Save data carries across. Ahead of Metaphor: ReFantazio arriving on the Switch 2 next month, Atlus has now released a demo on the eShop. This “prologue” demo and will allow you to experience the opening section of the title. Additionally, any save data you have can be transferred across to the full game when it…
“It’s for the people in Stardew Valley that go into the mines”. Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone has been working on his new game The Haunted Chocolatier for over four years now, and during a recent chat with GQ, he’s provided a quick reminder about what fans can expect from the gameplay. While the title…
As a Star Wars mega-fan, one of my greatest fantasies was to take control of a vehicle from the universe and go on a joyride filled with destruction. Some of my favorites were the various walker variants throughout the movies and television series. When Return of the Jedi hit the screen in 1983, my newest…
Devs told to use AI to finish game after supposed delay. In some industry news this week, Fortnite creator Epic Games has reportedly told developers behind a new Disney title “to use more artificial intelligence tools” to complete it, after delaying the project. According to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, developers working on this Disney video…
Pre-orders open next week. The Legend of Zelda‘s 40th anniversary is well underway, and following an “exclusive edition” Link statue earlier this year, First 4 Figures has now revealed a Zelda figure. This “sneak peek” offers a brief look at a 12″ painted pvc statue based on Princess Zelda from Tears of the Kingdom, and…
An unannounced Star Wars and Marvel shooter in the works at Epic Games has been delayed, and its creators instructed to take an “AI first” approach to development. Staff were advised of the pivot last week, according to a Bloomberg report, with the project delayed indefinitely from its (unannounced) March 2027 release. That “AI first”…
Counter-Strike containers are one of the few systems in modern gaming where the odds are published rather than guessed at. Valve prints the drop rates, and anyone can read them before deciding whether to bother. That has not stopped the numbers being widely misunderstood. Most players know a knife is rare without knowing how rare,…
Counter-Strike began in 1999 as a free Half-Life mod made by Minh Le and Jess Cliffe. Valve’s November 2000 retail release is now 25 years old. Its path into organized competition began with a recognizable rhythm: two teams, an objective, and rounds with a definite ending. Shooting remained essential, but a match also demanded cooperation…
You finally got the machines downstairs. Two friends, a dolly, a lot of swearing on the stairs. Then you plug everything in, start a game, and the first time the knocker fires, it sounds like somebody dropped a cinder block. Multiball? Forget it. Within a minute, the room turns into one long rattle of flippers,…
There’s a generation of millennial gamers who are haunted by an entity known as ‘old Blizzard,’ an allegedly more competent, creative, and virtuous version of the present-day Microsoft subsidiary based in Irvine, California. For the nostalgia-afflicted, BlizzCon 2026 felt like a nod to those good ol’ days of Blizzard—at least in terms of ambition and…