“I deliberately did a bad job because I didn’t want to be on a video game”. One of the biggest names in the ‘Big Beat’ revolution that swept global music charts in the late ’90s and early 2000s, Fatboy Slim – also known as Norman Cook – has recently sat down for a chat with…
I’m all aflutter. A risqué Animal Crossing: New Horizons island aimed at ‘adults only’ has been deleted by Nintendo after more than five years. This comes courtesy of creator @churip_ccc (thanks, Automaton), who posted on social media to confirm the deletion, stating “To Nintendo, I apologize from the bottom of my heart. Or rather, thank…
It’s been claimed in the past that ‘Tetris Attack’ almost became a Killer Instinct title. Back in the ’90s, it wasn’t uncommon for Japanese video games to be released overseas, sporting an entirely different title and brand-new graphics, in an attempt to make them more appealing to Western audiences, for better or worse. One interesting…
“Team spirit” takes on a whole new meaning. GTA: San Andreas‘ Hot Coffee controversy might seem like a storm in a teacup today, but back in the mid-2000s, its discovery caused shockwaves in the games industry. The game was retrospectively given an “Adults Only” rating, was banned outright in Australia and earned Rockstar and Take-Two…
Not enough to trouble the top spot, mind you. We are back again with another look at the UK boxed charts, and much like we had hoped last week, Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has spiced things up a little. Yes, the latest addition to the ‘Switch 2 Edition’ line-up has…
Yakuza Kiwami 3 is billed as an “extreme” remake of the 2009 original. In addition to a new version of the old PS3 game it’ll come with Dark Ties which, as Wes Fenlon discovered last week, is a “breakneck roguelite dungeon crawl” set during the same time period. That’s good news for people who love…
Yakuza Kiwami 3 is billed as an “extreme” remake of the 2009 original. In addition to a new version of the old PS3 game it’ll come with Dark Ties which, as Wes Fenlon discovered last week, is a “breakneck roguelite dungeon crawl” set during the same time period. That’s good news for people who love…
Throughout the history of 8- and 16-bit consoles, one of the most elusive achievements was to release a home port of a popular arcade game that did the original justice. Due to obstacles such as hardware requirements, licensing issues, and executive interference, producing an arcade port that wasn’t immediately panned by the gaming press was…
Best of the best (Image credit: Rockstar) 2026 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard…
Remember when Apex Legends was shadow dropped? It’s a risky move for such a high-profile game to skip all the pre-release marketing hype entirely, but it paid off, and it’s clear why Respawn went that route—”photoreal PvP hero shooter” was an eyeroll-inducing prospect even back in 2019, so letting the game speak for itself short-circuited…