Every now and then, a truly great game will emerge, revitalizing a beloved genre and reminding us why we fell in love with it in the first place. In 2025, that game was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a turn-based RPG developed by Sandfall Interactive, which wears its inspiration on its sleeve, yet still stands strong…
All eyes may currently be fixed upon Total War: Warhammer 40,000, Creative Assembly’s ferociously ambitious foray into the 40k universe. But it’s worth remembering that the more traditional side of Total War is looking pretty exciting too, as CA is returning to one of Total War’s best settings in Medieval 3. Medieval 3 is much…
‘n Boer maak ’n plan. My brother (left) and I playing Famiclone. You can see the yellow multicart on top of the TV I was born in South Africa, am 1/8th Afrikaans (my ancestors were Boers), and I like to talk about its bizarre and unique gaming ecosystem a lot, since it shaped everything I’ve…
PS1 mascot Spyro the Dragon has a surprisingly strong presence on PC these days. All three of the original games are available on Steam in remade form through the Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Developer Toys for Bob is also working on Spyro: A Realm Beyond, the first new Spyro game in almost 20 years. One thing…
It’s been a long time since we last saw an Elder Scrolls or Fallout game from Bethesda. Fallout 4 is now 11 years old, while it’s been nearly 15 years since Skyrim—the same timeframe between that game and the release of Daggerfall in 1996. It’s wild that two of gaming’s most popular series have been…
Sonic pinball! Retroid Pocket Nova! Star Fox 64! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Sonic pinball! Retroid Pocket Nova! Star Fox 64! Welcome…
Monkey business. We are back for another edition of Box Art Brawl, and it’s a good one this week. Last time, to celebrate all things Sonic for his 35th anniversary, we matched up every Sonic game on Switch, leading to a beefy nine poll options! Sonic Origins Plus came out on top with 33% of…
Mark Rosewater sure does wear a lot of superhero T-shirts. Magic: The Gathering’s head designer and lead on its Marvel Super Heroes expansion specifically is usually seen in interviews and on stage with a comic-book T under his flannel, and apparently called dibs on a Marvel set back when the Universes Beyond concept was first…
You’re forgiven if you’d forgotten about Star Wars: Eclipse. After being revealed with a flashy cinematic trailer in 2021, all we heard about Quantic Dreams’ Star Wars game was the briefest of mentions in a blog post by studio founder and CEO David Cage last year, in which he said, “Of course, development of Star…
A console release is also on the way. Yacht Club’s new game Mina The Hollower has already established itself with millions of sales and it seems the renound Hollower is already gearing up for her next adventure. Rivals creator Dan Fornace has announced Mina will be the first guest character in Rivals of Aether II….