Stranger Than Heaven Preview – Throwing Hands Across Japan

RGG Studios made a name for itself through the narrative action games in the Like a Dragon series. At a cursory glance, Stranger Than Heaven may look like it is simply using the core tenets of RGG’s most famous franchise to deliver the tale of Makoto Daito across multiple eras and cities in Japan. However,…

Nintendo Fans Lose It Over Switch Sports Resort’s ‘Colonization’

During Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct, there were about five seconds in which Wii Sports Resort fans thought they’d receive a true return to form. At the start of the Nintendo Switch Sports Resort reveal trailer, a plane flies over the original setting of the series, Wuhu Island, before a pretty faithful logo is shown off, and…oh…the…

Fishing Chef codes (June 2026)

Lovingly drawing inspiration from Roblox staples like Fisch and Fish It – as well as the not-as-indie-as-first-thought game Dave the Diver – use these new Fishing Chef codes before they expire, and you might not have to reel in quite as many of the things to satiate the greed of your customers. The mechanics of…

Steven Spielberg forgotten E.T. sequel is officially canon, but should it be?

In a recent interview for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, host Joshua Horowitz asked Steven Spielberg, “Did Elliott ever see E.T. again?” Spielberg’s answer was “No,” but that Elliott did dream about E.T. thanks to a psychic connection the extraterrestrial forged with the boy. This, however, contradicts Spielberg’s own, officially sanctioned — if long forgotten…

Ubisoft Says The Original Rayman Legends Is “Staying Put”

Rayman Legends will be getting a remake later this year, and if you’re wonder what Ubisoft’s plans are for the original release, it apparently won’t be going anywhere. In a brief response to a Rayman fan on social media, the company said the “original” versions of these games would be “staying put”. In other words,…

Sony pulling back from PC also means it’s pulling back from China

Sony’s surprise decision to reverse its strategy of porting singleplayer PlayStation games to PC has been scrutinized plenty. Bluepoint Games’ head of technology suggested it was likely because Sony’s more worried about Valve than about Xbox, while our own Morgan Park pointed out that Sony is only robbing us of maybe four half-decent games. Alinea…

Report: Xbox Preparing For Significant Layoffs As New CEO Asha Sharma Details ‘Xbox Reset’

Microsoft has laid off thousands of workers over the past few years to correct its financial spreadsheets, but “significant layoffs” are on the way for Xbox as part of new CEO Asha Sharma’s “Xbox Reset,” according to a new report from Bloomberg. In a new Xbox Wire blog post that is a copy-paste of an…

Stranger Than Heaven Devs Shockingly Honest About Tupac

The developers at Yakuza studio Ryu Ga Gotoku keep having to explain the whys and hows of putting Tupac in their next game, Stranger Than Heaven. After explaining that it was Snoop Dogg’s idea, that they’ve sought the approval and participation of Tupac’s family and rights holders, and that no generative AI was used for his…

Element Arena codes (June 2026)

Legally distinct from another very similar arcade-action combat game making waves on Roblox right now, if you’re looking for a slightly more graphically polished take on fighting fire with just about any element out there, you’ll get a kick out of these Element Arena codes. Element Arena feels like the result of blending Slap Battles…

Element Arena codes (June 2026)

Legally distinct from another very similar arcade-action combat game making waves on Roblox right now, if you’re looking for a slightly more graphically polished take on fighting fire with just about any element out there, you’ll get a kick out of these Element Arena codes. Element Arena feels like the result of blending Slap Battles…