Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steven Schaefer who currently is displayed on card number 4712 from the Superstars of 2025 Collection. Steven is a world record holder on the NES game Dr. Mario. He is also a wizard at puzzle games on home consoles. Other world records are for Yoshi’s Cookie as well as…
Quake and Quake 2 are, famously, very different shooters. The original is a dark gothic fantasy with a side of HP Lovecraft, while the latter leans hard into industrial sci-fi. I’ve always thought of them as entirely separate stories, but Quake 2’s latest official episodes—the Machine Games-developed Call of The Machine—explicitly connects the two, with…
Who needs Wario Land? Perhaps the biggest surprise of the recent Direct was Nintendo’s Virtual Boy announcement for the Switch Online service. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
As someone who grew up when true cooperative games were vanishingly rare, the sheer number of games that allow you to play with pals at your side these days is astonishing. Every other game seems to support larking around for up to four people. And in the increasingly unlikely event that a game doesn’t have…
RG-Beautiful. With the Switch 2 now in full swing, accessory manufacturers have unleashed a bevvy of additional bits and bobs for players to enhance their experience with Nintendo’s new console. JSAUX is one such company, and has released a rather lovely-looking charging dock for those who happen to own more than one set of Joy-Con…
Featuring all sorts of goodies. The upcoming release Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment got a little bit more time in the spotlight during the latest Direct. Apart from the title’s Switch 2 box art, it’s also been revealed Japan will be getting a special “Treasure Box” release featuring all sorts of goodies. This retails for…
Listening to the soundtrack of atmospheric soulslike Lies of P when it was released, I realised something—wait a second, I know a lot of these songs. Why do I know a lot of these songs? The game just came out! It’s not like developer Neowiz was licensing chart-topping pop tunes to include in its soundtrack….
ohemia Interactive is in no rush to release Arma 4—the latest in its long line of hugely detailed military simulators—but when you have a game as successful as Arma 3 on your hands, you can afford to take your time. BI’s biggest and best milsim to date has kept players satisfied for more than a…
While not as flashy as Star Citizen or as popular as No Man’s Sky, X4: Foundations is one of the most comprehensive space sims you can play today. Representing a return to form after the failed experiment that was X: Rebirth, X4 continues the series tradition of offering a preposterously detailed simulation of space—featuring trading,…
Operation Brawl. Well howdy y’all, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we looked at Forsaken for the N64, which yes, we’ll admit wasn’t the most inspiring duo of box art designs. Nevertheless, North America managed to seal the deal with 59% of the vote. Well done! Read the full article…