More free characters have been revealed. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds recently committed to a second year of free and paid updates, and as part of the blue blur’s 35th birthday bash this week, Sega has revealed three new characters. Starting today, racers can now play as “Classic Sonic”. He will be followed by Axel from Crazy…
Including a “Modern” and “Classic” collection. As part of Sonic the Hedgehog‘s 35th birthday celebrations, Sega has this week announced not one but two retro game collections. Both collections bundle together previously released titles on the Switch. First up is the Classic Sonic Collection for $49.99 USD and it’s launching on the Switch in October…
OD is Hideo Kojima’s return to horror, and while I’d like to say it’s cloaked in mystery we actually know a fair bit about it: it’s co-written with Jordan Peele of Get Out fame, and stars Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and a posthumous Udo Kier. According to Kojima, early trailers may point to “a standard…
I love the look of Marathon, and I like shooters in general. But extraction shooters? Not so much. I’m not very good at them, for one thing, and the constant pressure to get out with your loot before the timer hits zero is a huge drag. So when Bungie said it was looking at PvE…
The ongoing regime change and reorganization at Xbox hasn’t given much cause for confidence in the state of its studios—particularly Arkane Lyon, which has stayed almost entirely out of the public eye since announcing Marvel’s Blade at the 2023 Game Awards. The studio was once again absent at this month’s Xbox Games Showcase, and the…
Diablo 4’s upcoming season was shaping up to be a big disappointment after the excitement around its latest expansion. Blizzard threatened to completely flatten the identity of the most powerful loot with a change that—while healthy in the long run—spoiled the fun of having ultra-rare items to chase in an action RPG. But after holding…
Lords of the Fallen 2, which had been set to launch this fall, has been delayed to early 2027, a pause that CI Games CEO Marek Tyminski said will provide “additional integration, iteration, and polishing time.” It will also, conveniently, move the game out of the immediate blast radius of Grand Theft Auto 6, which…
Get it? SHADOW-drops! Come on. Well folks, it was one of the worst-kept secrets of 2026, and now it’s official: Sonic Frontiers – Definitive Edition is out now on Switch 2. The new version boasts improved visuals along with a host of additional content previously offered separately as DLC. This includes ‘The Final Horizon’ story…
Electronic Arts’ president of enterprise development Laura Miele says the rise of artificial intelligence in game development can bring about “a real rise in creativity” by removing tedious grunt work and enabling faster development processes overall. Miele expressed her thoughts on the matter earlier this month during a Game Business Live showcase at Summer Game…
Or the Joker, if you’d prefer. The arrival of lightweight, high-resolution monitors has led to a high volume of ‘AR’ glasses designed to give users a big-screen experience without, well, the big screen. We’ve already sampled the likes of the Viture XR glasses and Viture Beast XR glasses, with the latter costing more than a…