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Donkey Kong Bananza Does The One Thing I've Wanted For Decades: Stickerbush Symphony And Bramble Blast Back Together Again
1.7.2025
Few moments hit on the original SNES like your first time hearing “Stickerbush Symphony” while shooting through a labyrinth of towering thorny beanstalks in Donkey Kong Country 2's Bramble Blast levels. It’s one of the best songs to ever appear in a game, alongside one of the most evocative 16-bit...
Alan Wake Devs Not Giving Up On Troubled Online FPS
1.7.2025
Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake and Control, recently launched the company’s first live-service game: FBC: Firebreak. But the game’s first two weeks haven’t been great, with low player counts and balance issues. Remedy is aware and working to not only improve FBC, but also support...
Please Don't Rush Through Blue Prince
1.7.2025
If you browse the catalogue of games available as part of Sony’s PlayStation Plus service, you’ll see that the critically acclaimed puzzle sensation Blue Prince is classified as a “quick adventure.” This is a lie on par with saying that you can find a Mew under the truck by the S.S. Anne in...
Let Me Tell You About The ‘Subway Slammer’ Persona Fans Love To Hate
1.7.2025
Persona 5 is all about a group of high schoolers confronting corrupt individuals in a paranormal world, parallel to our own, called the Metaverse. When they defeat someone in this metaphysical space, the target’s real-world counterpart has a “change of heart” and repents for their crimes. In...
This Ghostly Bound Sword Is Oblivion Remastered’s Strongest Two-Handed Blade
1.7.2025
When tracking down Oblivion Remastered’s best greatsword, one would likely check the armorer first, right? Wrong! It’s at the Mage’s Guild of all places. You see, the best two-handed sword isn’t a sword at all, it’s an illusion. A trick of the eye that deals damage like a physical object. Oh,...
Some Of Our Favorite Hidden Indie Gems Are In The Big Steam Sale
1.7.2025
The Steam summer sale is an annual opportunity to add vast numbers to the teetering pile of games you’ll get around to playing someday. With bonkers 90-percent-off deals, you can grab recent big-name games for under $5, all of which you’ll definitely remember to load up someday. But it’s not just...
Nintendo Finally Confirms Mario Odyssey Team Is Making Donkey Kong Bananza But Still Won't Share Any Actual Names
1.7.2025
Who is making Donkey Kong Bananza? That’s been one of the big questions on fans’ minds ever since the Switch 2 title was revealed, fueled by the fact that Nintendo seemingly refused to say which studio or internal team was behind it. Now we finally know. Nintendo has confirmed the game that walks...
A Canceled, But Nearly Finished Animaniacs Game Has Been Found
30.6.2025
An unfinished build of a previously missing Animaniacs game, Hollywood Hypnotics, has been found and saved by the video game preservation group Hidden Palace. Finally, the world can see and even play this lost piece of gaming history. Read more
The Complete Guide To What The Actual Hell Is Going On In Death Stranding
28.6.2025
Given just how categorically weird Hideo Kojima’s games are, and how otherwise risk-averse AAA publishers tend to be, it is downright miraculous that Death Stranding was enough of a blockbuster hit for someone to greenlight a second one—even moreso since that’s a game where even the people...
Level Up Your Delivery Game With These Essential Death Stranding 2 Tips
28.6.2025
In Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Sam Bridges is tasked with the job of reconnecting Australia like he did in America during the first game. Equipped with a bunch of new toys for Sam to transport cargo with, many of the methods in the first game can be applied to his new adventure. But don’t...
How Long Will It Take To Connect All Of Australia In Death Stranding 2?
27.6.2025
Hideo Kojima’s highly anticipated sequel to 2019’s Death Stranding, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, is out now. This journey sees the return of protagonist Sam Bridges after his journey connecting the United Cities of America to the Chiral Network. Taking place 11 months after the events of...
Everything You Need To Know About Death Stranding 2's Multiplayer Features
27.6.2025
Death Stranding 2: One the Beach is a single-player affair, but it has some online elements that let you interact with other players, albeit not directly. This comes in the form of the Chiral Network, the universe’s in-game explanation of connecting the world, as well as different multiverses.Read...
Help A Ghost Cross Over In One Of Oblivion Remastered’s Best Quests
27.6.2025
Who wants to deal with a ghost? Raise your hand! No, we’re not talking about Casper or Patrick Swayze, but rather the Forlorn Watchman in Oblivion Remastered. How ominous. They say there’s a ghost walking the Niben Bay beneath the moonlight, and if you’re willing to help this undying entity pass...
Death Stranding 2: How To Connect With The Ghost Hunter
27.6.2025
In Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, you’ll be connecting all of Australia to the Chiral Network. Along the way, you’ll find a few optional facilities. One of them belongs to someone called the Ghost Hunter. If you come across this one early, you won’t be able to do anything until you reach...
Paper Mario-Inspired Indie RPG Has Been Abandoned But You Can Try The Demo For Free
27.6.2025
Untitled Paper RPG has been floating around for years now. Adam Gryu, who developed the critically-acclaimed exploration walking sim A Short Hike, started the project shortly after Paper Mario Color Splash was announced for the Wii U. Gryu wanted to make a turn-based tribute that stayed a bit more...
The Most Impressive Cosplay At Canada's Anime North 2025
27.6.2025
Anime North is an annual event in Toronto, Canada, that celebrates much of Japanese art, television, manga, music and games. This year, the intrepid team at Mineralblu were there to snap some of the best cosplay on display at the convention.Read more
The Switch 2's First New GameCube Game Is A Mario Strikers That's Actually Good
27.6.2025
Just under a month since it launched, the Switch 2 is getting its first new GameCube game as part of its Switch Online + Expansion Pack library. Is it Luigi’s Mansion? Super Mario Sunshine?? Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance??? No, it’s Super Mario Strikers, the inaugural entry in Nintendo’s soccer...
Steam Summer Sale Includes A Lot Of Great Games Marked Down To $15 Or Less
26.6.2025
Steam’s annual and massive summer sale is live! If you’ve been waiting to buy a copy of Schedule I, RoboCop: Rogue City, Borderlands 3, Anno 1800, Metro Exodus, or Dead By Daylight, this sale is for you. And if you wanted some other games instead, well, odds are they are on sale as well. It’s...
Oblivion Remastered's Knights Of The Nine Will Send You On A Holy Pilgrimage
26.6.2025
Bundled in with the likes of The Shivering Isles and the Fighters’ Stronghold, Knights of the Nine is an expansion featuring a Cyrodiil-spanning questline following an order of heavenly knights. Though it’s somewhat short, as a quest it’s heavy on walking. Seriously, if you don’t use...
Netflix Backs Even Further Away From Gaming, Losing 20 Titles Next Month
25.6.2025
It looks like Netflix is taking another huge step backward from its involvement in video games. It’s been announced that a whopping 20 games are being removed from the service, including big names like Hades, and even Netflix exclusives like Monument Valley 3.Read more