We weren’t expecting this! Nintendo released a major update for Splatoon 3 this week, and in case you missed it, it adds health bars to the game. This has come as a real surprise to Splatoon players, as up until now, the enemy’s health in multiplayer was displayed through visual cues. As Nintendo notes, the…
The idea is cute—there are 12 Tea Princesses who, despite their differences, must band together to protect their realms from an invasion by the Coffee Empire. The execution is surprisingly strategic, with more than 40 Tea Minions who can be brewed by mixing ingredients, each with different stats. “Units brewed with raspberries tend to trigger…
Capcom previously confirmed the physical version is a Game-Key Card. Resident Evil Requiem arrives on the Switch 2 next month and apart from a pro controller, watches, bags and amiibo, there’ll also a themed microSD Express Card. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Atom Zombie Smasher has been in my Steam account about as long as I’ve had one. I held out for as long as I could, but eventually games on CD started demanding I install Steam to run them, so I caved and soon after got Portal and a handful of digital-only indie games like Audiosurf,…
Note: Major spoilers for Fallout Season 2 Episode 7! Back before Fallout Season 2 began, I plugged my brain into a bunch of computers—Mr. House-style—so I could calculate the odds of certain characters from the Fallout universe appearing in the show. Unlike Mr. House, I’m not particularly good at predicting the future, though I’m still…
Note: Major spoilers for Fallout Season 2 Episode 7! Back before Fallout Season 2 began, I plugged my brain into a bunch of computers—Mr. House-style—so I could calculate the odds of certain characters from the Fallout universe appearing in the show. Unlike Mr. House, I’m not particularly good at predicting the future, though I’m still…
Deadlock, the MOBA shooter that Valve would still like us to pretend hasn’t launched even as it receives major additions whose patch notes span pages of tastefully produced graphical treatments, has been drawing attention with its Old Gods, New Blood update. As of last week, Deadlock’s boasting an updated map, a new mode, all sorts…
Remember that Bloober Team countdown with the bizarre URL that kicked off at the end of 2025? It grew a little more elaborate today, with additional images and spooky vocalizing, and some old-time horror fans are hoping the studio is teasing a very unexpected remake of the controversial 2006 PlayStation 2 horror game Rule of…
I like the horse in Highguard. The biggest thrills you can find in that game are on horseback—galloping across plains, jumping off slopes, and blasting foes off their own horses as you circle each other like sharks. That only happens incidentally, though. At its heart, Highguard is a game about farming Vesper (money but blue)…
The Linux Foundation now has a succession plan for the day when Linux creator and main man Linus Torvalds either retires, or is no longer with us. The initiative came out of the Maintainers Summit held in December 2025, which ended with a session on continuity planning. One thing I’ll say about Linux people: they…