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A new Ecco the Dolphin game is in development, alongside remasters of the original two Mega Drive games.

Given the range of material available, I’ve actually not seen many Star Wars gaming PC builds out in the real world. That’s why I was intrigued by this incredible rig from Europe. It doesn’t feature any overt Star Wars iconography, beyond its use of the iconic font on a single sticker, but the design and colors give you no doubt about its majestic (and some might say Imperial) sympathies. This PC build is an imposing one, weighing 154lbs inside a Corsair Obsidian PC case, with a careful array of...

Microsoft / Xbox Game Studios and developer The Coalition have announced Gears of War is getting a remaster with Gears of War: Reloaded. It's coming to Steam on August 26th.

I have an unhealthy habit of throwing money at several solo tabletop RPG projects a year, whether or not I actually plan on playing them: tables and lists corresponding to dice rolls are one of my favourite ways to consume microfiction, and I get a real buzz out of TTRPGs as discreet creative writing artefacts, if not necessarily functioning games. Naturally, I'm all over Spindlejack - a print and play solo game set in the Citizen Sleeper universe that you can download for free here on itch.io.

I once got in a heated debate with Graham over whether the chest-high walls in the Gears Of War series could accurately be called 'massive'. The Gears men are massive, I argued. So it stands to reason that any wall that could provide adequate bullet cover to a massive man must itself be a massive wall. No, said Graham. They're famously normal size walls, hence why the massive men have to squat down like they've just had a bowling ball lobbed at their kidneys. Well, we can finally examine the tru...

Another one of Microsoft's key franchises will arrive on PlayStation this year, via a revamped edition of the original Gears of War game.

Now how about a Switch 2 release? Over the past year, Xbox has been publishing more first-party IP on other platforms, and in the latest update it's now announced this mission is set to continue with Gears of War: Reloaded. Not only is this remaster of the first game coming to Xbox and PC platforms, but it will also be getting an official release on the PlayStation 5 for the first time ever. This follows ongoing rumours including one about Xbox potentially bringing the Halo series to other platf...

Publisher asks fans to show their support. With the Switch 2 just around the corner, some companies are already considering certain re-releases and updates to their existing eShop titles. It seems FDG Entertainment, the publisher behind Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom on the Switch, is another one. In a post on social media yesterday, it put the call out to "Switch 2 players" asking if they would like to see an update to the 2018 2D platformer supporting 120fps. In the game's current state on...

Netflix has released its first teaser trailer for the final season of Squid Game. Based on the scenes the streaming service included in the video, the games will be restarted after a failed uprising led by the show's protagonist Seong Gi-hun, or Player 456. While Season 2 ended on a cliffhanger, it hinted strongly that the rebellion will fail to end the games right then and there.  In the teaser, Player 456 could be seen being brought back into a room full of players inside a coffin. And after h...

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JAKKS Pacific will produce an all-new toy line. In 2024, Sega announced it would be teaming up with DC Comics to release a special comic line featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and the rest of his pals as iconic superheroes like Batman and Superman. It also confirmed at the time this partnership would extend into 2025 and 2026, and today it's followed this up with the announcement it's collaborating with the toy maker JAKKS Pacific. Jakks will be releasing an "all-new toy line" inspired by this DC x S...

Not long to go now. We're now past 5th May (at least in some parts of the world) and you know what that means - there's now less than a month to go until the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, with the new system set to make its worldwide debut on 5th June. Since Nintendo announced the release date of the new hardware during its Direct broadcast in April, it's detailed the new games on the way as well as the features and tech this new hardware is packing. It has also opened pre-orders for the devi...

Netflix's most popular show gives us a glimpse of its endgame coming this June.

Yet another high-profile Xbox franchise is making the leap to PlayStation. While Halo isn't yet making the transition, Gears of War is about to join the likes of Forza Horizon 5 in crossing the divide. Gears of War: Reloaded, a remaster of the first game in the series from 2006, is coming to PS5, PC (on the Xbox PC app and Steam) and, naturally, Xbox Series X/S on August 26. However, it's not making its way to Nintendo Switch 2, at least for the time being. The game costs $40, though it will als...

A disturbance in the Force. Switch 2 is introducing "Game-Key Cards" which are described by Nintendo as being "different" from regular physical cards as they act as a 'key' to download the full title onto your system via the internet.

