Gears of War: E-Day Early Access Open Beta Starts Today – Everything You Need to Know
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Fans of Knight Lore & Atic Atac, Take Note! This Ultimate Play The Game / Rare Tribute Is Getting A Playdate Exclusive Spin-Off
Featuring three playable characters and 221 rooms! As a huge fan of Rare (and by extension its predecessor Ultimate Play The Game), one of my favourite retro-themed releases of the last few years was BitGlint Games’ Melkhior’s Mansion. A PC tribute to classic Ultimate games like Atic Atac and Knight Lore, it featured some truly…
Monsters Are Coming! Launches on XBOX Series X|S on August 6 — With a New Update Built for Challenge Seekers
Summary Monsters Are Coming! launches on XBOX Series X|S on August 6, 2026. A new update introduces The Joker, a chaotic new Hero built around randomness, weapon swapping, and unpredictable upgrades. The X-Fortress joins the Townhall roster, rewarding precise city organization and powerful tower placement. Weekly Challenges, stackable Challenges, new modifiers, and a Codex expand…
“I Don’t Understand This Hate Towards Arcade Game Design” – Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Dev Comments Trigger Fresh Debate
“I can deal with disappointment. This feels more like a betrayal”. Once upon a time, the place to experience cutting-edge games and mechanics was the arcade. Back when coin-ops were king, the hardware that drove these titles was more powerful than home systems, but they were also backed up by high skill ceilings – an…
Valve explains clever shortcut for the Steam Controller’s Grip Sense, and I’m starting to think it’s a killer feature
The Steam Controller has a pretty niche feature called Grip Sense, which is a pair of capacitive touch sensors inside the handles that can sense when you are touching them. Though you may not use it, Valve thinks you should “Because it’s, like, cool” and even recommends a couple of sweet shortcuts to use with…
Capcom Isn’t Fussed About A Potential All-Digital Future
“Approximately 90% of our unit sales are digital”. The idea of a potential all-digital future is still very much doing the rounds at the moment, with Sony confirming that it will be ceasing the production of PS5 discs from January 2028 (and if you thought it might reverse course, think again). One company that doesn’t…
Review: The Pico GX Makes One Of Console Gaming’s Most Infamous Flops Infinitely More Appealing
Amstrad GX4000, you are forgiven. The world of video gaming is littered with hardware flops, but few of them are quite as catastrophic as the Amstrad GX4000. It’s easy to see why this ill-fated 1990 console made sense from a business perspective; systems like the NES and Master System were gathering momentum in Europe at…
Egret II Mini Livestream Announced For Later This Month, With Its Software Library Set To Hit 100 Titles
Get your guesses in now! Taito and Famitsu have announced a livestream later this month to reveal new software for the Egret II Mini. This livestream will take place on August 27th, 2026, at 8 PM JST (Japan time) and will again be hosted by the voice actress Miyake Marie, with the Famitsu editor Dedeo,…
Onimusha: Way of the Sword’s incredible sword-fighting secret sauce explained: ‘We really wanted to focus on creating this very realistic, grounded sword action’
During my world-exclusive hands-on preview of Onimusha: Way of the Sword in Capcom’s headquarters in Osaka, Japan, I interviewed the animation director, Hiroshi Yugen, about creating the incredible sword-fighting animations for the game. When the star of the game is the legendary sword master, Miyamoto Musashi, a warrior who won over 60 duels during his…
Super Mario Party Jamboree TV Is The Second ‘Switch 2 Edition’ To Break One Million Physical Sales
We like to Party. Nintendo’s latest financials are live along with updated lists of the firm’s best-selling software (as of June 2026), and a familiar face has popped onto the Switch 2 best-seller list. The laboriously titled Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV has sold 1.15 million copies according…