Atari pretty much started this whole home console gaming thing with the 2600, a precursor to the NES. That console is 45 years old and Atari itself was formed well over 50 years ago. To originally commemorate its 50th birthday, the company released a r…
Continue reading "Atari’s 50th anniversary collection is getting a hefty update with nearly 40 additional games"Amazon Prime Day 2024 is just a few weeks away but the company isn't waiting until then to reveal its latest batch of free(ish) games for Prime members. In the run up to Prime Day (which actually runs over two days, July 16 and 17), you'll be a…
Continue reading "Amazon’s latest Prime Gaming freebies include Star Wars: KotOR 2 and TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge"Summer Game Fest 2024 officially wrapped up on June 10, after a long weekend of game previews, developer interviews and unlimited cold brew — but we just published our final stories from the show this week (held under embargo, of course). Those were M…
Continue reading "Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Summer Game Fest Play Days 2024"After a bit of a false start, Ubisoft has released a trailer for its remake of the cult classic game Beyond Good and Evil. The video first appeared in a tweet from the game studio that was later deleted. But the new announcement seems to be sticking ar…
Continue reading "The Beyond Good and Evil remaster will be released next week (for real)"Sony has announced that it will be ending its rewards program at the end of this year. No, it’s not PlayStation Stars, the loyalty program that rewards you digital collectibles for completing certain gameplay tasks. Nor is it the defunct PlayStation Re…
Continue reading "Sony will terminate its Sony Rewards program"Embracer Group is making the move to using AI in game development following the mass layoff and game cancellations months ago. The parent company of THQ Nordic, Gearbox Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics – Eidos Montreal detailed in its annual report (…
Continue reading "Embracer Group plans to use AI in game development"Nintendo sidestepped sharing the spotlight with all the other gaming companies at Summer Game Fest last week, promising its own Direct later in June. And that happened yesterday, teasing a lot of new games with Nintendo favorites. Mario games, yes. Zel…
Continue reading "The Morning After: The biggest announcements from Nintendo Direct"The newest title in the Mario Party series was revealed in this morning's Nintendo Direct stream: Super Mario Party Jamboree is rolling its way over to Nintendo Switch on October 17.
Super Mario Party Jamboree will feature 110 minigames and five ne…
Stray, one of Engadget’s favorite games of 2022, is coming to Switch. The title, which lets you play as an orange tabby cat exploring a dystopian cyberpunk setting, arrives on Nintendo’s console this holiday season.
The trailer shows familiar action in…
Square-Enix’s old-meets-new reworking of Dragon Quest III arrives on November 14 on Switch. In addition, the HD-2D remake will be joined next year by reissues of its two predecessors in the trilogy, Dragon Quest I and Dragon Quest II, using the same in…
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