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RetroSuper Mario 64 Turns 30, and 3D Gaming Owes It an Enormous Birthday Cake
Super Mario 64 marks its 30th anniversary, celebrating three decades of revolutionizing 3D analog movement, exploratory levels, and camera controls.
IndustryMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella Says Xbox's Streamlining Is 'Great to See'
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella praises Xbox's restructuring under CEO Asha Sharma as 'great to see', defending studio consolidations and workforce reductions.
ActionSega's Stupid Never Dies Shows Off Its Extremely Fast Zombie Power Curve
Sega and GPTRACK50 showcase Stupid Never Dies, highlighting its Blazing Fast Growth leveling mechanic, shopping mall base, and updated First Bite demo.
RetroTerranigma Finally Returns After Three Decades, Coming to Switch and Switch 2 in January
Clear River Games revives 1995 Quintet cult action-RPG Terranigma for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on January 14, 2027, with an Arranged Mode and QoL updates.
HardwareSony Patent Imagines Buying PlayStation Games by Tapping Your Card on the Controller
A new Sony patent details NFC-enabled PlayStation controllers capable of contactless game and DLC purchases directly from credit cards and smartphones.
IndustryMinecraft World Is Bringing the Nether to a Real Rollercoaster in 2027
Mojang and Merlin Entertainments unveil Minecraft World at Chessington, featuring the world's first Minecraft hotel and the Escape the Nether rollercoaster.
HardwareMinecraft Finally Gets a Native Switch 2 Version on October 27
Mojang confirms a native Nintendo Switch 2 release of Minecraft arriving October 27, boosting resolution, performance, draw distance, and multiplayer.
AdventureMinecraft's Next Game Drop Heads Underground Into Ice Caves
Mojang reveals Ice Caves as Minecraft's next underground game drop, introducing icicles, glowing ice crystals, and a new ranged ice-throwing zombie variant.
ActionMinecraft Dungeons II Abandons Traditional Levels for an Interconnected World
Minecraft Dungeons II trades discrete mission stages for an interconnected open world with dimensional rifts, new regions, jumping mechanics, and Game Pass.
AdventureMinecraft Is Finally Getting a Fourth Dimension: Meet The Sift
Mojang announces The Sift, Minecraft's first new dimension since 2011, launching first in Minecraft Dungeons II before arriving in Java and Bedrock editions.
IndustryUndead Labs Reportedly Nearly Went to Splash Damage Before Becoming Independent
More detail has emerged around Undead Labs' departure from Microsoft, with reports indicating that State of Decay's developer was close to being acquired…
IndustryXbox's Restructuring Hands Halo Development to a New Activision Team
The repercussions of Microsoft's latest Xbox restructuring continue to dominate industry discussion. A dedicated team within Activision is being assembled…
NintendoNintendo Shows More Ocarina of Time Switch 2 Footage With Ganondorf Taking Centre Stage
Nintendo has released another extended look at The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, this time focusing on Link's encounter with Ganondorf. Th…
NintendoFire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Tech Analysis Finds a Locked 30fps on Switch 2
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has received the Digital Foundry treatment following its Switch 2 launch last week, giving a clearer technical picture of Nin…
IndieIndie Comedy It's Fine Passes 10,000 Sales on Its First Day
Buma Games' wonderfully anxious indie-development comedy It's Fine sold more than 10,000 copies during its first day on Steam, according to co-publisher S…
ShooterGravhounds Opens Xbox and PC Test Ahead of November Game Pass Launch
Octopus Panic Studio has opened a weekend test for Gravhounds, its four-player cooperative shooter about bioengineered dogs being dispatched to hostile pl…
XboxXbox's Next Week Is Headlined by Minecraft Dungeons II and Gears of War: E-Day
Microsoft has detailed the next wave of Xbox releases, with the week beginning September 28 delivering two particularly substantial first-party arrivals.…
PCWindows 11 Preview Update Is Being Linked to Battlefield 6 and Other Game Crashes
PC players are reporting problems with Microsoft's optional Windows 11 preview update KB5124010, released September 22 for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2. Repor…
ActionAce Combat 8's 16-Minute Opening Turns Its Heroic Legend Into Wartime Propaganda
Bandai Namco has also released the full opening cinematic for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, and at more than sixteen minutes it is less a trailer than a s…
ActionAce Combat 8 Opens the Hangar and Explains What Players Will Actually Do
