Well, that escalated. Repair firm iFixit has performed a full teardown of the Switch 2’s Pro Controller, delivering a scathing review of the repairability and potential durability of the accessory. Ultimately, it calls the Pro Controller a “p**s-poor excuse for a controller”. But why? Well, watching the video reveals just how tricky it is to…
The Sims 4’s latest expansion, Enchanted By Nature, has stayed true-to-form by messing up unrelated parts of the game. In this case loads of Sims are now being marked as pregnant by the game, even if they’re male and have never woo-hooed in their virtual lives. The bug isn’t affecting every player but is widespread,…
Get ready to enjoy new Diamond 99 All-Star player items, Programs, Moments, Missions, and more highlighting some of the most impactful players and plays from the 2025 MLB All-Star Week. Today, Friday, July 11, marks the start of the 2025 MLB All-Star Week at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. For those that can’t make it…
Aye, Robot. With Switch 2 now hosting Wind Waker, SoulCalibur and the like, have you got a case of GameCube fever? If so, Misc. A Tiny Tale might be just the soothing ointment you need to apply generously all over your body. Lead developer Michael Pearce has said it was inspired by the games of…
“This was the most fun I’ve had working on anything in years”. We recently reported on the fact that Supercell – famous for its smartphone games – had teamed up with a bunch of former EMAP journalists to create Super Cellphone Gamer, a promotional magazine based on the legendary Mean Machines, one of the UK’s…
Safeguard Drac’s pumpkin garden. While the original Donkey Kong is arguably one of the most famous (and important) games in Nintendo’s history, its sequels are slightly less well-known and certainly struggled to match Kong’s explosive debut in terms of commercial and critical acclaim. Despite this, they actually enhanced and evolved the gameplay, with 1983’s Donkey…
If you get the error message, head to the contact page. It’s come to light since Switch 2 launched that Nintendo is cracking down on people who make copies of its software — legitimate or otherwise — by ‘banning’ consoles it detects playing copies of Switch 1 games – a worry for anyone considering a…
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is all about fast, frantic fun, but that’s not to say you won’t benefit from a little helping hand when it comes to pulling off more elaborate tricks, which is where game mods come in incredibly handy. If you’re wondering about whether or not the cheats used in…
“soon I’ll be catching up to his age, won’t I?”. Masahiro Sakurai has taken to social media to provide a small, but welcome update on Kirby Air Riders while also paying tribute to Satoru Iwata, the former president of Nintendo who passed away on 11th July 2015. As reported by Automaton, Sakurai states that Kirby…
“Composed and designed to run on actual Amiga computers”. German electro-pop composer Denis Karimani – better known as Remute – has cornered the market when it comes to creating albums which run on retro gaming hardware. He’s already produced albums for the SNES, C64, Game Boy and Mega Drive / Genesis, and now it’s the…