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Japan asks Apple, Google to remove unregistered crypto exchange apps
7.2.2025
Japan’s Financial Services Agency said the action was not about “shutting down crypto investing,” but “drawing a line in the sand” for noncompliant exchanges
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater's Release Date Accidentally Announced
6.2.2025
When information is leaked by nefarious means, companies open a firehose of takedown notices to try to regain control. It’s always a bit disappointing that they don’t do the same when the leak’s coming from inside the house. Such is the case for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, after Sony...
Blockstream Opens New Office in Tokyo as It Expands in Asia
5.2.2025
The company plans to drive Japanese adoption of Bitcoin Layer-2 and self-custody technologies
How To Farm Banana Coins In Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (And Other Helpful Tips)
3.2.2025
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is the second re-release of the original Wii version of this classic platformer. Prettier graphics aside, basically everything fans love (or hate) about this Kong outing remains intact to enjoy all over again—or for the first time. If you’re new to the game, we’ve...
The Best FF7 Rebirth Graphics Settings For Steam Deck
3.2.2025
Let’s cut to the chase; it’s a small miracle that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth runs on the Steam Deck. This is a game so visually demanding that it’s the poster child for the $800 PS5 Pro. Yet, the power of Valve’s handheld device is roughly comparable to last gen’s PS4. On top of that, even Square...
How Long Is Donkey Kong Country Returns HD?
3.2.2025
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD marks the second time the popular Wii game has been ported to another Nintendo console. But it’s the first time it’s been given the full high-definition treatment. The game certainly looks better than ever, though it’s worth noting there are no meaningful changes...
Pokémon TCG Pocket's Abysmal Trading Is Going To Be Addressed
3.2.2025
Last week, some three months after launch, Pokémon TCG Pocket finally adding the ‘T’ from the game’s title, the trading. And it’s hard to imagine how it could have been worse. Almost impossibly “expensive” to use, what were presumably measures to prevent real-money markets and scalpers have led...
YouTube Remonetizes Dr Disrespect, The Creator Of Final Fantasy Is Making One Last RPG, And More Top Stories
1.2.2025
This week saw the return of the first 2 Sims games, the revelation that another big open-world samurai game is coming to PC alongside Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and YouTube allowing controversial streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm remonetize his channel. Also, No Man’s Sky got a colossal update,...
Pokémon Is Making A Life-Sized Gardevoir Plush, May God Have Mercy On Us All
31.1.2025
Look, The Pokémon Company is a giant company that can do whatever it wants. Still, however, one must ask: Is releasing a life-sized posable plush of Gardevoir, the psychic/fairy-type Pokémon who you should never Google without SafeSearch on, perhaps a callous use of one’s power? Is it an example...
Modder Behind Bloodborne 60FPS Patch Finally DMCA'd By Sony Four Years Later
31.1.2025
Back in 2021, modder Lance MacDonald released a patch for playing Bloodborne on PlayStation 4 Pro at 60FPS in boost mode. Sony didn’t seem to notice or care. Until now. Almost four years later, the console maker and publisher of this game hit MacDonald with a DMCA request to have the patch removed...
BOJ's Ueda Says Need to Maintain Accommodative Monetary Environment to Support Economy
31.1.2025
The slightly dovish take may assuage concerns about a yen-led risk-off in global markets, including cryptocurrencies
GameCube That Can't Play Games On Sale For $100,000
30.1.2025
Only recently, I passed on my GameCube to my nephew who was just starting college. He wanted something to play Mario Kart and GoldenEye on with new friends, and apparently it’s proving a hit. But this means I don’t have a GameCube. So let’s check eBay...Read more
Japan’s Olympic Table Tennis Medalist Arrested for Online Gambling using Crypto
30.1.2025
Takumi Niwa, a 30-year-old Japanese table tennis star and 2021 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist, was arrested on suspicion…
The New Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Cards Are Stunning
29.1.2025
Pokémon card art is always fantastic, but my god, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket’s latest line of full-art cards is particularly exceptional. The “Space-Time Smackdown” set will be released on the app on January 30, primarily featuring Pokémon from the Nintendo DS games Diamond and Pearl. I am...
Dino Crisis 1 And 2 Get PC Ports As Fans Vote On Which Other Classic Games To Bring Back
29.1.2025
Dino Crisis games are the latest PlayStation 1-era classics to get ported to PC with new enhancements. It’s part of an ongoing trend of old games that only ever came to the platform in CD-ROM format getting the digital download treatment for modern gaming rigs, and storefront GOG is asking fans...
Japan’s Metaplanet Plans to Buy 21,000 Bitcoin by 2026
29.1.2025
The “21 Million Plan” comprises the issuance of 21 million shares via moving strike warrants and represents Asia’s largest-ever equity capital raise for Bitcoin with a target of 16.65 billion yen
Final Fantasy Creator Has One More RPG In Him, Calls It A 'Successor' To Final Fantasy VI
28.1.2025
Final Fantasy VI is one of the best games ever made. Fans have been coasting off that high for decades, even as modern homages seek to recreate the magic of the original. The lead creative behind the beloved RPG series, Hironobu Sakaguchi, now says making a proper successor to the 1994 SNES classic...
Game Freak Is Giving Out Two Previously Unobtainable Shiny Pokémon
28.1.2025
If you’re the type of Pokémon fan who cares about collecting every variation of its 1,000+ monsters, that means constantly seeking out special events to receive a rare critter or searching for hours to find one with a low spawn rate hiding in the tall grass. Shiny Pokémon are the rarest of...
Big Nintendo Switch Sale Includes Deals On Mario, Kirby, And More
28.1.2025
A new Nintendo Switch eShop sale is happening right now. Nearly 40 games are currently marked down, including some first-party hits from Nintendo and a selection of third-party titles, too. Read more
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth On Steam Deck Is Surprisingly Playable But Kind Of Ugly
27.1.2025
2024’s highly anticipated (and very good) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth broke out of its PS5 containment cell to emerge on PC on January 23, 2025. Here, the open-world RPG ostensibly improves its arguably disappointing technical performance and presentation issues on console by way of more powerful...