Nexon CEO admits The First Descendant had ‘no staying power,’ and that can’t be addressed with a quick fix: ‘These are design issues that are not fixed with a patch’

The First Descendant’s launch hype went over like a bag of candy smuggled into a movie theater—exciting at first, but regrettably short-lived. While last July it was celebrating a screaming high of 10 million players in its first week alone, SteamDB shows the game has simmered to around 5,000 concurrent players as I write this….

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Two New “Jaleco Sports” Collections Are Out Today, Bringing Even More SNES & NES Games To PS5 & Switch

On me ‘ead! Rock It Games, the retro publisher behind Jaleco Sports: Goal! and Jaleco Sports: Base Loaded, has just announced two new sports collections, bringing together even more NES/Famicom and SNES/Super Famicom sports games from the legendary Japanese developer/publisher. Jaleco Sports: Bases Loaded II: Second Season and Jaleco Sports: Goal! Two are both available…

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Xenonauts 2 review

Need to know What is it? Old school X-COM refined and reimagined. Release date: January 5, 2026 Expect to pay: $40/£45 Developer: Goldhawk Interactive Publisher: Hooded Horse Reviewed on: Ryzen 7 3700X, RTX 4070 Super, 32 GB RAM Steam Deck: Playable Link: Official site I’ll be honest with you right up front: I loved the…

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How to pickpocket in Crimson Desert

Working out how to pickpocket in Crimson Desert might have you a bit stumped. After all, the system in this game is very different to any I’ve seen before—you can’t simply sneak up behind someone and have a rummage about in their rear compartment. Nope, there’s a trick you need to pickpocket beyond simply crouching…

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‘It’s like having the secret to Coca-Cola’: Illumination CEO attributes the success of the Super Mario movies to the ‘inclusion of Miyamoto and the Nintendo artists’

The Super Mario Galaxy movie released to some shaky reviews; most critics have slammed the sequel for “having no centre”, being only “a series of large, vaguely connected explosions”, and simply “a way of gouging cash out of families.” But all the awful reviews of the sequel aside, CEO of Illumination Chris Meledandri is still…

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