Bandai Namco has released a substantial '101 Overview' for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve ahead of its October 2 launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S an…
HardwarePS6 Hardware Rumour Claims Sony Has Taped Out Its Next Console Chip
Fresh hardware rumours claim Sony's PlayStation 6 processor design has reached the tape-out stage, meaning the chip configuration has supposedly been fina…
ActionMinecraft Live Takes Place Today With Minecraft Dungeons II Set for the Spotlight
Mojang is holding its next Minecraft Live presentation today, September 26, at 18:00 BST / 19:00 CEST, with franchise updates, developer interviews and be…
RetroCastlevania Turns 40 as Konami Gives Away the Game That Started It All
Castlevania officially celebrates its 40th anniversary today, September 26, marking four decades since Konami's original vampire-hunting action game debut…
ActionHell Is Us Delayed Again on Switch 2, Now Arriving October 27
Hell Is Us has suffered another delay on Nintendo Switch 2, with Nacon and developer Rogue Factor moving the port to October 27, 2026. The Switch 2 editio…
RPGFinal Fantasy VII Revelation Preview Takes the Party Into the Great Glacier
New hands-on coverage of Final Fantasy VII Revelation has offered another look at Square Enix's increasingly enormous continuation of the Final Fantasy VI…
ActionMega Man: Dual Override Shows Its Modernized 2D Action After TGS 2026
Fresh impressions of Mega Man: Dual Override have emerged following its playable Tokyo Game Show 2026 demonstration, giving players a clearer idea of how…
HardwarePlayStation Patent Imagines Paying for Games by Tapping a Card on the DualSense
Sony has filed a patent describing a system that could allow players to make digital purchases by tapping an NFC-enabled payment card or device against a…
MMOWorld of Warcraft: Forever Beta Starts Handing Out Bans Over Offensive Character Names
The World of Warcraft: Forever beta has already reached one of the most dependable milestones in online gaming: players discovering where Blizzard has pla…
HorrorSilent Hill: Townfall Is Now Available and Takes the Series Fully First Person
Silent Hill: Townfall is now available for PlayStation 5, Steam and the Epic Games Store, bringing Screen Burn Interactive's unsettling Scottish interpret…
IndustryTrophy Games Buys Playrion From Paradox in Its Biggest Acquisition Yet
Danish developer and publisher Trophy Games has agreed to acquire French studio Playrion SASU from Paradox Interactive, making the deal the largest acquis…
RetroSuper Smash Bros. Melee PC Project Experiments With Nvidia DLSS 5
The unofficial Melee Unlocked native PC project has added experimental Nvidia DLSS 5 Neural Rendering support, producing the fascinating sight of 2001's S…
RetroLost Final Fantasy VII Mobile Game Resurrected After Two Decades
One of the strangest missing pieces of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII has become playable again thanks to preservation work by fans and developers.…
PlatformerRayman Legends Retold's 4K PC Requirements Are Surprisingly Hungry
The PC specifications for Rayman Legends Retold are raising eyebrows, particularly at the top end where Ubisoft recommends an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 or A…
EventsHalo Fest Will Still Go Ahead in December Despite Xbox Restructuring
Halo Fest remains scheduled for December 11-13 in the Seattle area despite the upheaval surrounding Microsoft's latest gaming restructuring. Halo competit…
ShooterBlack Ops 6 Reaches Game Pass Premium as Rematch Joins Essential
Microsoft's September Game Pass rollout reaches another milestone today with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 joining Game Pass Premium while football action gam…
RPGThe Relic: First Guardian Brings Korean-Inspired Dark Fantasy to Xbox
Project Cloud Games has launched The Relic: First Guardian on Xbox Series X|S and through Xbox Play Anywhere, expanding the dark-fantasy action RPG after…
MobileFC Mobile 27 Update Adds Gauntlet Mode, Game Plans and New PlayStyles
EA has launched the FC Mobile 27 Season Update alongside the game's third-anniversary celebrations, bringing a new Gauntlet mode, tactical Game Plans, add…
SportsEA Sports FC 27 Kicks Off Worldwide
EA Sports FC 27 has officially reached its worldwide standard-edition launch across PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2…
RetroSuper Bomberman Collection Physical Editions Arrive With Eight Classic Games
Red Art Games and Konami have released the physical editions of Super Bomberman Collection in North America and Europe for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5…
RPGXenoblade Chronicles 3 Switch 2 Edition Adds Heroes' Vault Mode
Nintendo has revealed more of what players can expect from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition when it arrives on December 3. The upgraded…
ShooterThe Division 2 Opens Free Weekend as Survivors Testing Approaches
