Trunkman. We are mere hours away from the release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder on 20th October (that’s tomorrow!) and it is fair to say that Nintendo has been stepping up the marketing into ‘home-straight’ territory. We’re getting exclusive interviews, comedy short ads, even bus-spotting competitions, but what we haven’t seen all that much, is…
Purchasing a Nintendo Switch console is pretty challenging at the moment with stock worldwide being scarce with many seeking to buy the hybrid console to help keep them and their families entertained during the pandemic. Vice.com has recently reported that a new ‘checkout bot’ – a tool that is used to automatically buy a product…
Medieval city-builder Manor Lords had a quiet 2025, as its developer adjusted to the game’s enormous success following its release into Steam early access in 2024. Things picked up speed toward the end of the year, however, with a major patch arriving in December that introduced a rework to core systems and an overhaul to…
No matter how great a game is, there’s always room for improvement. Launch day is no longer the finish line for games, it’s just the start of a looooong process of bug fixes, tweaks, and patches. After years of skimming patch notes to see if the devs have fixed that one little issue that’s been…
Category: ID@Xbox April 30, 2025 Indie Selects for April 2025: Fresh but Familiar Vibes Raymond Estrada, Nick Zuclich, Deron Mann, Oscar Polanco, Steven AllenID@Xbox Style Coordinators Sometimes you just can’t put your finger on it. You want something familiar and comforting, but also something just a little different. You want to mix it up with…
A 2025 release has been locked in. One of the most anticipated games of 2025 is Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and to gear up for the big launch next year, Nintendo has now added this new entry to the official Metroid page on its website. It’s apparently “coming soon” with Nintendo also mentioning how fans…
You can be my wingman anytime. Namco’s Ace Combat series is one of the company’s most enduring hits, and has been a solid part of its lineup for decades, selling over 20 million units in the process – yet the origins of the franchise are somewhat murky and certainly not as well known as, say,…
Upgrading Sega’s 32-bit powerhouse. Released at the close of 1994 in Japan, Sega’s 32-bit Saturn promised so much; the company had conquered 3D in the arcades, and this was the system that would bring that dominance to the home. Unfortunately for Sega, Sony had other ideas, and its PlayStation console would utterly eclipse all rivals,…
I sometimes wonder how Valve, which released over 20,000 new games on Steam in 2025 alone, can possibly be checking every single one of those games for potentially questionable content before they go up for sale. That’s almost 400 new games per week to keep an eye on—a task that would require a whole lot…
In an internal memo sent to Xbox staff, new Xbox boss Asha Sharma has reportedly said the platform’s subscription service has become “too expensive”. The memo, seen by The Verge, also points to a potential reworking of the subscription model. “Game Pass is central to gaming value on Xbox. It’s also clear that the current…