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Super Mario 64 Fans Have Tried To Get This 1-Up Without Dying For Over 20 Years
11.3.2023
Nine years ago, Super Mario 64 player toyuru2 wall-jumped his way up the slide in Cool, Cool Mountain, sending the plumber into the void–but not before grabbing a 1-up mushroom. At the time, it was a feat, as nobody had ever gotten the mushroom. But then, a new challenge emerged: was it possible...
Nintendo Switch Clock Game Has Now Released 20 Times Since 2021
8.3.2023
Well, would you look at the time. That Nintendo Switch clock game you may have seen in the bargain section of the eShop just celebrated its 21st release on the digital storefront. Bravo, but where did all of these games come from in such a short period of time? Read more
The Outer Worlds, 2019's Great RPG, Has A Busted New-Gen Update
8.3.2023
The Outer Worlds upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S seemed to come out of nowhere. Announced just a couple of weeks ago, the Spacer’s Choice version of the 2019 sci-fi RPG shooter arrives well after other PS4 and Xbox One games got their next-gen updates. And now that it’s finally here, players...
Starfield Drops In September, Deep Dive Direct In June
8.3.2023
Bethesda announced that Starfield will be coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC on September 6, 2023. Microsoft will be showing off a preview at the Starfield Direct on June 11, 2023.Read more
The Week In Games: Reimagined Roguelites And Spooky Snapshots
7.3.2023
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Xbox Announces A Solid Month For Game Pass, Adding Dead Space And More
7.3.2023
Xbox shared the latest games to join its subscription service Game Pass in a blog announcement earlier today, and it’s looking pretty good. This early month update adds Guilty Gear Strive, plenty of Dead Space, and a few important updates to games you already have.Read more
Oh No, Yu-Gi-Oh Wiki Suffers ‘Catastrophic’ Loss Of Content Spanning Years
7.3.2023
It’s a nightmare scenario for Yu-Gi-Oh fans who have to look up cards with convoluted descriptions. Over the weekend, the administrators of Yugipedia—which, as its name implies, is a wiki on all things Yu-Gi-Oh—announced that they had accidentally deleted half of the wikia’s primary database....
Wait, The GameCube Nearly Had An Official LCD Monitor?
7.3.2023
The Nintendo GameCube was a weird little console, one that had all kinds of wacky add-ons and peripherals released for it over the years, from LAN adapters to Game Boy Links to bongo drums. One thing I never knew about until today, however, were the company’s plans for an official LCD screen.Read...
The Week In Games: Lightfall Dynasty
27.2.2023
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The Fierce Microsoft Battle That Led To One Of The Biggest Video Games Of All Time
24.2.2023
The sixth season of Boss Fight Books is currently funding on Kickstarter. Among the books in this season’s offerings is Kyle Orland’s tome on Minesweeper. A gripping read that tells the wild story of how Minesweeper became one of the most ubiquitous games in history—a tale that saw Microsoft...
Definitely-Not-A-Live-Service-Shooter Suicide Squad Is Always Online
24.2.2023
Today, during Sony’s first State of Play broadcast of 2023, we got a big ol’ look at the upcoming online third-person DC Comics shooter Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. It looked…fine. But a newly posted FAQ on the official game’s website has confirmed that you’ll have to be online at...
Half-Life With Ray Tracing Looks Amazing, Mod Out Now
23.2.2023
1998’s Half-Life is one the best games ever made. And now, thanks to a new mod out today, you can play this classic PC shooter with modern ray tracing. It’s yet another classic PC game that has received a sweet-looking upgrade thanks to community modders. Read more
Valve Traps And Bans 40,000 Cheaters In Ingenious Way
23.2.2023
Competitive action RPG Dota 2 remains the second most-played game of all-time on Steam. Naturally, some of those players are cheaters. But this week Valve purged thousands of them from the platform thanks to an extremely clever little rouse: a bit of bogus game code that would only be activated...
Angry Birds Game Pulled From Store In The Worst Way
22.2.2023
Rovio Games announced yesterday that it will remove the paid version of the app from the Google Play Store “due to the game’s impact on our wider games portfolio” Thursday, February 23. The studio’s other games are all free-to-play titles featuring microtransactions while the original Rovio...
The Week In Games: Octopath Dreamland Deluxe
21.2.2023
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Bungie Wins Over $4 Million In Lawsuit Against Destiny 2 Cheat Developer
21.2.2023
Bungie’s two-year legal battle against a Destiny 2 cheat maker finally concluded last week. The judge agreed that cheat maker AimJunkies had violated Bungie’s copyright and ordered it to pay over $3.6 million in damages and $700,000 in legal expenses.Read more
Studio Behind Megan And The Purge Also Making Horror Games Now
21.2.2023
Announced earlier today, Blumhouse—the Hollywood production company behind hit horror films like Megan and Get Out—is launching its own video game studio led by some game dev vets. The new studio, like its parent company, will focus on scary games with smaller budgets.Read more
Microsoft Signs 10-Year Contract To Bring Xbox Games To Nintendo Consoles
21.2.2023
Microsoft’s president and vice chairman Brad Smith announced today that the company signed a 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo consoles.Read more
Microsoft Reportedly Made An AI That Plays Minecraft For You
18.2.2023
Much of the science fiction genre would have you believe that artificial intelligence would bring about humanity’s downfall by rising up and slaughtering its creators, but the recent boom in AI tech has instead amounted to labor crimes like journalistic malpractice and robbing artists of their...
This AI Can Make Endless Super Mario Bros. Levels With Just A Few Words
16.2.2023
The technology we casually refer to as “artificial intelligence” is suddenly everywhere. It’s used to “create” art, dialogue and voice, text, even video games! It’s nigh impossible to escape as we enter a dystopian future in which generative technology seeks to threaten entire livelihoods...