A ROM of ‘Virtual League Baseball 2’ has been acquired. Released back in 1995, Nintendo’s virtual reality system, the Virtual Boy, is regularly regarded online as one of the company’s biggest failures, due to its low sales and a string of other problems that plagued the device at release. This ranged from the lack of…
Category: Next Week on XBOX July 3, 2026 Next Week on XBOX: New Games for July 6 to 10 Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor Welcome to Next Week on XBOX! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass! Get more…
The boat was a fantastically interesting feature to work on. For a long time, going as far back as God of War II, Cory wanted a boat in the game. In the previous games there wasn’t a narrative conceit to justify the addition of a playable boat. But, for this reimagined God of War, we…
One of the biggest questions left in the aftermath of the Xbox layoffs earlier this month is the state of legendary Doom and Quake studio id Software. Some have claimed the cuts ran so deep that the studio’s ability to make new games and support its proprietary idTech engine are in question, while id Software…
Noctua has returned to Computex in Taiwan with a new and improved version of its pumpless liquid cooler. This time, the company says it’s able to compete with a standard all-in-one cooler for temps. “We had that demo last year on a 9800X3D,” Noctua’s Jakob Dellinger says, calling back to this thermosiphon prototype from 2025….
Half-Life 2 doesn’t need improving upon, but I have to admit after a day of playing around in Orbifold Studio’s visual remaster, I’m sold. Bashing boxes to smithereens as our good pal Gordon ‘glasses’ Freeman never looked so good. I’ve been running around the demo for Half-Life 2 RTX, an unofficial and modder-led remaster of…
“You’ll feel pretty chipper”. In addition to the arrival of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Version 3.0.0 today, The Pokémon Company is also giving away a special Gimmighoul via Mystery Gift. This “chest form Gimmighoul” comes with the “Upbeat Mark” and when assigned, it will be imparted with the title “Gimmighoul the Chipper”. Here’s how you…
Peak was one of the surprise successes of last year. What was originally meant as just a simple game jam project turned into a huge hit as hundreds of thousands of players gathered around the foot of the mountain with their friends with the aspirations of scaling it and escaping the deserted island. Since then…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows throws a heap of important choices at you right at the beginning of the game, some even with permanent changes. Before you decide whether you’re going to play in canon mode and immersive mode, you’ll need to pick how much you want the game to hold your hand. That’s what guided exploration…
In Prey, you’ll laugh at sharp dialogue, question reality, and fight for your life — all in the first 60 minutes. The team at Arkane (Dishonored) wants to enthrall you from the moment you wake up in the posh, sun-soaked apartment of protagonist Morgan Yu. Even as the story spirals into the abnormal, those opening…