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Packaging for Intel’s high-performance Battlemage gaming GPU has popped up in a shipping manifest but I’m not sure I dare to hope it will really launch or actually be any good

The Fridge8 months ago06 mins

We’ve been reporting on the hoped-for launch of Intel’s “big Battlemage” GPU for what seems like forever. The latest step towards that near-mythical eventuality is the emergence of packaging for the supposedly upcoming RTX 5070-walloping graphics card in a shipping manifest. Interpreting these shipping manifests from the NBD website is something of an art in…

The latest AMD Adrenalin driver lets you turn FSR 4 on in a bunch more games but OptiScaler might still come in handy for older titles

The Fridge8 months ago05 mins

It’s been about six months since AMD FSR 4 launched and one of the only real problems with it has been uptake. There just haven’t been many games that officially support the upscaling and frame gen tech, and enabling it has often required the use of a third-party tool. Now, though, AMD has finally added…

Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake Resurfaces, Will Be Playable At TGS 2025

The Fridge8 months ago01 mins

Y’know, only seven years after its announcement. Forever Entertainment has announced that Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake will be playable at this year’s Tokyo Game Show 2025 event. The game was originally announced all the way back in 2018 alongside the remake of the first game. The latter launched in 2020 and wasn’t quite the slam…

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Kirby’s N64 Debut Had the Best Feature of the Franchise

The Fridge8 months ago06 mins

The Kirby franchise first kicked off in 1992 with Kirby’s Dream Land on the Game Boy, and over the course of five mainline entries, the formula was pretty established by the turn of the century. Yet, for the pink puffball’s big debut on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, developer HAL Laboratory was brewing up something…

“My Favourite Was ‘Animal Acres'” – Ex-Nintendo Localization Director Recalls The Difficulty Of Naming Animal Crossing

The Fridge8 months ago02 mins

“We had so many other names that we were in love with”. In an exclusive interview with Time Extension, which went live yesterday, Leslie Swan, a former localization director at Nintendo and one of the individuals responsible for bringing Animal Crossing to the West, shared some fascinating insight into the arduous process behind naming the…

Random: Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion’s Super Secret Boss Takes Some Crazy Trekking

The Fridge8 months ago01 mins

Who’s the boss of Uranus? We’ve spent a whole big chunk of time reviewing and playing through Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion over the past month or so (let this writer tell you) and we thought — we genuinely absolutely thought — we’d seen it all. However (and thanks to Forbes for the hot tip),…

Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) Coming to Select Vehicles in Partnership with LG

The Fridge8 months ago05 mins

Category: Cloud Gaming September 9, 2025 Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) Coming to Select Vehicles in Partnership with LG Christopher LeeVice President of Xbox Marketing We’re committed to meeting players wherever they are, bringing the joy of gaming into even more places and experiences. That’s why we’re excited to announce our latest expansion for Xbox Cloud…

Polymega Unveils New Collections Based On Sengoku Blade & Astyanax

The Fridge8 months ago02 mins

Shipping this October. The Polymega Collection is set to expand once again with the release of two collections based on Psikyo’s Sengoku Blade and Jaleco’s Astyanax. Each collection comes on a Polymega DVD, which can be used alongside Polymega’s game console, and also ships with a visual companion, controller reference, a Polymega Collection sticker, and…

Nintendo And Accessory Maker Genki Reach Settlement In Switch 2 Lawsuit

The Fridge8 months ago01 mins

Genki advertised its products well before the official reveal. At the start of the year, as the hype around Switch 2 was beginning to reach fever pitch, accessory manufacturer Genki began to prematurely advertise its products for the then-upcoming console. Perhaps most notably, it showcased 3D-printed mockups of the Switch 2 during CES 2025 before…

Today’s Wordle clues, hints and answer for September 9 (#1543)

The Fridge8 months ago06 mins

Tear through your daily Wordle without any trouble at all with our help. Today’s clue can get your guesses off on the right foot, and our hints are there if you need something a little extra without instantly giving the game away. Still not enough? Some days are just like that. Which is why the…

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Packaging for Intel’s high-performance Battlemage gaming GPU has popped up in a shipping manifest but I’m not sure I dare to hope it will really launch or actually be any good

The latest AMD Adrenalin driver lets you turn FSR 4 on in a bunch more games but OptiScaler might still come in handy for older titles

Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake Resurfaces, Will Be Playable At TGS 2025

Kirby’s N64 Debut Had the Best Feature of the Franchise

“My Favourite Was ‘Animal Acres'” – Ex-Nintendo Localization Director Recalls The Difficulty Of Naming Animal Crossing

Random: Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion’s Super Secret Boss Takes Some Crazy Trekking

Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) Coming to Select Vehicles in Partnership with LG

Polymega Unveils New Collections Based On Sengoku Blade & Astyanax

Nintendo And Accessory Maker Genki Reach Settlement In Switch 2 Lawsuit

Today’s Wordle clues, hints and answer for September 9 (#1543)