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How many cycles are there in Star Wars Zero Company?
Star Wars Zero Company is broken up into cycles, aka days, but how many are there?
CEO of Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group Brian Ward steps down after overseeing billions in mobile gaming acquisitions
Brian Ward, the CEO of the Saudi-Arabian-state-owned Savvy Games Group, has left his role. During his tenure, he oversaw $38bn of investment into various gaming companies, including Pokemon Go developer Niantic, and Monopoly Go's Scopely. Read more
Afterworld, Paradox's post-apocalyptic grand strategy game, let me conquer Florida with a band of alcoholic mutant cannibals
And everyone seemed happy with the change.
How Kingdom Hearts Almost Paved The Way For A Smash Bros-Like Fighter From Disney & Activision
"We all thought it was the greatest idea in the world". Back in 2013, publications like Siliconera and Nintendo Life both published articles about a number of Disney projects that never came to life. The inspiration for these articles was a series of images posted to the former Disney Interactive concept artist Ken Christiansen's portfolio website , which documented some of the ideas that were being worked on behind closed doors. This included, among other things, a pitch for a Smash Bros -esque fighting game featuring various action figures of Disney characters facing off in battle. Read the full article on timeextension.com
30 years later, I finally got to play Quake on the PS1, but that's before I found a better version that doesn't rely on "substantial AI assistance"
PSoXide is a PS1 homebrew with an impressive Quake demo, but there's an older port that doesn't rely on AI tools.
Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 officially launches this week via NBA 2K27
DLSS 5 will launch first with NBA 2K27 support for owners of 50 Series GPUs and GeForce NOW
Life is Strange and Aphelion studio Don't Nod probably facing layoffs again, as it announces ominous-sounding "transformation initiative"
French game developer and publisher Don't Nod - creator of the Life is Strange series and games like Remember Me , Vampyr , Banishers , Jusant and most recently Aphelion - seems as though it's about to enter another round of layoffs. Read more
The PC Version Of GTA Vice City Is Now Running On GameCube
The world seems to be going extra crazy as we approach the release date for Grand Theft Auto 6, with ports of previous games appearing on all manner of different consoles. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would see GTA Vice City running on the GameCube, but
Jobs roundup: September 2026 | Asmodee appoints Brian Trunk as senior vice president, Route to Market for the Americas
It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups. Read more
Jobs roundup: September 2026 | Amir Satvat joins 1Up Ventures as a general partner
It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups. Read more
A New Compact 4:3 "Retro Monitor" Is Coming To Kickstarter Soon
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! It was only a couple of days ago when I finished writing a news post about someone who handmakes highend LCD TVs that look like miniature CRTs , though
No, Ayami Kojima Hasn't Created New Art For Castlevania's 40th (Not Yet, Anyway)
"I don’t want easy misinformation to spread". Castlevania means different things to different people, but a generation of players, when they think about the franchise, immediately recalls Ayami Kojima's sumptuous artwork, which has graced entries such as Symphony of the Night , Aria of Sorrow, and Lament of Innocence . This year marks Castlevania's 40th anniversary, and Konami has launched a site celebrating that fact. Recently, posts have circulated on social media claiming the artwork featured on the site was created for the occasion by Kojima herself, but (as lovely as the art is) that's sadly not the case. Read the full article on timeextension.com
The Witcher 3 Remastered won't scrap saves or achievements from the OG RPG as CD Projekt Red confirms it'll all carry over
"Good news"
I've spent four months testing control pads in Counter-Strike and I've finally settled on my fave
Tactical FPS players will want to check this out.
Hideki Kamiya says Resident Evil developers have lost sight of how scary their games are
The Resident Evil 2 director wants players to be able to turn down the horror
The Witcher 3 Remastered should run just fine on the Steam Deck, say devs
"This is also the case for the Nintendo Switch 2."
Nvidia DLSS 5 is launching on September 3: Here's everything I learned about it from a private Gamescom demo
DLSS 5 will launch this Friday, and Nvidia showed me its developer controls at Gamescom.
DLSS 5 comes with a massive 50-60% performance hit, so I hope you like lower frame rates with your dose of AI image enhancement
You thought ray tracing was bad...
Laid off id Software developer says crunch on Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC was "brutal" with up to 17-hour days
Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations, an expansion-sized DLC, was released in July, in the same week Microsoft announced its sweeping 3,200 staff layoffs . The layoffs impacted almost the entirety of the Xbox studio portfolio - including Doom maker id Software. Read more
Nvidia DLSS 5 is arriving very soon, bringing "Hollywood-grade photorealism" to your games
Nvidia has confirmed that DLSS 5 will launch in September with NBA 2K27, bringing "Hollywood-grade" realism to 2K's new sports game.
Nvidia snuck me into a room to show off DLSS 5 in person, and it's somehow beautiful, ugly, impressive, and troubling all at the same time
We're in the hands of the gods now.
Linux manages to avoid the age verification apocalypse, but SteamOS isn't in the clear yet
Linux gamers stay winning (unless you ask them to fix their audio).
SanDisk finally launched a 1 TB microSD Express Card, but it'll cost you almost as much as the Switch 2 to get one
SanDisk has added a 1TB capacity Switch 2 microSD Express Card to its storage lineup, but its price is almost as much as the console itself.
A beloved Warhammer 40K model is back, and it's "top tier sh*tposting" according to fans
Be careful what you wish for, because a beloved Warhammer 40K ship returns to tabletop with a new plastic model... but not how you expect