Mario Kart 3.20 is out now! We have some festive news for Mario Kart 64 fans. The popular fan-made Mario Kart 64 mod, Mario Kart 64 Amped Up, has just received a brand-new update (version 3.20), bringing with it a bunch of new Christmas-themed skins for Mario & company. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Who created the arcade classic? Konami’s 1981 title Frogger is arguably one of the most famous arcade video games of all time (being subject to constant references in pop culture including in the memorable Seinfeld episode “The Frogger” where Jason Alexander’s character George Constanza tries to maintain his high score at his high school pizza…
Deadlock has me in an iron grip at the moment, and I owe part of that to my prior experience with Dota 2—see, back when I was a lot less happy (these things might be correlated), I sunk about 2,500 hours into that MOBA hell dimension. I regret just about every single one, but they…
If you’re anything like me, you’ve laughed yourself sick at the various attempts robots have made to enter the arena of human sports. The World Humanoid Robot Games was, well, something of a disaster, and the Terminator-like uprising seems to be a long way away. It was only a matter of time until one became…
Wednesday, Ubisoft announced a “major reset” of its organizational hierarchy and game development plans that CEO Yves Guillemot said would foster “the conditions for a return to sustainable growth.” That included a fundamental shakeup to its internal studio structure, the cancellation of six projects including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, and…
Following in the footsteps of our friends in Australia, the British government is getting ready to ban under-16s from accessing social media—specifically Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook. The ban is expected to be enforced by spring 2027. “Social media is making children unhappy, it’s making it easier for bullies to harass and abuse…
No twist of fate. During the big hour-long Nintendo Direct, Capcom’s Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection got a release date for Switch 2! And it’s landing on the console on 13th March 2026. The game was revealed back in July’s Partner Showcase and has received a huge glow-up from its lovely-looking predecessors. But this…
Hi all – We’ve got a lot of passionate Star Wars fans here at PlayStation’s US headquarters anxiously awaiting November 17th, the launch of Star Wars Battlefront on PS4 and the launch of the Limited Edition PS4 Star Wars Battlefront bundle. Based on the recent Beta, this is shaping up to be the biggest, most…
Between a systemic overhaul that the playerbase hates, and a list of bugs that frankly beggar belief, Destiny 2 is currently in perhaps the worst shape of its history. Which, if you’ve been paying attention to the game’s ability to self-immolate, is truly something. And yet Bungie still seems determined to find new ways to…
Much of the current videogame landscape can be traced back to systems and design decisions either first conceived or formalized in World of Warcraft. From the universal RPGification of game mechanics to live service gameplay loops to incremental gearscore advancement, videogames as we know them look like they do in large part because of WoW….