Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
PSP banger Lumines is making an overdue comeback in a Tetris Effect-style "synesthetic sensory wonderland"
News Lumines Arise looks gorgeous
Deltarune launches to 12,865% more Steam players than Undertale had on day one, becoming the top-selling game on Steam after apparently crashing Valve's servers
News The Undertale fandom is showing up in a big way
After 4 years of rumors, Final Fantasy Tactics remaster hopes reach an absolute frenzy as director Yasumi Matsuno shares and hastily deletes PlayStation State of Play announcement
News "So you're saying there's a chance"
Nintendo and Nvidia bosses say Switch 2 is the ultimate realization of late president Satoru Iwata's dream: "It is wonderful to see Mr. Iwata's vision come full circle"
News "I still remember the day Iwata-san shared his dream with us"
The Witcher 4 showcase literally tosses Ciri a coin in a valley of plenty and that damn Netflix song is about to be stuck in my head for the next 6 months
News A friend to humanity?
Nintendo finally shows gameplay footage of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet on Switch 2, and the frame rate boost is honestly a lot nicer than I expected
News My admittedly low expectations have been vastly surpassed
After splitting with Larian following Baldur's Gate 3, Dungeons & Dragons publisher signs God of War 3 and Star Wars Jedi director's new studio for a "single-player action-adventure" D&D game
News Wizards of the Coast's investment in D&D games continues
Elden Ring Nightreign producer thanks players for "bravely" embracing its "peculiar aspects" as it collects Mixed Steam reviews: "As with Demon's Souls or Sekiro, it may be confounding at first"
News "Once you overcome the initial hurdle, it’ll surely provide a sense of accomplishment"
The PC Gaming Show 2025 confirms Ubisoft, Devolver Digital, and more
The showcase promises new looks at "over 50 games"
Strategy RPG boss thanks furries for making his cult series a hit with over a half-million sales: "When it comes to furry games, there actually aren’t that many options"
News Hiroshi Matsuyama wants Fuga: Melodies of Steel's furries to simply "live in peace," but they've got to fight for it
If you can't wait for Borderlands 4, Gearbox is making Tiny Tina's Wonderlands free-to-keep on PC for the next week
News You can't beat free
The quest to preserve Japan's lost Final Fantasy 7 spin-off just gave us what might be the first-ever footage of its Chocobo racing minigame
News Before Crisis is getting closer to full preservation every day
12 years later, the legacy of NCAA 14 is still hanging over EA College Football 26, but fans are celebrating the overdue return of features like formation subs and trophy rooms
News "We heard your feedback"
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 fans are raising the game from the dead seemingly through sheer force of will, but that hasn't stopped hackers from trying to ruin the fun
News There's still a big problem on PC
CD Projekt Red just called Project Orion Cyberpunk 2 for the first time but insists that isn't actually the title, and I think I heard this song before with The Witcher 4
News At least we're not calling it Project Orion anymore
I never thought I'd have to issue a spoiler warning for the Switch 2 system menu, but Nintendo is already revealing hidden mouse control Easter eggs
News I thought Nintendo had given up on these kinds of "fun little details"
Switch N64 emulation is about to get a whole lot better, but only on Switch 2 because it takes the power of next-generation hardware to apply a basic CRT filter
News That might unironically be true, though
Making a real Switch 2 cartridge instead of a game-key card was "not an easy decision" for the Rune Factory publisher, but "building up goodwill with our fans is always a good investment"
News Marvelous USA is one of the few Switch 2 publishers outside of Nintendo stick with proper retail cartridges
Mario Kart World has rail-grinding, wall-riding, and a ska remix of a classic Super Mario Bros 3 song so I think it's an unofficial Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game now
News Pretending I'm-a Mario
Life imitates art: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 sold 3.3 million copies in 33 days – "Seriously. As of today. We couldn't make that up"
News "Another entry on the long list of surreal moments that your support has made real"
After 12 years bringing RPGs like The Outer Worlds and Pillars of Eternity to life, Avowed director leaves Obsidian for a beloved former indie that's now part of Netflix
News Carrie Patel's moving to the Oxenfree studio, Night School
Cyperpunk 2 goes beyond Night City to a new location that "feels more like Chicago gone wrong," according to the creator of the original tabletop RPG
News "I'm not telling you any more than that, but there's another city we visit"
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment devs say the power of Switch 2 "made it possible to include lots of enemies," and it was "important that you could play with higher frame rates"
News A scant few seconds of new gameplay footage looks a whole lot smoother than Age of Calamity
