“Keep calm when you’re happy, keep calm when you’re unhappy”. During the tenure of the late Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo went from being a playing card manufacturer to one of the most recognisable companies in the world—yet, despite this amazing evolution, Yamauchi ensured that his firm never allowed its newfound fame to change the way it…
Last week, we asked you go chasing in-game waterfalls and share your best moments using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: mariprosilva shares a massive waterfall in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. M_Joe_Hort shares a waterfall with a moose standing before it in Red Dead Redemption 2. xenobitz strikes a pose in front of a…
From the developer of ‘Hypnagogia’. A promising new platformer has just been released for PC, which might be worth checking out if you consider yourself a fan of Sega’s Super Monkey Ball or GarageGames’ Marble Blast series. Bubble Dreams 3D is the work of the low-poly artist and indie developer sodaraptor — whose previous credits…
Dream Eater. We’ve seen lots of life-sized Pokémon plushies over the years — Larvesta, Lucario, Arcanine, multiple starter ‘mons, and Spheal. So really, it was only a matter of time before Gardevoir joined the ranks, right? Brought to our attention by Joe Merrick (of Serebii) on Bluesky, The Pokémon Center Japan has revealed a life-sized…
“In the beginning, it was everything-goes”. A sequel to Namco’s Soul Edge / Blade, 1998’s Soulcalibur has become one of the most famous 3D fighting games of all time and has spawned a series which continues to attract fans even today. Shmuplations has translated an interview with Koh Onda (character supervisor and writer) and Koji…
So, BioWare probably isn’t going to be making a new Dragon Age game any time soon—maybe ever, depending on how things go. After Dragon Age: The Veilguard underperformed, much of its team (including senior members who had been making Dragon Age games for a while) were shuffled around or laid off. This isn’t necessarily out…
After way too many leaks, theories, and teasers, the news is finally for-real official: The Sims and The Sims 2 are both being re-released. The Sims is continuing on in its celebration of the series’ 25th anniversary, which is officially on February 4 this year, by bringing back the first two games so those of…
Faceless AI-generated YouTube channels have become a problem as of late, so one tech YouTuber took it upon themselves to poison the data they are trained on. In her latest video (via Ars Technica), f4mi has shown off a way to mess with the data that AI is trained on, specifically the subtitles of YouTube…
DeepSeek has been the name on everyone’s lips this week, as the release of its R1 AI model spooked the tech market and caused significant financial losses for several major players. Concerns have been raised regarding the security of the Chinese AI startup and its models—and if reports regarding an open database are to be…
Helldivers 2 did its first crossover event with Killzone, recently, and it didn’t go too well. That’s mostly because it was composed of weirdly expensive items that operated outside of the typical Warbonds system, leading to a community backlash so strong that Arrowhead released the second half for free by way of apology. The roller…