What would you say is the definitive soundtrack to your youth? Is it a favourite album? Or perhaps the ambient sounds of summer, like bicycle wheels rolling over or a chorus of cicadas? For me, it is undoubtedly the nostalgic scream of a dial-up modem. Strap 12 of those bad boys together, and you’ve really…
The “announcement of an announcement” has become an aggravating marketing trend in recent years, but this is the first one to actually get me excited: Summer Eternal, the embattled RPG studio and worker collective co-founded by former ZA/UM writers Argo Tuulik and Dora Klindžić, will offer the first details of its first game not through…
Fixes aplenty. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound has received another update following a recent patch to improve the game’s frame rate when played on Switch 2. This one is more focused on general bug fixes and gameplay improvements, but it’s a welcome update nonetheless. Highlights include fixes to soft-locks and freezing scenarios, collision issues, improved visual consistency,…
Perhaps the most surprising part of Yakuza Kiwami 3’s announcement had nothing to do with Yakuza Kiwami 3. It was when Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced that, in addition to an up-rezzed redo of the third Yakuza, it was going to release an entire bonus Gaiden game as well: Dark Ties, starring Y3 bad guy…
Luma-nescent. Reviewer’s note: Although this is a Switch 1 release, we were only permitted to play the game on Switch 2 during the review period. On launch day, we’ll update the text below with specific Switch 1 performance impressions. I have to admit, prior to this review, it’s been a while since I played either…
Spicy! Accessory maker 8BitDo is giving its Pro 3 wireless controller a fresh look – and it’s one that is likely to appeal to hardcore Nintendo GameCube fans. The 8BitDo Pro 3 pad is compatible with Switch 1 and 2, Windows PC, Apple, SteamOS, and Android devices, and has previously been available in grey, ‘G…
Borderlands 4 has a ton of possible builds to choose from—it’s one of the strengths I highlighted in my Borderlands 4 review—but I do have one teensy-tiny complaint, and it’s that I would like some of the tooltips to be a smidge more straightforward about what is what. This feeling has returned full-force after seeing…
Feast your eyes. After years of waiting for news of a remaster, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is finally here. Square Enix’s hotly anticipated tactical RPG has marched onto Switch and Switch 2 today, and it’s getting launched in style thanks to some rather swanky new art. The first piece comes from Akihiko Yoshida…
Coming soon to Kickstarter. If you’re a regular reader of Time Extension, you might recall us mentioning last month that a retro YouTuber named TigerChainsaw had decided to make the transition into the world of game development, and was on the verge of revealing more info about his very first project. Well, since then, the…
Just last week, we saw the announcement of Snapdragon’s next range of chips, and this came with lofty claims. Qualcomm called it “Snapdragon’s biggest advance in PC gaming”, promising significantly more power per watt than Strix Point and Arrow Lake, as well as better GPU efficiency than Lunar Lake. Tom’s Hardware was invited out to…