The end of 2025 also brought the finale of Stranger Things, but while the adventures of Will, Eleven, Mike, and the rest of the gang wrapped up, that doesn’t mean your time in Hawkins has to end entirely. Courtesy of Minecraft’s newest DLC, a collaboration with the series, you can explore a blocky version of…
There’s plenty of argument to be had about when and where BioWare—the erstwhile king of RPGs—began its fall from grace, but I don’t think you can dispute the point it hit rock bottom: the 2019 release of Anthem, a live-service co-op looter-shooter that had little in common with the games that once made the studio…
Available in both 32 colour and 16 colour versions. When Sonic arrived on the Genesis / Mega Drive at the start of the ’90s, it caused shockwaves. Not only did this 2D platformer look and sound amazing – and arguably better than anything on rival systems at the time – it also ran really fast,…
Including us..? The Lego Game Boy has, to be expected, proven to be a smash hit with Nintendo fans, and has no doubt been a blisteringly hot product over the Christmas period. But it seems as though many folks have forgotten what a Game Boy cartridge actually looks like, as photos cropping up online showcase…
“This is a cultural medium”. The late Nintendo legend Masayuki Uemura (left) visited The National Videogame Museum in 2020 The Sheffield-based National Videogame Museum is gearing up to establish the UK’s first archive of video game design, reports the BBC. Read the full article on timeextension.com “This is a cultural medium”. The late Nintendo legend…
Ball’s in your court. After The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, it seemed almost inevitable that we’d see a new Hyrule Warriors title. According to a new interview with 4Gamer (thanks, Nintendo Everything), the folks over at both Nintendo and Koei Tecmo thought the same thing, and so it didn’t take long for…
Legendary Sega boss died on Christmas Day. Stefano Arnhold (Tec Toy President), David Rosen and Mr Sakurai (Executive Director of Sega) photographed in 1985 Sega co-founder David Rosen passed away on Christmas Day, surrounded by his family, RePlay Magazine reports. He was 95. Read the full article on timeextension.com Legendary Sega boss died on Christmas…
An unremarkable start to 2026. The latest UK Charts data is in, and truth be told, it’s a pretty predictable, unremarkable start to the year. EA SPORTS FC 26 has once again taken the lead, with the majority of sales on the PS5. Mario Kart World maintains the silver medal, while Mario Kart 8 Deluxe…
Arc Raiders has gotten plenty of praise for being a touch more chill than other extraction shooters, and that’s by design—right on down to the game’s matchmaking system, which takes notice of how aggressive you are and tries to match you with like-minded players. This was confirmed in an interview stream Games Beat conducted with…
After heading up development on Fallout 1, project lead Tim Cain split from Interplay to found a new studio, Troika, alongside fellow Fallout devs Jason Anderson and Leonard Boyarsky. In a recent vlog on his YouTube channel, Cain dug into why Troika’s output lacked a certain spit shine polish compared to their previous games and…