20 years ago, somewhere near the Lylat System… Before we begin, you’ll have to forgive me for making this piece even more personal and introspective than my typical content, as it relates to what is possibly one of the most important issues of a magazine that I’ve ever seen – primarily because, were it not…
“We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience”. Game Source Entertainment and Ratata Arts have announced that the rhythm title Ratatan will be delayed from its initial July release. It’s now scheduled to launch on 15th October 2026. It sounds like development is pretty much done at this point, but work is still ongoing to ensure nasty…
“Having a media circus around us certainly didn’t help”. id Software’s influential first-person shooter, Quake, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and some members of the team have been reflecting back publicly on the game’s difficult, multi-year development cycle and past mistakes that have only become much clearer with hindsight. If you’ve read about Quake’s history…
Whenever I think roguelike exhaustion has set in, another game comes along to drag me back into the endless grind. This time it’s Everything is Crab, an action roguelike that plays fast and loose with the theory of evolution—instead of evolving over millions of years, all you need to do is enjoy a big meal…
Go, Joe. Hasbro has lifted the lid on its collaboration with the famous Tomb Raider video game series, and it’s a six-inch posable action figure of Lara Croft herself. Originally teased back in May, the team-up was officially revealed during Yo Joe June on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube Channel. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Completion is planned for March 2029. Nintendo has announced it is constructing a new R&D base in Kyoto, Japan, officially called the ‘Technology Development Center’. The company states that the new building “will serve as a new research and development base for Nintendo’s software and hardware”, with completion currently planned for March 2029. It had…
An upgrade pack has been confirmed for Switch owners. Following a release on the original Switch in August last year, publisher Aniplex and developer CyberConnect2 have now finally confirmed a Switch 2 Edition of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2. At the moment, it’s locked in for a 29th October 2026 release…
“It is under consideration”. Square Enix has released multiple Final Fantasy games on Nintendo’s hybrid platforms in recent years, so what else could be on the horizon? At the company’s most recent shareholders meeting, there was reportedly a question about the possibility of Final Fantasy XV getting a Switch release. According to a rough translation,…
While Chuck Tingle may be best known as the author of Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt and a proliferation of works in a similar style (shout-out to the Space Raptor Butt Trilogy as well as I Have No Butt And I Must Pound), these days he also writes legit and well-received horror…
Long before Heroes of Might & Magic enjoyed a triumphant return to form with Olden Era, we had King’s Bounty: The Legend, a strategy-RPG in the classic HoMM mold only with a single gigantic world map rather than discrete levels, and some quirky ideas about courtly marriage. Infamously, this was the game where you could…