Feature: What’s It Like To Attend Gamescom 2025?
Das Ist Wunderbar?I’ve never been to Gamescom before. I’ve heard all the rumours, though. Gamescom is obviously an event I’ve been aware of for a very long time and it appears to have been growing in stature as of late – even Nintendo decided to return this year after skipping ...
Share of the Week – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Last week, we asked you to share moments from Senua’s harrowing journey in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: UkFemshep shares the top half of Senua’s head peeking out from water. Photoingame shares a black and white profile shot of Senua looking ...
How Shigeru Miyamoto Influenced Donkey Kong Bananza’s Sound and Movement
Donkey Kong: Bananza is a triumph, earning a rare IGN 10/10 and prompting our reviewer to call it "a brilliant successor to Super Mario Odyssey and a smashing return for a classic Nintendo character." It's high praise for a brand new Donkey Kong game, and one made seemingly without much ...
Shovel Game combines Minecraft, Mozart and hell
I did not expect to meet Mozart in Shovel Game, nor did I expect him to ask me to mine a pyramid of shit, with the helpful advice that I start at the top to avoid any floating shitbricks. Mozart is probably the least interesting thing about Shovel Game, actually ...
Silksong will get DLC and “some of the plans for that stuff are kind of ambitious as well”
Hollow Knight: Silksong began life as a DLC expansion, but then developers Team Cherry decided the concept was "too large and too unique", and upgraded it into a full game. They spent six years working on the thing in almost total silence, while fulminating legions of the terminally online quietly ...
Review: 8BitDo Arcade Controller For Switch + Switch 2 – The Best Way To Play Street Fighter 6
8BitDid it again.If you’re into fighting games, chances are you’ve probably seen – or maybe even used – a bunch of leverless arcade controllers. They’re taking the fighting scene by storm, and now 8BitDo, one of the most consistent accessory manufacturers in the business, has launched its own Arcade Controller ...
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for August 25 to 29
August 22, 2025 Next Week on Xbox: New Games for August 25 to 29 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, ...
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer Rules Out More Sequels for Now, So You Can Forget About Brütal Legend 2 and Psychonauts 3
Double Fine is poised to release a brand new game called Keeper in October, but what comes after that? According to development chief Tim Schafer, he’s working on multiple projects at the Microsoft-owned studio, none of which are sequels.Keeper is an atmospheric puzzle adventure in which a long-forgotten lighthouse is ...
How purple skin and a Spanish phone number almost sank The Rogue Prince of Persia
The Rogue Prince of Persia celebrated its 1.0 release yesterday with a remarkably honest behind-the-scenes video from developers Evil Empire, detailing the ups and downs of a year-long Early Access period, including the decision to completely overhaul the game's art style and redesign its purple-skinned protagonist. Read more ...
Stardew Valley Creator ConcernedApe Doesn’t Ask for Money for Collabs, Insists He Only Does It With Games He’s a Fan Of, or Because He ‘Genuinely Thought Players Would Like It’
Stardew Valley developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has revealed he doesn't ask for any compensation when his fan-favorite farm sim collabs with other franchises, saying he only does them because "[he] was a fan of the other games, or because [he] genuinely thought players would like it."The statement comes as fans ...
