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“Elder Scrolls Online” has a fun character customization system, a dense story over a massive field of play, but it’s missing a soul. As an MMORPG, it needs to create an experience that is best played with a group. That’s just something it never does. Everything just feels like a chore. At the same time,…
“It provides an opportunity to reflect on what’s really important”. The legendary Shigeru Miyamoto has just received Japan’s Order of Culture award, and after accepting it, the creator of Mario and Zelda had something to say about the rise of GenAI in video game development. Generative AI has become a hot topic in recent years,…
Mansion of the Doomed. If you fancied spending the weekend picking your way through a terrifying mansion of your own lost memories (basically what I do every Saturday), then you’re in luck, as publisher KOMODO has just released PC horror RPG Pocket Mirror: GoldenerTraum on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch platforms. First released on Steam way…
If you have nothing else to do with $2000 tech. Release Tech, Mod Tech. It’s a story as old as time itself. And the latest tool to be immediately repurposed for alternative use is Apple’s iPhone Duo, which launched to much fanfare checks watch about 20 hours ago and has already been adapted as an…
You can give the demo a spin right now! The Sonic Hacking Contest 2026 has officially kicked off, which can mean one thing and one thing only: a bunch of exciting new Sonic ROM hacks are about to hit your newsfeeds. Understandably, given the number of projects that have been released, I haven’t yet had…
Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting also en route. A film based on SNK’s long-running franchise Samurai Spirits/Samurai Shodown is currently in pre-production. The project is being touted by new studio “The Arena“, helmed by former Lionsgate and Sony Pictures executive Erik Feig. As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, the Samurai Shodown project is the…
Physical Edition pre-orders now live. Grab your best broomstick and don’t forget to stock up on sweeties, as Clear River Games is bringing its remasters of the classic cute-’em-up Cotton! to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch platforms today. Cotton Reboot!, developed by Beep Software and originally released in 2021, is a remake of the totes adorable…
Functional simultaneous co-op is, or at least was, tricky business. Even the flagship Nintendo games of the Super Nintendo era, Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country, could not manage simultaneous co-op, instead forcing players to take turns. This weakness on the part of Nintendo was a boon for third party developers like Data…
October has been a good month for PS3 emulation! The developers behind emulator RPCS3 have shared another amazing update on social media, revealing that “80% of ALL PS3 games” are now considered “playable” on PCs. That means a sizable portion of the PS3 library can now be played via emulation with “playable performance” and “no…
Going, Going, Porygon. A rare, pre-production prototype of the phenomenally-selling Game Boy release Pokémon Red has been listed for auction. The unassuming cartridge, supposedly a development build of Game Freak’s 1997 title, is currently sitting on a single bid of $25,000 at the online auction site Goldin. The cart, which is larger than a standard…