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Exhibition Matched | The Nintendo Museum is better than I thought - in fact, the worst thing about it is probably the name

Lots of history, lots of interesting stuff to do, and that 'Nintendo-like solution' to how to do a museum.

Dec. 2, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Need To Evolve | As Need For Speed turns 30, the devs currently running the series say the biggest challenge new entries face is "literally the age of the franchise"

"The trajectory has been bumpy, actually, in some cases."

Nov. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Sleepers or Junkers? | "Need For Speed is always too ahead of its time" Veteran NFS developers on the series' habit of polarising releases that end up beloved

"I was shocked how highly rated some of the fans made that game. Because I had thought that’s a bit of a lump of coal in my resume."

Nov. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Key art of Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell, he is wearing tactical espionage gear, with goggles on his head with three glowing lights attached.

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Another One | Sounds like that Tom Hardy Splinter Cell movie you all definitely forgot about has bit the dust

An animated series from Netflix is coming next year, though.

Nov. 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A character wearing T-51 power armour in Fallout 76.

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Wasteland Walkout | UPDATE: "We are not afraid to do what's necessary" Hundreds of Fallout and Elder Scrolls devs at Zenimax go on strike against Microsoft

The need to bargain over issues like remote work options and outsourcing is the crux of the one-day action, union claims.

Nov. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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Sora, on a backdrop of Kingdom Hearts tiles

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Sight for Sora Eyes | Everybody likes to rag on Kingdom Hearts' weirdest entry, but even 20 years later, it might be one of my favourites

A strange little spin-off on the GBA might just be one of the shiniest pearls in a long, complicated back catalogue of games. Here's why.

Nov. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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What A World | Yes, there's a Nintendo Direct coming today, no, it's not about the Switch 2, so stop asking

This one's more for the theme park fans out there.

Nov. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Link is shrunk down to the size of a bug, stood amongst flowers and grass, his alive hat Ezlo squaking, other tiny people with red hats in the background looking at him in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.

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Small Ideas | 20 years on and ahead of the Switch 2, The Minish Cap is a great reminder that The Legend of Zelda doesn't always have to be about the same things

There's room for some fresh takes, I reckon.

Nov. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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On the left, a Nintendo Alarmo, an alarm clock that features Mario on it. On the right, Doom key art showing Doom Guy shooting a gun at demons.

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Clocked In | It was only a matter of time: someone has gotten Doom to run on the Nintendo Alarmo

The age old question answered once again.

Nov. 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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White Noiz | The best video game soundtracks to revisit in 2024

From classical symphonies and industrial noise to acid jazz and synthwave, these game soundtracks leave no stone left unturned.

Oct. 24, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Skyrim's Dragonborn opposite a helldiver in Helldivers 2 wielding a rifle.

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Toddaly Unexpected | After a minor calendar mix-up, Helldivers 2's next big patch drops soon and it's already inspired jokes about Skyrim being ported to some bullets

To be fair, I doubt you'll have much time to play DOOM on your rifle while you're in the middle of a firefight.

Oct. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

The Sims 2's Fortune aspiration icon, an abstract silhouette of a figure holding two bags (implicitly filled with money), above a render of several Sims as they appear in-game.

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We're Retro Now | The best Sims game turns 20 today, calling forth a wave of warm nostalgia in the face of the franchise's uncertain future

The Sims 2 was released on this day in 2004, so if you're interested in reading this, chances are you're old like me.

Sept. 14, 2024 Rebecca Jones

The player shooting a Margaret Thatcher in Thatcher's Techbase.

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Maggie's Back | Remember the Doom mod that lets you kill Margaret Thatcher? You can now try and beat Jeremy Corbyn's world record on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, but not Switch

"Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't want you pissing on graves."

Aug. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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Max Payne fires dual pistols while in an underground station

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In Motion | Max Payne remakes have dived into full production, according to Remedy financial report

The original two games are coming as one package from the Control and Alan wake studio.

Aug. 9, 2024 Connor Makar

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Jim and Connor having emotions in a British Pub

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PODCAST | Which games have aged like a fine wine, and why is everyone so mad at our guest host?

There's nothing graceful about the Best Games Ever podcast episode 104

July 2, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Wise Decision | It may have taken Nintendo 37 years, but Zelda finally gets her own game in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Just ignore the CDI game.

