AMD’s Strix Halo is a beefy chip with superb CPU performance (according to our testing), but I thought it was a bit too power hungry and pricey to slap into a gaming handheld. Well, me just a few days ago was a fool, as GPD has announced just that. There’s just one catch— It doesn’t…
Cherry picking. Well look who finally showed up! Microsoft has today announced that Hollow Knight: Silksong (yes, the Hollow Knight: Silksong) will be making an appearance at Gamescom 2025 in a new playable demo. In a new Xbox Wire blog post, the company confirmed that Silksong will be one of the titles coming to the…
NS2 Edition Hyper Partying Redux Deluxe ++. With Donkey Kong still basking in the limelight a couple of weeks after the excellent Bananza launched, you might have missed Nintendo’s second first-party Switch 2 release to hit the eShop in as many weeks. Sure, it’s more of an addendum to 2024’s Super Mario Party Jamboree, but…
“Give us a chance,” horror studio Bloober Team asked Silent Hill fans last summer. Before Silent Hill 2’s remake racked up critical acclaim on release, the developers at Bloober Team spent two years working under the Sauron-like eye of a fandom that had weathered far too many disappointments, and a horror audience that saw Bloober’s…
Jacek Zięba reflexively reaches for his temple as he recalls the moment he realized Bloober’s sci-fi horror game, set in alt-history Poland after a deadly outbreak, was about Covid. “We didn’t want to make a game about the pandemic,” the game director says. “When we started the story, it just worked for us. And at…
Category: gamescom July 28, 2025 Xbox @ gamescom 2025 Maxi GraeffGaming Marketing Lead DACH, Xbox Summary Xbox returns to gamescom with over 20 titles to play, including the first public hands-on opportunities for multiple games. Play Hollow Knight: Silksong with a new demo – on PC or ROG Xbox Ally X. The Xbox booth will…
Coming 2026. After over 10 years of development, a remake of Mother / EarthBound Beginnings built inside the cult classic SNES title EarthBound is finally “nearing completion”, according to a new trailer published during last weekend’s Free Fangame Festival (F3). Earthbound Beginnings Remake originally started life back in 2007 under the name EarthBound Zero, and…
Back in April, we reported on the commencement of an investigation by the US government. Specifically, the goal of the probe was to look at the country’s reliance on foreign semiconductor production and how such imports might affect national security. In a press conference after a meeting with President Trump and the EU held over…
Total Digital Eclipse of the heart. We’ve been eagerly anticipating more news on Digital Eclipse’s Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection since it was revealed last month with a 2025 release window, and while nothing has been officially shared, it looks like a more specific release date might have accidentally leaked — via the Xbox App, no…
In the late ‘70s, Mattel Electronics’ Intellivision machine was carving out a respectable space among the dense pack of lesser-powered gaming consoles and the deluge of Pong clones that were rapidly flooding the marketplace. Distinguishing itself from the horde, the Intellivision represented a multitude of “firsts” for the industry: It was the first console to…