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There's a new Deadlock mod that syncs your gameplay with your vibrator. You're welcome, I think
A new Deadlock mod syncs your deaths and kills with your vibrator. Great if you're good or bad at the game, albeit potentially too good.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation includes more spin-off characters, Naoki Hamaguchi says, and devs "thought really hard" about including more compilation references for the trilogy's finale
Square Enix is going big for this one
PlayStation says you never really owned your games
"Software is licensed to you, not sold" The post PlayStation says you never really owned your games appeared first on NME .
The 3DO Is Getting A New DOOM-Esque Shooter Featuring The Voice Of Silent Hill's Lisa Garland
"No AI was used for the coding of this game". The 3DO hardware has something of a complicated legacy. Developed and conceived by The 3DO Company's CEO, Trip Hawkins, who had risen to fame as the Electronic Arts' original founder, it took a slightly different approach from the other consoles available at the time. Rather than existing as a single product, it was designed as a hardware format that other companies could license, allowing them to manufacture and market their own versions of the platform. Read the full article on timeextension.com
The Nintendo Switch 2's new price has arrived, but fortunately these handy dandy accessories are cheaper than usual
While the Nintendo Switch 2 is more expensive this September, the new month has also brought plenty of price drops to some of my favorite accessories.
The Legend Of Doom Has Arrived On The New 3DS
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Just when you thought that all of the Zelda news had dried up (kidding, we had some this very morning about Ocarina of Time heading to the PSP)
Fans are loving new Lego Wallace & Gromit, but the same can't be said for Buddy the Elf
Lego Wallace & Gromit looks incredible but is balanced out by a Buddy the Elf model that the community isn't so keen on
Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis'
"They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
CD Projekt Red powerless regarding PS5 disc edition of The Witcher 4, but promises a game box with "feelies" whatever happens
CD Projekt Red, as influential as it is, has said it cannot do anything to guarantee a PlayStation 5 disc-based edition of The Witcher 4 when the game is released in 2028. It is, joint joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski said, at the mercy of Sony's manufacturing factories. Read more
Hideo Kojima has reviewed The Dog Stars, and it sure doesn't seem like he was a fan
Our favorite movie critic's latest review is scathing for what it doesn't say
Fable system requirements seem reasonable but with a 30 fps target and no mention of upscaling it's hard to say for sure
And you may want to make some on your SSD too.
Nekome: Nazi Hunter is about gleefully butchering fascists in Germany and America, but its devs swear it's not political
Nekome is an interesting, politically bold game, even if its studio tried to convince me it isn't.
Gamescom 2026 attendance rose 6% to 368,000 visitors
Gamescom 2026 attracted 368,000 visitors from 131 countries, a 6% increase over the previous year. Read more
The "Abysmal" Ring: The Legend Of The Nibelungen Is Finally Playable On Dreamcast
"I’m not making this up. It really is this insane". Arxel Tribe's point-and-click adventure Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen hardly got pulses racing when it launched on PC in 1998. While it sold over 600,000 copies, contemporary reviewers largely savaged it, with IGN even calling it "abysmal at best" in a 2.7/10 review . Like many moderately successful PC games at the time, Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen was in development for Sega's Dreamcast console, but it never made it. Thankfully, Sega Dreamcast Info's Comby Laurent has managed to preserve a prototype that is playable, and Dreamcast Junkyard has been putting it through its paces. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Marvel fans wonder if Loki's backstory has been forgotten, but there could be an explanation
Marvel fans are debating Loki's backstory
‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ won’t have any microtransactions or AI assets
"No monetisations in this game” The post ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ won’t have any microtransactions or AI assets appeared first on NME .
Round Up: The Reviews For Orbitals On Switch 2 Are In
A new co-op king? The review embargo for Orbitals has lifted, so we're starting to see a bunch of verdicts making their way online ahead of its Switch 2 launch on 3rd September 2026 . Now, we thought it was a cracking co-op experience, and so we awarded Orbitals a score of 9/10 . Here's a snippet of what reviewer Nathan Ellingsworth said in his conclusion: Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Star Wars Zero Company studio furloughed staff before the game was released
Star Wars Zero Company studio, Bit Reactor, allegedly furloughed "80% of the team" before launch, with the game’s success dictating its next move.
Anbernic's first Snapdragon handheld looks like a Switch Lite, but it will sweat running PS2 games
The RG 55G1 is the first Anbernic handheld to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, but while it looks like a much newer Switch 2 Lite, it lacks a PS2 punch.
Capcom and Konami have both announced showcases for this month
Konami Press Start is airing this week, while Capcom Spotlight comes later in September
Spider-Man's Sam Raimi almost made a Last of Us movie with a Game of Thrones star as Ellie, and the resurfaced poster reveals what could have been
Ultimately it fell apart
Ocarina Of Time Unofficial Native PSP Port Has Been Released
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time port for PSP has been released. No, you didn't read that wrong, guys - the seminal N64 adventure that lives
GTA 6 lets players "forget it's a game" with all its choices, and that's what Rockstar lead Rob Nelson is most proud of: "It's up to you and what matters to you"
"Roleplay as heavily or as lightly as you want to"
MSI Crosshair 16 Max HX E2W review
Great mid-range performance, but most certainly at a cost.