Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s NES Library With Three More Games

Nintendo has today added three more games to its Switch Online ‘Nintendo Classics’ subscription service. The latest releases are for the NES library and include Namco’s Pac-Man from 1988, the 1989 puzzle title Mendel Palace (developed by the Pokémon team Game Freak and published by Namco in Japan), and Namco’s 1984 action role-playing maze title…

Samson Creative Director Apologizes For Messy Launch, Fixes Are Coming

Earlier today, open-world action game Samson arrived on Steam to mixed reviews and a lot of complaints about bugs and broken animations. In response, the game’s creative director, Christofer Sundberg, published a letter apologizing to players and promising that improvements and fixes were coming. Launched on April 8, Samson is an ambitious but messy open-world…

Halo Veteran’s New Studio Backed By NetEase Halts Work On Current Title

It’s been a tough period for many game companies and it seems it might have got the better of the new team Jar of Sparks. This developer was formed by the ex-Microsoft, Xbox and Halo veteran Jerry Hook after he exited 343 Industries in 2022. Now, in an update on LinkedIn, he has announced the…

A Free PS5 Pro Update For Cyberpunk 2077 is Available Now

Ever since its rocky launch, Cyberpunk 2077 has been a game defined by its post-release support. First, developer CD Project Red fixed bugs, then its graphics were cleaned up, and then Phantom Liberty and a massive update redefined the experience, reworking major mechanics and progression systems. Over five years later, it’s still getting better, as…

PS5 Adventure Game With a Supernatural Twist Out Today on PS Store

A brand new adventure game with a supernatural twist is available now on the PlayStation 5. What PS5 adventure game is out now? Daedelic Entertainment’s The Occultist is officially out now on the PS Store. The game, which retails for $29.99, follows the story of Alan Rebels, a grizzled paranormal investigator that travels to a…

All active Pokémon Champions Mystery Gift codes

Redeeming Pokémon Champions‘ Mystery Gift codes lets you get useful freebies to make your road to the top a bit easier. That sometimes includes new Pokémon without having to rely on transferring from Pokémon Home or random recruitment, too. The Pokémon Works hasn’t indicated how often it’ll make Pokémon Champions codes available, but the game…

Creative World of Warcraft player uses housing tools to recreate Counter-Strike’s iconic Dust 2 map, complete with a car made out of wood, doormats, and fruit plates

I’ve never been in a match of Counter-Strike before and I can still recognize Dust 2 when I see it. It’s a testament to the iconic design that it’s just as recognizable when it’s been built with the rudimentary tools of World of Warcraft’s player housing. An incredibly resourceful player recreated the map in the…

Slay the Spire 2 Silent guide

How do you play The Silent in Slay the Spire 2? Originally from the Foglands, a region haunted by tormented souls, The Silent hunted down the cursed entity plaguing the land and now wears its skull as a trophy. After ascending the Spire and defeating The Heart, she brought a piece of it to her…

Pokémon Champions Has Sauceless Drip

The vibes around Pokémon Champions have been mostly bad for a number of reasons since it launched today, but really I should have caught onto how much of a disappointment the Switch battle simulator would be right when I booted up the game and it handed me the absolute most sauceless Pokémon trainer this side…

Exit 8 Director Genki Kawamura Discusses Adapting The Game, Narrative Inspirations, And Advice From Shigeru Miyamoto

In November 2023, developer Kotake Create lured unsuspecting players into its unassuming but deeply unsettling horror game, The Exit 8. The first-person game traps players in a realistically rendered looping hallway of an empty Japanese subway station, and tasks them with studying their sparse surroundings to spot visual discrepancies, called “anomalies”. Correctly identifying anomalies, which…