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Barbie Rewind, out now, invites you to take a trip down memory lane with a whole bunch of life in plastic classics, and one game that was previously unreleased
Is there a character not originally from a video game that has more games than Barbie? Maybe! I don't want to do any maths right now, but there aren't many that could touch her on sheer numbers. She's had all sorts of digital adventures, her games having a huge influence on the world of 'girl...
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Bosses, Ranked From Worst To Best
Let’s pit Ganondorf’s many minions against each other
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Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Replicates Notorious Glitch For Infinite Gold Skulltulas
101 Gold Skulltulas on the wall...
Nintendo Reveals Its Black Friday Sale Plans, With Its Own Games Getting Rare $20 Discounts
Donkey Kong Bananza and Metroid Prime 4 will be be lots cheaper via retailers
The Witcher 3 uses gen-AI to enhance Geralt's Polish voice following actor's stroke - "I do think this is one of those ways where you can use AI ethically"
CD Projekt Red has revealed that it used - and is using - generative AI technology to treat and alter the voice of the Polish actor who portrayed Geralt of Rivia in upcoming Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past .
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Nintendo eShop Highlights – 12/11/2026
Check out what's new on Nintendo eShop this week!
Nintendo’s Latest Volley Of DMCA Takedowns Wipes Over 200 Nintendo Switch Projects Off Of GitHub
The latest wave of Nintendo DMCAs on GitHub have targeted firmware for Nintendo Switch modchips and its old emulation-related nemesis, Yuzu
Vibecoded Pokémon Fan Project Developer Is Outraged At AI Clampdowns On IP Infringement After Spending Thousands Per Month
They insist the game will still release, but lament it’s harder to get Claude to make the game for them
Destroy All Humans remake developer goes independent, splits from THQ Nordic and parent company Embracer Group
Black Forest Games - the studio that remade the first two cult-classic Destroy All Humans games - has spun out from under former owners THQ Nordic and Embracer Group.
"Some of the best games of the last decade came from teams of fifty": Destroy All Humans! remake devs Black Forest Games split from THQ Nordic to launch new indie studio group
Black Forest Games, developers of the Destroy All Humans! remakes, have spun out of Embracer Group-owned publishers THQ Nordic via a management buyout and announced plans to form a new "developer-driven group" of independent studios. The new group, dubbed Third Signal, will aim to "give teams...
Monster Hunter Wilds' upcoming Ascendance expansion may be getting a beta, some curious Steam backend updates suggest
Monster Hunter Wilds 's first expansion, Ascendance, is set for release sometime next year . But, judging by some very suspect recent changes to the Wilds beta app on Steam, we may be playing some of the new stuff earlier than we thought.
As The Elder Scrolls 5 turns 15, massive mod Beyond Skyrim: Bruma gets a 2.0 update delivering a new quest, extra dungeons and an "expanded worldspace"
Warning: I'm probably about to make you feel old. Today, November 11th 2026, is the 15th anniversary of Skyrim 's release. The first one, before it was re-released on every other platform under the sun. Fittingly, one of its best expansion mods, Beyond Skyrim: Bruma , has gotten a beefy 2.0...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake sells in huge numbers, becoming the fastest-selling Switch 2 game
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has been a huge success for Nintendo, becoming the fastest-selling Switch 2 game ever, shifting more than 5.2 million copies in four days.
Here's our second wave of PS Plus games for November 2026 - and Sony's scrapping its barely used PC app
Sony's revealed the second wave of games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra this month, and there are some genuine big-name attractions, led by Hideo Kojima 's futuristic delivery man showstopper Death Stranding 2: On the Beach .
Europe is about to get very tough on loot boxes in games, according to a leaked draft of the landmark Digital Fairness Act
An alleged draft of the potentially game-changing Digital Fairness Act has leaked ahead of its scheduled publication tomorrow (11th November), containing proposals that could dramatically affect the way games operate and are monetised within the European Union.