June 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A Mustang and a BMW lining up for a drag race in Need For Speed Unbound.

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NOSTALGIC NYOOMS | Buckle up, Need For Speed Unbound's new Underground-inspired drag and drift races have just arrived

Hey, it's an old thing that we all liked once, and might like again now.

May 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Danny DeVito and Charlie Day in Always Sunny in Philadelphia, they're stood in a bar talking to someone offscreen, Wario and Luigi hats Photoshopped into their respective heads.

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OH YEAH | So, Danny DeVito wants to be Wario – but is he really the best fit for Mario’s gassy counterpart?

And who should play the rest of the cast from the Mushroom Kingdom?

May 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A mixture of screenshots and key artwork from five different PS1 games are shown. From left to right: Silent Hill, Gran Turismo, Mega Man X3, Dino Crisis, and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

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PLAY HAS NO LIMITS | The best PS1 games to play in 2024

Still have your PlayStation kicking about? Here are some of the best games you can still play on it today.

May 16, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Some sims in the LA Chargers' Sims 2 schedule release.

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RUS-SUL SUL WILSON | LA Chargers use The Sims 2 to announce their 2024 NFL schedule, and yes, there's a pool steps-based murder

I genuinely can't stop sniggering at the Broncos wishing well gag, or how well Harrison Butker's been roasted.

May 16, 2024 Mark Warren

Doom Guy fighting a demon super imposed over a blurred image of various game posters.

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LET IT RIP | New Doom rumoured as Xbox June showcase approaches

This would mark the first new entry in the reboot since 2020.

May 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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THE MONEY MAKER | From the publisher that popularised loot boxes comes... in-game ads - didn't we do all this in in the late 2000s?

Growth is king in the big-budget video game industry, and EA CEO Andrew Wilson has an idea of how to spur it on.

May 10, 2024 Connor Makar

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GRUMBLE GRUMBLE | From FF to… FF? Final Fantasy 16's Cid is going to be in Marvel’s Fantastic Four

It's been a big few years for Ralph Ineson! Let's see how he does.

May 10, 2024 Connor Makar

A man holding set 75192 - the Millenium Falcon - is shown beside new, smaller Millenium Falcon set 75375

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THERE IS ANOTHER | 25 years in, LEGO Star Wars has finally created the perfect set - and it’ll cost you less than what came before

Sometimes, less is more - both in cost, in size, even in piece count. That thinking has finally come to LEGO Star Wars.

May 4, 2024 Alex Donaldson

A close-up of 2D art of Tingle from Zelda: Majora's Mask, he is superimposed over the boxart from Tears of the Kingdom showing Link perched on a sky island.

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GET REAL | The Legend of Zelda film director wants it to be "grounded" so don't expect a motion captured Tingle

"We're working hard, and we're gonna make something great."

May 1, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Some enemies fighting each other in Dragon's Dogma 2.

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TWISTED FIGHTSTARTER | Doom-inspired Dragon's Dogma 2 mod lets you engineer inter-enemy fights by controlling exactly how angry they can get

As Harry Hill would say, there's only one real way to find out whether a Cyclops is better than a wolf.

April 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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WAHOO! | The Super Mario Bros. movie is getting a sequel, to the surprise of absolutely no one

But will it do anything with that post-credits scene?

March 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A Lego train set that looks like Bowser, Boom Boom riding at the front of it. A Lego Mario figure sat in a dimly lit room.

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START YOUR ENGINES | Lego is making a Mario Kart set, but the real winner is The Bowser Express Train

Your wallets will be emptied soon enough.

March 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A lawn more is sat on a fake grassbed in front of three screens showing Doom.

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CUT AND TRIM | Need another way to play Doom? How about a lawn mower?

Add that to the ever-growing pile of weird ways to play the classic shooter.

Feb. 25, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Some cars racing while police chase them in Need For Speed Unbound.

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RETRO RACING | Need For Speed Unbound to get new NFS Underground and Hot Pursuit-style races

Wahey, just try not to feel too old now you know NFS turns 30 this year.

Feb. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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CROSS UP | Are you Toph enough? Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting a fighting game

There's no word on a developer yet, but the game will be launching in Early Access in 2025.

