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What we've been playing - "Well this is embarrassing, we're wearing the same outfit!"
Unluckily for you all, Bertie's having a well-earned long weekend (possibly skiing, possibly jumping on the spot, possibly just having a nice lie down after the chaos of it all), meaning you're stuck with me on intro duties for What We've Been Playing this time around. Read more
Telltale Brings Five-Chapter Sci-Fi Adventure 'The Expanse' To Switch
Update: Limited Run Games physical release announced. : The famous narrative game studio Telltale, known for series such as Sam & Max , has this week surprised fans with the release of The Expanse: A Telltale Series Deluxe Edition on the Switch eShop. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Video: Digital Foundry Delivers Its Tech Review For Elden Ring On Switch 2
"The delay has proven immensely beneficial". After being delayed to " allow time for performance adjustments ", Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition finally arrived on the Switch 2 last month. So, was it worth the wait? Digital Foundry has now taken a look and confirms the delay has been "immensely beneficial to the quality of the final release". Read the full article on nintendolife.com
September's schedule of new games, events, and updates refuses to let 2026 go down in history as a slow year for new releases
Well, the honor truly belongs to fall in general, but let's take this one month at a time.
Iconic Silent Hill artist Masahiro Ito says he "probably would have been happier" if he hadn't "sacrificed" his love life for Pyramid Head
"Never in my wildest dreams imagined I'd end up like this on X"
As Wardogs blows past 200k Steam concurrents, its developers are prepared for the day 'hype dies down'
"Doesn't make it a bad game, or even a problem."
PlayStation's Peter Parker actor has pushed Insomniac to put Deadpool in Spider-Man 3: "I would like to believe that they got the idea from me"
Might have to bump up that ESRB rating
Celebrate Labor Day by playing Civilization 7 for free
There's actually no connection to Labor Day that I can see, but Civ 7 is free to play until September 10, and it's on sale too.
Spider-Noir canceled after one season at Prime Video despite receiving 11 Emmy nominations
The Nicolas Cage-led Sony Marvel series was praised by fans and critics alike
'Grand Theft Auto is a videogame franchise built around criminal activity': Miami-Dade County Sheriff comes out hard against a proposed GTA 6 collab with Rockstar
It actually sounds like a really good idea, but of course the cops are against it.
GTA 6 driving is "the best parts" of GTA 4 but with "the accessibility of GTA 5," says Rockstar boss
The best of both worlds
Dungeons and Dragons 2 is still moving forward with a finished script, but it needs a new studio
Paramount is no longer producing the second installment
After a massive 2021 office expansion, Bungie is now trying to sublease its 211,000 square foot headquarters
Bungie says it "will continue to maintain a physical office presence in Bellevue."
The White House launches online 'arcade' with its own takes on Tetris and other popular games, and it's as rotten as you'd expect
The arcade currently includes games based on Tetris, Flappy Bird, and Snake, and of course a healthy dose of racism and pro-Trump propaganda.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is "not going to shoot my dog," says now-independent Double Fine boss Tim Schafer, who initially opposed Microsoft ownership because "you guys love closing studios"
"I'm going to shoot it"
"Palworld's not finished": With update 1.1 coming, Pocketpair lead says "we're doing something players have been screaming at us to do" after the "soft prologue" of 1.0
Palworld 1.1 has a surprise in store
An Emulation Mod Kit For The LEGO PlayStation Is In The Works
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! A couple of days ago, Sony & LEGO announced the PlayStation set , featuring 1,911 bricks, releasing on October 4th and priced at £139.99/$179.99.
Me: You can now run DLSS 5 on AMD GPUs. My RX 9070 XT: Please stop, it hurts us
A new app allows you to inject DLSS Neural Rendering deep into games even if you're running an AMD card. You probably won't want to, though.
Court sentences disgraced Old School RuneScape dev who stole players' gold and "banked more than £364,829 in cash"
Mod Jed, accused of hacking players and selling their gold, pled guilty
Silo Season 4 release date revealed with action-packed first trailer
The final season arrives next year
After AI slop accusations, Humankind 2 studio says its new trailer was definitely "made by humankind" and at least five chickens
A large portion of the internet pointed their virtual fingers at Humankind 2's new trailer and shouted 'AI slop!' Developer Amplitude Studios is now denying those claims and has even released a behind-the-scenes clip to prove a whole human crew (plus five chickens) made the Gamescom ONL reveal. Read more
Bungie's studio is up for sublease after heavy Destiny 2 layoffs, which doesn't bode well
Bungie is "exploring options" to sublease its Bellevue headquarters
It looks like No Man's Sky's next update is imminent as Sean Murray breaks out the emojis again - and fans reckon it's a big one
Yes, it's time to brace yourself once more, No Man's Sky fans: Sean Murray is delving into his big bag of emojis, indicating - with reliable certainty - the exploratory space sim's highly anticipated 10th anniversary update will be with us very soon. And there's hope among the playerbase that Cosmos, as the update was previously confirmed to be called, might be a big 'un. Read more
Nearly a decade on, legendary director Hideki Kamiya says he's "100% serious" about reviving Xbox's canned Scalebound
Hideki Kamiya was being super serious about resurrecting Scalebound , the PlatinumGames dragon-filled romp that was cancelled by Xbox nearly a decade ago. Read more