With a Mario-themed Bananza event in tow. We heard rumours of some incoming NSO challenges yesterday, and in today’s Direct, they materialised. The ‘DK Challenge’ event kicks off tomorrow, 10th June, at 2am BST / 3am CET / 6pm PT (9th) / 9pm ET (9th), and will be sticking around until 1st September. Read the…
Safe to say, as we approach the midpoint of 2026, it hasn’t exactly been a vintage year for GPU launches. We’ll come to the details, but so far you’re looking at a couple of very minor revisions of existing GPUs. And now comes a rumour that our only real hope for something slightly exciting this…
Stellar physics. Korean dev Shift Up’s hit action-adventure Stellar Blade is coming to Switch 2 this year. As revealed in today’s Nintendo Direct, the game came out on PS5 back in 2024 with Sony publishing. Featuring scantily-clad ladies battling an assortment of vile monsters, it caused quite a stir, too, with its pretty ladies and…
I had damn near forgotten that Square Enix was making Kingdom Hearts 4. I was starting to wonder if Square Enix had also forgotten Square Enix was making Kingdom Hearts 4. It’s been total radio silence since the game’s initial 2022 announcement—four long years with nothing but a three-minute reveal trailer to sustain the gaggle…
Home (Circuit) Coming. We are approaching Nintendo’s next big Switch 2 release with Star Fox, and today, we’ve learnt the development team behind it all. As revealed on Bluesky, Velan Studios is behind this one. “We’ve been passionately working on this for a while, and we’re so proud to finally share it with the world:…
Fantaztic. Sega and Atlus brought the big guns to the Nintendo Direct today with Persona Metaphor: ReFantazio for the Switch 2. Originally released in 2024, the JRPG garnered critical acclaim across the board for its visuals and mechanics, and fans have been itching to see it launch on Nintendo’s console. Your wait is almost over…
First, a confession. I’m not much of a mini-LED fan. You might even call me a dimming-zone snob. I’ve never found LCD panels with full-array local dimming terribly convincing, and of late it’s been hard to argue with the latest OLED gaming monitors. So, it’s definitely a surprise to discover that one of, if not…
The 20 Year Celebration edition includes all DLC content. Rise of the Tomb Raider, the second in Crystal Dynamics’s Lara Croft reboots that was originally released in 2015, has been revealed for Switch 2 – and it’s out now. Developed by Aspyr, who also handled last year’s Tomb Raider: Definite Edition port, Rise Of The…
No strings attached. Here’s one for the Soulslike fans out there. Lies of P is heading to Switch 2 on 6th August in an all-new ‘Complete Edition’. This new version of Neowiz and Round8 Studio’s 2023 action game bundles the ‘Overture’ expansion in with the base game, and from the brief look we got in…
When it comes to gaming monitors, it feels like 2026 has been all about lording it with a long list of OLED displays. So, it’s nice to be back among the proletariat with a mere LCD panel. I give you the Koorui 34E6UC. Of course, this is a 34-inch ultrawide model, which is one of…