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Award-winning sci-fi author NK Jemisin joins BioWare's mourners and scorns a broken industry for killing geese that 'laid the golden eggs'
"The [Mass Effect] and [Dragon Age] games were a literal inspiration."
Civilisation Gets Ported to the Neo Geo Pocket, and Absolutely No AI Was Involved
"Can you carve your name on history?". When Sid Meier's Civilisation launched in 1991, it blazed a trail that many other 4X strategy titles have followed. The series continues to receive new instalments to the present day and has spawned many imitators. One system it has never graced is the Neo Geo Pocket , but that has changed thanks to the efforts of homebrew coder Chris Ahchay . Read the full article on timeextension.com
Mass Effect 3 ending discourse ignored the RPG's scale, ambition, and exuberance, including that of its oddly great co-op
Ah, come on, it was fine. Better than fine. We can argue for another fourteen years about whether BioWare should have redone the ending or not, but Mass Effect 3 was really a compendium of endings, a ludicrously ambitious wrapping-up of dozens of plot threads, character arcs, and running gags. Even if you can point to other RPGs that, on an individual basis, are more branching and reactive, Mass Effect 3's largely successful closing of a galaxy's worth of choose-your-own adventure books - filled in and followed across three evolving instalments - showed an audacity and grandiosity that no other three-part series had matched before. Or, at least on that scale, has pulled off since. Read more
Prime Video's Fallout reality competition Fallout Shelter: The Experiment premieres in January
Prime Video's Fallout reality competition, Fallout Shelter : The Experiment, will premiere on 13th January 2027. Read more
Project Iron codes (October 2026)
Redeem the new Project Iron codes in Roblox for free rerolls and boosts, so you can become the best and flex on everyone.
Pokemon Winds and Waves might benefit from next-gen water tech
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Vectrex Mini Launch Event to Take Place in London Next Month, and Tickets Are Available Now
Live music from DJ Remute. Developer Neo Retro, in association with promoter Outernet Venue, has announced a party to celebrate the launch of the reimagined hardware, Vectrex Mini, ahead of its "late 2026" release. The event will take place at London venue The Lower Third on Saturday, November 21. Kicking off at 10:00 A.M., the launch party will feature a gallery of Vectrex Mini test units, along with a showcase of developers making games for the platform. A presentation on "The Past, Present & Future of Vectrex" will be hosted by project lead David Oghia. Complimentary drinks and goody bags are available for attendees, and live music will be provided by Serbian techno DJ Remute - who famously once released an album on a SNES cartridge . Read the full article on timeextension.com
Xbox's first chief operating officer Helen Chiang leaves Microsoft just three months into the job
Helen Chiang, Xbox’s first-ever chief operating officer (COO), is leaving Microsoft just three months after taking the job. Read more
After 14 years of development, Factorio's final major update is out now
Patch 2.1 brings "a big collection" of small yet significant changes.
Peak devs explain why the viral co-op game's size tripled with new console ports
"We wanted to make sure there was still re-playability for players," Team Peak says
The Sims rival that's stolen my heart plans new skills, jobs, and relationship features for its first update
Alex Massé and team outline priorities for the first big Paralives update, from “buffing up the basics” to improved live and build modes.
Feature: 15 Years Ago, 'Return To Dream Land' Ushered In Kirby's Golden Era
Kirban legend. Kirby has always been one of Nintendo's more consistently successful franchises. While the little pink puffball never had anything remotely resembling a 'dark era' like many other Nintendo series, there was a time around the turn of the century where Kirby began to spin his wheelies a bit. After the 2000 release of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards , developer HAL Laboratory immediately began work on Kirby’s next big adventure. Glimmers of a mainline Kirby title for the GameCube featuring the return of the helper system from Kirby Super Star with four-player co-op popped up in various circles over the years, including E3 2005, but a full-on game never materialised. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Star Wars Galaxies' Restoration project just received another massive update, including a huge visual upgrade and an overhaul to the Wookiees' home planet
"We asked everyone: work on something that they loved about Galaxies, and showcase that to the world."
Waveling Island Is an Upcoming Creature-Collecting Sim for PC & Xbox with Some Serious GBA-Vibes
Tropic like it's hot! The developer behind Mega Man-inspired indie games Berserk Boy and Berserk B.I.T.S has unveiled its latest game, and it's giving us some serious Game Boy Advance vibes, based on the initial trailer. Waveling Island is described as "a Creature-Collecting Sim that takes place on a beautiful, hand-drawn pixel art island." Players step into the sea-soaked sandals of a castaway who washes up on a not-so-deserted island with nothing but the clothes on their back and the backpack on their shoulders, who is then tasked with making the best of their situation and uncovering the secrets of their tropical home. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Aion 2's hardest fight is coming back, bigger and better, after being pulled from the free MMORPG's launch
The Aion 2 Ludra fight was originally removed from the free-to-play MMORPG when it was defeated quickly, creating frustration among players.
Steam's new Personal Calendar aims to solve game discovery without trapping you in a bubble
Trying to find games you’ll love on Steam can be daunting nowadays, so the new Personal Calendar is Valve’s answer, and won’t sell slots.
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (24th October)
Peak gaming. The weekend? Already? It was a reasonably busy one in Nintendo Land this week, as we marked 10 years since the big Switch 1 reveal , got a nostalgic throwback with the new Ocarina of Time trailer, received yet another Tomb Raider shadow drop and had a new trio of games added to the NSO Game Boy library . Read the full article on nintendolife.com
"Final Battle" - Nintendo Music Expands Its Library With The ARMS Soundtrack
"Raise your hands (and arms)". It's an exciting week if you're an ARMS fan, with Nintendo updating its music application Nintendo Music with the game's soundtrack. Here's what you can expect from this latest update for the service, including the full list of songs and various other details, including the game's composers. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
How To Play Nintendo DS Games On The iPhone Duo
The iPhone Duo is incredibly popular right now, and for good reason: it's Apple's first jab at a folding display, and in typical new iPhone fashion, many unique ways to use it have filled up our feeds showing off features that have undoubtedly intrigued many, but
What we've been playing - "Shoving Moon Flesh into an alien grandma's mouth"
Hello, it is me, your regular weekend host Mertie and I am here once again to guide you gently into Saturday with our usual feature What We've Been Playing, where we write a little about the games we've been, yes, playing. This week, Bertie - before fleeing for a well-deserved break and leaving me with the keys to the place - runs a one-on-one D&D game; Connor plays with his Moon Flesh in Warframe , and I've been serenely gallivanting over yonder hills. Read more
Xbox COO and ex-Minecraft boss leaves Microsoft after just 3 months in the role
Helen Chiang was with Microsoft for 21 years, but spent only 3 months as Xbox COO
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 ESRB Rating Summary Published
Cover up? Back in July, the game rating for the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was spotted on Nintendo's official store page. In case you missed it, it's E10+ . The title contains "animated blood" and "fantasy violence". Now, in a small update, the rating summary has officially gone live on the Entertainment Software Rating Board. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The best thing Valve has added to Steam in years just graduated to "full feature"
Personal Calendars are finally live for real
Why private equity acquisitions like the one that just claimed BioWare are so dreaded
BioWare is just the latest casualty in a long history of private equity carnage.