“I have no recollection of this lawsuit or the claims around it ever taking place.”. A few years before the Dundee-based developer DMA Design created the hugely successful open-world crime series Grand Theft Auto, it produced an offbeat racing game featuring a bunch of sentient unicycles as its main characters, in collaboration with Nintendo. Uniracers…
Ex-Microsoft engineer David Plummer has revealed that he was the “primary author” of Windows XP’s Product Activation system on the OS side, and so he’s got some inside details on the workings behind the infamous “FCKGW” product key. You know, the one that seemed to be written on every pirated, home-burnt CD copy of the…
Microsoft, at this point, drips gore from head to toe. The megacorp has made a hobby of shuttering studios and laying off thousands of devs, in attempt after attempt to right the listing ship of its games business. No luck yet, on that front. You might wonder how Playground’s upcoming Fable reboot, in the works…
It’s that time of year again, folks. The PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct is nearly upon us. We sent a crew out to Japan to film exciting moments from the show floor, and we’ll be giving you more information on over 30 games. We’ll have world premieres, shadowdrops, DLC, release dates, and more. This year’s…
World of Warcraft: Forever‘s an interesting pitch—instead of no changes, it’s an all-changes version of vanilla WoW. Updated talent trees, new quests, essentially an envisioning of the OG game where, save for the new sky elves, all of the fresh additions are horizontal. New dungeons and raids all packaged within that original level 60 cap…
Free stuff? Nice. Nintendo has released a day one update for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave ahead of its release on 17th September 2026. The patch notes are a bit brief here, but the highlight is that Nintendo will be giving away a selection of weapons from the Fire Emblem series, which you can pick up…
Look at the little lad fly… A homebrew developer has released an unofficial, pint-sized recreation of a ’90s Kirby game that never was. Available now on NovaStar’s itch.io, Kid Kirby is an imagining of the superstar’s unrealised SNES adventure, which was cancelled way back in 1995. Kid Kirby was originally conceived as a key title…
Aniimo codes can help you buy items to alter the stats or appearance of your adorable (only occasionally intimidating) Aniimo companions, or just straight up give you the items to do so. Whatever gift codes contain, they’re free! So even if you don’t need the rewards right now, it’s best to redeem Aniimo codes as…
“What a surprise!”. Square Enix has today announced that the Dragon Quest franchise has now surpassed 100 million units sold. The milestone was acknowledged with a short video from creator Yuji Horii, in which he thanked fans for their support while ensuring folks are aware about the upcoming launch of Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered…
Sea of Thieves: Season 21 is landing, and everyone’s welcome on the waves in time for Talk like a Pirate Day – we’re bringing new items, rewards, and sweepstakes for amazing prizes. And it all starts with a Free Play Weekend. From September 17 at 15:00 UTC (through to September 21 17:00 UTC), Rare’s shared-world…