Year: 2026

Sports are foundational to gaming as a medium. From Pong to NES Baseball, the infancy of the medium was littered with just-about-recognisable renditions of real-life sports in an attempt to conjure a degree of familiarity to this fledgling form of entertainment. But in the mid ‘90s, the developers at Nintendo […]

Discord has announced plans to enforce a new "teen-appropriate" experience by default next month, requiring age verification to access restricted content or change content settings. In a blog post issued today, Discord said it was enhancing its age-appropriate protections for users worldwide while maintaining "privacy, community and meaningful connection on […]

There are a million things that have to go right for a video game to be a success. Well, maybe not a million. But a lot. Michael Choung, the CEO of AdHoc Studio – which released the popular superhero workplace comedy game Dispatch last year – admits as much. Choung […]

The finale season of Stranger Things was something of a world-changing event in pop culture — but not everyone in the cast liked the direction the show went in season 5. In fact, star Matthew Modine recently opened up about his feelings on the ending of the series. Modine — […]

A beautiful bouquet of flowers sent direct to you is always a nice surprise. If you’re hoping to pick one up for your favorite person to have on Valentine’s Day this year, but are unsure if your local florist can set you up with something in time, we have good […]

After last year’s swashbuckling Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii triumphantly hoisted the black flag, this year developer Ryu Ga Gotoku has set its sights on elevating the Yakuza series’ black sheep. While well-received critically upon its original 2009 release, Yakuza 3’s sluggish combat and uneven story pacing has […]