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Tiny indie studio realises someone is selling its free games for $100+ on eBay and is totally stoked: ‘We’re a real developer now’ it declares, adding an ‘in your face!’ to a homebrew convention that rejected them

2 months ago05 mins

Friends, let me summon my full videogame-expert authority to tell you: Studios don’t like it when you pirate their games. They’re not fans! And fair enough, really. If I found out that someone was filtering all my articles into Athletic Dame Repacks that you had to read off of torrented .iso files, I’d be… mystified,…

‘I want to acknowledge that we messed up’: NZXT addresses concerns about its controversial Flex gaming PC rental program and commits to taking action

2 months ago07 mins

A few days ago, Gamers Nexus released an exposé calling NZXT’s gaming PC rental service NZXT Flex a “predatory, evil rental computer scam”. This caused quite a stir in online PC gaming communities, and it seems NZXT’s taken note, as the company has now issued an official statement about the issue. In a blog post,…

Classic Disney Titles Lion King, Jungle Book And Aladdin Come To Antstream Arcade

2 months ago02 mins

Goof Troop, Little Mermaid and Bonkers on the way, too. Retro game streaming service Antstream Arcade has announced that it has teamed up with Disney to bring “three of the most iconic Disney video games ever” to its platform. From today, Disney’s The Lion King, Disney’s The Jungle Book, and Disney’s Aladdin will all be…

You can now order a real deck of Balatro cards, which is good because that game’s still all I think about

2 months ago04 mins

Not content with simply being one of the best PC games of the year and subsequently dominating on mobile too, Balatro is now getting ready to launch on the most important platform of all—real life. In partnership with Fangamer, developer LocalThunk has opened preorders for a real deck of Balatro cards, complete with a selection…

Marvel Rivals Season 0 launch times and release date

2 months ago04 mins

Marvel Rivals is a recent spin on the Overwatch family of hero shooters that intends to wrestle all the value it possibly can out of its IP. And I mean, fair play, who doesn’t want to get a triple kill as Spiderman? Sorry, Uncle Ben, I need to get this clip for my MLG montage….

2002 Yu Suzuki Interview Reveals The Origins Of Space Harrier

2 months ago01 mins

Space, man. While Sega is currently updating some of its most famous properties for modern-day systems, one franchise which sadly isn’t included is Space Harrier. Released in arcades in 1985, Yu Suzuki’s eclectic classic came to typify Sega’s approach at the time – a fusion of dazzling visuals, appealing audio and cabinets that would move…

Eternal Darkness Playable On Dolphin Again After Being “A Thorn” In Its Developers’ Sides

2 months ago03 mins

The devs have now issued a game-specific patch for the horror game. The popular Gamecube and Wii emulator Dolphin just got an update (release 2412) recently that introduced a bunch of amazing new fixes. This included a fix for somewhat of an annoying issue that the development team had been experiencing with Silicon’s Knights’ Eternal…

‘It was only in review builds for leak precautions’: Bethesda squashes rumours that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has Denuvo DRM

2 months ago04 mins

Denuvo DRM is an object of hate for many gamers. Being anti-piracy software that may or may not slow down your PC, it’s become something of a boogeyman, to the point where—in a frankly ill-advised attempt to reach out to gamers, a Discord server for the software had to be shut down in two days….

New Hand-Drawn 3D Platformer Is Bursting With Nintendo Inventiveness

2 months ago01 mins

Launching Q1 2025. A new hand-drawn 3D platformer is heading to the Nintendo Switch in Q1 2025, and by gum, it’s looking rather lovely indeed. Ruffy and the Riverside comes from developer Zockrates Laboratories and looks to bring some of that iconic Nintendo inventiveness into a gorgeous world full of hand-drawn characters and assets. The…

London’s Pop-Up Pokémon Center Returns In February 2025

2 months ago01 mins

Shop ’til you drop. Brace yourselves, folks, and prepare to splash some cash. The Pokémon Company has announced that the pop-up Pokémon Center will be returning to the 2025 Pokémon Europe International Championships in London. The store will be open throughout the event at the ExCel London from 21st-23rd February 2025. We don’t know exactly…

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Every prestige blockbuster game should have Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s fast-forward option

ConcernedApe isn’t ruling out future updates to Stardew Valley: ‘Maybe even 50 years from now, I might add something’

Tiny indie studio realises someone is selling its free games for $100+ on eBay and is totally stoked: ‘We’re a real developer now’ it declares, adding an ‘in your face!’ to a homebrew convention that rejected them

‘I want to acknowledge that we messed up’: NZXT addresses concerns about its controversial Flex gaming PC rental program and commits to taking action

Classic Disney Titles Lion King, Jungle Book And Aladdin Come To Antstream Arcade

You can now order a real deck of Balatro cards, which is good because that game’s still all I think about

Marvel Rivals Season 0 launch times and release date

2002 Yu Suzuki Interview Reveals The Origins Of Space Harrier

Eternal Darkness Playable On Dolphin Again After Being “A Thorn” In Its Developers’ Sides

‘It was only in review builds for leak precautions’: Bethesda squashes rumours that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has Denuvo DRM

New Hand-Drawn 3D Platformer Is Bursting With Nintendo Inventiveness

London’s Pop-Up Pokémon Center Returns In February 2025