“What if Nintendo Switch 2 hardware had existed in the mid-1990s?”. Veteran British games company System 3 has announced Putty World for the Nintendo Switch 2, a release which brings together Putty, Super Putty and Putty Squad in a single collection, complete with modern improvements. “What if Nintendo Switch 2 hardware had existed in the…
Randy Smith Evergreen had been pitching the idea to publishers for a while. A nonviolent RPG, in tune with the values of the Looking Glass games he worked on in the ’90s, about a young American woman searching for her missing uncle in Eastern Europe. But the publishers weren’t biting. Often, they’d tell Smith Evergreen…
The latest installment in the flight-shooting series, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve releases on October 2, 2026. Today, we are excited to share with PlayStation players the first look at our Wings of Theve story trailer, giving a glimpse into the tranquil daily lives of the crew aboard The Endurance and their time together…
Former Sega Champ and Tiertex tester Dan Curley tells all. The year is 1991, and I remember it like it was 35 years ago. Strider 2 (or Journey From Darkness: Strider Returns, if you prefer) was the first and almost last game I ever worked on in my video game development career. As a 16-year-old…
World of Warcraft has a long-standing tradition of datamining and min-maxing. So it should come as no surprise that, despite only just being shown at Blizzcon, World of Warcraft: Forever now already has online talent calculators available, assembled from a delightful tapestry of streams and ravenous info-gatherers. There’s the old reliable that is WoWHead, but…
“I thought a lot about the varied, detailed internal construction of those things”. As you may have already seen, Time Extension recently had the rare opportunity to speak with Benimaru Itoh, a figure who, among other things, created the original Star Fox comic adaptation, published in Nintendo Power Magazine in 1993. As part of this…
Zweihander? Indie developer Mad Rabbit Digital has released a demo for Metal Crisis, the new shmup we reported on back in September 2025. The playable preview of the frenetic-looking space shooter is available to download on Steam or directly from the SFGHQ forums. Metal Crisis is a 2D horizontal-and-vertical shmup “inspired by 3D space shooters…
For security reasons, a Microsoft account is required to set up a fresh installation of Windows 11—unless you exploit this one weird oversight. After navigating through the usual setup screens for a fresh installation of Windows 11 Home and connecting to the internet, Windows Latest reports that you’ll want to keep your eyes peeled for…
“Made possible in part by tariff-related refunds”. Last week, Nintendo announced its ‘Customer Appreciation Sale‘, slashing prices (up to 30% off) across digital games, merch and amiibo on the Nintendo Store, all thanks to “tariff-related refunds”. The sale is now live and will be sticking around until 26th September, so you only have a couple…