It can be all too easy to think about the environmental impact of AI in the abstract—especially when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attempts to minimise ChatGPT’s water usage by throwing fractions out. However, for the citizens of Memphis, Tennessee, it’s a subject that hits so close to home that it simply can’t be ignored. The…
Arriving June 5th. The GameCube library will be joining the Switch 2’s online ‘Expansion Pack’ tier this June and one of three launch titles for this particular collection is Link’s cel-shaded adventure The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Nintendo’s new app ‘Nintendo Today!‘ has been sharing some additional footage of this title in action…
We launched The Last of Us five years ago and, later that year, began what would become one of our favorite traditions: celebrating Outbreak Day. Every year on September 26, we’ve had the opportunity to celebrate The Last of Us community and share our appreciation for the love and passion you have for this world,…
2026 is the year of ‘Sin’. Nightdive has just released a new “announcement trailer” for Sin: Reloaded — it’s long-awaited remaster of Ritual Entertainment’s 1998 first person-shooter Sin. The retro developer originally acquired the rights to the game back in January 2020, later releasing Sin Gold, an updated version of the game on Steam &…
The Blood of Dawnwalker, the game that dares ask “what if Geralt was Blade?”, dropped an all-new 20 minute gameplay trailer over the weekend that adds an exciting new layer to the inquiry: What if Geralt was Blade, and they were also Corvo Attano? That aspect of gameplay becomes apparent midway through the video, when…
We find ourselves at the end of another month, and as ever, the passing phases of the moon leave us asking the same question: What’s going on with Haunted Chocolatier? Knowing all too well how the hungry masses clamor for details about his next game, Stardew Valley developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has posted another of…
“it was difficult for us to incorporate everything we wanted”. Nintendo has released a new Ask the Developer interview ahead of the upcoming launch of Mario Kart World for the Switch 2, delving into all sorts of delicious details about the game’s development. Crucially, World was actually originally planned for the OG Switch – not…
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been rather critical of our new AI-integrated, “woops-it’s-broken” world. That’s not to say I’m completely down on the tech, though. I like me a dose of DLSS, and vibe coding has shown some genuine promise in terms of bringing software development to the masses. I’m also a…
“If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed”. Overclocked ReMix, a video game community and website dedicated to “the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form,” has released a statement on social media making clear that it won’t accept “GenAI” music on the platform. The statement…
Hytale is off to a strong start in early access, securing two more years of development time in preorders, becoming Twitch’s most-watched game on launch day, and responding quickly to community requests. It’s also received a few big updates in its first couple weeks: last week’s patch added fun stuff like underground dinosaurs, and a…