While Nintendo might’ve found a way to bring Pocketpair to court over patents it arguably shouldn’t have been awarded in the first place, it’s telling that even its military-grade legal hit squad didn’t try to nail Palworld for its Pokemon knockoffery. But while I’ll defend Palworld’s legal right to pretend Dinossom isn’t just Lilligant‘s flower…
Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Sid, Kristen, Brett, and I are back this week to discuss the new take on Pac-Man Shadow Labyrinth, the wonders of hand-tracking in PlayStation VR2, what it’s like to learn how to walk in Baby Steps, and their most played games…
“I’d like you to use your imagination”. From the second Nintendo revealed Pauline was in Donkey Kong Bananza, a timeline theory began to take shape in our heads. But then we wrapped the game up, and our prequel presumptions weren’t as nailed on as we’d expected. We still don’t have an official answer for how…
Prepare for “an explosive sense of speed!”. Taito’s OutRun-esque driving game Top Speed (otherwise known as Full Throttle in Japan) is set to make its debut on modern consoles tomorrow (February 5th, 2026), as part of Hamster Corporation’s ongoing Arcade Archives/Arcade Archives 2 series. Released in 1987, Top Speed was created by a team inside…
The Long Dark has been in development for a long time. Hinterland’s chilly survival game launched into Steam early access way back in 2014, before formally releasing three years later. But the launch in 2017 only represented the completion of the game’s survival mode. The episodic story mode, titled “Wintermute”, has been grinding glacially forward…
Andy Edser, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been testing: Handhelds and headsets. Both of which appear to be getting bigger as time goes on. It won’t be long now before I strap a pair of speakers to the top of my head, stick a slab of granite in my backpack, and merrily…
Hi everybody! I’m swapping in for our old pal Ryan Clements this week. There are some stellar games, too, like the highly regarded adventure game Oxenfree, voice-controlled strategy game There Came an Echo, and even a new PS2 classic you can play on your PS4. Not too shabby! Have a great weekend everybody! New Releases:…
Patch also fixes a key bug from the original game. While the Genesis / Mega Drive and SNES were fairly evenly matched in a lot of genres, it’s not an exaggeration to say that Nintendo’s console had a distinct advantage when it came to RPGs, with a host of amazing titles such as Final Fantasy…
Nintendo has announced the rollout of a facial recognition system and new entry and purchase rules for its Pokémon stores in Japan. It’s not exactly a last-ditch effort, but it’s yet another attempt at combating scalpers which have been plaguing the hobby ever since its inception. “In order to provide a safe and secure shopping…
New Windows 10 phone coming soon The Windows 10 party has already started in earnest on the desktop, and come this Friday, November 20, it will extend to mobile with the launch of Microsoft’s Lumia 950, its first Windows 10 smartphone. Much to the chagrin of competing wireless carriers not named AT&T, the modern day…