Before Crisis was a 2004 cell-phone exclusive prequel to Final Fantasy VII. For the time ever, you can now watch some never-before-seen footage of Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII‘s lost Chocobo Racing mini-game, thanks to a group of feature phone preservationists. As you may or may not already be aware, over the last few years,…
As is not unusual among folks of a certain age, it’s hard not to wonder about the effects of unfettered internet access on my impressionable younger self. Ah well, back to doomscrolling and staring into the vast content pit it is. Wait, what was I doing? Oh, yes, the news! Earlier this week Texas governor…
Dentist? Check. Switch 2? Check. The Nintendo Today! mobile app has been updated (alongside the now-rebranded Nintendo Switch Online app), adding in a few notable new features that fans will no doubt appreciate. The biggest change comes with the calendar feature, which now lets you link up with your own device calendar to view personal…
Elden Ring Nightreign is FromSoft’s experiment to see how players tolerate a Soulslike’s worth of punishment when it’s packed into a repeatable roguelike format, and the experiment is almost ready to commence. On Thursday, May 29, squads of nightfarers will be unleashed for co-op boss killing, and you’ll need to know exactly when Nightreign unlocks…
Some people have been waiting since 2021. Polymega maker Playmaji has again teased the console’s Retro Gun Controller GC01 light gun, which went up for pre-order back in 2021. The much-delayed gun—based on the Sinden, which can be used with modern-day flatscreen TVs—was pushed into Q2 2024 so that it could “revised for additional compatibility…
Screenshot management is easier than ever. The Nintendo Switch Online mobile app has undergone a pretty major rebrand as fans excitedly await the launch of the Switch 2 on 5th June 2025. Now simply known as ‘Nintendo Switch App’, the 3.0.1 update now lets you view your friends’ profiles and receive optional notifications whenever they…
Category: Announcements May 29, 2025 Heavy Riffs, Heavy Hits – Kramer and DOOM: The Dark Ages Team Up to Launch Custom Guitars Jenny MillerSenior Manager, Xbox Global Brand Partnerships Get ready to shred through Hell. Kramer Guitars, the iconic brand known for its raw power and rock ‘n’ roll attitude, has teamed up with Bethesda’s…
Quality Assurance in games is one of the most underrated parts of game development. These departments usually employ people to go over games with a fine toothed comb making sure everything works correctly. But, due to the ever more complex nature of gaming, this can often be incredibly tedious work, even if you genuinely love…
The opening seconds of the trailer sold me on the whole enterprise. It’s the unforgettable scene from the start of Half-Life 2 where a Combine cop tells Gordon Freeman to pick up a piece of trash. Only you’re not playing Gordon Freeman in this scenario. You’re playing the Scout from Team Fortress 2, a man…
The tech inside Nintendo’s Duck Hunt Zapper gun is easily some of the coolest to come out of 80’s gaming. The way this device worked with the NES to determine whether or not you’d shot those poor innocent pixel ducks is truly some ingeniously innovative stuff. Unfortunately, with modern technology we don’t really have a…