John Girvin is handling the porting duties. Isometric adventure games really took off in the ’80s thanks to titles such as Batman, Head Over Heels and Knight Lore, but the genre has faded into memory somewhat in recent times. That’s what made Triple Eh? Ltd’s Lumo so refreshing when it launched on pretty much every…
Switch 2 and NSO prices remain the same. Nintendo of America has announced that the price of the Nintendo Switch family of systems — so the OG, the Lite, and the OLED — will be increasing on 3rd August 2025. This is “based on market conditions” (thanks to Wario64 for reposting!). Price changes are coming…
At the start of 2025, during the annual CES event, AMD launched the successors to its popular Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme APUs. These all-in-one CPU+GPU chips have been powering the very best handheld gaming PCs since they first appeared, so we’ve been keen to see just how much better the new Z2 models are….
Dear me, I was…! Tales of the Shire! Time Flies! If you were here yesterday and wondering where the latest Nintendo Download update for North America was, well, here it is! Direct be darned, this week’s Download has a bunch of new games to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop…
Battlefield Studios—which includes DICE, Criterion, Motive, and Ripple Effect—is working on the next entry to EA’s military shooter series, Battlefield 6. It’s been a few years since Battlefield 2042’s ugly start, and even though the much maligned near-future Battlefield turned things around, the time for 2042 updates is no more. BF6 is on the way…
Gabe Newell is the Kilroy of videogames, constantly popping up in strange corners where you least expect to find him. He owns Valve, he’s doing weird brain science, he’s at the bottom of the ocean, he’s chatting with a YouTuber with a double-digit number of subscribers. Where will he pop up next? Right behind you?…
I’ll be honest with you, I’ve never been the kind of person to get organised—that’s partially because I have a pesky disorder that gets in the way of such things, but it’s also just a personality flaw. I don’t do home decoration, and all my important paperwork sits in a loose jumble in a draw…
Zvitor comes up with the goods yet again. Zvitor has produced a vast array of free-to-download fan games in recent years, with superhero titles being a particular focus. He’s just updated Data East’s 1991 brawler Captain America and The Avengers, and you can sample the results right now. “Tell me the truth, if you played…
If you’re anyone other than President Donald Trump, there’s a good chance you’re sick of the word tariff. I know I am. Well, sorry to be the bearer of bad news (and words) because, on July 31, an executive order was signed to impose ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on a whole host of countries. Though Malaysian pharmaceuticals…
Crying speedrun (Any%). A common complaint levied against visual novels is that they’re some of the most text-heavy games one can find on the market. Who wants to spend hours upon hours reading dialogue during precious gaming time? Answer: me, and plenty of other people, but it’s a valid perspective to consider. Visual novels are…