To a T is about "joy" and is also "so stupid," says singular designer Keita Takahashi.

Apple is being sued by developers unhappy with the company's "willful violation" of the anti-steering injunction the court ordered as part of its legal battle with Epic Games. A company called Pure Sweat Basketball has teamed up with law firm Hagens Berman to file a class-action lawsuit against Apple in an attempt to win some money for developers. The lawsuit focuses on the recent Apple vs. ‌Epic Games‌ decision where Apple was found to be in contempt of court. Back in 2021, Apple was ordered to...

Sirocco blends skillshots and a familiar lane setup with powerful, auto-firing weapons.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 continues to put up big numbers.

Microsoft has finally put the venerable voice software to rest.

I will take good news where I can get it and today that good news comes from Ecco the Dolphin creator Ed Annunziata. In an interview with Xbox Wire, Annunziata said remasters of the original Ecco game and its sequel are coming — plus something new. He pointed folks to the Ecco the Dolphin website,...

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Between Clair Obscur: Exposition 33, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yazuka in Hawaii, 2025 has been a pretty good year for RPGs. But one of the very best might be Citizen Sleeper 2. It’s a melancholic, hopeful, and stressful spacefaring journey through a cyberpunk universe. Now, to celebrate the original game’s third anniversary, studio Jump Over The Age has released a free tabletop RPG. All you’ll need is the printed-out game document, 10 six-sided dice, and a...

The year-old vampire survival game has surged in popularity thanks to a big update and sale.

Ecco the Dolphin, the Sega-published game series starring a time-traveling bottlenose dolphin, is making a comeback, according to a new interview in Xbox Wire. The series' creator Ed Annunziata says that both Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time are being remastered, and a third game is in the works. "Me and the entire original team are going to remaster the original Ecco the Dolphin and Tides of Time games," Annunziata says. "Then we will make a new, third game with contemporary play an...

Over the past 17 years, Marvel Studios has focused as much on the continuity of its ongoing mega-story as it’s focused on the content of any given superhero film. The 23-film Infinity Saga was never just about individual movie narratives — it was about the buildup to Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the two-part...

In the early days of the Apple vs. Epic Games legal battle, Apple banned the Epic Games developer account and all of Epic's titles, like Fortnite, disappeared from the App Store. ‌Epic Games‌' U.S. developer account has been banned for almost five years now, so when Epic said last week that it would bring Fortnite back to the ‌App Store‌ in the U.S., it wasn't clear how that would work. ‌Epic Games‌ CEO Tim Sweeney said over the weekend (via The Verge) that Epic will use its ‌Epic Games‌ Sweden ...

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The delay of Grand Theft Auto 6 is undoubtedly a bummer, at least in the short term. But now that the wait is longer, you can try out more of the innumerable great games inspired by the classic crime franchise. One such game is American Fugitive, a top-down thrill ride set in the American South of the 1980s.

It took less than a week for Oblivion Remastered to become one of the biggest successes of 2025.

Take on thousands of medieval soldiers in a free demo of Diplomacy is Not an Option.

"Something stirs beneath the surface". Move over, Gears of War — Ecco the Dolphin is finally getting a remaster. And not only the first game, but the sequel, Tides of Time, is also getting the remaster treatment. Oh, and to top things off, a "new, third game" is also in the works, series creator Ed Annunziata has revealed. And where was this all announced? At the bottom of an Xbox Wire blog celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

PayPal today announced that it is planning to debut contactless payments in Germany, allowing German iPhone users to make tap-to-pay purchases in stores using their PayPal accounts. PayPal is able to offer this feature because Europe's Digital Markets Act has forced Apple to open up the NFC chip in its devices to third-party apps. NFC payments are available in apps without the need for Apple Pay or the Wallet app, allowing third-party payment services and banks to offer their own tap-to-pay solu...

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The Switch 2 is nearly here, which means the original Switch is entering its twilight years. It’s been eight years since Nintendo released its revolutionary hybrid console, and while many fans have spent the last couple of those itching for the device to be replaced, now seems like an opportune time to look back at what its legacy may wind up being (while acknowledging that it still has some life ahead of it). Instead of bleating on myself, though, I turned to the rest of the Engadget staff to s...