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Grand Theft Auto could have been a globetrotting series like Assassin’s Creed, according to former Rockstar technical director: ‘We had ideas about GTA games in Rio de Janeiro, Moscow and Istanbul’ while ‘Tokyo almost actually happened’

The Fridge7 months ago06 mins

Outside of a trip to London in 1997, Grand Theft Auto has always stuck to fictional analogues of American cities for its settings. But there is a reality where Rockstar’s hugely successful crime epic is as globetrotting as Assassin’s Creed. According to Rockstar North’s former technical director Obbe Vermeij, the company toyed with numerous international…

34 Years After Release, A 13-Year-Old Has Just “Beaten” NES Tetris

3 years ago02 mins

The “true” kill screen has been reached. NES Tetris might be 35 years old this year, but it’s still a mainstay of the competitive Tetris scene, which has been surprisingly active over the past decade. This is because, during that time, new techniques were discovered that have allowed the world’s best Tetris players to set…

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Nintendo Music’s Latest Update Celebrates Another NES Classic, Here’s Every Song Included

1 year ago01 mins

Kid Icarus returns. The Nintendo Music app has been pumping out all sorts of soundtracks so far this year and following a Pokémon update last week, we’re now jumping back to the glory days of the NES with the original Kid Icarus game. This album, as you might expect, is a lot smaller than the…

Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel – Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

1 year ago01 mins

Itchy… Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we looked at Donkey Konga 2 for the GameCube; a rather lovely sequel that never quite became the hit it deserved to be. In a classic three-way brawl, Japan came out on top with 47% of the vote, but goodness, it…

Team Up Instantly – Sunderfolk’s Mobile Integration Redefines Xbox Co-Op

1 year ago012 mins

Category: Games April 23, 2025 Team Up Instantly – Sunderfolk’s Mobile Integration Redefines Xbox Co-Op Kim Velasquez, Sr. Community Manager, Dreamhaven Summary Couch co-op RPG Sunderfolk is available today for Xbox Series X|S. Use your phone to control turn-based action on a shared screen. Up to four players can join seamlessly, either in-person or remote….

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“The Small Sprites Are Really Cute!” – A Long-Forgotten Mobile Port Of Metal Slug Has Been Rescued From The Digital Abyss

The Fridge2 months ago03 mins

And you can play it now! Since its original release on the Neo Geo AES/MVS in 1996, the first entry in the Metal Slug series has been reissued on many different platforms over the years. Not only did it get a set of Japan-exclusive ports for the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn in the late…

Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 23, 2023)

3 years ago07 mins

Best of the best (Image credit: Bandai Namco) 2023 games: Upcoming releases Best PC games: All-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPSes: Finest gunplay On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up…

How to watch today’s Sony State of Play, which will feature ‘anticipated third-party and indie titles’ and updates from first-party studios—but probably not Marathon

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Sony’s back with another State of Play stream today, and has promised “nearly five minutes of gameplay” from Saros, the upcoming follow-up to bullet hell roguelike Returnal. The State of Play stream starts Wednesday, September 24 at 2 pm Pacific (see when it starts in your time zone here) and you can watch in the…

First Impressions: We’ve Played Three SEGA Games On Switch 2

1 year ago01 mins

Yakuza 0! RAIDOU Remastered! Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S! Sega has positioned itself as a staunch early supporter of the Switch 2, offering up three key titles on day one and three more to follow later on. While we’ve yet to experience the full lineup, Sega invited us to check out a trio of launch-period titles…

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Grand Theft Auto could have been a globetrotting series like Assassin’s Creed, according to former Rockstar technical director: ‘We had ideas about GTA games in Rio de Janeiro, Moscow and Istanbul’ while ‘Tokyo almost actually happened’

34 Years After Release, A 13-Year-Old Has Just “Beaten” NES Tetris

We are back live!

Nintendo Music’s Latest Update Celebrates Another NES Classic, Here’s Every Song Included

Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel – Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

Team Up Instantly – Sunderfolk’s Mobile Integration Redefines Xbox Co-Op

“The Small Sprites Are Really Cute!” – A Long-Forgotten Mobile Port Of Metal Slug Has Been Rescued From The Digital Abyss

Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 23, 2023)

How to watch today’s Sony State of Play, which will feature ‘anticipated third-party and indie titles’ and updates from first-party studios—but probably not Marathon

First Impressions: We’ve Played Three SEGA Games On Switch 2