Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review: Wii Sports is back on the Switch 2
Wii Sports holds an important place in Nintendo history. It was the company’s best-selling software ever, permeated the culture in surprising ways, and its success helped rejuvenate Nintendo after a period of steady decline. It also kicked off one…
Final Fantasy Resonance Review (PS5)
For over a decade now, some Final Fantasy fans have been calling for a return to a more traditional gameplay structure. And while Final Fantasy Resonance is far from a mainline AAA Final Fantasy game, it does provide a taste of what a modern installment…
Final Fantasy Resonance (Switch 2) Review
Over the years, Final Fantasy has been nothing short of inventive, as its largely anthology-based approach has led to various experiments in JRPG game design. Yet in recent years, it feels like the franchise has strayed from its roots, with more…
Domino’s Pizza jokes forced God of War developers to call its hero Kratos
God of War’s Kratos almost had a different name, but the developers at Santa Monica studio made too many jokes about Domino’s pizza. David Jaffe, the director of the original God of War trilogy, recently released a video explaining the deep…
GTA 6 is so detailed that no Rockstar employee knows everything – that’s how we got shrinking horse testicles in Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2’s famous animated horse testicles, realistic enough to contract in cold weather and expand again in warm weather, were apparently not a feature mandated by Rockstar. As iconic as they have become – a symbol of…
Bungie plans to share first details about Destiny 2’s surprise content “unlock” soon
Bungie surprised players last month by announcing plans to bring back Destiny 2 campaigns and other additions removed from the game over the years. When this “no-vault” plan was initially announced, Bungie didn’t share any details, or a…
GDC Festival of Gaming 2027 moves to four-day format to “create a higher quality, more focused and more valuable experience”
The GDC Festival of Gaming will move to a four-day format for its 2027 edition, which will take place Monday through Thursday, March 1-4. Organizers said the change is “a deliberate step toward creating a better, more focused and valuable experience” for…
“This act aims to demonstrate solidarity with Palestine” – Umurangi Generation studio blocks sale of new Penguin Colony game in Israel
Origame Digital, the studio behind 2020’s critically acclaimed Umurangi Generation, has just released a new game but has banned its sale in Israel. Penguin Colony is a Lovecraftian horror game experienced through the eyes of a penguin, based on…
Google Home speakers download huge amounts of data
The new Google Home speaker has a problem: It downloads hundreds of gigabytes of data in the background for some owners. Over the past week, several reports have emerged about how the Google Home Speaker appears to be constantly downloading data from the…
Castlevania: The Curse of Belmont Review (Switch)
Captured on Nintendo Switch (docked) What is a Castlevania game? Nothing but a miserable little melting pot of horror tropes drawn from famous literary archetypes – Carpathian Gothic populated by universal monsters and their lesser minions – with…