Heaven a good time. This review was originally published in November 2014. We’re updating and republishing it to mark the game’s arrival in the Nintendo Switch Online NES library — and its official debut in North America nearly 40 years after its Japanese launch on Famicom. As far as obscure releases within the NES library…
I was recently visiting friends who have young kids, and like every child on the planet in the year 2026 they love K-Pop Demon Hunters—or at least, most of it. The parents had to fast-forward past “the demon parts,” since they were apparently a bit too scary for at least one member of the under-five…
I’ve long said that if I could start any business, it would be one that made actually good videogame-themed clothing. There are places out there, sure, but for the most part we’re still shackled to the dreaded ‘t-shirt with a screen-printed design’ that, quite frankly, looks terrible on me. I’m a nerd and a fashionista,…
The Il Toro is infamous for haunting the halls of Stella Montis in Arc Raiders. It was good anywhere, of course, but Stella Montis’ tight corridors made the shotgun an absolute menace in PvP, where you could rush at someone and one-tap them pretty reliably. Embark promised its time in the spotlight would come to…
“The Trial of Kharzoid is an Arkanoidvania”. Ever since some bright spark thought that fusing the names ‘Metroid‘ and ‘Castlevania‘ was a good idea, we’ve seen countless ‘Metroidvania’ titles appear, some of which have become genuine mainstream smash hits, like Hollow Knight. If you’re a fan of genres getting smashed together, then you might want…
Category: Games February 28, 2025 Monster Hunter Wilds: 6 Tips from the Developers Themselves Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief The Monster Hunter series is packed with detail – from 14 weapon types, each effectively changing what kind of action game you’re playing, to its many items, to the huge range of monsters to take down…
Bethesda is eager to reassure you that its house is not, in fact, on fire in the wake of 3,200 layoffs (1,600 that already happened, 1,600 that are still to come) at Xbox that claimed numerous devs at the studio, including the artist responsible for designing The Elder Scrolls’ khajiit and argonians. Thus, its recent…
The gaming business has doubtlessly experienced an amazing change as many classic arcade games have found their adaptations in the online casino scene. By combining aspects of skill and chance to provide players with a distinctive gaming experience, the nostalgia and excitement of classic arcade games have been reinvented to suit the casino structure. Along…
Agent casually clicking the “I am not a robot” button from r/OpenAI Sometimes, stories about AI write themselves. I don’t mean the AI writes them, I mean they’re so on the nose that even putting them in Black Mirror might feel a bit gauche. Well, an agentic AI has reportedly passed a Cloudflare human verification…
At this year’s The Game Awards, we got a first look at a new Star Wars racing, game, Star Wars: Galactic Racer. To my knowledge, this is the first dedicated Star Wars racing game we’ve seen since the salad days of Prequel Trilogy tie-ins like the much(?) beloved Episode 1 Racer. The trailer features VO…