Birmingham (that’s the city in England, not the Alabama one) went through the ultimate crossover episode two weeks ago when three conventions descended upon a single venue: DreamHack ventured across the channel for its UK debut, MegaCon returned for all things anime and pop culture, and bodybuilding show Arnold Sports Festival served as the unintentional…
Unicorn Overlord looks utterly stunning. n a Nintendo Direct full of nostalgia, remakes, and returning Nintendo IPs, one of the highlights was a brand new strategy RPG from Japanese developer Vanillware — Unicorn Overlord. When the trailer dropped and we saw the studio’s stunning hand-drawn visuals, we knew we were in for a treat, and…
Donald Trump, sometime reality TV star and now real-world President of these United States, has announced he will prevent AI companies with huge data centers and commensurately massive electricity demands from forcing up utility bills for consumers. “I never want Americans to pay higher Electricity bills because of Data Centers,” Trump said on Truth Social….
After putting Switch 2 preorders on hiatus in the US while it assessed the “potential impact” of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff rollout, Nintendo has confirmed that it will be maintaining the Switch 2’s originally announced $450 price. US preorders will begin on April 24. “We apologize for the retail pre-order delay, and hope this…
PI(kachu). The latest Japanese charts are in from Famitsu (via Gematsu) and while not quite as impressive a surge as last week, Detective Pikachu Returns once again finds itself at the top of the physical software pile with another 16,248 copies sold. Pikmin 4 just misses out on reclaiming the gold medal this time as…
Former Sony staffer reflects on 30 years of PlayStation. Sony’s PS1 turned 30 at the end of last year, and this year marks the 30th anniversary of the console’s launch in the West. Former President of SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony Interactive Entertainment, Shuhei Yoshida, has been speaking to GamesIndustry.biz about the arrival of Sony’s…
Adding a Boss Ruse Mode and more! Castlevania Dominus Collection made its debut on the Switch earlier this year and months later, Konami is still showing its support with regular updates. The latest one includes the addition of a Boss Rush Mode in Haunted Castle Revisited and some additional display layouts as well as bug…
Windows 10 Mobile is coming Microsoft created a bit of confusion yesterday when it laid out a list of Lumia handsets on its Windows 10 Mobile page. There were only 10 phones on the list, which led to speculation that Microsoft was backtracking on a previous promise to roll out upgrades for all Lumia Windows…
Mouse in the house. Annapurna Interactive has today announced that Furcula’s weird roguelike-meets-creature collector Morsels will be landing on Switch on 18th November. This one briefly popped up in the August 2024 Indie World showcase, where it was accompanied by a ‘February 2025’ release date. That wasn’t meant to be (obviously), but it’s nice to…
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from my time with sims like Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, and that one game that gave me the historic opportunity to be the first person to write “Rudolf Hilferding” on this website, it’s that I wouldn’t cut it in a time of crisis. Material conditions would slam-dunk me into…