I don’t envy the position of being a game developer—especially not an encounter designer in something as complicated as an MMO. You might have an idea of how a mechanic’s gonna go, but there’s just absolutely no way it survives contact with 40 motivated, mid-2000s era hardcore WoW players. Former game director at Blizzard Wyatt…
Capcom’s plugging gaps. As part of today’s Nintendo Direct, Capcom announced that Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition on 16th October. Cloud versions of both 2 and 3 were released on Switch 1, but these are native ports and this is the first time Nintendo gamers will…
Bit Persona-l. After being announced for just about every other system, we had our fingers crossed that Persona 4 Revival might be making its way to Switch 2 too, and what do you know, it is! This one will come our way on 20th May 2027 — a few months later than the PS5 release,…
“This game was one of my first Saturn imports”. Debuting on the MSX2 in 1990, Compile’s dungeon-crawling RPG Madou Monogatari is probably best known today for spawning the hugely popular Puyo Puyo series, marking the first appearance of the young magic wielder Arle Nadja. Despite that, though, it actually has its own unique history of…
Deep breath. A new 3D Kirby is on the horizon! Nintendo closed out today’s Direct with a first look at Kirby and the World Beyond, revealing that it’ll launch on Switch 2 in Spring 2027. This one looks to be pretty open world, giving you huge areas to freely explore with Kirby’s copy abilities. There’s…
Ah yes, melty cables. We’ve been dealing with them ever since the RTX 4090 pushed the 16-pin 12VHPWR connector (now the 12V-2×6 connector) to its limits. Since then, we’ve heard of numerous cases of melting GPU connectors—check out Uniko’s Hardware on X for many examples—and plenty of attempts at dealing with them. Now, some modders…
There once was a time in which, if you were a fan of a videogame, you might get asked which of said games in the series you had played. Now, I’m not saying we need to bring this era back—it was an obnoxious period full of gatekeepers—but Sega president and COO Shuji Utsumi’s recent words…
Super! Yes, you read that right, Mario Kart World is finally getting a free content update. What’s more, it’s arriving today! This new update sees the return of 10 classic Super Mario Kart circuits on the overworld. These are complete with the flat ? blocks that you remember from the SNES. Read the full article…
Metroid 6, baby! Nintendo has announced Metroid Ravenous for the Switch 2, the latest mainline entry in the iconic sci-fi series. It will launch on 28th January 2027. Amiibo and a special edition have also been confirmed! Read the full article on nintendolife.com
In news that will surprise very few, manufacturers are reportedly planning to raise their GPU prices in China again later this month. This could have a knock-on effect on global pricing for both Nvidia and AMD cards. Asus looks set to raise the price of its RTX 5070 cards by between 150 and 300 RMB…