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Feature: 26 Details You Might Have Missed From The Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 Reveal
Under the lens of truth. It's been a busy week for Nintendo fans, with the company squeezing in two Directs in as many days, and filling out the rest of the 2026 gaming calendar with more Switch games than anyone could reasonably play. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Sacrilege! Nishitani Expresses Interest In Rebalancing Super Street Fighter II Turbo
O.Gat reportedly fuming right now. Somebody find a way to distract Akira Nishitani, and fast. The former Capcom developer is apparently getting itchy coding fingers, tweeting out some craziness about rebalancing 1994's Super Street Fighter II Turbo - globally recognised as the fairest and least broken fighter in history. Nishitani - whose previous design work includes Capcom classics Final Fight , Forgotten Worlds , and X-Men: Children of the Atom - made the comments earlier this week, noting that he'd like to have "a shot" at tweaking the Already Perfectly Balanced, No Changes Necessary, 32-year-old scrapper. Read the full article on timeextension.com
When will Wardogs come to PS5 or Xbox Series X?
Wardogs isn't on consoles yet
After another scalping disaster, Nintendo is restocking the Legend of Zelda Switch 2 – but seemingly only in the UK
Everyone else: good luck
New FPS Wardogs makes Steam explode with 340,000 peak players, then explodes on Steam after the servers break and negative reviews roll in
It'll all be fixed in time, we're sure
"Why do we need more graphics?": 2010's Alan Wake was as photoreal as videogames ever needed to be, reckons original Thief designer
Former Thief: The Dark Project designer, Ion Storm game director, and sometime Spielberg collaborator Randy Smith Evergreen has shared his probably-incendiary view that photorealistic videogame graphics need not have advanced any further than Remedy's original Alan Wake . For context, Alan Wake released back in 2010, when some of you people were screaming babies. Every touted breakthrough in visual fidelity since that golden year? A pointless indulgence and a reckless travesty. A middle finger jammed up the nose of god. Smith Evergreen is entirely wrong, of course: videogame graphics actually topped out with PS1's MediEvil, still definitively the most faithful and convincing portrayal of an incompetent walking skeleton known to science. That said, this is an OG Thief designer we're talking about. Let's hear the poor soul out. Read more
Shroom and Gloom is my new deckbuilder obsession thanks to its fantastic fights, beautiful artwork, and tasty mushrooms
I've never been so happy to be killed by a mushroom.
Goodwill Hunting: Consoles’ brand value and loyalty is being tested | Opinion
There’s a really important piece of context that looms behind every decision, every announcement, and every news story about PlayStation or Xbox at the moment. It’s a ticking clock; a countdown to the moment when Sony and Microsoft are going to have to start talking about their next-generation hardware – and begin the process of convincing the world that an almost certainly astronomical price point isn’t a deal-breaker. Read more
Exodus is a great modernization of Mass Effect, with only awkward dialogue letting it down
We went hands-on with Wizards of the Coast's Exodus, a promising third-person, narrative-focused RPG in the style of BioWare's Mass Effect.
"The more aroused the fly is the harder it tries to shoot" - Google's fully mapped fly brain is now playing Doom, Beat Saber, and more
It's science-fiction Friday as Google's fully mapped fly brain , which was revealed last week, has been engineered to play Doom and rhythm-action game Beat Saber . Read more
Nintendo wins legal battle against Mig Switch cards in the Netherlands, says the decision will benefit "many video game developers globally"
"Nintendo promotes and fosters game development and creativity"
Framework cancels custom low profile keyboard module for its laptops: 'We weren’t able to bring costs to a place where the product economics worked'
When 'custom' comes at too high a cost.
How to build a Wardogs mortar
Racking up kills doesn’t have to mean being a crack shot with a rifle; building a Wardogs mortar can cause absolute chaos from afar.
Hori has unveiled a legendary-looking set of new Ocarina of Time remake Switch 2 accessories, and I need them now
The Ocarina of Time hype continues as Hori Japan has unveiled a new batch of Switch 2 accessories themed around the upcoming remake.
Sony reportedly dropped Hideo Kojima's next game because it kept missing deadlines, was over budget, and would eventually come to other platforms
A few good reasons, and one really exhausting one.
Game of the Week – The Blood of Dawnwalker is the ultimate vampire RPG fantasy
Coen has 30 days to save his family, but I bet you can do it in a weekend
PSA: You Can Play Star Fox Adventures In Widescreen Mode On Switch 2
Toggle it now. Nintendo expanded its GameCube line-up on Nintendo Switch Online this week with the addition of Star Fox Adventures , the divisive 2002 adventure title from developer Rare. It's been a heck of a busy week, but we thought it wise to let you know that Star Fox Adventures is one of a handful of GameCube titles that offers native widescreen presentation. F-Zero GX and SoulCalibur II , also available as part of Nintendo Switch Online, offers this option for players too. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
State of the Unions: the rise of unionisation in games workplaces
The rise of unions in the video games industry has been a hot topic over the past decade, as more and more workers seek protection for their rights in the face of harsh working conditions and management shortcomings around the world. Read more
Limited Run's R-Type DX Collector's Edition Has Me Yearning For An '80s Bydo Anime
Classic Game Boy Color shmup returns. Limited Run Games h as revealed teaser images of its upcoming Collector's Edition for the Game Boy Color re-release, R-Type DX . The physical GBC title is part of a new range of R-Type DX merch available to pre-order from September 15. Released in 1999, R-Type DX featured both the original Game Boy editions of R-Type and R-Type II , developed by Irem and released for the handheld in 1991. Outside of the enhanced colour graphics, both titles remained mostly untouched, ambitiously replicating the arcade shmup action that made the franchise such a hit in arcade centres in the late '80s and early '90s. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Sony reportedly ditched Hideo Kojima's Physint following missed deadlines, bloated budgets, and Death Stranding 1&2 missing sales expectations
Following Sony's announcement earlier this week that it had "stepped away" from Kojima Production's previously PlayStation-exclusive "action espionage" Physint, a new report has claimed Sony's decision was the result of concerns over "budget, potential profitability and exclusivity." Read more
Search for the Needle codes (September 2026) for Gems
You'll need to redeem the latest Search for the Needle codes if you want a useful boost to your hay moving abilities
The Witcher 3 was meant to give Geralt a chain weapon 11 years ago, Songs of the Past just made it possible today for "various technological reasons"
Worth the wait?
'No fuss, no greater meaning, only fans': Corsair shares 3D print files for its April Fools mini fan cube
Need I say more?
Rockstar had a mole in the union worker Discord server "for over two and a half years", GTA 6 company reveals during legal battle
Back in October 2025, GTA 6 developers Rockstar fired a group of 34, mostly UK-based employees on a charge of "gross misconduct", alleging that they had risked the leaking of confidential information while posting on a Discord server set up by union organisers. The ousted UK workers and their representatives have since taken Rockstar to court, accusing the company of getting rid of them to stop their union gaining enough members to win official recognition under UK law. This week, both parties filed opening submissions at an employment tribunal in Glasgow , which Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive have emailed to RPS and Game Developer , among others. Taken together, the filings amount to over 100 pages of claims and counterclaims, with thousands of pages of evidence to be discussed in the coming weeks. Amongst other things, the docs give us more sense of events leading up to the dismissals, including the revelation that Rockstar had a mole or "whistleblower" passing them information on the people using the Discord server. Read more