Kitchen nightmares. The biggest challenge facing PlateUp! is the striking similarities to the other culinary stress simulator, Overcooked. Ghost Town Game’s hugely popular series has been fairly unique in its genre up until now. Making sure all orders are right, delivering dishes to tables in time, and washing up after — this rhythm will be…
It is possible… just about. When Super Mario Bros. Wonder first launched at the end of last year, we asked you lovely lot what your controller of choice was to take on the latest 2D platformer. We listed the likes of the Joy-Con, Pro Controller and the SNES pad — heck, we even pushed the…
We now have the most up to date Famitsu video game sales straight from Japan and it has been another stellar week for Nintendo. The Kyoto-based company currently has the entire top ten on lock down with Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield continuing their reign at the top of the charts. Here’s the best-selling software…
Pre-orders opening soon. After it was revealed as a launch title in the recent Switch 2 Direct, you might have been wondering how much Hazelight’s Split Fiction will set you back on the upcoming Nintendo console. Well, EA has finally spilled the beans. In a new blog post, EA confirmed that Split Fiction will launch…
Remember when, as a child, you boasted about something you were really, really good at, then got called out on your skills and had to sheepishly retract? Awkward, wasn’t it? Spare a thought for poor Google Gemini, then, which confidently boasted it was fantastic at chess before making excuses when it learned more about its…
Blade 18 2026 – steal turns into steal of the century from r/GamingLaptops One Redditor has seemingly got the PC hardware deal of the year by paying €2,433 (around $2,800) for a Razer laptop that currently sells for €6,600 (just under $7,700). Gaming laptops may be pricey right now, thanks to the memory crisis, but that would…
“They were… hesitant to use people from overseas”. Speaking exclusively to Time Extension, Tom Shiraiwa, a former localisation lead at Capcom’s Osaka offices, recently offered insight into the localisation of the 1996 survival-horror classic Resident Evil, including a potential explanation as to why the game’s dialogue ended up being so laughably bad. Despite its reputation…
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Skyrim was getting ready to launch—it was mere weeks away—but former Bethesda producer Jeff Gardiner and the designers were in the midst of a disagreement over balance. This led Gardiner, who also had years of creative and design experience, to take matters into his own hands. “I had this fight with the designers at the…
I roleplay in MMORPGs because I am a big, stinking nerd—I’ve written about the joy of such activities on this website before. But in case you’re uninitiated, here’s how it works: You and a group of your mates spend time “in character”, roleplaying as one might at your average D&D table. Just swap out a…