Feb. 15, 2024 Connor Makar

A domestic scene from the original The Sims base game. In a kitchen/dining room stocked with middle-tier items, an adult male Sim gives a backrub to an adult female Sim, while a female child stands looking at a baby in a bassinet.

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QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS | 24 years later, no-one can quite agree on when exactly The Sims actually came out

One year short of the franchise's big quarter-century anniversary, we set out to trace it back to its exact calendar roots.

Feb. 4, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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R YOU SERIOUS? | Update: Remedy says its letter R logo dispute with Take-Two was "resolved entirely and amicably" last year

"There is nothing to see here."

Jan. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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WE'VE STRUCK GOLD | Nintendo Switch Online gets a couple of cult classic Game Boy Advance RPGs next week

Expansion Pack's collection of GBA titles gets a little bigger.

Jan. 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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GO OUTSIDE | Hideo Kojima says OD is as different as Boktai, his solar-powered Gameboy game

Motherfudgers forgot about Boktai, the game that made you touch grass before it was cool.

Jan. 4, 2024 Connor Makar

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The best PS2 games to play in 2024

It's time to take a trip back in time to one of the best generations of gaming.

Jan. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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RIP | Max Payne voice actor James McCaffrey passes away, tributes pour in

“No one could do what he did better than him.”

Dec. 19, 2023 Mark Warren

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SEEEEGA | SEGA announces they're making a new Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Crazy Taxi, and more in one trailer

Shown off at The Game Awards, a lot of new SEGA games are on the way.

Dec. 8, 2023 Connor Makar

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Jack Black singing 'Peaches' from The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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BOWSER MODE | Jack Black goes wild in TikTok remix of 'Peaches' from The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The gift that keeps on giving.

Dec. 7, 2023 Fran Ruiz

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SURE, JAN | Zelda director is aiming for "live-action Miyazaki" and I'm looking for dry water

When pigs fly, etc.

Dec. 6, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

Some people wearing official Sims merch.

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SUM SUM (OF CASH) | The Sims just got official merch and it's about as pricy as the average expansion pack

I don’t need the Sul Sul Bubble Tee. I don’t need the Su-(pulls out credit card).

Nov. 22, 2023 Mark Warren

Mario and Luigi in the Super Mario Bros Movie.

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EARLY PRATTSENT | The Super Mario Bros Movie is coming to US Netflix in time for Christmas, Pratt lovers rejoice

No, you don’t have to tell the actor you love his Mario voice before the film will play (we assume).

Nov. 10, 2023 Mark Warren

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HAANG ON | Netflix's live action Avatar: The Last Airbender trailer lands tomorrow, five years after series announcement

The show was first announced back in 2018.

Nov. 8, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom key art showing Link perched at the edge of a floating island in the sky, other islands floating in the distance.

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EXCUUUSE ME PRINCESS | The Zelda movie is real and I need someone to wake me up from this nightmare

And... Sony is producing it? Have I shifted into another plane of existence?

Nov. 8, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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SAVED BY THE DEVIL | Twenty years on, a cancelled Daredevil PS2 game is now playable

Welcome back to the land of the living.

Nov. 5, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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CONTROL YOURSELF | Alan Wake dev, Remedy, offers status updates on major sequel and anticipated remakes

Control 2 and the Max Payne remakes sound like they're making good progress.

Oct. 31, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

Sam Lake's likeness in the original Max Payne.

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FACE/ON | The face of Max Payne, Sam Lake, on if he regrets using his likeness in the games

Alan Wake 2's director seems like he semi-regrets becoming the literal face of the Max Payne franchise.

Oct. 30, 2023 Mark Warren

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Miles Morales and Peter Parker in Spider-Man 2.

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SHAPESWINGER | Spider-Man 2 has a very glitchy way of saying it thinks Miles is a bit of a square

Is it about my spider-cube?

Oct. 23, 2023 Mark Warren

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THWIPPING TO THE TOP | Spider-Man 2 is already the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever

PlayStation has produced another hit with Spider-Man 2, and it's already setting a new record.

Oct. 23, 2023 Sherif Saed

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Hey Ray | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will have ray tracing on no matter what visual mode you choose

Whatever your preferred frame rate is, the lighting will look great.

Sept. 17, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke