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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says the Vita failed because a lot of technical choices "weren't good ones" and Sony couldn't support PS4 at the same time
News Several mistakes led to its demise
Nintendo Switch 2 trailer seemingly shows an updated Joy-Con doubling as a gaming mouse, confirming one of the most exciting rumors
News They're going mouse mode
The Switch 2 trailer really lingers on those updated analog sticks – will the stick drift curse finally end?
News All I'm saying is I wouldn't give those sticks several close ups if I hadn't fixed the drift issue
Switch 2 Mario Kart trailer reveals a whole new Donkey Kong seemingly inspired by the Mario movie: "DK ain't look right"
News Looks like he hasn't slept much since the movie came out
Newly revealed Nintendo Switch 2 has a mysterious new button, and no one knows what it does yet
News Any ideas about truth behind the 'C' button?
21 years on, Sonic Heroes voice actor reveals that Knuckles was responsible for the games' first curse word, not Shadow
News Turns out, we were all correct
As Nintendo Switch 2 leaks keep coming, accessory maker Genki clarifies "We do not own or possess a black market console"
News The gaming accessory maker sets the record straight
Fallout creator Tim Cain says devs don't know what gamers want because "you don't know either" and that's why he used to just make games he and his team liked
News "You have to tell us what you want and not what you don't want"
"I was in that sound booth for over 500 hours": Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 actor says the RPG's 2.2 million word script made recording an absolute saga
News That's a lot of standing
Nintendo's IP manager admits "you can't immediately claim that an emulator is illegal in itself," but "it can become illegal depending on how it's used"
News Be careful what you play on
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ends on a whimper with a two-minute-long comic strip that renders the whole plot utterly pointless
News That's it?
Mecha Break, the lovechild of Armored Core and Titanfall, gets a closed beta test that you can sign up for now
News Apply quickly, applications aren't open for long
Pokemon Go datamine finds that, yes, we're probably getting a Pokemon Presents showcase on Pokemon Day
News Who could have seen this coming?
The former Halo, Batman Arkham, and Doom devs' studio is "halting work" on its upcoming game to search for a new publisher to bring "creative vision to life"
News "Our talented team members will be exploring new opportunities"
Microsoft says it's working on "bringing the best of Xbox and Windows together" to make handheld gaming better, and it should have more to share this year
News "Our goal is to put the player and their library at the center of the experience and not all the work that you have to do today"
Helldivers 2 director says the reason saluting the flag makes it go faster is that all the devs did it anyway, "so one of the coders added it as an Easter egg"
News I always believed it was real because I'm a true patriot
PlayStation boss says good old-fashioned consoles like PS5 are their priority, but as PC gaming grows Sony also wants to reach players elsewhere
News The company still has a long way to go with cloud streaming
Marvel Rivals season 1 has "double the playable content of a regular season" and adds maps, heroes, balance changes, and more
News Nerfs, buffs, maps, there's a lot to digest
Hopes that Overwatch 2 will fully return to 6v6 matches are raised as the playtest is extended thanks to "continued player interest"
News Not quite the Wild West of the early days, but close enough
Ex-Starfield lead looks at the open-world game boom and says "you can see Dark Souls and Elden Ring being a secondary trend: let's make third-person action combat really hard"
News "Everything became survival crafting because Minecraft became super popular"
It's about sending a message: Elden Ring fan waits for Nightreign by no-hitting Shadow of the Erdtree's Messmer on NG+7 difficulty with a new weapon every single day
News I haven't even beaten the DLC yet...
Before taking the lead on Alan Wake 2, its game director wanted Remedy to be the "European Naughty Dog" because "Naughty Dog games are f***ing awesome"
News That they are
The leaked GTA San Andreas source code is apparently fake and contains ransomware, so please don't download it
News Stay safe on the internet, folks
