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Feature: Six Things I'd Like To See in 'Metroid 6'
Ravenous for more. On 6th August, the original Famicom Disk System Metroid turns 40. To celebrate this milestone, we're publishing various Metroid articles this week discussing Samus' past, present, and future. Today, Ollie scans the horizon. And fair warning - if you haven't finished Metroid Dread yet, you may want to skip... Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Random: "Parents Thought It Looked Like A Wiggling Penis" - Remember When Animal Crossing Triggered A Lot Of "Angry Calls" To Nintendo?
"Our database even had a special page on dealing with the call". The Animal Crossing series is known for its family-friendly nature, so it's something of a surprise to learn that one of its most iconic features caused complaints back when the GameCube title hit store shelves in 2002. I'm talking, of course, about the gyroid statue which players could place outside their homes in the game. In a 2004 interview with EGM resurfaced by Sasha’s Retrobytes , Nintendo Game Counsellor Rick Sandbom reveals that Nintendo got "angry calls" regarding this aspect of the game: Read the full article on timeextension.com
Secretlab's Pokémon collection just evolved with new SKINS for Charizard, Blastoise, and Vensaur that fit any Titan Evo and celebrate the franchise's classic pixel art
Secretlab is expanding its Pokémon collection with new SKINS for the Titan Evo that celebrate Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur.
Tell a whole town what to believe in Static Hour, a rolodex-flipping newsroom thriller about investigating a strange epidemic of violence
Static Hour is a spooky narrative simulation designed to give journalists a god complex, or at least, aggravate the ones we already have. Set in the 1980s, it casts you as a night shift news editor in a small town that has succumbed to a Happening of some kind. There are garbled transmissions about people attacking their families, outbreaks of amnesia, and overflowing ER rooms. Is it aliens? Too much sodium in the water supply? Kids playing tricks with fireworks? Trapped in the newsroom by a government lockdown, you must try to make sense of the situation by combing your rolodex, ordering reporters around, scanning radio frequencies, and sorting hard evidence from scuttlebutt. Then, you must decide what to broadcast to a population who react and take action accordingly. Are you keeping your listeners informed, or fomenting a panic? Worse, are you fomenting a panic deliberately ? Read more
A new Minecraft update adds more sturdy ways to brighten up your base
A new Minecraft Java snapshot and Bedrock preview for the third game drop of 2026 add concrete slabs and stairs as fresh building materials.
'AI PCs will become more important': AMD's Lisa Su remains optimistic about the market despite runaway pricing caused by *checks notes* the AI industry
"I remain optimistic about the PC market as an important way for us to reach a broader set of users."
Building Berlin by Night. How Oaths and Ashes is redefining the Vampire: The Masquerade visual novel
Vampire: The Masquerade - Oaths and Ashes transports us to a modern Berlin by Night. I caught up with Revive the Spark to learn more.
Saudi-acquired EA is reportedly planning to make massive cuts after taking $18 billion of debt, and we all know what that means
Layoff season isn't over.
AYANEO Finally Releases The Pocket Advance At $89 (For Now)
Finally, after sitting through hours and hours of AYANEO's livestreams over the last couple of weeks, we finally have full information regarding the specifications, and you can now officially buy KONKR Pocket Advanceo on AYANEO's website , an upcoming Android-based handheld emulator that looks exactly like
EA has fixed a niche Battlefield 6 issue where some Nvidia GPUs were crashing while changing attachments or 'playing on maps with large bodies of water'
It seems like it was linked to a recent Nvidia driver update.
Beast of Reincarnation: All Key locations in the Ogouchi Buffer Zone
Locations for the Red, Yellow, and Blue Keys in the Ogouchi Buffer Zone in Beast of Reincarnation
How to lower the red bridge in Big Walk
To cross the drawbridge in Big Walk you need to solve four puzzles, so follow this walkthrough to complete the first area
I'm growing impatient for the new Evangelion anime, but this Asuka gaming keyboard helps
I'm growing impatient while waiting for the new Evangelion anime, but in the meantime, MelGeek has dropped pre-orders for its new Asuka and Rei keybolards, which helps fulfill my anime needs.
Fan makes incredible Lego Final Fantasy set, and now I'm hoping it becomes a real model
If this fan-submitted Lego Final Fantasy 7 design gets enough community votes, it could become an official kit
Spider-Man: Brand New Day's unlikely "superfan" breakout actor thanks fans after his scene-stealing cameo: "This is a dream come true"
Niyi Akin speaks out on social media
Square Enix says it’s fixing the long loading times in the new Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy 14
Players have been reporting lengthy waits during certain transitions
Razer's Target exclusive Sanrio keycaps are live, but collecting the full set could cost almost as much as gaming keyboard
Razer's Sanrio Edition keycaps are finally available to purchase online at Target, but collecting the entire set is going to cost you.
Both Ecstatica Games Are Coming To Steam And GOG This Year
Thanks to SNEG. Ecstatica is one of my all-time favourite PC games, as you may have gleaned from the feature I wrote about it recently . Released at a time when polygon visuals were still very crude in nature, 1994's Ecstatica used ellipsoids to create its characters – a move which gave the game a more natural, organic look when compared to the box polygons of other 3D titles at the time. Read the full article on timeextension.com
"We take your feedback to heart" - Game Freak promises to improve Beast of Reincarnation following a divisive launch
Beast of Reincarnation is out but hasn't quite made the splash you might expect from Game Freak's first original project in years. The long-time Pokémon developer isn't moving on, however, and is promising to deliver a series of updates to improve the game. Read more
Beast of Reincarnation is getting some "story pacing improvements" in its first patch, as part of "ongoing adjustments" from Game Freak
Beast of Reincarnation , the soulslike about a girl and her dog battling an array of beasties in post-apocalyptic Japan, came out yesterday, August 4th. Developers Game Freak are already hard at work on patches for it, with the first set to include some "story pacing improvements" that should hopefully help address some of the gripes our Callum highlighted in his freshly published Beast of Reincarnation review . Read more
Square Enix says it's testing a fix for one big issue with Final Fantasy 14 on Nintendo Switch 2 as fans generally praise the MMO's port
Just don't think about how subscriptions work - for now
Mass layoffs expected at EA as the now-private publisher reportedly tells its new debt masters that it's going to cut $700 million in annual costs
The Battlefield and Sims owner has taken on $20 billion in debt by going private
Pokémon Pokopia Portal Pod explained: How to unlock shared storage in Pokémon Pokopia
How to unlock the Pokémon Pokopia Portal Pod
A Commodore Amiga FPGA remake is now possible thanks to new landmark agreements
The Amiga Corporation has struck deals with both Commodore International and Hyperion that could pave the way for an Amiga Ultimate FPGA remake.