Greetings employees of Halcyon, we wanted to share an exciting update that we plan on launching The Outer Worlds for the Nintendo Switch on June 5th, 2020. As we prepare for another arrival of new colonists, we have some very important information for those making this journey, specifically for you colonists who prefer your goods in physical form: The retail version The Outer Worlds comes on a physical cartridge, and it will be accompanied by a day one patch that could be up to 6 GB.

In recent years, game publishers and developers have been particularly fond of April Fools’ jokes- they’re great, cheap advertising that can help people remember your brand, and may off…

In the Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, 70-year-old Kuniko Tsusaka recounted how her mother always had a Game Boy nearby to play Tetris. But when her mother turned 95 and her health started to suffer, her Game Boy stopped working.

Nintendo director Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed how the company has worked to lose its reputation for being a “childish” brand. In a wide-ranging interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, the Super Mario designer said the company made a “great effort” to shed the unwanted perception of it and become more family friendly during the Wii era.

The Source game engine for 'Half-Life 2' launched a vast community of modders. Now, some of them have rebuilt the original game in it—and it only took 14 years.

Good news! As of this day two classic games made by Mike Singleton - The Lords of Midnight and Doomdark’s Revenge - are available on GOG.COM completely free.

Yesterday, Nintendo announced that Switch production and shipment to Japan from China will be impacted by coronavirus. Nintendo has issued a statement to Kotaku saying Switch sales and shipments for North America and Europe won’t be delayed.

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A wave of retro game systems is heading for your TV and if you're over the age of 30, you might just happily drown in a sea of nostalgia.

A new update has arrived for the Nintendo Switch version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, allowing players to carry their saves between the PC version and the Nintendo Switch version of the game.

Finding success as a new massively multiplayer online game in a crowded market is no small task. The genre has suffered from over-saturation for years and many companies have tried and failed to launch a new breakout success. Toppling World of Warcraft isn’t even the goal usually, it’s just about scratching out enough real estate to survive. Games like The Elder Scrolls Online and Final Fantasy XIV have done it, but not many others. Amazon Games hopes to add New World to the small list of truly successful big-budget MMO gambles.

Tony Hawk’s reached one of the more enviable places in pop culture. Who wouldn’t want to be a pioneer in their field, amass a huge fortune, and still go unrecognized at the airport? Later this month, he’ll be in a public place where every person in the room should know his face: the Mammoth Film Festival.

In Hasbro's latest investor call, it has been revealed that Larian Studios' upcoming RPG Baldur's Gate 3 is scheduled for early access launch, sometime in 2020.

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When Death Stranding launched last year, I thought, boy, this is a timely game. That, it was all an allegory for working at Amazon in some dystopian future. Maybe, but now, the game seems more relevant now than ever.

CD Projekt RED has revealed that, when it releases in April, the Cyberpunk 2077 cover art will actually be reversible, allowing players to showcase a female V.

Last week, we broke down the evidence that Nintendo was working on a new model of the standard Switch to go alongside the recently announced, portable-only Switch Lite. Today, Nintendo confirmed the existence of that new model via product page listings that promise improved battery life over the existing Switch.

For achievement hunters, Ready to Body may be one of the most elusive targets. The challenge doesn’t take skill or time to unlock; in fact, it should have been one of the first achievements that Killer Instinct players on Steam earned. Just fight ten matches to snag Ready to Body. But instead, it took dedicated fighting game players years to unlock this simple achievement.

A new generation of online games don't just provide entertainment – they help scientists solve their trickiest puzzles. Dara Mohammadi picks 10 of the best