Microsoft Flight Simulator Releases City Update 13: California

The Long-Awaited Sequel To Taito’s 1989 Arcade Classic ‘Night Striker’ Soars Onto Nintendo Switch & Steam

‘Night Striker Gear’ is available now. M2 Co. Ltd officially launched Night Striker Gear, its revival of Taito’s 1989 vehicular-based arcade shoot ’em up Night Striker, across Nintendo Switch & Steam. First announced in November 2024, Night Striker Gear, much like the original game, sees players take control of a flying, transforming car called the…

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It’s the year 2026, and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani will be streaming regularly on Twitch starting today

It’s the 21st century, which means—er, well, all sorts of existential horrors. But it also means that the media landscape, a term I typically shudder to use but is genuinely applicable here, has changed. A lot of the younger generations get their news from social media and streaming platforms, including online personalities—and archetypically, the government…

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Finally, you can play Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes inside Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain thanks to this mod

Metal Gear Solid 5 famously released in two highly disproportionate parts, with its short (but highly replayable) prologue Ground Zeroes releasing roughly a year before the full-fat Phantom Pain. This has always struck me as an odd decision. Prior to Ground Zeroes’ release, Hideo Kojima claimed he split off the prologue because he wanted to…

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All EB Games outlets in New Zealand will close by the end of the month following ‘multi-million dollar’ losses

EB Games will close all 38 of its New Zealand outlets by the end of January following a “multimillion-dollar loss during the 2024 fiscal year”. In an internal memo seen by RNZ, the retailer’s New Zealand managing director, Shane Stockwell, told employees the decision was made after “significant and repeated efforts to turn the business…

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Nintendo’s 330M+ Accounts Will Be Foundation Of “Lasting Relationship With Consumers”

It’s all about “supporting long-term relationships”. Nintendo has previously mentioned how it’s planning to use the same account system to make the transition to the next generation easier, and now it’s reiterated this in its latest financial update while revealing there are now “over” 330 million Nintendo accounts worldwide. This figure covers 164 countries and…

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