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Explore the Magical Origins of a British Gaming Icon—with a Dash of Sarcasm
Category: ID@Xbox September 19, 2025 Explore the Magical Origins of a British Gaming Icon—with a Dash of Sarcasm Carl Itari, Inside Sales Manager, ININ Summary Simon the Sorcerer returns in a prequel. A cauldron full of magical stuff launching October 28. Preorder available today with a bonus DLC. Hi there! We’re ININ Games, an indie…
Video: EA Sports FC 26 Disappoints At 30fps On Switch 2
Not quite an own goal, at least. With the Switch 2 getting many more feature-parity sports games, and looking visually much improved over their Switch 2 predecessors, we’ve been more excited than usual to take to the field and go for a good ol’ kickabout. And, with EA SPORTS FC 26 out in early access…
Review: HautePad X Arcade Controller For Switch & Switch 2 – A Modular Masterclass At A Premium Price
Swapsies. Cosmox Gaming is best known for its Haute Pad range of arcade controllers, many of which can be considered budget options for fight fans, while pretty much all of them are immediately compatible with the Switch and Switch 2. The HautePad X wired controller is a slightly different proposition, and it’s a wild one….
Play Your Way in EA Sports FC 26 with the EA Play 10-hour Trial
Category: Xbox Game Pass September 19, 2025 Play Your Way in EA Sports FC 26 with the EA Play 10-hour Trial Juliet NiczewiczSenior Director, Corporate Communications, EA Summary The EA Sports FC 26 10-hour EA Play trial is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Xbox on PC via Game Pass Ultimate and PC…
The adaptation you’ve been waiting for since 1996 is finally here: Bop It! is now a videogame
Videogames are great but don’t you wish they had more bopping? And not just more bopping, but also more twisting and pulling, perhaps of… I don’t know, some sort of nebulous… it? And most importantly, a loud voice telling you exactly when you should bop it, twist it, and/or pull it? Your oddly specific prayers…
Pope Leo refuses to authorise an AI Pope and declares the technology ‘an empty, cold shell that will do great damage to what humanity is about’
Pope Leo XIV has rejected the idea of an AI Pope, saying in an interview with biographer Eloise Allen that “if there’s anybody who should not be represented by an avatar, I would say the Pope is high on the list” (first spotted by The Register). Pope Leo, who is forthright about his views on…
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is richly authentic, intriguingly written, dripping with brooding atmosphere, and… not very fun to play, unfortunately
A certain kind of person is going to fall completely in love with Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Playing through a new hands-on demo showing off more of its dark vision of Seattle, I’m struck by how much it nails the atmosphere of the original tabletop RPG. If you were a goth kid in…
Here’s When Hades 2 Releases In Your Time Zone
God ‘a do it. After a lengthy Early Access period, we now finally know that Hades II will be arriving as a Switch 1 & 2 timed console exclusive on 25th September — that’s next week! It’s exciting times for those of us who have been waiting for the full launch all this time, and…