Marathon Server Slam start times and rewards

A lot has happened since Bungie originally held its alpha playtest for Marathon, which ultimately caused the developer to go back to the drawing board for almost an entire year. One thing’s for sure: in that time, Embark has established a strong foothold in the extraction shooter genre with Arc Raiders. Nevertheless, it’s time for…

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‘Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection’ Announced For Switch 2 And Switch

The Switch 2 Edition includes 4K and 120fps modes. Inti Creates is kicking off the new year with the announcement of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection for the Switch 2, Switch and multiple other platforms. This “director’s cut” will arrive on 9th July 2026 and comes loaded with Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger…

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When Capcom brought in a professional screenwriter for the original Resident Evil 2, it was his idea to fully embrace the series’ goofy puzzles: ‘We’ll just have to make the police chief a weirdo!’

While Capcom has been on a roll with the last few Resident Evils, earlier in the series’ life things didn’t always go so smoothly. Resident Evil 2 was rebooted about 70% of the way through its development, with the original version eventually dubbed Resident Evil 1.5. Later it would take Capcom multiple restarts to settle…

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Mewgenics’ developers made one of my favourite hardcore platformers, and you can grab it right now for less than $4

The End is Nigh is effectively an unofficial sequel to Super Meat Boy: it’s a reflex-oriented platformer with quick deaths, quick respawns and very dark humour. Protagonist Ash “flops his way through a future of pain and suffering” in search of a friend whose body parts are spread around a spike-filled hellscape. Collectibles are tumours….

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