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SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive LEGO Console Set Launches June 2026
Level up your collection. Following the new Animal Crossing set announcement, LEGO and SEGA have officially revealed the new Sega Genesis Console. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era sold 250,000 copies and ‘broke even on development costs’ in 1 day
My deep-down reaction when I first heard about Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era was, “What’re ya doin’?” Does anybody really want a hex-based strategy game these days, particularly one whose glory days ended 20 years ago? Well, as it turns out, the answer is a resounding “yes,” as publisher Hooded Horse announced that…
Blizzard decides ‘Limitless Rage’ barbarian items should actually have a limit after watching them rampage through Diablo 4 dealing quadrillions of damage
The battle against Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred’s main villain Mephisto is finally over, but the battle against the villain that has haunted the game since it came out might never be over: Items that mysteriously break the game have reared their ugly heads again. In a hotfix earlier today, Blizzard disabled the Limitless Rage…
The Oscars bans generative AI in acting and writing categories
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—probably better known to the world as the Oscars folks—have drawn a firm line in the sand against the use of generative AI, changing its eligibility rules to exclude AI-generated performances and scripts. The new rules, via The Wrap, state that in acting categories, only roles “demonstrably performed…
Far Far West is a surprise hit on Steam, but its players have one demand: A yeehaw button
Steam’s latest indie breakout success is Far Far West, a co-op robot cowboy shooter that climbed to the top of Steam’s top seller list after its early access launch earlier this week. The first FPS project of French studio Evil Raptor, Far Far West racked up an impressive 250,000 sales in its first 48 hours,…
Far Cry 4 director pushes back against Far Cry TV showrunner calling game stories ‘pointless’ and executes a drive-by on Alien: Earth ‘which turned into a kind of weird Peter Pan gets a dog story’
Earlier this week writer and director Noah Hawley, who’s previously been behind the Fargo series as well as Alien: Earth, spoke about his upcoming TV adaptation of Ubisoft’s Far Cry. Hawley made some comments that caused a bit of a stir while explaining why he wouldn’t be directly adapting any of the existing games. “I’m…
Remember when OpenAI beat humans in Dota 2? Turns out that was partly thanks to when Elon Musk ‘personally called [Satya] Nadella’ to secure a load of discounted Microsoft computing power
OpenAI is now one of the world’s most talked-about companies, and the ongoing legal spat between co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman has resulted in some truly juicy revelations around exactly what was going on in the firm’s earliest years. One example: it turns out Gabe Newell gave the company over $20 million, and was…
I didn’t think a 2D platformer could be scary, but oh boy did this game about a forsaken nun in a dead world of demon cockroaches prove me wrong
I always try to keep an open mind when playing unfinished games and ones that are slow to start: even when it’s just not clicking for me, I’m looking for how it could improve or what about it might be more to someone else’s tastes. Then I’ll play something like Metamorphosis, whose demo is available…
Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 540: Surviving Saros
Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Sid and I are back this week to celebrate the launch of Saros with a special interview featuring Actor Rahul Kohli and Creative Director Gregory Loudeni from Housemarque. Stuff We Talked About Next week’s release highlights: Wax Heads | PS5 Mixtape…