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The Legend of Zelda film is just called "The Legend of Zelda", apparently, and there's a good reason it doesn't have a subtitle
Today, during a Nintendo Direct dedicated to the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series, Columbia Pictures and Nintendo released the first-ever trailer for the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie, starring Bo Bragason as the titular Princess Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link . Read more
New Godzilla Minus Zero trailer teases gravity-defying action, King Ghidorah, and the end of the story
A new trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero is here
SteelSeries throws everything but the kitchen sink in the feature list of its Aeon Pro controller
It can seamlessly switch between Xbox and PC, but is very expensive.
SteelSeries launches a seriously impressive controller for Xbox and PC, but at $259 / £229, the Aeon Pro has an uphill battle ahead of it
SteelSeries is launching a new officially licensed controller for Xbox and PC, but its price may detract from its impressive features.
Blood of Dawnwalker: Find Vicho, A Study In Crimson quest guide
How to find Vicho and determine if he's a killer in The Blood of Dawnwalker's A Study In Crimson quest
Retroid Reveals Chipset For Their Pocket Duo Handheld & Show Translucent Purple Shell
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! There you have it; it was only yesterday that I was speculating as to what the chipset would be for the new Retroid Pocket Duo. Now, after a
Star Stable Entertainment reduces workforce by 20% to secure long-term future of its multiplayer horse adventure RPG
Swedish developer Star Stable Entertainment has laid off 20% of its employees following a restructuring program. Read more
A new Lanterns theory suggests that Hal Jordan might not be dead after all, and it's all down to Zoe
Lanterns theories are heating up
Here's Replay's August winners: some comforting words in Call of Duty and a flying Red Dead gator
Replay is full of great clips every month, but these are August's peak entries
Sources say another 10% price increase for Intel CPUs is on the way, and it could be here as soon as October
Up, up, and away.
Watch: The Legend Of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct - Live!
Only a matter of Time. What's this? A Nintendo Direct in September? Who would have thought it! And so this week's dual Directs kick off. First up is a special anniversary show for Zelda's 40th, promising to deliver "a variety of information related to The Legend of Zelda". Read the full article on nintendolife.com
"I Was Determined To Breathe As Much Life Into The Population Of Britannia As Possible" - The Ultima VII Team On Making The Epic RPG
"With Ultima VII, I was ready to reintroduce actual malevolent Evil". Ultima VII is one of my favourite video games of all time. I vividly remember playing it on my family's brand-new 486DX PC, and after making the leap from 16-bit consoles, the sheer scope of its world stunned me. Here was a game that stacked gameplay mechanics on top of gameplay mechanics yet still managed to present a cohesive, believable world. You could pretty much wander in any direction and choose to ignore the main quest; I spent a large portion of my time making clothing or baking bread, simply because I could. Read the full article on timeextension.com
European game developers are more concerned that AI will pressure them to work faster rather than take their job
61% of European game developers are concerned that generative AI will place them under pressure to work faster and produce more, but only 35% think that AI might cause them to lose their job or reduce demand for their role. Read more
Blood of Dawnwalker: Midnight Reckoning, Xanthe’s labyrinth solution, Greifberg Castle guide
How to solve Xanthe's repeating labyrinth or maze during Midnight Reckoning in Greifberg Castle in The Blood of Dawnwalker
The Tetris Company says it was "not involved in the creation" of White House parody, takes "copyright infringement very seriously"
The Tetris Company has issued a statement regarding a US government-made parody of its tile-matching puzzle game, which has since been removed . Read more
Valheim 1.0 review - The Deep North is gorgeous, if you can handle the journey
Valheim 1.0 is an absolute paradox; I have never been more in love with, and yet this remarkably frustrated by, a videogame before.
Preview: 'How Are Monsters Made?' & 5 Other Things I Learned Playing Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World
If you like Piña Marauders... I'll admit that I am relatively new to the Dragon Quest Monsters series. The Dark Prince passed me by on Switch, and while I have some memories of playing Joker on my DS, I never really "got into it" in the same way that I did the mainline games around the same time. So, I was excited to find out more about Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World at a recent Square Enix event. My memories of the series were very much 'what if Pokémon were a little slimier ', and I was keen to see if it had broken out of Game Freak's shadow in the years since, with 'mon-likes cropping up all over the place. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
I'm a creature-collecting sicko, and going hands-on with Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World made me realize how much I've been missing out on this spin-off
After befriending Fat Rats and Woebergines, I can't believe I've always let this spin-off pass me by
The Original Super Mario RPG Has Been Modded With The Switch Remake's Special Features
Modder backports weapons, boss battles, and more. One of the best boons of video game remakes is how they offer opportunities to tweak, expand, or enhance the experiences that came before, utilising modern-day power, or simply contemporary game design knowledge, to boost a classic title with features perhaps unavailable to the original developer. In the case of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars , however, one modder is going one step further. As reported by Gaming Reinvented , AnAxemRanger is taking features added to the 2023 Nintendo Switch remake and backporting them into the original 1996 SNES release. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Trump regime's Tetris ripoff yanked from White House website after Tetris Company declare they "take copyright infringement very seriously"
Goodbye, Build the Wall. The Tetris-style game that the US government had stuck on the White House website as a way of promoting the Trump administration's commitment to brutalising and persecuting immigrants in the name of securing borders. After the Tetris Company hinted that they might be eyeing legal action, Build the Wall is gone, replaced by a far more palatable 404 error message . Read more
Life is Strange studio Don’t Nod says it may have to lay off 90 staff, warns it may not last beyond January
The developer needs to secure external financing soon or it could face closure
This AI-Assisted Escape from Monkey Island Fan Project Makes Me Long For An Official Remaster
Help us, Double Fine, you're our only hope! If you asked people to name their favourite Monkey Island game, chances are Escape From Monkey Island wouldn't be a lot of people's first pick. Released in the year 2000, the first 3D entry in the series is considered something of a "black sheep," due to the game's use of tank controls instead of a point-and-click, frustrating puzzle segments (who can forget Monkey Kombat?), and its controversial changes to the game's lore (Herman Toothrot is Elaine's father, now?!). Read the full article on timeextension.com
"Let them work their magic" - Persona series director say Persona 4 Revival's localisation team is integral to the remake's success
How do you solve a problem like Persona 4 ? It's a thorny question, and one that's been the subject of a lot of internet debate since Persona 4 Revival - a remake of the 2008 original - was revealed. To cut a long story short, a lot of people see Persona 4 as problematic. One of the main cast, Yosuke, is a conservative, judgemental, 'teenage pervert' stereotype . While he does have an arc that sees him soften somewhat, he's also just a bit of an asshole. Elsewhere in the game, there are allusions to gay and trans storylines some feel are inelegantly handled - where the characters in question can be seen to suppress their true selves for the sake of 'falling in line' with what society expects. Read more
Don't Nod might not have enough cash to make it through January 2027, and even if it does, pulling up could 'involve the reduction of up to 90 positions'
"Amid systemic pressures in the video game industry."