You’ll either love it or hate it. Nintendo has just unleashed its second DK rerelease on the Switch with Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, a game that’s seemingly taken a few cues from Emperor Palpatine on how to cheat death (“Somehow…”). To celebrate, the firm has also launched a range of Donkey Kong-themed merchandise in…
When PC Gamer visited The Blood of Dawnwalker‘s developer, Rebel Wolves, for our upcoming, world-exclusive issue of PC Gamer magazine, we spoke directly to the much-anticipated ARPG’s design director, Daniel Sadowski, about its unique ‘time as a resource’ mechanic, and how it plays into the game’s wider narrative sandbox approach where gamers create their own…
Remember Razer’s Zephyr mask? Yeah, the one with the RGB lighting, the black colourway that went with everything in my wardrobe, and the deceptive claim of N95 protection during the Covid-19 pandemic. Marketing for the $100 mask originally made references to the included “N95 Filters,” leading some to believe the Zephyr mask itself offered N95-level…
Thanks to srg320. The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer is the latest console to get the FPGA treatment. FPGA developer srg320 has shown off some work-in-progress footage of the core in action, showing titles like Flashback, GEX, Primal Rage, Samurai Shodown and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Read the full article on timeextension.com Thanks to srg320. The…
Former employees Kit and Krysta discuss company secrets. We don’t know how exactly Nintendo feels about the supposed ‘Switch 2’ leaks, but former company employees Kit and Krysta – who worked at Nintendo of America for over 10 years – have now chimed in with their thoughts and insights. When the pair worked at Nintendo…
Cut straight through today’s puzzle with a quick click-through to the answer to today’s Wordle answer if you want to—some days the simplest solution is the best one. Or use our tips to polish your own ideas until they shine, and make use of the January 16 (1307) hint if you’d like someone to point…
Wave 1 is now available. Nintendo has rolled out another batch of icons, this time celebrating the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for Switch. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
“A solid Switch port with some unexpected failings”. The folks at this Digital Foundry have this week taken a look at the latest Switch release Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. In brief, the resolution and frame rate are “surprisingly solid”. This Unity-powered game runs at 1080p docked and 720p in handheld mode on the Switch…
Spring into action. Amazingly, it’s been four years since Rune Factory 5 finally arrived on Nintendo Switch. And while we’ve had the fabulous Rune Factory 3 Special, a remaster of the popular DS title, we haven’t seen a new entry for a minute. Well, that’s about to change: Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma will be…
I was an early adopter of the Roomba back in the early 2000s. It sucked, and not in the way it was supposed to suck: up dirt. The first Roomba barely picked up anything. It bumped into everything else. It couldn’t find its charging station. It was deafeningly loud. Cleaning its undercarriage took more time…