Listen now! Nintendo Music has added all sorts of albums recently, and today’s update sees the arrival of the Wii Fit Plus soundtrack. There are 90 tracks included in this album, with a run time of 1 hour and 54 minutes. Some are just quick musical notes or sounds that play during certain segments, while…
Includes some general changes. In August, Nintendo launched a new ‘My Mario’ campaign in Japan designed for parents and their children. This included an interactive app called Hello, Mario! for the Switch and smart devices. Although this app is a bit different to Nintendo’s usual offerings, it seems it will still receive the same type…
Game developer Rebecca Heineman has died after being diagnosed with cancer last month. The news was shared to Bluesky by Heineman’s friend, Heidi McDonald, while the most recent post on Heineman’s GoFundMe is a goodbye message stating that her health was rapidly deteriorating, and she was entering palliative care. Heineman was 62, and the GoFundMe…
After two decades of Half-Life 3 rumors, each new burst of hope looks a lot like Charlie Brown once again getting set to kick a football. None of the suspicious lines of CS:GO code or yarn-webbed conspiracy board YouTube videos have actually preceded an announcement of the fabled Half-Life 2 sequel. And yet, here we…
The life cycle of a game isn’t easy to predict. Some start strong and burn out quickly, others endure for years before slowly fading. Some crash and burn on day one while others are kept alive by players, modders, and community creators long after they might have otherwise slipped away. A few games, however, have…
Labyrinth of the Demon King is one of my top games of the year, a first person survival horror delve into Feudal Japan. Part of its appeal lies in the oppressive, stressful music and sound design by composer Remu Daifuku: This game has the worst, most disconcerting collection of gurgles, slurps, crunches, screeches, creaky floorboards,…
A pre-trial brief filed by lawyers representing the ousted former heads of Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds alleges that Krafton CEO Changham Kim was “desperate” to avoid paying them the bonuses required by their acquisition contract because of the “professional embarrassment” that would result from the perception that he overpaid for the studio. The filing…
It’s a bit of a quiet time for World of Warcraft as players wait for the release of its next expansion. In this pre-Midnight lull, there’s not much to do except prepare yourself for the removal of combat mods and the sweeping class balance changes. This, along with it being WoW’s 21st anniversary, is probably…
I’ve yet to play a videogame that wasn’t improved by the presence of reactive physics. We all share a biological imperative to throw stuff across a room, smash two objects together, and laugh when something big falls flat on its face. The Arc of Arc Raiders deliver on all of these treasured pastimes, and never…
With less than a month to go before Geoff Keighley’s combination accolade blitz and advertising bombardment, The Game Awards has just announced its 2025 slate of nominees, determined by a yearly panel of critics, journalists, and industry personalities. And it is, without a doubt, the most French set of TGA nominations to date. If you’ve…