“I heard Nakatsuji-san mutter, ‘So that’s Gunpei Yokoi…’”. Nintendo has not been accustomed to failure over the past few decades, so it was a surprise to many to learn that the Kyoto-based giant is embracing one of its most costly failures: the Virtual Boy. Reading the recent news story on the value of Athena’s Virtual…
Ever since I’ve been aware of our ranking of the best PC controllers for gaming, the Xbox Wireless Controller has sat atop it. And that’s for good reason. With comfortable textured grips, a great feel, a sturdy build, and a classic look, it’s still a bit of a banger five years after its Xbox Series…
Defensive tweaks, new playbooks, more Limp Bizkit! EA Sports has dropped a huge new update for the recently released Madden NFL 26. The September 17th patch introduces a large number of fixes, adjustments, and other bits and bobs to a game that does a very solid job of bringing the full Madden experience to handheld…
Includes ‘El Viento’, ‘Earnest Evans’, and ‘Anett Futatabi’. Edia has revealed that it will be launching the Telenet Revive project, the Earnest Evans Collection, this December in Japan, across Nintendo Switch, PS5, and PS4 (thanks Gematsu!). This collection will bring together the three titles that make up Wolf Team’s “Anett and Earnest” trilogy, including the…
The Kickballer in Borderlands 4 is a standout legendary shotgun, dealing massive damage and—oh, what’s that?—kicking your FPS off a cliff with the amount of effects going on. The Kickballer fires bouncing projectiles, and when you hit a shot, it’ll fire a second one for free, leading to some very high damage numbers and game-breaking…
The big theme in the first week of Borderlands 4? Whether you’re talking about technical issues or character builds: it’s busted. There are so many broken builds it’s untrue, and players are running around with “infinite damage” builds that nuke bosses in under 10 seconds… which is either great or terrible, depending on your mood….
Cuts quite the figure. Curse of the Dead Gods is an excellent roguelike in the now-classical Hades vein, one that earned itself a lovely 8/10 from us back when it released, and Passtech Games’ follow-up to that cracker, Ravenswatch, is also quite the banger itself, sitting pretty as it currently is on a very nice…
Originally planned as an extension DLC for Dying Light 2: Staying Human, Dying Light: The Beast has ultimately morphed into a full game in its own right, albeit smaller in scope and far more linear than either of its predecessors. The developer, Techland, has stuck to using its internal C-Engine software package, though it’s been…
Category: Announcements September 17, 2025 Xbox Game Camp Africa Returns for 2025 Kaylee LeitzelXbox Game Camp Community Program Manager Summary Now in its third year, Xbox Game Camp Africa returns on December 4 with a 12-week virtual learning program spanning the entire continent. From game ideation to building a prototype, participating teams will receive mentorship…
ModRetro wants it to be the “cheapest generalized device” for open source retro gaming. After years of emulation woes, the Nintendo 64 has found a new lease of life in the world of FPGA retro gaming, and has not one but two hardware clones on the horizon: the Analogue 3D and ModRetro M64. According to…