Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
My most anticipated indie game, a Game Boy-style mashup of Zelda, Dark Souls, and Castlevania from the Shovel Knight devs, just brought its excellent demo to Nintendo Switch 2
News Mina the Hollower is getting a Switch 2 version and bringing its demo to Nintendo's platform
Battlefield 6 open beta hopefuls are reporting 48,000-player queues before the beta's even started, but Secure Boot errors and shader compilations mean PC players probably should be getting an early start
News "Requiring Secure Boot provides us with features that we can leverage against cheats that attempt to infiltrate during the Windows boot process"
This may be the only Super Mario Bros review that landed with the NES launch, and the magazine that called it a "special hall of fame" classic in 1986 is helping set a new standard for game preservation
News "No owner of the Nintendo Entertainment System should be without this game – it's a must!"
15 years later, the Guitar Hero studio that Activision acquired and killed is back and teasing a spiritual successor to the rhythm game that put it on the map: "They said the era of 5-fret music games was over"
News The spirit of Guitar Hero lives on
Nintendo forces Japanese charity speedrun event to pull its games from the lineup after claiming "unauthorized use," now organizers have to ask permission for every single game in the future
News RTA in Japan, which was inspired by Games Done Quick, is set to benefit Doctors Without Borders
Fortnite's Power Rangers crossover goes above and beyond with a morphenomenal live-action tokusatsu trailer apparently filmed at an iconic location from the show
News Go go item shoppers
Kirby and the Forgotten Land was my 2022 GOTY over Elden Ring, and the Switch 2 upgrade DLC is giving fans flashbacks to the most notorious challenges in the series
News "Oh no"
Dune: Awakening player manages a sandworm escape so jaw-dropping even the MMO's devs are impressed: "Yes, I pissed my pants, yes, my stillsuit saved the piss"
News "Fear is the mind-killer"
"Pirated ROMs hurt small indie teams": Legendary Japanese dev asks gamers to "please support us through official channels" after a "hacked ROM" of new 16-bit shooter appears following Steam release
News "In the end it's always a game of cat and mouse"
"Stop Killing Games has actually changed the timeline": As EU petition comes to successful close, founder says "unending overtime" has him ready to "take a break for the next 10 years," but he's sticking around until it's done
News "You know that life-draining machine from The Princess Bride? Yeah, I feel like I might have had a round or two on that"
Battlefield 6 beta preload is live, and at 35GB you might actually get it downloaded in time to play the FPS this weekend
News Get to downloading, soldier
"Grand Theft Auto, Duke Nukem, and Saints Row" are "at risk" amid pressure to remove adult games from Steam and Itch, retro platform worries
News "We are fervent supporters of artistic freedom and always will be"
I spent 15 years waiting for Darksiders to fulfill the best cliffhanger of the PS3 era, and now the M-rated Zelda-like is finally poised to deliver in Darksiders 4
News "No, not alone"
BioShock publisher 2K reportedly shelves remake, dumps BioShock 4 leaders after failed internal review: "We have a good game, but we are committed to delivering a great one"
News Apparently BioShock 4's story was "in need of improvement"
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection has a $150 Kollector's Edition with a delightfully stupid Goro statue, but I think the $80 Deluxe Edition might be even better for '90s arcade nostalgia
News Goro is ready to hold your controller
Former Nintendo marketing lead says it's "not normal" we still don't have release dates for Elden Ring, Metroid Prime 4, and more Switch 2 games: "That's not the Nintendo that I know"
News It's August and there are five big 2025 Switch 2 games we don't have release dates for
"Terraria 1.4.5 continues unabated," but still no release date for the sandbox game's 6th final update – "We are doing our very best to get to that day as quickly as possible"
News That RC car looks sick, though
Randy Pitchford said Borderlands 4 on Switch 2 would require a download, but it's worse than that – it's a game-key card
News "It's a big game," but it's a small cart
Battlefield 6 pre-orders are live and the FPS is $70 after all, but EA won't miss the chance to charge $100 for the Phantom Edition with a pile of skins, stickers, and XP boosts
News Those $80 rumors have been put to rest
Octopath Traveler 0 might have a $230 collector's edition, but you're still getting a game-key card on Switch 2 for a 5GB download and no upgrade path from Switch 1
News Switch 2 collecting remains a minefield
After 23 years, Pac-Man World 2 is back – I don't know if this 73 Metacritic PS2 underdog really needed a remake, but I'm happy it's getting one
News Let's hear it for the 7/10 sleepers of days past
The first new console Katamari Damacy in 14 years is arriving this October, and Nintendo is a coward for cutting this very "nice" 69 joke from the Direct announcement
News Once Upon a Katamari hooked me with dinosaurs, then sold me with a banger soundtrack featuring the group behind an all-time great anime OP
Microsoft confirms it made $27 billion after laying off 9,000 people, and its CEO physically cannot stop talking about AI: "Cloud and AI is the driving force of business transformation across every industry and sector"
News The "enigma of success" strikes again
