I think this game may be visceral, as you put it, because it naked link really requires all five senses to see what’s going on. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, puzzles, board games, cooking, improv and the New York Jets. My background includes an MFA in theater which I apply to thinking about immersive experiences of the future. Loading ROMs onto handhelds isn’t always intuitive and varies by hardware.

The Evercade series of handhelds, alternatively, plays rereleased compilations of games on custom cartridges. It’s also still a unique perk over other handhelds that the Switch 2 comes with a TV dock and its detachable, shareable Joy-Cons, and the Switch 2 is backward compatible with Switch games and wireless controllers. It also looks capable of running games as advanced as those on Windows game handhelds and Steam Decks. Chronicles of the Wolf has officially been released, providing players with classic 2D sidescrolling action-adventure gameplay. Mario Kart World has been confirmed as the headline launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2. As previously teased when we first got a look at the game in January, Mario Kart World will feature 24 characters per race across 7 new cups.

But this system, made by the game company that developed Untitled Goose Game, plays its own indie-developed games. Twenty-four of them come included with the purchase and appear over time like weekly presents, and a new second season of games has been equally good. More games can be bought on the Playdate’s on-handheld store (the tiny gadget has Wi-Fi), or sideloaded via sites like itch.io. Alas, the Playdate doesn’t have any backlighting — you’ll have to find a lamp instead. Nevertheless, Atomic Heart 2 seems to be doing it all over again.

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It’s not just the PlayStation or Nintendo, Steam’s dealing with its own spam problem too. There’s a chance the indie game you love has been ripped off and re-uploaded elsewhere. These include balance updates, changes to gameplay and bug fixes. The Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 2 roadmap, detailing the planned post-launch DLC announced so far. Here’s the best Monster Hunter Wilds graphics settings, whether you’re playing open PS5, PS5 Pro, or Xbox Series X

A Meta exec calls Sam Altman “dishonest,” my conversation with the startup CEO who is suing OpenAI, and AI is coming for games. Now, the “random” option appears to include both intermission races and ones that teleport everyone to the next track, frustrating players who just want to quickly hop into their next race, as reported by Kotaku. The folks at Digital Foundry have done more pixel counting, this time looking into the first-party Switch 1 games with upgrades we also found impressive. News The YouTuber was buried in criticism after announcing the AI tool, which he said “literally feels like cheating.” One of 2023’s best games is set to receive a Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade, completely free for all Switch 1 owners with a copy.

A new Marathon leak reveals some major visual and gameplay improvements made to the extraction shooter after its was indefinitely delayed. Survival horror game 7 Days to Die releases its massive 2.0 update, Storm’s Brewing, delivering a sweeping overhaul to gameplay, biomes, and more. The Bungie gang unleashed a hilarious tweet asking Destiny 2 players how many of those Spire of the Watcher fails happened to them, with classic answers flooding in…. Okay Fortnite players, hold on; this Item Shop leak has just come out with some choice picks. A small but very heavy update has hit Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the crowd is split about it. Fortnite players are really hyped up about this giveaway, offering a chance for a $30 gift card and early access to the Ghost Monks skin.

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Since the common threads are often pretty different, our goal is to think about the whole play experience as a relative versus other options. But also, we pay attention to battery life, which we judge by playing games over time. Nintendo Switch OLEDThis used to be our favorite Switch, and its battery life and vivid OLED are still good. RPG experts Owlcat Games is back with a new project, set in the world of The Expanse. The Verge’s gaming section brings the latest video game news, reviews of the most exciting releases, and interviews with the industry’s biggest names. We cover everything from PlayStation and Xbox blockbusters, to quirky Nintendo games, to the cool indie gems on PC and Android that you might otherwise miss.

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But then once I had the actors up there on set, we had to make sure that everybody jumped at the same beat. There was a lot of CGI involved to add the sense of height, as well as have the rope. Then on top of that, we had to use a lot of sound effects for the rope. So speaking of manpower and just the amount of time we spent in creating it, it took so much more to create Jump Rope.

Mechanism (née Deckmate) builds some of the most thoughtful and clever modular handheld accessories, with loads of mounts and adapters and a pillow to hold a handheld’s weight. Now, even though its own fancy Switch 2 case isn’t quite ready, it’s giving away this free 3D printed adapter. From budget-friendly and portable to savings account-draining and monstrous, these are the best gaming laptops to buy. “I guess we did South Park, but other than that, we hadn’t done turn-based ever, really.”

So to know that I have to say goodbye, I admit, I do have the sense of almost a loss, or I feel quite empty, to be honest. But I hope that if season three is met with as much love as people loved season one, then I think I’m definitely going to feel less empty about saying goodbye. I think the story ended in a manner where it doesn’t need a further story to be told. So I am not too interested in telling a story that continues on from the conclusion. If I were to do a spinoff someday, I think I would rather choose to go back and see what happened during that time gap [between seasons one and two]. But this is something that we are just tossing around, so as for when or how a spinoff might come about, it’s still up in the air.

Days Gone developer Bend Studio has been hit by sweeping layoffs, parent company Sony has confirmed, and around a third of the company may be affected. Konami has announced that it’s working with Silent Hill 2 remake developer Bloober Team on a remake of the very first game in the franchise. Postal 2 Redux, a full Unity-based remake of the 2003 cult shooter Postal 2, has been announced, and a Kickstarter campaign is coming in summer. Nintendo has revealed that a Donkey Kong Bananza-focused Direct presentation is set to air later this week with around 15 minutes of new info. Stellar Reach is a brand new 4X space sim from a developer who’s worked at Ubisoft and Creative Assembly, and it’s coming later this year, apparently.