“A modern handheld Super Nintendo with ALL the bells and whistles”. It never ceases to amaze me how modders, hackers and homebrew enthusiasts continue to push the envelope when it comes to retro gaming tech. Take the incredibly talented YveltalGriffin, for example; not only are they part of the team which gave us the “Wii-on-a-keychain”…
Nintendo also took home some awards. The Game Awards for 2025 has wrapped, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by French studio Sandfall Interactive has officially been crowned ‘Game of the Year’. In case you missed it, the competition included Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Kingdom…
A lotta stuff happened in videogames in 2023: Baldur’s Gate 3 released, a staggering number of layoffs occurred, and Dave the Diver was controversially nominated for Best Indie at The Game Awards. It’s got all the cosy, pixellated vibes that you’d associate with the Stardew Valleys and Celestes of the world, worked on by a…
The Combat Recon quest in Arc Raiders‘ new Headwinds update sees you exploring a familiar location: the Buried City. Despite how many trips you’ve undoubtedly taken here, it doesn’t make scoping out locations to find cover spots any easier. Similar to the With a View and Prime Specimen quests, you’ll also have to nab an…
UL Solutions, the makers of the ever popular 3DMark benchmarking software, has announced 3DMark Steel Nomad. It’s set to replace the now aging Time Spy benchmark, and it’s sure to bring even the best rigs to their knees, as any new 3Dmark software should! Steel Nomad is a heavy non-ray tracing cross-platform benchmark. It will…
Up close with a Predator HyperX brought its new Predator NVMe SSD to CES. It’s HyperX’s first NVMe drive and it’s fast — the drive was posting read and write speeds of 2,585MB/s and 1,354MB/s, respectively, at HyperX’s booth. HyperX isn’t revealing too many details about the drive just yet, such as what NAND flash…
We’ve known it was coming since last year, but atmospheric, beautiful, ecologically-driven metroidvania platformer Rain World‘s new expansion has dropped. In Rain World: The Watcher, you become Nightcat, AKA The Watcher, a new and adorable slugcat with its own (new, adorable) gimmick—finding mysterious echoes of itself, which will require you to check out all kinds…
Thanks to an update on the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger kickstarter webpage, the studio behind the successful crowd funding project has announced that it is looking into bringing the TY the Tasmanian Tiger Bush Rescue HD game to consoles with more news about the project coming next year. The post goes on to explain that…
Pong! was my very first experience with Atari Home Pong released in 1975. Not only was I hooked on the game, but so was my dad, my uncle, and just about everyone in my family. It was easy to play, but the game really shined when we were playing against each other. Of course, that…
Hey PlayStation.Blog readers! With only one week until the return of Kratos, I’m delighted to announce that the full God of War soundtrack is live today on Spotify, available on PlayStation Music! When Santa Monica Studio asked me to compose the score to the new God of War, I was awestruck, because I’m such a…