On Christmas Day, for their usual festive stream, Hidden Palace once again released a bevy of surprise content in collaboration with Last Minute Continue. The initial release took place on their Twitch Channel here, with the full video now available to watch on YouTube here. Full documentation of the release can be seen here….
As reported by Automaton, a survey conducted by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) during June and July found that 51% of Japanese game companies are using AI in some capacity. The survey responses came from CESA member companies, which include the likes of Capcom, Level-5, Square Enix, Sega, and many more spanning major developers…
Pro skatin’ with Tony Hawk wouldn’t have felt half as cool without tracks like Motorhead’s Ace of Spades, and I fear I wouldn’t have cried as much as I did at the end of Life is Strange if not for Foals’ Spanish Sahara. Critical Hit Welcome to Critical Hit (formerly known as Soundtrack Sunday), where…
The retro-anime adventure launches this September. This week, Sony surprised the gaming space when it announced PlayStation’s disc-based physical releases would end by 2028. It has ignited all sorts of discussions about the future of physical media in the gaming space, and it’s also resulted in some developers taking this opportunity to promote hard copies…
Nintendo has decided to increase the price of the Switch 2. After suggesting it was keeping a close eye on the tumultuous market, Nintendo is increasing the price of the popular handheld device by $50 in the US, starting September 1, 2026. The price increase and when it is in effect is different between regions,…
It’s been great to see Warhammer’s original setting return to tabletop gaming in its resurrected form, having risen from the grave as Warhammer: The Old World. One disappointment following their original announcement was the suggestion that the new armies of Cathay and Kislev, which debuted in Total War: Warhammer 3, weren’t necessarily arriving in miniature…
Choosing a Mecha Break faction is a slightly perplexing affair—the mech-based battler offers you ten different options to choose from, each highlighted alongside a specific character. The problem is it gives you zero indication of what the difference is or whether it even matters, stumping you before you’ve even picked a pilot. If you’ve just…
I dread to think how bad things would have been had Intel released this Arc B580 graphics card back in the summer. All year long we’ve been expecting the new Battlemage GPU architecture to arrive in a new suite of discrete Intel graphics cards, but we’ve had to wait until the very last minute of…
Steel meets shadow! Having recently been slated for a July 31st release date on Nintendo Switch, the upcoming — and very exciting — Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound will now also receive two physical editions. Get in! Silver Lining Interactive has an assortment of physical editions of this Dotemu/The Game Kitchen collaboration (just two of the best…
There are many online slots available, each with different themes. Developers have recently begun to find influences from the world of retro gaming. In the article below, we discuss the link between them. The bleep of an arcade classic or the vivid graphics of a pixelated character can really kick off a hit of nostalgia….