“I can deal with disappointment. This feels more like a betrayal”. Once upon a time, the place to experience cutting-edge games and mechanics was the arcade. Back when coin-ops were king, the hardware that drove these titles was more powerful than home systems, but they were also backed up by high skill ceilings – an…
The Steam Controller has a pretty niche feature called Grip Sense, which is a pair of capacitive touch sensors inside the handles that can sense when you are touching them. Though you may not use it, Valve thinks you should “Because it’s, like, cool” and even recommends a couple of sweet shortcuts to use with…
“Approximately 90% of our unit sales are digital”. The idea of a potential all-digital future is still very much doing the rounds at the moment, with Sony confirming that it will be ceasing the production of PS5 discs from January 2028 (and if you thought it might reverse course, think again). One company that doesn’t…
Amstrad GX4000, you are forgiven. The world of video gaming is littered with hardware flops, but few of them are quite as catastrophic as the Amstrad GX4000. It’s easy to see why this ill-fated 1990 console made sense from a business perspective; systems like the NES and Master System were gathering momentum in Europe at…
Get your guesses in now! Taito and Famitsu have announced a livestream later this month to reveal new software for the Egret II Mini. This livestream will take place on August 27th, 2026, at 8 PM JST (Japan time) and will again be hosted by the voice actress Miyake Marie, with the Famitsu editor Dedeo,…
During my world-exclusive hands-on preview of Onimusha: Way of the Sword in Capcom’s headquarters in Osaka, Japan, I interviewed the animation director, Hiroshi Yugen, about creating the incredible sword-fighting animations for the game. When the star of the game is the legendary sword master, Miyamoto Musashi, a warrior who won over 60 duels during his…
We like to Party. Nintendo’s latest financials are live along with updated lists of the firm’s best-selling software (as of June 2026), and a familiar face has popped onto the Switch 2 best-seller list. The laboriously titled Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV has sold 1.15 million copies according…
Earlier this year, Microsoft posted a support document titled “How to optimize your gaming PC setup” where it said that 16 GB of memory is “plenty for most gamers” but “32 GB is ideal for serious players who run the most demanding titles or use heavy mods”. That document has since been deleted. That’s as…
Dreams really do come true. Nintendo has confirmed that Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has already sold over 8 million copies following its launch on 16th April 2026. Now, in terms of a specific figure, 7.94 million units were sold during the first quarter of FY2027 – so that’s April, May, and June of 2026….
A new video covers the 6-month journey to “close the gap”. A new video has just been released on YouTube, detailing a 6-month journey to “close the gap” between PS3 emulation on ARM and x86 (h/t: Retro Handhelds). The dense new video, uploaded by the RPCS3 developer WhatCookie, is roughly 1 hour long and gets…