Fans of Everybody’s Golf have had to twiddle their one-gloved thumbs for a while now, waiting since 2017 for a new official entry in the series. Mashing together the series’ previously regionally distinct names (Everybody’s Golf and Hot Shots Golf), Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots has finally stepped up to the tee. Have series newcomers Hyde (Tamagotchi Plaza) hit a hole in one, or is this more like a triple bogey? Well, a bit of both really.
For almost all of its history, Everybody’s Golf was developed by Clap Hanz and published by Sony. Hyde is in the driving seat now, with Bandai Namco on the publishing side, unlocking the series from PlayStation for the first time. However, they’re clearly working from the same playbook, keeping what works best in the series while adding some novel ideas of their own.
The Xbox Wireless Controller Breaker Series Has Arrived: Three Designs, One Statement
Brianna LowderMarketing Manager, Xbox Accessories
They say good things come in threes – and the Xbox Wireless Controller Breaker special edition series is no exception. This bold new family of special edition controllers includes Heart Breaker, Ice Breaker, and Storm Breaker. For the very first time, three distinct special edition controllers are launching simultaneously, each with their own personality and unique features – from metallic coatings to frosted translucent elements – offering players more choice from day one.
Whichever controller you choose, you’re making the right call. Now, without further ado, it’s time to meet the Breakers.
Xbox Wireless Controller – Ice Breaker Special Edition
Cool, crystallized, and composed. Ice Breaker keeps it fresh with its smooth, glacier blue design and frosted, translucent finish – giving the appearance of fragmented crystals. This controller is further complimented by variations of blue found across the thumbsticks, ABXY buttons, and textured grips.
Ice Breaker is sure to bring a cool, calm, and collected vibe to any gaming set-up via an Xbox Wireless or Bluetooth connection to Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One, Windows PC, Android or IOS device (see here for more details; use with controller-compatible games).
Xbox Wireless Controller – Storm Breaker Special Edition
Refined, classic, and confident. With a color palette grounded in black, white, grey and silver, Storm Breaker presents a sophisticated alternative to its companions. This controller offers more than meets the eye, revealing hints of silver foliage when you rotate the device within the light.
Storm Breaker is one of one, sporting a metallic d-pad and opaque top case. Like its predecessors, the Breaker special edition series comes with the tried and true 3.5mm jack – perfect for plugging in your favorite compatible headset and chatting with friends online.
Xbox Wireless Controller – Heart Breaker Special Edition
Loud, vibrant, and unapologetically bold. From the vibrant pinks and purples to the intentional strokes of blue, Heart Breaker is sure to make a statement in any room or collection it finds itself in. The translucent top case adds depth and a sense of fullness to an already creative piece.
But to really make the Breaker special edition series yours, venture into the Xbox Accessories App to customize your controller profiles by remapping buttons, swapping sticks and triggers, and configuring controller vibrations to your liking.
Whether it be Heart, Ice, or Storm – make sure to pick the Breaker(s) that allow you to be you. Why deny yourself the fun and funky line-up that is the Breaker controller series? Pick your controller, break the mold, and game your way.
All three controllers within this Xbox Wireless Controller special edition series are available today for pre-order in select Xbox markets worldwide for $79.99 USD MSRP and will be released on September 9. Visit Xbox.com or your local retailer, including Microsoft Store, for more information.
Forsaken 64 is the surprise next N64 game coming to the Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Classics: Mature app for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members.
Some N64 games on Switch and Switch 2 via the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription are only available via the separate Mature app. The list includes Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Shadow Man and Perfect Dark. Now, add Forsaken 64, which launches September 4, to the list.
Forsaken 64 launched in 1998 courtesy of developer Iguana UK, which handled the port, and publisher Acclaim. It’s a 3D first-person shooter similar to 1995’s influential Descent, with a whiff of Quake. You navigate through a series of tunnels while blasting enemies in a sci-fi setting.
You are a ruthless mercenary, sent to the condemned remains of Earth as part of a covert operation codenamed “Forsaken.” Your mission is to infiltrate and destroy the last bastions of the mechanized terror that wiped out all life on the planet. Earth is a death trap riddled with merciless mechanoid adversaries and gangs of rival bounty hunters, and you’ll have to brave them all astride your anti-grav pioncycle to make your fortune…or meet your doom. Choose between different modes in this first-person shooter title released for the Nintendo 64 system in 1998, and enter the fight in Single Player Mode or Multi-Player Mode. Then, select your bike. Each bike has different attributes, each biker a different attitude. Pick one that suits your style, then dive into your mission. The availability of weapons, enemies, and powerups changes depending on the level you play, so stay sharp!
