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As EA kills Mass Effect 5, ex-BioWare lead says you can't "recreate great games" with AI
Business-focused execs have often never actually made games before, Greg Zeschuk suggests
COD Modern Warfare 4's controversial Possum ability nerfed to stop it being used "as a combat mechanic instead of a survival mechanic"
Since the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode, players have been mainly arguing about two topics: whether there's a need for a PvE-only mode , and whether Possum - an in-game trait - has a place in an extraction experience . Read more
Metroid Prime Trilogy engineer explains why he thinks the motorcycle sections in Metroid Prime 4 were ‘just a waste’
Jack Mathews thinks the Sol Valley Vi-O-La sections led to a "split focus"
Taito Milestones 5 Brings Together Space Invaders, Hat Trick Hero and More Arcade Hits on a Single Switch Cart
Marine Date & Extermination also making their Switch debut. It's that time again! Time for another Taito Milestones collection for Nintendo Switch. Announced earlier today, the newly unveiled Taito Milestones 5 will launch in Japan January 28th, 2027, and will be available to buy both digitally and physically for 5,720 yen (as reported by Gematsu !). Read the full article on timeextension.com
Not all Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake devs have played the N64 original, series producer says
Nintendo's new developers are why "this remake came into being"
Phantom Blade Zero explodes on Steam, and its creator is "deeply grateful" to his team
Phantom Blade Zero’s Director thanks S-Game for the “passion and a little madness” that has made the action game into Steam’s top seller.
Justice and Gesaffelstein drop new ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ track ‘Pusher’
The French duo have created an original score for the feverishly anticipated game The post Justice and Gesaffelstein drop new ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ track ‘Pusher’ appeared first on NME .
Xbox leader Asha Sharma says there's "more demand than consoles available" as Xbox hardware sales dip by 14%
Xbox leader Asha Sharma has claimed there's "more demand than consoles available" when it comes to Xbox, and that console sales "remain constrained by supply". Read more
GTA 6 has a smell reaction system, which immediately joins Red Dead Redemption 2's dynamically shrinking horse balls on Rockstar's list of immersive symbols of excess
Any reminder of Red Dead Redemption 2 's temperature sensitive horse testicles brings a smile to my face. In truth, I can't say I've ever zoomed in close enough to properly take in the spectacle of Arthur Morgan's mount having its nuts dynamically expand and contract based on whether he's riding through snowy mountains or across baking plains, but I do always get a kick out of knowing such a thing's happening as I play. To this point, the horse balls have been the most infamous or meme-worthy example of Rockstar's obsession with going all-in on realistic detail to an arguably unnecessary degree, one that borders on overindulgence which players could conceivably never notice if they weren't expressly told about it. That philosophy's gone nowhere, so GTA 6 was always going to have a feature that'd become as much of a metaphor for excess as those beloved balls. It may well be the smell reaction system revealed in Edge 's long read on the game. Read more
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping reactions call the film "exhilarating" and compare it to Rogue One and Andor
First reactions to The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping are glowing
Modern Warfare 4 faces backlash after real footage of South Korean crowd crush tragedy was discovered in game's opening moments
Activision has come under fire due to the inclusion of real-world footage of the tragic Itaewon Disaster in Modern Warfare 4. The bereaved families association and the Citizens Countermeasure Meeting are asking for the footage to be removed. Read more
Deadpool and Wolverine is Marvel's most expensive movie ever, as Disney reveals it's near-half-billion-dollar budget
Two years after release, Disney has finally released the true budget for Marvel's Deadpool & Wolverine
The Watcher has appeared in VisionQuest, and that usually means bad news
Keep your eyes peeled for The Watcher in the latest episode of VisionQuest
Xbox first-party content partially offsets 2% drop in Q1 revenue, hardware decreases 14%
Microsoft has exceeded first quarter expectations, reporting $92.3 billion in revenue with increases in net income and earnings per share. Read more
Pick Up A Limited Edition Replica Of The Sonic the Hedghog Mega Drive Cartridge For Under £30
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Latest Mystery Gift Distribution Is Now Live
Spewpa Duper. The catchily-titled ' Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Mega Dimension ' releases today, and to mark the occasion, The Pokémon Company has launched a new Mystery Gift distribution in the game. This one is all about Spewpa and its multi-coloured evolution. Those who redeem the Mystery Gift via the internet between today (29th October) and 19th November at 1:59am UTC will redeem one of the adorable little caterpillar Pokémon for free. But this Spewpa is a special one, since it can evolve into one of 16 different Vivillon patterns that aren't currently available in the Z-A base game. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Stick Wars codes October 2026
Redeem these new Stick Wars codes and get all of the free coins and gems you could ask for.
GTA 6 promises to be an RPG like nothing the series has ever seen, but Rockstar says there's still a balance to strike
Rockstar doesn't want you to "reject" its systems
GTA 6 "felt too fast" when Rockstar made it run like Grand Theft Auto 5 due to the leap in visual performance
I doubt Rockstar narrowing Vice City's roads to make them "more believable" helped either
600,000 animations are the appetizer: Rockstar gave GTA 6 NPCs meticulous personality traits to control how they react to you
The pedestrians all have personality traits, too
For the second time this year, Galax says it's not closing down: Palit-owned graphics card brand 'continues to operate as usual'
Reports of the brand's death have been greatly exaggerated.
The latest episode of South Park features exclusive GTA 6 footage where a man is hit in the head with dog poo
The episode aired on Wednesday in the US
Cronos: The New Dawn's 'Lazarus' DLC Launches Next Year On Switch 2
Watch the spooky new story trailer. Those who enjoyed blasting through space nasties in Cronos: The New Dawn last year, listen up! The game's Lazarus DLC has just got a brand new story trailer and it looks hella spooky. Don't be fooled by the December release date at the end of the new look, the expansion is set to launch on Switch 2 slightly later than other platforms, and is currently targeting a Q1 2027 window. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Everyone's Favourite Pith-Helmeted Hero Is Back In A New 'Sabre Wulf' Fan Remaster For The C64
Vine & Dandy! Here's something that will have you reaching for a makeshift helmet and a cane to swing about your room in celebration — Indie Retro News is reporting that a new remaster of Ultimate Play the Game's Sabre Wulf for the Commodore 64 is in development. In case you're in need of a reminder, Sabre Wulf was a 1984 game released by Ultimate Play the Game (the company which later became Rare) for the ZX Spectrum, and followed the explorer Sabreman, as he searched a dense jungle looking for the individual pieces of a mystical amulet. Read the full article on timeextension.com