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It's no Fiorentina jersey, but it's something. Nintendo has a long history of sponsoring professional sports teams, and one club it's continued to support over the years is the Japanese football side, Kyoto Sanga, which currently competes in Japan's top-flight competition known as the J-League.

Square Enix has announced the Octopath Traveller series has surpassed 6m lifetime sales, shortly after the release of Octopath Traveller 0.

With genuinely fantastic sound quality from its carbon fiber drivers and a host of useful features, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite lives up to its name.

"I can't really play it now though". Hideo Kojima has rightly cemented himself as a legend in the games industry, having created iconic titles such as Metal Gear Solid, P.T., and Death Stranding. Although it probably shouldn't come as a surprise, however, Kojima cites Super Mario Bros. as the reason he started making games in the first place. In a new interview with WIRED in which Kojima answers questions submitted online, he's asked which game he has played the most. His immediate answer was Su...

From My Hero Academia to One Piece, here are the biggest anime reveals and announcements from Jump Festa 2026.

With the holiday season reaching its apex, we have a few surprises for those of you that have been patiently waiting. The latest release of Dolphin is stuffed with treats. Our first present is presentation - frame presentation, that is. Two new options have arrived and will help users both reduce latency and smooth out games that struggle with frame pacing. Some games do outright naughty things that make emulation difficult. A slew of them are being coerced onto the nice list this year thanks to...

Mega Gyarados and Charizard Y join the fray. A major game update for the free-to-play Switch and mobile title Pokémon Unite was released earlier this month. Now, before we get to the end of the year, the development team has added Mega Charizard Y. This follows Mega Gyarados, which joined the fray earlier this month. Before this, trainers got Mega Charizard X and Mega Lucario.

It's now sold over six million copies. Square Enix released the HD-2D RPG Octopath Traveler 0 on the Switch and Switch 2 earlier this month. Now, following this, it has provided an update about the lifetime sales of the series – revealing it has now sold over six million copies worldwide. This follows a sales update in December last year, when it hit the five million mark.

Download it now. Nintendo has released a new update for Donkey Kong Bananza on the Switch 2, bumping it up to Version 3.0.0. This is the first update since October. This one adds Thai as a supported language and you now also have the ability to set the camera's automatic tracking to 'on' or 'off' in the options menu. Last of all are "several other changes" to improve the overall experience.

"According to an internal GameStop memo". If you've got your eyes on the Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle, you might want to get it sooner rather than later, as it's not going to be around forever. Following a reminder from Nintendo earlier this month that it's still only available in "limited quantities" a GameStop memo has supposedly been issued that apparently confirms this deal has now reached the end of its "lifecycle". Here's exactly what it says (via Nintendeal on social media):

Clerics casting Dimension Door? Not at any table in 1987.

Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

"I guess we were immature enough to just see that angle on it."

Roll out, Commander.

OpenAI gave its AI chatbot a professional makeover with the latest GPT-5.2 release, and some users are already complaining about its tone. For anyone who's finding ChatGPT rude or sassy, OpenAI has some welcome news since it's letting users further customize its personality with extra warmth or enthusiasm.  You can now adjust specific characteristics in ChatGPT, like warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use.Now available in your "Personalization" settings. pic.twitter.com/7WSkOQVT​KU— OpenAI (@OpenAI) D...

Packed with scares and plenty of zombie-killing action, the Resident Evil remake trilogy is absolutely incredible, and cheaper than ever right now.

Hideo Kojima recommends the new manga Miharu's Seat of War by Hamada Gouten and Fujimoto Kenshi, a gritty read with clear Metal Gear Solid vibes.

There may not be any reports of stick drift with the ROG Xbox Ally yet, but that doesn't mean there won't be. If you'd rather not end up with joysticks that have a mind of their own, GuliKit revealed its latest TMR Electromagnet Joystick Modules made specifically for your Xbox handheld. GuliKit said it worked directly with Asus to develop these joystick upgrades, which match the exact dimensions of the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X's stock sticks. The aftermarket accessories company previously design...

Fascism's foothold in the wasteland mirrors the way it spreads in the real world.

2025 was big on resistance and revolution. But Wicked: For Good, Andor, Superman, and more also showed how easy it is to manipulate the masses.

We're being limit tested, and I fear we're too okay with it all right now.

Cosplay always starts somewhere, and for Emily, that's a lot of foam and brainstorming.

The Noble Legacy December update includes upgrades to combat, crafting, and tutorials, along with more population across its medieval world.

Several of Waymo's autonomous vehicles were seen stuck in the middle of San Francisco streets following a significant power outage that took out the city's traffic lights. Waymo responded to the power outage by suspending its ride-hailing services in the city, but images and videos on social media showed the self-driving taxis stopped at intersections with hazard lights on. "We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the widespread power outage,"...

Polygon speaks to Pendleton Ward and Patrick McHale about their wild new project.

Machinations is the musical cockroach of Final Fantasy 14.

Hideo Kojima has popped up on Wired's (fantastic) Tech Support series (did you know that we're closer in time to Cleopatra than Cleopatra is to the beginning of ancient Egypt?) answering questions about – well, himself, in the main.

Biomenace Remastered overhauls the ‘90s action platformer with new graphics, improved gameplay, and a fourth chapter set years later.

Critical Role's use of luck rolls made me try leaving things to luck and chance more at my D&D table — and it's great.

Minus one victory lap for the J'RPG.

If you're sick of A Christmas Carol or Home Alone and want a Christmas film that feels different, there's never been a better time to watch Brazil.

With games like Hollow Knight Silksong, Hades 2, Divinity Original Sin 2, and Dispatch on offer, you can save up to 90% on some top titles.

If you've ever questioned why the '90s MMO often pops up as you browse Twitch categories, Ethernia might be a modern way to understand why.

After years of ups and downs when it comes to releases, The Sims 4 really flourished in 2025 with meaningful changes and additions.