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Limited Run Seemingly Throws Old Guard Under The Bus, Promising No Future Delays

Limited Run has been no stranger to online controversy. Between allegations of using cheap recordable media in place of pressed CDs for certain games, a lawsuit for alleged violations of privacy, and severely delayed collectors’ editions arriving with questionable quality control, things have been messy for the Embracer-Group-owned boutique physical games publisher for quite some…

Cult Game Sequel Scrambles After Crowdfunder Misplaces Cash

Spike Chunsoft’s 428: Shibuya Scramble was a cult-hit when it debuted in 2009. Produced by Jiro Ishii, Scramble set a kidnapping caper in the middle of one of Tokyo’s most frantic wards. Its infamy and high-camp charm earned localization in the west a decade later. Last year Ishii announced a successor, Shibuya Scramble Stories, on…

Conquest Sets His Sights On The Invincible VS Roster, 2 DLC Fighters And Open Beta Details Revealed

Invincible VS has added perhaps the one character fans have been clamoring for the most: Conquest. The terrifyingly powerful and mentally unstable Viltrumite is the final character joining the roster at launch: may heaven have mercy on everyone else. Revealed dramatically during the Evo Awards, developer Quarter Up describes Conquest as a striker who is…

The GOTY Of 2026 Could Be A Fishing Game

It is not menace that causes one’s skin to rise when fishing. The quiet shell of the early hours, a cooling speckled ambiance that could only be fractured by the victory of a big reel or something more unwelcomed. Tranquility is eerie because it is not known to last. In About Fishing, an upcoming game…

Crimson Desert patch 1.02 confirms those who played at launch had it the worst

Crimson Desert patch 1.02 rolled out across all platforms this past weekend, and it made some helpful changes to the game, like increasing the storage available to players at base games. Although all the significant changes made in Crimson Desert’s first two post-launch patches have fixed what were considered some of the game’s more frustrating…

Darwin’s Paradox Review – Passive Prowling Polypus

The cinematic platformer was popularized by the 2010 Xbox Live Arcade game, Limbo (though its roots extend from 1991’s Another World), and as a result, the genre has primarily offered dark and moody experiences with thoughtful, but opaque stories. Darwin’s Paradox sets itself apart in the genre by being colorful, silly, and narratively transparent –…

Artist Recreates 17th Century Baroque Masterpiece On Kid Pix

For folks of a certain generation, the introduction to the wider world of art, technology and digital entertainment came through the grade school computer lab. Edutainment and tool suites for children were the talk of the playground, but the god emperor of software was Kid Pix. To honor the influence of these introductory computers, and…

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is No. 9 Highest-Grossing Video Game Movie Of All Time After Just 5 Days

Big business. A Scene From Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2026 kicked off with the next big video game movie–The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and it’s already the No. 9 highest-grossing video game film of all time after just five days. It was not the first video game adaptation from Hollywood and won’t be…

Xbox Schedules Summer Showcase And Gears Of War: E-Day Direct For June 7

Just as it’s starting to get warm outside in the United States, the games industry’s biggest players are getting ready for the busiest news season of the year. At the time of writing, Summer Game Fest is 67 days away, and Xbox has decided it’s time to unveil its plans for the month of June….

The Weird Appeal Of The 1993 Mario Movie Forever Endures

My personal stake in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and its predecessor The Super Mario Bros. Movie, are low. They are for children and I am an adult. If I have any devoted stance, it is this. I believe the 1993 film adaptation of Super Mario, a box office disaster starring Bob Hoskins and John…