Despite promising a heady mix of Vampire Survivors and Warhammer fan-service, Warhammer Survivors is somehow less than the sum of its parts
You know my favourite thing about Vampire Survivors ? The slow build of strength, the swelling power fantasy, the edging . Developer Poncle has proved itself incredibly adept at goading players into ever more ludicrous setups, demonstrating that with some patience, a canny eye for...
Following site-wide discussion on AI use, Nexus Mods add a "daily limit" to the spots in the new mods tab one person can hog via multiple rapid-fire uploads
The folks behind Nexus Mods have rolled out a new "daily limit" system which ensures modders who upload multiple works in bulk during a single 24 hour period can't take up more than one spot in the tabs dedicated to showing off new mods for different games. Instead, those who chuck up their mods...
Under pressure, Big Walk studio reveals it used generative AI "sparingly" while making its hit 2026 game
Australian developer House House has revealed it used generative AI "sparingly" to help make celebrated, indie, multiplayer puzzle game Big Walk.
Big Walk developer House House reveal genAI use in final stretch of development, only revealing it now as "it has become a matter of public interest"
Friendslop du jour Big Walk is the latest in an unfortunately long series of games that have been confirmed to use generative AI in their production, with developers House House clarifying their use of it in a statement to Aftermath (thanks!). House House state that "LLMs were used sparingly by...
Switch 2 US sales soar again thanks to The Legend of Zelda effect, as it enjoys its best week of the year so far
Could a remade Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time be exciting enough to revitalise Switch 2 hardware sales? That was the big question. And early sales figures suggest the answer is yes, it can.
Switch 2 and Switch consoles updated to version 23.5.0 as Nintendo quietly re-introduces eShop gifting
Nintendo has just pushed out a new update to all Switch and Switch 2 consoles, bringing the firmware on both up to version 23.5.0. The headline change with the new update is support and compatibility for an upcoming update that will allow members of a Nintendo Account family group to gift games...
God of War: Ragnarok is reportedly the highest-earning PlayStation Studios game this generation, but Marvel's Spider-Man 2 isn't far behind
God of War: Ragnarok is the generation's best-selling and highest-earning PlayStation Studios game, according to a new report, but the full top 10 list has a few nice surprises.
Hollow Knight Silksong physical editions mention multiple "free content packs" incoming, and call Sea of Sorrow a "giant expansion"
More than a year after its initial release, physical versions of Hollow Knight: Silksong are finally arriving on players' doorsteps. It's the same brilliant and sometimes thrillingly cruel Metroidvania Eurogamer gave five stars to , except this time a pack-in booklet seemingly reveals the...
Anticipated Warhammer 40K tactical RPG Dark Heresy gets a release date
Owlcat Games has revealed a release date for its tactical role-playing sequel Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. The game arrives 28th January, 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. A Switch 2 release date will be provided "at a later date", a press release says.
Activision cracking down on popular Call of Duty: Warzone app that basically constituted cheating
"Lobby shopping" is what Call of Duty: Warzone players have been calling the ability to check the skill level of players in a lobby prior to joining it, enabling them to pass on those that include a lot of tough competition.
Will Grand Theft Auto 6 break the internet?
Back in September 2025, the launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong crashed the digital storefronts of Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam, as players who had waited over eight years for a follow-up to 2017's Hollow Knight rushed to download the highly anticipated sequel.
Nintendo's legendary Kirby designer Masahiro Sakurai weighs in on gen-AI, saying "it has yet to gain my trust" but not to reject it completely
Masahiro Sakurai, the designer behind many iconic Nintendo franchises such as Super Smash Bros. and several Kirby titles, has weighed in on the ongoing discussion of generative-AI use in game development.
"The lesson learned is you can have both": Skyrim lead designer reckons there's merit in Baldur's Gate 3-style tough choices and Bethesda's do-anything approach
Whether RPGs are better off prioritising player freedom or endeavouring to have several doors slam shut every time you put another foot forwards in order to encourage multiple runs with different characters is, to put it bluntly, something I reckon will still be a matter of debate in the year...