Ubisoft has opened The Division 2 for free across PlayStation, Xbox and PC via Ubisoft Connect from September 24 through September 28, while also opening…
EventsPC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Returns on December 3 With a Smaller Top 20
The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted will return on December 3, bringing another end-of-year avalanche of PC announcements, trailers, developer interviews, rel…
HardwarePlayStation Portal Update Introduces an 80 Percent Battery Charging Limit
Sony has released PlayStation Portal system software version 7.1.7, adding a new default charging limit intended to preserve long-term battery health. Aft…
NintendoPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown Goes Completely Free for Switch Online Members
Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can now play the complete version of Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown as the latest Nintendo Game Trial. Unli…
RetroCastlevania Turns 40 With Free Original Game and Big Retro Sale
Konami is celebrating Castlevania's 40th anniversary by doing something publishers occasionally remember gamers rather enjoy: giving them an actual game.…
IndustryKing Signs Collective Bargaining Agreement With Swedish Unions
Candy Crush developer King has reached a collective bargaining agreement with Swedish unions Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer, bringing an extended workpla…
IndustryMindsEye Developer Build A Rocket Boy Enters Administration
Build A Rocket Boy, the studio founded by former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies and responsible for MindsEye, has appointed Opus Advisory Group a…
IndustryObsidian Told Its Creative Identity Will Survive Move Under Bethesda
Bethesda president Jill Braff has reportedly reassured Obsidian Entertainment employees that the studio will retain its creative identity as it moves into…
IndustryNintendo Wins $4.5 Million Judgment Against Prolific Switch Pirate
Nintendo has landed another sizeable legal victory in its continuing campaign against Switch piracy, with a US court ordering James 'Archbox' Williams to…
EsportsAsian Games Esports Moves to Naraka: Bladepoint as Medals Stay on the Line
The 20th Asian Games esports programme continues today at Aichi Sky Expo in Japan with Naraka: Bladepoint taking centre stage. Competition is scheduled fr…
EsportsVALORANT Champions Shanghai Opens the Fight for Riot's 2026 World Crown
VALORANT Champions Shanghai begins today, bringing the final stage of the 2026 VALORANT Champions Tour to China and gathering the world's leading teams fo…
RetroXevious 3D/G Returns as Arcade Archives 2 Revisits Namco's Polygonal Reinvention
Hamster releases Arcade Archives 2 Xevious 3D/G today for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. Namco's 1996 shooter took the foundational…
RetroKarate Champ Joins Hamster's Console Archives on PS5 and Switch 2
Hamster releases Console Archives Karate Champ today for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2, continuing its newer preservation line dedicated to classic…
MobileNAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains Turns Arcade History Into a Pocket-Sized Voxel Puzzle
BeXide releases NAMCO LEGENDARY Mountains on iOS and Android today for $8.99, extending the 3D puzzle game beyond its existing Switch, Switch 2 and PC edi…
NintendoDragon Quest XI S Begins Another Very Long Journey on Nintendo Switch 2
Square Enix releases Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition natively for Nintendo Switch 2 today, bringing one of modern JRPG's…
RetroSiN: Reloaded Gives Nightdive Another '90s Shooter to Rescue From the Attic
Nightdive Studios and Atari release SiN: Reloaded today, rebuilding Ritual Entertainment's 1998 first-person shooter for modern platforms. Players once ag…
NintendoSHINOBI: Art of Vengeance Sharpens Its Katana for Nintendo Switch 2
SEGA and Lizardcube release SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance for Nintendo Switch 2 today, giving Joe Musashi's acclaimed hand-drawn action platformer a native ve…
SimulationFarming Camp Opens Its Gates on PC and Consoles
SOEDESCO and Innerfire Studios launch Farming Camp today across PC and consoles, adding another rural life simulation to a genre that apparently contains…
ActionValor Mortis Marches Into Its Napoleonic Nightmare Today
One More Level's first-person Soulslike Valor Mortis launches today on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and other announced platforms, bringing a particularly…
HorrorSilent Hill: Townfall Brings the Fog to Scotland in the Series' First Full First-Person Nightmare
Konami, Annapurna Interactive and Screen Burn Interactive release Silent Hill: Townfall today for PlayStation 5 and PC, taking the psychological-horror se…
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