The HD-2D RPG adventure unfolds this October. In June, Square Enix announced it was bringing a brand-new HD-2D Final Fantasy turn-based adventure to the Switch 1 & 2. Following the initial reveal, it has now released a new trailer highlighting the art style of Final Fantasy Resonance and it looks just as stunning as previous…
If you so much as flicked through a PC gaming magazine in the mid ’90s, you’ll probably recognise the name Ecstatica. Created by Londoner Andrew Spencer and published by Psygnosis, the series spawned two instalments: the first released in 1994 and is a medieval-themed survival horror. The second arrived in 1997, and while it’s very…
The beginning of the end? The free-to-play Switch and mobile title Pokémon Unite has received countless updates since it arrived in 2021, but official support for the competitive MOBA isn’t looking quite as strong this week based on the latest announcement. In a new update on the game’s website, The Pokémon Company has announced it…
Just don’t expect an upgrade pathway. The sci-fi series Star Ocean is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, and as part of this, Square Enix has today released a Switch 2 version of the action RPG remake Star Ocean: The Second Story R. It’s available on the eShop for $49.99 (or your regional equivalent). Like Octopath…
ZeniMax Online head Joseph Burba is among over 200 staff laid off at the Elder Scrolls Online studio last week as part of Xbox’s recent round of mass layoffs. Burba has been with the studio for 14 years, and has worked on The Elder Scrolls Online since its 2014 launch. He was promoted to studio…
Including a new court, GameShare and much more. Nintendo has today released a free update for Mario Tennis Fever on the Switch 2. It bumps the game up to Version 1.1.0 and adds a new court and much more inspired by the Super Mario Galaxy series. There’s also the new special match “Galaxy Court Match”,…
Returning alongside Retold. Following the announcement of Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition for the Switch 2 and multiple other platforms, Ubisoft has now shared the first gameplay trailer. Once again, the title is included with every edition of Rayman Legends Retold, and will be added to your game library on 1st October 2026 (the same day…
Getting lost in history in Assassin’s Creed Origins By Andy Kelly In Assassin’s Creed we usually visit civilisations at their peak, whether it’s Renaissance Italy or London at the height of the Industrial Revolution. Ubisoft could have done this for Origins too, taking us to the golden age of Ancient Egypt. But instead we visit…
We often talk about Doom—the original 1993 shooter from the young upstarts at id Software—as one of the most influential videogames of all time. But the Washington Post, one of the country’s most highly-regarded papers of record, has elevated it to an even higher plateau: It has selected Doom as one of the 25 most…