Stern Pinball officially unveiled its new line of accessories for its Black & White Godzilla 70th Anniversary pinball machine. The line of products includes: Black & White Mothra Egg Shooter Knob King Gadorah Side Armor Black & White Inside Art Blades Black & White Godzilla Heat Ray Destruction Topper And the New…
Astro Bot took top honors at the 2024 Game Awards, and we couldn’t be prouder of the little guy and his many friends. But Astro Bot doesn’t exist in a vacuum – Team Asobi’s award-winning hero comes from an illustrious legacy of PlayStation platformers spanning way back to the original PlayStation, from first-party studios and…
Motorbike metroidvania..? Yes, please. Publisher Thunderful has announced that Laika: Aged Through Blood, the critically-acclaimed ‘motorbike metroidvania’, will finally be gracing the Nintendo Switch on 30th January 2025. Originally scheduled to launch over a year ago on 11th January 2024, the game was delayed just one day prior, with Headup – the game’s publisher at…
Category: Games January 16, 2025 Free Play Days – January EA Sports Takeover Kyle Ocean, Marketing Manager, Xbox Gear up for a weekend of non-stop thrills and epic showdowns! Whether you’re scoring goals, hitting the gridiron, racing to the finish line, or landing knockout punches, this weekend has it all with Free Play Days! FC…
Back to front. Given that arcade games have become something of a footnote in the world of video games, it’s easy to forget that once upon a time, they were at the forefront of the entire industry. Running on the most powerful hardware and attracting the cream of development talent, coin-op titles were instrumental in…
Update: More tracks get shared. There’s a common argument that the SNES had superior audio hardware to its rival, the Genesis / Mega Drive, and, on paper at least, that’s hard to contest. Nintendo’s Sony-made sound chip is capable of some amazing music and sound, while the Genesis’ Yamaha YM2612 is based more around an…