Keep it up! Balatro has now officially sold 5 million copies since its initial launch on 20th February 2024. This number is a significant increase over the 2 million units previously reported in August 2024. The reason for this will likely be two-fold: since then, the game has been released on mobile devices and also…
According to an investor analysis report from Zeus Capital, Planet Coaster 2 hasn’t lived up to expectations when it comes to revenue and reception from the playerbase, and it doesn’t look like anyone’s too surprised. Despite selling over 400,000 units within two months of release and earning over £10 million, “cash flows are still negative,”…
Reflector Entertainment has announced the cancellation of an in-development project and another round of layoffs following the “failure” of its debut game, Unknown 9: Awakening. Studio CEO Herve Hoerdt said he halted work in the project, which was in the “conceptualization phase,” as continuing development “would not have been sustainable for the future of the…
Wake up, Sleeper. Citizen Sleeper was, coincidentally, one of 2022’s sleeper hits. With its combination of top-tier writing and decision-based gameplay, this table-top-inspired RPG and space adventure pulled us into its airlock and wouldn’t let us out until we had played through the emotional damage of witnessing every possible outcome (and yes, that includes the…
Darkstalkers (USA) is also coming to Blu-ray. Discotek Media has announced that it will be bringing out a new Blu-ray of the critically panned Street Fighter: The Animated Series. Originally airing between 1995 to 1997 on the USA Network, Street Fighter The Animated Series was a collaboration between USA Studios, Capcom, Graz Entertainment (season one),…
“This totally sucks”. A Japanese arcade which was home to a wide selection of classic games has been consumed by fire, we’re sad to report. The conflagration at Osaka’s Retro Game Arcade Zarigani was reported by Colin Williamson on social media. Read the full article on timeextension.com “This totally sucks”. A Japanese arcade which was…
Scalper no scalping. McDonald’s and The Pokémon Company have today announced another crossover event that sees a limited range of Trading Cards appearing in Happy Meals across the United States until late February. Starting today, fans in the US can pick up a four-card Pokémon TCG booster and sticker activity sheet with every Happy Meal,…
Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Gainward) Image 2 of 4 (Image credit: Gainward) Image 3 of 4 (Image credit: Gainward) Image 4 of 4 (Image credit: Gainward) The launch of the Nvidia RTX 50 series cards is just around the corner. To mark the occasion, Gainward has shown off an impressive-looking frosty RTX 5090…
Final Fantasy 14’s first chaotic alliance raid—a higher difficulty 24-player fight that’s adapted from one of the original A Realm Reborn raids—arrived at the end of December, and I actually like it a lot. Even if having to rely on 23 other people to consistently execute each mechanic is the definition of futile. Well, why…
Controllers are better than mice and keyboard for gaming [Editor’s note: nope]. A keebmouse set-up is definitely going to get you the better kill death score yet controllers are more comfortable, accessible, intuitive, flexible, and fun. As you can see, I have my funeral plot all picked out atop this contrary PC gaming take hill,…