A word association game and a personality quiz walk into a bar. MegaPals is what happens next. The original concept for Jackbox Party Pack 12 pitched by Liz Anderson and Chase McClure drew from the classic game of Mind Meld – you get a word, then try to land on the same response as another…
“I knew I wouldn’t be capable of doing it without tackling other smaller games first”. Undoubtedly, one of our most-anticipated retro projects at the moment is marc_max, Kensu, and Jorge’s upcoming colourisation ROM hack of Donkey Kong ’94 (the underrated remake/sequel of the 1981 arcade game, which was completely overshadowed back in the ’90s by…
“the supply-demand environment is only getting tighter”. If you were perhaps hoping that the ongoing memory crisis would abate in the coming months, we have some unfortunate news for you. As reported by The Register, memory shortages are set to get even worse in 2027, with Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology, stating that demand…
Into the belly of the beast. The countdown continues! My weekly adventures through Ocarina of Time‘s dungeons have brought me to the last of the Child Link trilogy, and what a note to go out on. For those who missed the previous two editions, I’m revisiting one OoT dungeon each week, neatly leading me up…
It’s a fact: Hidden object games have a less-than-stellar reputation among the gamer cognoscenti. They’re commonly viewed as low effort, vacuous, beneath the notice or caring of real gamers—a sort of proto-slop, in many ways, that predates the rise of AI. They’re games your mom plays. Ewwww. Dramatic exaggeration? Not really. Back in 2016, we…
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Dead Man Dan returns when we need him most. It’s time to Rise From Your Grave (Altered Beast-style), as PlayStation recomp community BlackLabelHQ has released its first beta for the tremendously scary and tremendously silly MediEvil, now available for PC. As noted by the dedicated MediEvil community, Gallowpedia, BlackLabelHQ’s port reconstructs the cult 1998 adventure…
Din demand. In what proved to be a pretty predictable Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, Nintendo announced that a special concert tour would commence in Japan from January 2027. More dates would then follow in North America, Europe, and Australia, inviting fans to celebrating the franchise’s most iconic tracks. The predictability continued, of course, with all…
Welcome to Next Week on XBOX! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Gears of War:…
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi must be one of the least guarded interviewees working for a major publisher. Before I speak to him, I find tons of details about the final game in the Remake trilogy spread across a dozen different sources—everything from granular titbits about why Vincent Valentine has a unique skydiving…