Celebrate the SNES’s 35th Birthday With the 5 Weirdest Switch Online Games

The Super Nintendo is 35 years old. The same as me. Rather than curling up and dying when I realized how much time has passed since 1991, I figured a better way to mark the occasion would be playing some SNES games. I was five months old when the SNES launched in North America, an…

2025’s Beloved JRPG Remake Gets Fix To End Year-Long Fan Debate

A full playthrough of​​ Nihon Falcom’s Trails series will set you back about 600 hours. Spanning two decades and several consoles, the Trails series began in 2004 with Trails in the Sky: FC and currently runs about a dozen titles long. But, it’s not like similarly-sized RPG giants Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest, which (mostly)…

Gamescom 2026 promises its “biggest variety” ever. Here’s how its Directors choose who you’ll see there.

Ken coolly serves the hottest news stories and has played, we think, every game ever made. Published: August 22, 2026 Gamescom 2026 is set to be absolutely packed. The colossal showcase kicks off this coming week in Cologne, Germany, and it’s at full capacity. 2026 might have been a tough year for many studios, but…

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Gets October Premiere Date And New Trailer

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, the standalone sequel to the acclaimed Netflix animated series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, is arriving in time for Halloween. A new trailer reveals the show will premiere on October 20. The series was first announced in July 2025. Like its 2022 predecessor, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is a collaboration between animation studio Trigger and Cyberpunk…

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (22nd August)

Arise, Bloodsworn. Ahoy! The weekend is here once again – joy! Before we get into what we’re playing, however, let’s just see what’s been going on this week. First up, Nintendo finally confirmed what the newly-revised Switch 2 price will be in the UK. It’s not terrible news, to be honest, but it does put…

Grand Theft Auto 6’s Latest Leak Told Me All I Need To Know

Oddly enough, the flood of Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks over the past few days has done more to make the game feel like a real thing than Rockstar’s minimalistic marketing campaign. People are showing up in droves to pre-order a game they’ve not seen a frame of gameplay for through official channels, so while…

The next Arc Raiders Expedition will be its last until 2027, as Embark admits “bigger changes” are needed

The window to join the fifth Arc Raiders Expedition opens in just over two weeks, and will be running until the end of September, but it’ll be the last seasonal-style reset to the extraction shooter’s progression “until early 2027.” Embark Studios has already made adjustments to the latest Expedition in response to player feedback –…

Dishonored was a last-ditch effort by Arkane Studios after years of fruitless contract work, according to the game’s co-creator: ‘I think we had four months of money left’

Former Arkane Austin head Harvey Smith recently announced his new studio, Black Pony Immersive. As the name suggests will be dedicated to making immersive sims in the tradition of Deus Ex and System Shock. It’s a commitment that I wholeheartedly support, though as is always the case with this genre, there’s a concern over whether…

Highly Anticipated RPG Won’t Support 60 FPS on PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro

One of 2026’s most highly anticipated RPGs, coming from former The Witcher 3 developers, will disappoint console players. The Blood of Dawnwalker, the first game from Polish developer Rebel Wolves, has been confirmed not to support 60 fps modes on the PS5 and PS5 Pro. A new gameplay video for The Blood of Dawnwalker shows…

Tides Of Annihilation – Aug 21, 2026

China-based developer Eclipse Glow Games revealed last month that Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 voice actor Jennifer English was stepping away from the protagonist role of Gwendolyn in Tides of Annihilation. Since that departure, and especially in light of new gameplay released earlier this week alongside hands-on previews of the action game,…