“Work-for-hire is not the way we should be doing things”. Charles Zembillas isn’t the type of person to stay quiet when he feels he’s been disrespected. He’s aware that may make him seem like a bit of a “firebrand” to some. But it’s something he feels has been necessary to set the record straight, given…
Before Valve reinvented cooperative gaming with Left 4 Dead, there was Zombie Panic! A mod for the original Half-Life, Zombie Panic! pitted groups of players against a single, player-controlled brain-muncher. Which doesn’t sound all that challenging, except that any survivors killed by the zombie would rise again as zombies themselves, slowly turning the tide against…
Pokémanz. Hello everyone, and welcome to this newfangled concept called ‘the weekend’. It’s a strange one, but we’re here for it. Before we dive into what we’re playing, let’s see what’s been going on this week, hm? First of all, Nintendo joined hundreds of other companies in North America in suing the government for its…
What could have been… The final design of the C Button In the end, the ‘C’ button on Switch 2’s Joy-Con was revealed as a way of communicating and chatting with friends and family members. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Seeing people have fun with DK again shows the “potential”. After an incredibly long wait, Donkey Kong made his grand return to the 3D platforming space in Donkey Kong Bananza. Making this particular IP one of the main titles for the Switch 2’s launch window was arguably a risk for Nintendo but it’s paid off,…
At a GDC talk today, Overwatch game director Aaron Keller said that Marvel Rivals has “definitely had an impact” on the Overwatch team. Keller recalls seeing the excitement around Rivals, which launched with over 30 heroes in 2025 (and is now at 47), and thinking, “Hey, what if we could just drop 30 new heroes…
There is a style of game design built around rigorous playtesting and polish, aiming to smoothly guide the player from one challenge to the next, ensuring they never get hung up for too long or become too frustrated by an obstacle they can’t overcome. And then there’s Baby Steps. One of the best games of…
Following the release of Octopath Traveler 0. Square Enix’s Octopath Traveler role-playing series, which originally started life as a Switch exclusive in 2018, has this week announced another massive sales milestone. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
In a theater set off to the side of this week’s Game Developers Conference, representatives from big tech companies and venture capital firms spoke about, among other things, their enthusiasm for generative AI. Many of the attendees over in the main convention halls don’t feel the same way: 52% of respondents to a recent GDC…
Testing out Baby PacMan inVR