It’s been too long since I’ve felt the rush of excitement that comes with a new MMO launch. Millions piling into woefully unprepared servers, trying and failing to get my bearings in a sea of usernames, and the rare joy of playing an online RPG before the community has figured out the tier list placement…
library of cartridgesOUT NOW: TAITO Alpha Bartop Arcade! The newest member of the Alpha family joins the award-winning Street Fighter and Mega Man Bartop arcades… The TAITO Alpha Bartop Arcade is here, featuring 10 classic TAITO games, including BUBBLE BOBBLE, SPACE INVADERS and more! Much like the Street Fighter and Mega Man Alphas, the TAITO…
Category: Accessories Backbone Pro - Xbox Edition: Take Your Gaming Anywhere Ethan RothamelHardware Program Manager, Xbox Published November 12, 2025 Earlier this year, Designed for Xbox and our friends at Backbone launched the Backbone One – Xbox Edition. Now they are back with their next generation controller, redesigned from the ground up to let you access your favorite games on mobile, PC, smart TV, and beyond. Meet the…
The latest version of the BTF or Back to the Future rear-connect standard for motherboards, BTF 3.0 , goes even further in its quest to banish cables for a super-clean look, this time consolidating power supply for everything into a single server-derived power slot rated at over 2,000 W. BTF has always been about reducing…
Despite the fact it won’t launch for at least another year, Grand Theft Auto 6 is already having a huge impact on the games industry. Its shifting release date has already caused developers to adjust their own launch schedule to avoid being crushed by its spacetime-curving cultural mass. But with GTA 6’s latest delay to…
“It’s officially that time of year again”. Have game development experience and ever wanted to develop your own Dreamcast game? Now’s your chance. Following last year’s successful Dream Disc ’24 game jam event, preparations are now officially underway for its follow-up, Dream Disc ’25, with the event shaping up to be yet another excellent showcase…
It ain’t cheap being a raider in a robot-infested apocalyptic playground. Along with the price of entry, Arc Raiders copies the traditional live service playbook by double-dipping through premium cosmetics, which includes a $10 hat for a chicken that you only see in a menu screen. The prices, and the fact that you need to…
Out of this world. Nintendo and Illumination have revealed the first proper trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and it’s a galactic banger. We get our first look at Bowser Jr. and Rosaline, plus a whole bunch of new locations based on Super Mario Galaxy and… Odyssey? Yep, there’s representation from both games here….
When it comes to budget versions of the best gaming CPUs, we’ve been particularly big fans of the old AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. Those looking to save some money on a gaming processor are usually well-served by a fast-clocked six-core chip, and AMD’s reasonably-priced contender has, until now at least, fit the bill perfectly. What…
Kiwami-likey. Sega and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio are seemingly on a mission to bring as many Yakuza games to the Switch 2 in as short a time span as possible. With Kiwami and Kiwami 2 joining Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut, we’re already at three within five months of the console’s release. Kiwami 3 &…