“People around me gradually began to see me as ‘the guy who sings’”. Takenobu Mitsuyoshi is famous for his vocal contributions to classic Sega titles like Daytona USA and Sega Rally Championship, and has revealed to Time Extension contributor Ollie Barder that his legendary career as “the guy who sings” happened almost by accident. In…
It’s not even a debate: the best CPU for gaming by far is the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and that’s been the case ever since it launched. And before that, it was the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. And before that… you get the picture. But, it seems that AMD is now quietly looking to dethrone its own…
It’s Tomba time (again). Limited Run Games announced Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition way back in June 2024, and while a good chunk of time has passed us by since then (including a rather buggy release of its platforming predecessor), the release date is almost upon us! Tomba 2 will arrive on…
Coming this Winter. We have some good news for English fans of Bandai Namco’s Idolmaster series. A new fan translation patch is currently in the works for The Idolmaster SP, the 2009 entry in the idol raising simulation/rhythm series for the PlayStation Portable. Read the full article on timeextension.com Coming this Winter. We have some…
Like the rest of the tech world and its LLM-powered pooch, Microsoft has been on a big AI push of late. Its latest achievement in that regard is the rollout of agentic AI capabilities for Windows 11 courtesy of the 26220.7262 update (via Windows Latest). Oh, and with that comes the warning that the new…
The Building a Library quest in Arc Raiders is fairly simple, especially as it’s confined to one specific building in the Buried City. Speranza’s resident explosives peddler, Apollo, asks you to find three books in the city library, namely a detective, romance, and adventure book. The genres don’t matter much; you just have to find…
There’s been a deep, unfortunate friction between voice actors and videogame studios, recently—the looming spectre of AI hangs large over everything, with some bigwigs salivating at the idea of getting infinite performances out of people without actually paying them. That is, despite the fact that—aside from efforts so far mostly being bland as all hell,…
It feels like only yesterday semiwork announced that the team would be taking a break before working on the next update. Which isn’t actually entirely inaccurate as it’s been less than a month and we’re already got the first video about the next release. So, it looks like we won’t have to wait too long…
Happy birthday, but also why? Has it really been eight entire years? Yes, it really actually has, so sit up and pay attention at the back. Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which as every Xenoblade nerd worth their salt knows is actually the third game released in the series, dropped into existence on this very day back…
“Nice of him, that compliment (in my mind anyway)”. Gregg Mayles recently announced his departure from Rare after 36 years, which means the brains behind such classics as Battletoads, Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie is no longer with the legendary British studio. While he’s very much focused on his future, Mayles is equally keen to…