Take-Two CEO says the original Borderlands’ art style overhaul cost a year of dev time and $50 million: ‘Had we not done that, Borderlands wouldn’t have been a hit’

It’s hard to imagine Borderlands without all the stylized ink lines and butt stallions, but when the game was first teased nearly two decades ago, it looked much greyer and more brooding—the sort of thing you’d expect from a shooter released in the late aughts. CEO of publisher Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, said in a recent…

Catch and Cook codes (May 2026)

If you’re tired of launching what you lure in on other Roblox fishing games, how about lunching it instead? These new Catch and Cook codes might just be the hook, line, and sinker you’re looking for. Catch and Cook is a carnivorous creation that adds an extra element to the Roblox fishing genre – enjoying…

The BFI Are Creating A Criterion Collection Of Memes

The British Film Institute is one of the largest film archives in the world, not only preserving a vast history of motion pictures but restoring them for future audiences. They’ve recovered Edwardian newsreels, Hitchcock’s earliest works and Ken Russell’s nudest. In a new initiative, the BFI will be collecting video from another notoriously inscrutable genre:…

Dropout’s 10 best Game Changer episodes ranked

Season 8 of Dropout’s flagship show Game Changer premieres Monday May 18. Based on its first trailer, it certainly seems like the new episodes might be the biggest and most chaotic yet. (For a show built on a foundation of chaos, that’s saying a lot.) But Game Changer isn’t just about chaos and host Sam…

Mailbox: Tomodachi Teachings, ‘Mainline’ Mario, The Artist Formerly Known As Waluigi – Nintendo Life Letters

Image: Jim Norman / Nintendo Life Welcome back, lovely people, for another trip to the Nintendo Life Mailbox. Got something you want to get off your chest in our monthly letters page feature? We’re ready and waiting to read about your game-related ponderings. Each month, we’ll highlight a Star Letter, the writer of which will…

High-octane FPS Deadzone Rogue responds to sudden sequel controversy: “DLC limits how much we can experiment”

The announcement of Deadzone Rogue 2 this week came as a surprise to many people, not least the community that’s built around the high-pace roguelike shooter since it hit 1.0 nine months ago, in August 2025. It led to concern among players, some of whom felt that Prophecy Games was moving on too quickly, without…

Nintendo 64 emulator just implemented rollback netcode for the entire library: ‘It was honestly not that hard’

I’ve always loved the clean simplicity and disgusting combo game on offer in the original Super Smash Bros. but it’s hard to actually get a game with other humans together in 2026. The same goes for anything that’s most easily played on archaic hardware. While several emulators have netplay features, anything requiring twitch reactions tends…

Bomberman 64 Is A Masterpiece Of The Fifth Gen 3D Transition

When Konami dropped a Super Bomberman Collection earlier this year, I was hoping this was just a gateway to “the real stuff.” Make no mistake, the Super Bomberman series is great, the best party games the 32-bit era had to offer. But slide one generation forward and you’ll land on something truly magical and still…

Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick doubles down on GTA 6 date

Rumors and speculation abound, but Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is confident that GTA 6 is on track to hit its planned November 19 launch. There has been much conversation around whether a Grand Theft Auto 6 delay could be on the cards, with the last trailer now over a year old. In a newly published…

We'll Never See Another Game Like The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings Again

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, May 17, 2026. Below, we examine how its release reflects a particular time in gaming history, making it one-of-a-kind. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings was a standout RPG when it launched fifteen years ago, but it’s the kind of game you could…