More details about Critical Role’s next campaign have dropped. We knew it was being run by Dimension 20 mastermind Brennan Lee Mulligan, whereupon I joked that he’d be losing a lot of sleep juggling two massive D&D projects. Folks, I am now seriously concerned for the man, because the pitch for Critical Role Campaign 4,…
The humble health bar is not made to be remembered. It’s there primarily for information, and yet the best games use health bars (as well as other UI elements) to add beauty, express personality, or more deeply immerse us in the world around it. Health bars aren’t as commonplace as they used to be in…
If you’ve played any of the previous games, then it should come as no surprise that Borderlands 4 loves its cosmetics. There are plenty of costumes, heads, and colours for you to earn for each of the four characters, and you can even customise your little Echo-4 drone. In fact, the Borderlands 4 Twitch Drops…
Given Nvidia’s status as the world’s most valuable company, and the firm sitting at the forefront of the AI boom, I doubt CEO Jensen Huang has many regrets. Still, in a recent appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast, Huang confirmed that his future could have looked very different if he’d accepted a position as the…
Dimitrescu joins forces with… BABYMETAL? Capcom has announced a new collaboration between Resident Evil and Japanese metal group BABYMETAL, but its debut has fans divided on the franchise’s apparent obsession with Lady Dimitrescu. The collaboration will result in some special Resident Evil / BABYMETAL merchandise landing in 2026, presumably to directly coincide with the series’…
Iida and producer Koji ‘IGA’ Igarashi speak in new interview. Since leaving Konami in 2014, former Castlevania series producer Koji ‘IGA’ Igarashi has focused his creative energies on Bloodstained, a spiritual successor to the vampire-hunting franchise produced at ArtPlay, his current studio. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was a critical and commercial success, and received…
Just don’t expect everything. If you plan to play the Switch release Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on your Switch 2, there will be some slight improvements. As detailed in Nintendo’s recently published FAQ, while there are “no differences in the software content”, the gameplay will take advantage of the Switch 2’s capabilities. For starters,…
Wide open space. This week saw the welcome release of Banjo: Recompiled, a native PC port of the original 1998 N64 classic. This statically recompiled port includes a host of new features and improvements, one of which is the ability to run the game in widescreen and ultra-widescreen modes. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Hello everyone. Thank you so much for your interest in Bloodborne during launch. We wanted to share some tips and guidance for the multiplayer experience for those that are encountering issues or have lingering questions. If you’re sensitive to spoiler content, please be advised that the below does contain material related to the story. Online…
Shell grabbing! Backwards scrolling! P-Switches! A team of ROM hackers led by AleFunky has just released Super Ale Bros. Redux, a new hack for the original 1985 Super Mario Bros. which drastically modifies the game in a bunch of cool ways. This ASM hack (which means it has been written in Assembly) introduces elements which…