Bing Bong was the first thing I saw after waking up dazed in the sand after a traumatising plane crash at the start of Peak. His little green frame immediately caught my attention and his wonky eyes somehow filled me with peace amid the burning wreckage; this must be how the cast of Lost felt….
No Cap(py). We assumed we were going to have to wait until launch day to find out the development team behind Donkey Kong Bananza, but no! Nintendo has surprised us all by announcing it early. As revealed to us at a recent Bananza hands-on event, we now know for sure that Nintendo EPD is behind…
Gotta respect the Rambition. Nintendo has a real knack for testing my attention span. I felt it in the subtask-filled Hyrule of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, but, far more importantly for this preview, it’s Super Mario Odyssey that most effectively bombarded me with distractions. Even a simple ‘Walk to that…
Category: Xbox Game Pass July 1, 2025 Coming to Game Pass: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, Minami Lane, Ultimate Chicken Horse, and More Megan Spurr, Senior Community Lead, Xbox Game Pass *Waves hands in front of your face* Watch me do a magic trick – in a few days all these games that…
“We’re sorry to say that we’ve had another round of layoffs at Cyan”. The oldest surviving independent game studio in the United States has announced a fresh wave of layoffs, we’re sad to report. Founded in 1987 by Rand and Robyn Miller, Cyan (now known as Cyan Worlds) is best known for the million-selling Myst…
And it’s very soon! Following its recent, unexpected delay on Switch, System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition has landed a new launch date, and it’s very soon. It’s 10th July 2025, in fact! That’s just over a week away at the time of writing. Kudos to Nightdive Studios for sorting this last-minute issue out promptly…
Version 2.4.0 now available. The PS2 emulator PCSX2 has just been updated to version 2.4.0, bringing with it a ton of exciting new improvements that aim to make the experience of emulating your favourite titles on computers (Window, Linux, and Mac) even better. The new update carries from last year’s update PCSX2 2.0, which the…
Full Metal Schoolgirl is an exhilarating action-shooting game in which machine girls, armed and mechanized from head to toe, storm a giant exploitative corporation and wreak havoc with non-stop shooting and slashing. Two cyborg high school girls rise up to destroy Meternal Jobz, an evil corporation that rules over Japan in a not-so-distant future. The…
“Please check out the intricate graphics and powerful sound”. Yuzo Koshiro’s Earthion launches at the end of this month, and the acclaimed composer, designer and developer has posted a first look at the shmup’s fourth stage. Captured from the Mega Drive version of the game (which sadly won’t be out until next year), the footage…
The Hexblade is king—anyone who’s been playing D&D since 2017 knows this, though Baldur’s Gate 3 players were only introduced to the Warlock subclass in Patch 8. D&D 2024’s now taking steps to dethrone it, as seen in June’s Unearthed Arcana rules—free playtests released to the public for balance passes. For the uninitiated, the Hexblade…