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Be Quiet! knows how to build a gaming mouse but not how to make it beat the competition.

As any Civ player knows, time has a habit of passing. Next week, Civ 7 will turn a year old. It's been a year of regular additions and tweaks following the mixed initial reception to Firaxis' attempt to do something different with their grant strategy behemoth. Fitting, then, that the devs have rung in that first birthday by revealing when they're hoping to drop some big changes that'll have "major implications" for Civ 7.

"Well, I guess that's one way to solve the scheduling problems."

AdHoc has said there is "no possibility" of an uncensored physical version of its superhero workplace comedy Dispatch on Switch or Switch 2.

Some Deadlock players have called Valve's MOBA "goon slop" after the inclusion of a conventionally attractive lycanthrope named Silver.

As Intrepid Studios continues to implode, its debut MMO Ashes of Creation has been pulled from purchase on Steam as player tensions flare.

I'm going to a toddler's birthday party on Saturday and I have it on good authority from Alva's dad that there will be trays of sandwiches and a couple of cakes from M&S. There is no booze provided. I'm not sure if that's because there should be no booze consumed at a two-year-old's birthday, or only that we should bring our own. I guess I'll find out for sure if they frisk on the door. However, if Valheim's latest anniversary update is anything to go by, I am now looking forward to Alva's fifth...

One small step for retro computing, etc.

Paris prosecutors announced that a search was underway at offices belong to Elon Musk’s X platform as part of an ongoing investigation first launched in January 2025. The raid is being conducted by Paris and national cybercrime units, with support from Interpol, according to post from Paris prosecutors on X. Officials from X have yet to comment on the matter. At the same time, Paris prosecutors issued summonses to Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for “voluntary interviews” on April 20, 2026 in Pari...

Celebrating the first anniversary of Civilization VII, the developers at Firaxis put up a new video and developer blog post going over some big changes coming

Netflix's upcoming JoJo adaptation has every ingredient for a certified anime classic, and it can be appreciated by new and old fans of the franchise.

Wildlight Entertainment confirms that the 5v5 mode for Highguard is here to stay, following positive response from fans.

This is the year aggression takes a backseat, promise.

Anyone have fond memories of retro Windows? Well, now you can make a slide show factory in this automation sim that has a demo available

One in a million. Nintendo's latest financial report is in, giving us the official sales numbers for all of its best-selling games as of 31st December 2025. We already highlighted the best-sellers, in fact, but we couldn't help but notice that both Metroid Prime 4: Beyond — in either its Switch 1 or Switch 2 editions — and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment were missing from the list. We don't have concrete sales numbers for either of the three releases there (counting Metroid Prime 4's two ed...

The Sci-Fi Shooters 2.0 Humble Bundle has launched with 7 quality action games to fill up on, here's all the details you need from it

Barely over a month in, 2026 has been busy, but Highguard is easily the strangest game release we've had so far. Following a baffling, nearly marketing-free rollout following its reveal at The Game Awards 2025, it crashed into a wall of negative reviews, but developer Wildlight Entertainment was quick to react. Now, the sentiment is more positive following 5v5 matches being tested and locked - but can it survive the poisoned conversation that's sprung up around the game so far?

After being accused last week of using AI-generated artwork to promote their store's new year sale, retro game sellers GOG have reportedly addressed the issue in a private Discord server for paying supporters. According to this fresh response from a GOG staffer, the banner was made "with the help of Al tools" and was "mistakenly allowed" to be pushed live on the storefront.

Something that might help calm the masses against generative AI, Mozilla announced that AI controls are coming to Firefox

The Nintendo Switch has surpassed the DS to become the company's best selling console ever.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A surpasses 12 million. As part of its latest financial report, Nintendo has showcased the best-selling Switch and Switch 2 games so far. There are only a handful of games to peruse from the Switch 2, with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond conspicuously absent. In fact, Nintendo has not made mention of Retro Studios' latest in any capacity regarding sales data, so it seems likely that it's failed to reach 1 million sales on either the Switch or Switch 2. Combined sales may tell a differ...

The original Switch just became Nintendo’s best-selling console ever with 155.37 million units as of December 31, 2025, overtaking the DS which sold 154.02 million units from 2004-2011. It was part of a holiday surge that saw the company move 7.01 million Switch 2s (and 17.37 million through Q3 of its fiscal year), making it the “fastest-selling dedicated video platform released by Nintendo to date,” the company said in its earnings report. Despite being supplanted by the Switch 2, the Switch ke...

Lots to look forward to? As is customary with its financial reports, Nintendo has reconfirmed the release windows for its major upcoming games across Switch and Switch 2. The headliners here are undoubtedly Mario Tennis Fever, Pokémon Pokopia, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Switch 2 Edition, all of which will be dropping in February and March. Meanwhile, we have Yoshi and the Mysterious Book slated for Spring, while Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and Splatoon Raiders both have vague '2026' and 'TB...

DS has finally been toppled. Nintendo has updated its sales figures for the Switch, and it's official folks, the little hybrid that could is now the company's best-selling console of all time. We've been keeping a close eye on this since the last financial report back in November 2025, where only 10,000 units separated the Switch and the Nintendo DS. Naturally, it seemed only inevitable that the former would emerge victorious, but it's nice to see Nintendo officially acknowledge it.

The competition is Ninten-DOOMED. Nintendo has released its financial data for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, confirming that the Switch 2 has now sold an astonishing 17.37 million units since launch in June 2025. 17.37 million! If you remember, Nintendo increased its forecast for Switch 2 sales back in November 2025 from 15 million to 19 million. Honestly, that seemed a tad overly-ambitious to us at the time, but it seems the Switch 2 will have absolutely no trouble smashing through its...

Here's what the critics had to say. Square Enix has hit the ground running in 2026, and February marks the launch of Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined. If you haven't already seen our own review and score, we gave it nine out of ten stars and said it was the "most fun version" of this particular entry yet and well worth a look if you're a fan of "high-quality, old-school JRPG" action.

Become a dressmaker. Last year, Imagineer and developer syn Sophia (the team behind Nintendo's Style Savvy / New Style Boutique series) announced a new Switch dressmaking game called Magical Craft. It's already been released in Japan late last year, and now, in an update, an ESRB listing has surfaced. No local release has been announced just yet, but if this rating is any indication, it seems we could be getting some news soon. The developer is the same Japanese team behind the 2023 Marvelous Sw...

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And it's "no comment" on why separate regional releases didn't happen. The release of the superhero workplace comedy game Dispatch on Switch and Switch 2 hasn't exactly panned out as expected. In case you somehow missed it, there has been a lot of back-and-forth over the past week about censorship in the Nintendo versions of the game. It resulted in the developer AdHoc Studio sharing multiple comments, and even Nintendo issued a formal statement.

My perfect date: Leon Kennedy, weird cats, and The Sims.

I'm happy about all these things.

Stand down, horror sickos.

Pokémon Day is almost here! Pokémon Day is taking place later this month, and ahead of this annual event, Nintendo has announced its US-based stores located in New York and San Francisco will be hosting special events. They're inviting trainers to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, which will take place on 27th February 2026. Here's the full announcement (with the same message also shared for the San Francisco store):

Far out, man.