The crossover that never was. A prototype of a racing game featuring both Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon has been discovered on a hard drive which was once located inside an Xbox development system. The amazing discovery was made by Modern Vintage Gamer, a YouTuber who also happens to be the Carbon Engine Lead…
Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Harry Krueger didn’t get into PC gaming…
Thunderbird 4 vibes. The Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on experience is already in full swing, giving those lucky enough to attend the chance to play through a handful of new games coming to the system. As you might expect, Mario Kart World is one such title and, while seeing what the racer has to offer, fans…
Sonic boom. SEGA and the International Olympic Committee have today announced that they are teaming up on a new “co-branded merchandising programme” featuring none other than Sonic the Hedgehog. The multi-year deal will see the blue blur cropping up alongside the Olympic rings in a whole range of merch planned for release next year. According…
Category: Games March 5, 2026 Free Play Days – Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, FBC: Firebreak and Black Desert Kyle OceanMarketing Manager, Xbox Lock in and load up this weekend with Free Play Days! Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Black Desert are available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and…
Can’t stop the dream. It has been another rough post-price-hike sales week for Switch 2 in Japan, but Nintendo stays winning on the software side, thanks to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (thanks, Famitsu). The wacky life sim added another 50,000+ copies to its pile this week, stopping the new Switch 2 releases of Final…
Blizzard refuses to say what new class is coming to Diablo 4 when its first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, launches late next year. But datamined text from a leaked build of the game makes it pretty clear what it will be. Officially, Vessel of Hatred will continue the story in Diablo 4’s campaign, and will…
Bringing the fight to Switch next week. The Switch 2 is all the focus this week (well, mostly), but there are still some great games on the way to the Nintendo Switch in 2025. Apart from Donkey Kong, which rolled onto the original hybrid system this week, next week sees the arrival of the Arc…
I’m pleased, nay, delighted to inform you that the first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games have begun in Beijing, and the first day’s highlight reel is a thing to behold. While some of the robots appear to have put on an impressive performance in traditional sporting events like the 100 metre sprint, it’s not been entirely…
Cheeky! Players in Kirby Air Riders have recently taken to creating new machines designed to look like Chef Kawasaki wearing a micro bikini. Because of course..! As covered by Automaton (thanks, VGC), player-created machines have been flooding the game’s Machine Marketplace, which lets users purchase new vehicles in exchange for coins earned in races. The…