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Thank you, Tezuka-san. Nintendo has announced that legendary developer Takashi Tezuka will be retiring from his role as Executive Officer. Tezuka-san is one of the most significant figures in Nintendo history, having served as a designer on the original Super Mario Bros., director on Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and Super Mario World, and producer on countless iconic titles since.

And a price hike for Switch Online in Japan. Nintendo has announced that the Switch 2 will be going up in price globally, with Nintendo Switch Online also receiving a price hike in Japan. Hardware revisions are effective from 25th May 2026 in Japan and 1st September in western markets. Nintendo states that the changes are due to "changes in market conditions" and the "global business outlook".

Congratulations! Every year The Strong National Museum of Play located in New York inducts new games into its Video Game Hall of Fame, and the inductees of 2026 have now been officially revealed.

"I truly appreciate the love, but that is not my voice". The new Star Fox game for Switch 2 has many Nintendo fans incredibly excited, and following the announcement this week, there's been some discussion within the Nintendo community about who might be voicing the characters in this modernised take on the N64 classic. Nintendo hasn't officially revealed the voice cast for the Switch 2 release yet, but fans are already making guesses.

Try it out today on Switch 2. It was reported last week how a minigame update for Resident Evil Requiem was expected to drop after Golden Week in Japan, and it's now officially here. Capcom has officially revealed this "free update" as the minigame mode, Leon Must Die Forever, and it's available now for the Switch 2. To access this mode, you'll first need to complete the game's story.

Let's rock and roll! Nintendo this week has lifted the lid on Star Fox for the Switch 2, and to celebrate, it's now released 10 songs from the upcoming game on its mobile music app. These tracks, which have been added to the service "early", offer 30 minutes of music from this sweeping orchestral soundtrack. You can listen to iconic Title Theme, and from there'll you'll be able to take to the skies with the opening theme, Corneria and various other songs.

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Save the Lylat system this June. Nintendo this week surprised fans with the reveal of Star Fox for the Switch 2, and it's flying onto the new hybrid system next month.

OpenAI today launched Codex for Chrome, a Chrome extension that lets Codex work directly in the browser on Macs and PCs. With the extension, Codex can use the browser to test web apps, get context across multiple tabs, use web DevTools, and more without taking over the browser from the user. OpenAI says that after it launched Computer Use in the desktop Codex app, it saw that most common workflows happened in the browser. The Chrome extension should make it faster and easier for Codex to help wi...

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The vinyl drops in Q4, but the full album is streamable now.

Path of Exile 2 0.5 is Return of the Ancients, and introduces a complete endgame rework, upgrades for all mechanics, and in-game guides.

The solo developer couldn't get an extension from rights-holder Paramount.

The company previously announced it was working on an AI assistant that can make matches.

What happened to Liu Kang at the end of Mortal Kombat 2? How Liu Kang's ascension to fire god mimics his journey in the Mortal Kombat video games.

The new feature could turn Codex into more than a coding aid.

Perplexity today launched a new Mac app with support for its hybrid local-cloud AI agent Personal Computer, plus it expanded Personal Computer access to Pro and Enterprise users, so it is no longer limited to just Max subscribers. Perplexity describes Personal Computer as a "personal orchestrator" that hybridizes local and server environments for security and productivity. Personal Computer is available in the new Mac app, which Perplexity says gives users access to queries, conversations, and d...

Been a bit of a week for the Steam Controller, 'ey? It launched earlier this week sans console, only for Valve and everyone else to find that it pretty much immediately sold out. Tech scarcity? Who could have seen that one coming, even for something as simple as a controller! That then resulted in some naughty people flogging them on eBay for at least double the price, but worry not intrepid purchaser, for Valve have shared details on how they plan to dole out the controller going forward.

Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to make AI agents more accessible.

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In recent online briefing session, Path of Exile 2 game director Jonathan Rogers shared that the game's full version is coming out soon.

Return of the Ancients is Path of Exile 2's 0.5 update and, with it, Grinding Gear Games changes the endgame adding storylines and more.

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Grinding Gear Games plans to release Path of Exile 2 in full - in version 1.0 - this year. Game director and studio co-founder Jonathan Rogers revealed this intention during a press briefing detailing the game's final early access patch, 0.5.0, Return of the Ancients, due end of May, that I was a part of.

Game director Jonathan Rogers says the endgame rework needed to happen for the game to feel complete enough to release.

Several new quests will walk you through its endless endgame experience.

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Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ 243 includes fixes and updates for Accessibility, Animations, CSS, Editing, Encoding, Forms, HTML, JavaScript, Media, Networking, PDF, Rendering, SVG, Scrolling, Spatial Web, UI, Web API, Web Extens...

"I picked up the hammer, stuck on Frankie goes to Hollywood's Two Tribes, got myself psyched up and went outside."

Does Mortal Kombat 2 have a post-credits scene? The MK2 movie's ending sets up a sequel, but maybe not in the usual way that moviegoers expect.

The sequel has started filming in New Zealand.

Apple was not able to narrow the scope of a UK lawsuit accusing it of locking 40 million UK consumers into iCloud, to the detriment of third-party cloud storage providers. British consumer group Which? first filed the lawsuit in late 2024, and is asking for £3 billion for UK Apple customers. Apple wanted to exclude non-paying ‌iCloud‌ users from the lawsuit, but the tribunal denied Apple's request in a 2 to 1 majority. The lawsuit will go to trial, and will cover both paying and non-paying ‌iClo...