'Hopefully as many people as possible get to play it before Nintendo flips out': Fans spent 3 years secretly crafting a full Metroid Prime 2D demake, and it rocks

‘Hopefully as many people as possible get to play it before Nintendo flips out’: Fans spent 3 years secretly crafting a full Metroid Prime 2D demake, and it rocks

August 6th, 2026 was the 40th anniversary of Metroid, one of the few videogames in history to be so influential it has a whole genre named (at least partially) after it. You’d be forgiven for not realizing last Thursday was such a significant date because Nintendo seemingly forgot itself—and not for the first time. But…

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Halloween: The Game is banned in Australia because incentivized drug use is bad but incentivized ultra-violence isn’t

Halloween: The Game is the next multiplayer horror game from Illfonic, the studio behind Friday the 13th and Predator Hunting Grounds. Like Friday the 13th it’s an asymmetrical affair: one player takes the form of psychotic masked serial killer Michael Myers, while everyone else plays the hapless survivors. It’s set to release on September 9,…

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Collector’s Edition Official Atari Battlezone Quarter Arcade Originally released in 1980, Battlezone revolutionised arcade gaming with its pioneering 3D vector graphics, immersive first-person tank combat and innovative dual joystick controls. More than four decades later, this iconic cabinet has been recreated in stunning detail, giving collectors and retro gaming enthusiasts the opportunity to own a…

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id Software dev says mass layoffs like Microsoft’s are weakening the games industry, because developers ‘don’t have the incentive to care anymore’

At the end of last month, id Software lead services programmer Chris Hayes offered a blunt appraisal of Xbox’s management during an interview with YouTube channel Auf ein Bier, saying Microsoft’s repeated mass layoffs have proved that its leadership “fundamentally don’t understand art.” Elsewhere in the interview, Hayes expanded the scope of his criticism beyond…

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50 Cent is producing a Payday project for ‘the screen’

Payday-in-Fortnite isn’t the day’s only big news out of everybody’s favorite violent clowns rob banks franchise. Starbreeze, in partnership with Vice Studios, has also done a deal with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Film and Television to “executive produce” an adaptation of Payday. What sort of adaptation is being made—that is, television or movie—isn’t specified….

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Grand Theft Auto 5 averages more copies sold per year than most megahits manage in their entire lifetime, with a total of 230 million since 2013

You won’t win any prizes for guessing that Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold well since its initial 2013 release, several lifetimes ago, but on a recent Take-Two earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed the up-to-date, astronomical figure: 230 million copies. “The Grand Theft Auto series once again exceeded expectations, and to date, Grand Theft…

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