Smashing expectations. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is celebrating its 5th anniversary today, 7th December 2023, and we’re publishing a handful of pieces to celebrate. Here, we’ll be discussing the future of the Smash series — what’s next? Is there even a next? And where do we think Sakurai will be involved? It’s hard to believe…
It’s been barely a blink since we last gathered for an announcestravaganza with Summer Game Fest, but here we are again! It’s time for Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, Geoff Keighley’s second big livestream of the year showing off some of the biggest games of 2025 and beyond. As usual, we’ll expect a couple surprise…
It’s an exciting time for Rainbow Six Siege. We’re close to the start of Season 4 and the release of Operation White Noise, the upcoming content drop set in Seoul, South Korea. Featuring two new Operators from South Korea’s 707th Special Mission Battalion and one new Operator from Poland’s GROM unit, Operation White Noise also…
Spanish students voice concern. Video game historian and Time Extension contributor John Szczepaniak was recently invited to the TecnoCampus University in Mataró, Spain to give a guest lecture to the students studying there. You’ll be able to read his full report this weekend, but one particular part of the trip stuck out like a sore…
Valve has achieved something remarkable with Counter-Strike 2, and has done it almost under-the-radar. The developer has managed to transition one of the largest and most change-averse competitive playerbases around from CS:GO to CS2 without any significant pushback, large-scale complaining, or splitting that playerbase. OK sure, it did rather brutally disappear CS:GO when the time…
Category: Tokyo Game Show September 25, 2025 How Ninja Gaiden 4 Curates a Challenge for Each and Every Player Yamaguchi Sebastian, Xbox Wire Japan The Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2025 Broadcast is upon us. Yakumo steps into the battle arena, gripping in his hand the Takeminakata, one of the weapons that has carried him through countless deadly fights. This…
New York, NY (September 26, 2024) —Today, publisher Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are thrilled to announce the launch of the first major DLC to the critically acclaimed Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Titled The Wider World of Atari, this DLC features 19 playable games and eight video segments set in a brand-new timeline. Delve…
Giving your console the ‘ultra’ treatment. Following the release of the phenomenally successful NES, Game Boy and SNES (we won’t mention the Virtual Boy), there were high hopes that Nintendo’s 64-bit console would become the platform of choice for the vast majority of players. The arrival of the PlayStation ensured that didn’t come to pass,…
During the 250+ hours I’ve spent eviscerating Darktide‘s hordes of poxwalkers and nurglefied hive inhabitants, few classes have gripped me as much as the Zealot. Is it the sweet purr of the chainsword as I grind off a Mauler’s face? Is it that rush as I slide into melee range with a squad of traitor…
If you missed our brand-new Dreams trailer make its debut at the Game Awards tonight, you can see it right here, right now! The trailer kicks off a Dreams-stravaganza this weekend as we demo the game on the PSX show floor, catch-up with our amazing community and reveal more about Dreams during our Saturday panel…