Category: Gaming

Nintendo is still running a sale on Mario games for Switch so be sure to check those out (Nintendo) An artist specialised in GPS drawings made it his mission to recreate Nintendo’s beloved mascot for Mario Day, by journeying around Paris. Monday marked Mario Day and aside from a fancy new Lego Mario Kart set, Nintendo didn’t have much to share on the occasion. No doubt because it’s saving any big surprises for the Nintendo Switch 2 showcase in April. … Continue reading “Nintendo fan walked nearly 70 miles to draw a picture of Super Mario”

Square Enix has already remastered the sequel so why not the original? (Square Enix) One of the most revered role-playing games ever made has turned 30 this week and fans are begging Square Enix to re-release it for modern consoles. Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest may be Square Enix’s bread and butter, but for many people, including us, the company’s best 16-bit role-player will always be Chrono Trigger. Despite the worldwide acclaim it’s received though, Square Enix has rarely done … Continue reading “90s roleplayer Chrono Trigger celebrates 30th birthday by teasing new projects”

Do you still regularly use your original SNES? (Nintendo) SNES owners have been investigating a strange issue with their consoles where they seem to be getting faster the older they get. It’s a fact of life that the older something gets, the slower and less reliable it becomes, and that’s just as applicable to video game consoles as anything. One of the greatest fears of any retro gamer is booting up their old console one day and finding out it … Continue reading “90s Nintendo console runs faster as it gets older and no one knows why”

If you’ve played Horizon Forbidden West, Sony’s actions will feel even more aggravating (Sony) Next gen PlayStation games will feature AI powered characters you can talk to, if a leaked prototype from Sony is anything to go by. Whether you like it or loathe it (and chances are it’s the latter), generative AI technology is permeating more and more throughout society, and that includes the games industry. Over the last couple of years, publishers have grown comfortable with using AI … Continue reading “Leaked Sony AI video makes the future of PS6 and next gen Xbox plain”

Would it matter if it had an Xbox logo on it? (Asus) The Tuesday letters page thinks Hideo Kojima should stop obsessing over Metal Gear, as one reader tries to guess when Resident Evil 9 will be revealed. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Bad timingI think I can give a pretty detailed insight into Microsoft gaming policy at the moment: throw everything at the wall and hope that something sticks. An Xbox branded handheld coming out … Continue reading “Games Inbox: Do you want an Xbox handheld?”

How does WWE 2K25 compare to previous games? (2K) GameCentral explores WWE’s gaming history to find out which are its best video games, from the days of the arcade coin-ops to modern entries on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Wrestling video games have been a thing for far longer than you may realise. They go all the way back to when WWE was still called WWF, with the very first games releasing for home computers like the Commodore 64 … Continue reading “The 11 best WWE wrestling games ever made – from Superstars to No Mercy”

A third party Xbox portable is set to go head-to-head with Nintendo (Valve/Microsoft/Metro) New rumours about Microsoft’s next gen plans suggests that there will be two Xbox handheld consoles and the first is aiming for a 2025 launch. For many, the idea of a next gen Xbox being released in the next year or two seems far too soon. And yet that’s exactly what’s been rumoured for some time now, including from a source this week who claimed that the … Continue reading “Xbox handheld out this year and will go up against Nintendo Switch 2 says source”

Halo Finite (Microsoft) Details around Microsoft’s early plans for Halo Infinite have been uncovered by a fan, including campaign DLC and a battle royale mode. Halo Infinite may have been relatively well received when it launched in 2021, but in the years since it has become regarded as a huge missed opportunity for Xbox. The multiplayer’s popularity dropped off a cliff due to the lack of updates and countless delays to promised content like the Forge and split-screen co-op – … Continue reading “Secrets of Halo Infinite’s abandoned 10-year plan revealed by new leak”

This is just one of several games claiming to be the successor to Disco Elysium (Dark Math Games) Pre-orders are live for one of several Disco Elysium successors, with XXX Nightshift set to feature music from a much-revered music producer. The post-launch saga of Disco Elysium and developer ZA/UM is too long and complex to sum up in a single paragraph… or book. What we can say is that it led to several key figures behind Disco Elysium leaving the … Continue reading “Unofficial Disco Elysium 2 lands a Grammy nominated music composer”

Solid Neil doesn’t quite have the same ring to it (Sony Interactive Entertainment) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach has a new trailer featuring a legally distinct Solid Snake and confirmation of the game’s release date. Aside from Ghost Of Yōtei, the only other major PlayStation 5 exclusive confirmed for this year is Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. We’ve seen several predictably perplexing trailers for the sequel already, but a new one arrived during a panel at … Continue reading “Solid Snake is back in Death Stranding 2 but not as you remember him”