Niftski’s heart rate rose to 188 BPM. Super Mario Bros. speedrunner Niftski has set a new world record for the NES game, clocking in 4:54.565 in the ‘any %’ category. The 8-bit classic has been so comprehensively mined by speedrunners in recent years that gains are now made in individual frames rather than seconds. Read…
Much has happened to CD Projekt Red since the Witcher 3 released 10 years ago. Following its launch, CDPR became one of the most respected game studios in the world, before having its reputation destroyed and then redeemed by the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077 and the excellent Phantom Liberty expansion respectively. And it has…
First time the original arcade version has been available in the home. Just before Christmas, it was announced that Sega was teaming up with retro hardware maker My Arcade to produce a series of mini-arcade systems, and we now have more details on one of those systems. My Arcade has been demonstrating some of its…
Long live the Empire. Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl, folks! Last week, we took a look at Crash Nitro Kart for the GameCube, a sequel to Crash Team Racing that never quite managed to step out of its predecessor’s shadow. North America sealed the deal this time with 53% of the vote,…
Instead we got Switch Online’s retro subscription tiers. Before Nintendo’s subscription service took off, fans were able to individually buy and download first-party retro titles and play them whenever they wanted thanks to the Virtual Console service. Although this was eventually replaced with Switch Online’s tier-based retro library, Nintendo apparently had plans to carry over…
It’s Sunday, so why not put your feet up, give your mind a bit of a break, and let us help you solve today’s Wordle. Skip straight to the January 12 (1303) answer if you’re in the mood for an easy win, or if you’re happier taking the long way around use today’s hint and…
The official release takes place next week. Ahead of the launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for Switch next week, some players have supposedly already “got their hands on” physical copies of the game. This was highlighted by ‘Nintendeal’ on social media, which also notes how pre-orders for the game have now sold out…
The 2025 edition of charity fundraising speedrun event Awesome Games Done Quick has been running for the last week, featuring such wonderfully absurd runs as an Elden Ring saxophone-controller boss showcase and a Crazy Taxi speedrun performed with a live band. As a Fallout sicko, I was pleased to see Tomatoangus (also known as Tomatoanus)…
As reported by IGN, Call of Duty YouTuber TheXclusiveAce has outlined a process to access all the match-by-match data Activision has collected on you dating back to 2021’s Call of Duty Vanguard. This data includes a score used for CoD’s skill-based matchmaking or SBMM, the behind-the-scenes system by which players are paired with others of…
Need something real depressing to go with your seasonal affective disorder, northern hemisphere friends? Well, have I got a game for you! Endless Dark is “an existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you – only creaking metal echoes…