One of the most powerful tools in any writer’s box is the complete mastery they have over time. While real life trudges along in a doldrum routine of cause and effect, stories can arrange their happenings however they’d like. Storytellers have spent centuries finding and developing effective structures. Naughty Dog, however, has better plans. Plans…
Going live this week. Shin’en Multimedia is still hard at work on updating Fast Fusion for the Switch 2, and it’s now on the cusp of releasing a new patch. Going live on Thursday, 10th July, Version 1.4 will take inspiration from Nintendo’s own Mario Kart World by introducing a new photo mode. You’ll be…
A rotten egg. Back in the mid-to-late ’90s, Tamagotchi virtual pets were a massive fad, with kids around the world eagerly raising and interacting with cutesy animals on their tiny pea-green screens. Though the fad inevitably died out, Tamagotchi continued to exist in various forms across the next couple of decades, including a handful of…
“The game does NOT run entirely on the Raspberry Pi”. I was recently fortunate enough to go hands-on with the 2025 update of DOOM on the SNES, developed by Randal Linden and due to be published by Limited Run Games. When the project was first announced, Linden – who also worked on the original 1995…
It’s safe to assume that Marvel Rivals makes bank from its microtransactions. Its hero costumes put other games to shame, with incredible designs and even unique effects to go along with them, most of the time. Season 2 added a handful of colour palettes for select skins, while Season 3 brings charms and custom ultimate…
Edited by Kazutoshi Iida, designer of Doshin The Giant. Given the rich history surrounding the Metal Gear series, it’s no surprise that related pieces of merchandise are still being discovered and documented. Seasoned video game journalist and researcher Bruno de Figueiredo has unearthed and preserved another piece of fascinating Metal Gear ephemera, this time related…
Ok, so Elden Ring Nightreign players have beaten all the Nightlords, they’ve come to the end of the Remembrance quests, and everyone’s running through the few Everdark bosses we’ve released so far. How do we keep the remaining players interested? We could, hear me out now, make them fight the first three Everdark bosses again?…
I consider myself an insufferable Persona 5 fan, but even I’m beginning to tire a little of the Phantom Thieves. If there’s one thing Atlus knows how to do, it’s milk the ever-loving god out of a videogame, which I presume is how we ended up here: Persona 5: The Phantom X, a gacha game…
“War, War never changes”. Brian Fargo, the co-founder of the original Fallout developer Interplay, recently revealed on social media that he still possesses a “treasure trove” of voice recordings for the 1997 title, and it’s an brilliant reminder of just how stacked the cast was for post apocalyptic role-playing game. Fargo shared the image of…
“I’m making steady progress again”. Worms creator Andy Davidson is currently working on version 1.5 of the classic game, which will include a host of improvements as well as special custom levels. He’s been collaborating with other developers on the latter and has recently announced that the legendary Jeff Minter is coming to the world…