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After Two Decades, One Of The Stars Of Kingdom Hearts Is Finally Playing The Games
15.7.2025
The original Kingdom Hearts came to the PlayStation 2 in 2002 when David Gallagher was 17 years old. The actor, now 40, has played deuteragonist and noted “sexy guy” who “the gamer girls” go crazy for, Riku, for more than half his lifetime, but somehow hasn’t ever played the Disney RPGs. Gallagher...
Nintendo 64 Fans Left Waiting A Little Longer As Analogue 3D Maker Blames Tariffs For Latest Delay
15.7.2025
The Analogue 3D promises a classic Nintendo 64 experience on modern displays with all the bells and whistles that entails. The $250 retro console sold out last year and was supposed to ship in early 2025, but the company behind it says orders have been delayed yet again, this time blaming tariffs....
A Creepy, Lore-Breaking Door In The Oblivion Remaster Has Finally Been Fixed
15.7.2025
The latest Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered patch makes a lot of changes and tweaks, but one very interesting and important change involving a lore-breaking door wasn’t listed in the lengthy patch notes published earlier this month. Read more
Helldivers 2 Players Are Crashing Each Others' Games Thanks To 'One True Flag' Update
15.7.2025
It’s a big day for Helldivers 2 fans. The sci-fi extraction shooter finally lets them plant flags anywhere they want, including on enemies. The morale boost from spreading the spirit of “mission accomplished” throughout the galaxy boosts weapon handling and defense for all players in...
Getting Donkey Kong Bananza To Run At 60FPS Was Important For Nintendo
15.7.2025
Nintendo’s next big Switch 2 exclusive, Donkey Kong Bananza, launches later this week and will finally deliver that big single-player binge-worthy game that the hybrid console currently lacks. When you finally get your hands on the new game, you’ll be destroying everything at 60FPS, and that’s...
9-Year-Old Visual Novel Runs Just Fine But Apple Is Booting It From The App Store Anyway
15.7.2025
Wheels of Aurelia is a 2016 visual novel about a young woman on a road trip in 1970s Italy and the people she meets along the way, and it’s about to get delisted from the App Store. Developer Santa Ragione says Apple is doing that because the game hasn’t been updated in years, even though it’s...
McDonald’s Is Getting Another Pokémon TCG Collab, But Only In Japan
15.7.2025
McDonald’s Pokémon collaborations are a scalper’s dream and a parent’s worst nightmare because they include limited edition cards in Happy Meals, and collecting the whole set will likely require multiple trips through the restaurant’s drive-thru. However, the next team-up between the fast food...
Mario Games You Can't Buy Any More Updated So They Work Better On Switch 2
15.7.2025
Some Switch 1 games have quietly started running much better on Switch 2. Others have gotten free upgrades or patches to help improve performance or fix backwards compatibility issues. The latest of those is Super Mario 3D All-Stars, a collection of three classics that Nintendo doesn’t even sell...
There's A Life-Size Pikachu Statue, But It'll Cost Ya
15.7.2025
Life-size plushies are a well-established feature of Pokémon merchandise. This year has seen pre-orders open for a colossal Gardevoir cuddly, alongside a range of Eeveelutions that are bigger than your pet dog. But when it comes to the non-soft toys, the size tends to be far more modest. Until...
Persona 5 Gacha Players Review Bomb The Game After Accelerated Schedule Comes With Worse Rewards
15.7.2025
When it was announced that Persona 5: The Phantom X would be accelerating its story content rollout for the West to catch up to China, which has had the game for over a year, players were wary. As a gacha game with timed events and currency, The Phantom X is a game in which narrative developments...
Steam's Automation Fest Has Begun: Here Are Our Top Picks
15.7.2025
Steam’s “Fests” are an almost weekly event now, growing ever more niche as the behemothic game store tries to think up another category to highlight. Now that the Steam Summer Sale is over, the board is cleared for another fest, and this time it’s Automation. Which is to say, all those...
PS Plus Is Losing One Of The All-Time Best RPGs, And A Damned Great Action-Adventure
15.7.2025
Like a subscription service for werewolves, PS Plus has begun its monthly changes, with new games arriving from today, July 15, and others flagged as leaving from next month. Heading for the exit in August, among others, is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but already having stepped in to replace it is...
Square Enix To Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Switch Players Who Want To Upgrade To Switch 2: Buy The Whole Game Again
15.7.2025
The times of transition between two console generations are often fraught, with publishers trying to sell to two ever-shifting markets, with their expectations of forward or backward compatibility, and the perceived inherent unfairness of needing to buy the same game twice. Square Enix has taken...
TV Report On Retro Games Absolutely Nails It
14.7.2025
Remember playing the original Super Mario Bros. on the Super Nintendo? You don’t? Ah! Well. Nevertheless.Read more
The Best And Only Available John Wick Game Is Being Removed In 72 Hours
14.7.2025
John Wick Hex, released in 2019, was a tactical role-playing game that recreated the vibes and feel of the Keanu Reeves-starring action movies perfectly. And now, with little warning, John Wick Hex is being delisted from all platforms. Read more
When I Stopped Playing Mission Stories In Hitman, I Discovered What A Great Stealth Game It Is
14.7.2025
I spent about 35 hours in Hitman World of Assassination this past weekend—interrupted mostly by the non-optional need to sleep and occasional concerns over the health of my GPU running for so long in a non-air conditioned apartment room in New York City in the summer. But I was determined to find...
The Impossible-To-Find 30th Anniversary PS5 Controller Is Coming Back For A Limited Time
14.7.2025
Sony celebrated the 30th anniversary of PlayStation with PS1-style special edition consoles and accessories that looked great and almost nobody could get. Everything sold out almost immediately, leaving some fans wondering why the company was depriving itself of the opportunity to sell stuff to...
Even Sonic Fans Were Too Slow For Magic: The Gathering's Latest Secret Lair Debacle
14.7.2025
Today, July 14, I bought Magic: The Gathering cards for the very first time. Wizards of the Coast and Sega’s new Sonic collaboration set went up for pre-order on Magic’s “Secret Lair” site and it seems like, somehow, I may have cut the line. My brother was also in the queue and was willing to ship...
Robber Stole $100k Worth Of Rare Pokémon Cards From Local Shop In 30 Seconds
14.7.2025
A card shop in Massachusetts was robbed last week by a single burglar who used a hammer to smash their way into the place and leave with over $100,000 worth of rare Pokémon cards and packs. Read more
Unlock Every Character, Skin, And More Using This Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S Cheat Code
14.7.2025
Look, I don’t condone cheating on your significant other or swindling folks out of money. But as long as you’re not online hurting someone else’s gameplay experience, I say cheating in a video game ain’t so bad. Life’s short, after all. And for those diving into the Nintendo Switch 2's hybrid...