The behemoth that is Tencent is one of the most dominant players in the game industry, but CEO and co-founder Pony Ma recently acknowledged that the competition is catching up and that recent game launches haven’t lived up to expectations. Chinese outlet Jiemian (via Reuters) reports that Ma spoke about the threat from other Chinese…
Stephen Dupree, who was the lead designer on the stellar Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Donkey Kong Country Returns, has returned to Retro Studios after a stint at Playful. Dupree helped with the charming Super Luckys Tale on Xbox One, but has since returned to Retro Studios as principle game designer. Retro Studios is…
Save 30 percent today on Amazon’s flagship tablet Kudos to you if you can make it to the end of the year without anything but a bare wallet and depleted PayPal account. Anything else is a tall order with all the holiday sales — it started with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, both of which…
“Featuring the voice of Keanu Reeves”. In case you missed the initial announcement, Sega is celebrating the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie this week with special DLC for Sonic X Shadow Generations. It allows you to “dash through the streets of Shibuya” in a unique stage inspired by the events of third…
“Experience the legendary Game Boy tale with a brand-new coat of paint”. We’ve already seen Kirby’s early Game Boy adventures get a fresh look thanks to the homebrew community, but now the pink menace is getting the enhancement treatment via a new PC port by Grape Garden Games and Team Starfall. “Experience the legendary Game…
Category: Games September 19, 2025 How to Survive Your First Nights in Dying Light: The Beast Tymon Smektała, Dying Light Franchise Director Summary Dying Light: The Beast is available now for Xbox Series X|S and features relentless zombies, brutal combat, and some of the scariest nights. Kyle Crane is has returned — but something has…
Good Paldea. Phew, we’re finally at the last (for now) generation! Pokémon turns 30 on 27th February, and in honour of this momentous anniversary, we’ve run a series of polls leading up to the big day, asking you to vote for your favourite Pokémon from each generation. The nine winners will then go head-to-head in…
“The tools have been designed to be architecture abstract”. Blaze’s Evercade family of systems has played host to NES, Mega Drive, SNES, PlayStation, arcade and even Amiga games, but its upcoming Piko Interactive Collection 4 finally adds a format which people have been crying out for – Nintendo 64. The pack will include the N64…
Price hikes took effect in May in Japan. Nintendo has released its latest financial report for the first three months of FY2027, confirming that the Switch 2 has now sold a total of 23.68 million units as of 30th June 2026 (surpassing GameCube at 21.74 million). 3.82 million Switch 2 consoles were shifted during the…
For the Geek in all of us With Easter right around the corner, we thought it would be fun to update our old software easter eggs story to encompass 20 of our favorites. Do you have a personal favorite software Easter egg? Or perhaps you’d like to share one that we didn’t mention? Let us…