David Rosen, one of the original founders of Sega Games in post-war Japan, has died at the age of 95 years old. Spokesman Brad Callaway told the arcade industry’s RePlay magazine that Rosen died December 25, 2025, at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family. Rosen was a former US airman stationed in post-war…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a very particular game. Where other games strive to be streamlined, KCD2 tries to be arduous. Take its armour system, for example: in any other game, putting your gear on is a matter of selecting it in your inventory and hitting go. In KCD2? You need to layer up properly…
Sandisk is changing the names of its popular solid state drives. ‘Does Sandisk even make any popular SSDs right now?’, I hear you ask. Yes, it actually makes two of our top three best SSDs for gaming, though it’s not as obvious today as one might expect. Essentially, SSDs under the WD branding are actually…
“I felt this was the right moment”. Toshiyuki Itahana, an illustrator best known for his work as a character designer on Final Fantasy IX, has left Square Enix. Confirming the news online, Itahana-san said that the decision to leave was made at the end of 2025 once all of his commitments to the 25th Anniversary…
The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs have had a pretty impressive year. Releasing to almost entirely glowing reviews, it has since gone on to sweep awards and even received two public shout-outs from French President Emmanuel Macron. But as one chapter ends, another begins as the Sandfall devs prepare for their next game. Talking to…
In the first few days of the year, Asus has come in with a pair of gaming glasses that may be a contender for worst-named tech product at CES 2026. As reported by Wccftech, the Asus ROG Xreal R1 AR is a set of glasses with a 240 Hz Micro-OLED screen which projects a virtual…
After sinking way too many hours into some of 2025’s massive hits like Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 over the holiday season, I’d reached critical fatigue and decided to step back and play something much smaller in scope. Something quick and simple for a palate cleanser, you know the drill. Mistakenly, I picked Ball x…
Capcom couldn’t have hoped for a better environment to release Monster Hunter Wilds into. Monster Hunter was already ascendant: World was a breakout success that thrust the series into global awareness, and after glutting itself on Elden Ring the gaming public had a mainstream interest in precise, demanding third person combat and systems-heavy buildcraft. At…
A rock-solid sub-$100 emulation option. Back when I reviewed the TrimUI Smart Pro in 2023, I found it to be a likeable emulation portable which was sadly held back by a lack of processing power and a particularly poor D-Pad. You can imagine, then, why I was so intrigued when TrimUI announced it was having…
There’s a type of myth that survives not because there’s any evidence for it, but because it flatters the preconceptions of a particular group of people. Take the notion that Todd Howard, head honcho over at Bethesda Game Studios, clearly seethes with resentment about how much Obsidian knocked Fallout: New Vegas out of the park….