Forsaken 64 is infamous for its U.S. box art, which leaned on the game’s Mature rating by showing a random woman’s face with a solitary tear and tattooed cheek. The woman did not appear in the game, with some fans accusing the image of being misleading. The PAL box art, on the other hand, simply displayed the Forsaken 64 logo on an image of Earth.
Every now and then Forsaken 64’s box art comes up in online conversation around the N64 console, with some fondly remembering how out of place it looked. “Without any previous knowledge or looking at screenshots, would you be able to guess Forsaken 64’s genre based on the boxart alone?” asked redditor Drowsy_Drowzee in a post eight months ago.
“I remember picking up Forsaken 64 as a loose cart back in the early 2000s and thinking it would be a cool horror/survival horror based on the name, cover art, and age rating. To my surprise, it was a vehicular action game.”
“Forsaken irritated me as a kid,” added InfiniteRespond4064. “I rented it not knowing what it was and found the gameplay really obtuse and boring. Cover art misleading.”
“It certainly stands out in a sea of fancy but bad CG renders,” said branewalker.
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Shams Jorjani, boss of Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead, has taken to Discord to address the rise in reports of performance issues following the arrival of the shooter’s Into the Unjust update. In addition to admitting that the new addition has missed the mark from a stability pespective, the exec added that the game’s Xbox release now being in the rear view mirror should free up more resources to tackle performance problems.
Since the Terminid spelunking expedition-themed update arrived yesterday, players have cited an uptick in crashes that Arrowhead are already looking into, with the installation size the game’s ballooned to on PC and your usual sorts of pesky bugs also being sources of ire, at least among vocal online Helldivers.
Good news for the ultrawide monitor-owning Nic Reubens of the world: Hollow Knight: Silksong will, unlike its narrow-eyed predecessor, natively support stretchy displays up to the 21:9 format when it finally releases tomorrow. Silksong marketing-man-at-large Matthew Griffin shared some demonstrative screenshots on Xitter, confirming that it won’t require any of the weird bodging that Hollow Knight did to fill out those bigger screens.
“it’ll be a different version with different tech”.
The Resident Evil series has seen pretty strong representation on the Switch, but it’s perhaps safe to say that fans aren’t best pleased with some titles being relegated to ‘Cloud Versions’.
We’re still waiting to see whether Capcom is keen to re-release RE2, RE3, RE7, and RE Village natively on the Switch 2, but for now, it seems the company is potentially considering bringing its latest entry to Nintendo’s new hardware.
The 10 episodes are split across a trio of discs, there’s a storyboard booklet from director Hiroyuki Imaishi, another booklet, and three animation cel sheets alongside a poster.
Preorders are open now, with shipping expected from October 23, 2025. That date isn’t guaranteed, though.
In our glowing review from Matt Kim, we said, “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners doesn’t overtake Cyberpunk 2077 so much as it expands upon it.”
“But for the best version of Night City this side of the 21st century, consider diving into Studio Trigger’s madcap vision of the famous tabletop RPG. It’s a wild ride, but worth every blistering second, choom.”
If you’ve played Cyberpunk 2077 since the 2.1 update, you may have missed some references to the Edgerunners anime, like a new prominence for the song “I Really Want to Stay At Your House”, and equipment for V inspired by Edgerunners protagonist David.
A sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 is in the works, with the game shedding its ‘Codename Orion’ beginnings and now being called just “Cyberpunk 2”, at least for now.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay.
Nintendo’s been busy this week with the release of a new firmware update for the Switch and Switch 2, and now a Splatoon 3 patch has been announced.
This will bump the game up to Version 10.1.0 on both systems and includes multiplayer changes and a bunch of other adjustments. As mentioned at the very end of these patch notes, the update after this will apparently focus on changes to the balance of battles.
It includes general changes on the Switch 2, including some improvements, difficulty adjustments and several other changes. And on the Switch, there are multiple adjustments and fixes.
