It’s summertime in many parts of the world, including Japan. The country experiences notoriously hot and humid summers. For example, Tokyo’s average temperature during summertime averages at 27°C (80°F). Nintendo Support of Japan kept people, and their Nintendo Switches, in mind, though. The official Twitter account spread some public reminders to help customers avoid Switch overheating issues.

Game Boy Advance but for the previous decade

An engineer’s interest in joining what turned out to be a fictitious company led to March’s $540 million Axie Infinity hack.

Nintendo needs no introduction, but if you are unfamiliar with the company’s long history, it was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, and the company mainly made hanafuda playing cards. Over its lifetime, the company has become the most successful, selling various consoles and some classic games, including Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Pokémon, and so much more.

A gamer said he spent over 5.6 million Japanese yen — or over $40,000 US dollars — on Nintendo stock, and used his opportunity to ask a question during the Japanese gaming giant's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday about a fan-favorite series he wants to see revived.

Nintendo appreciates its passionate and patient fan base, but says it's difficult to make (and remake) all the games it's asked for. At the company's annual general meeting (independently translated by IGN), Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked if there were any plans to release remakes or new entries in long-dormant franchises such as F-Zero.

I used to marvel at all the indie games I could finally play. Now I've already got access to them elsewhere for cheaper.

PlayStation's Horizon TV series will seemingly be called Horizon 2074, indicating that it's partly set during the fall of civilisation that takes place 1,000 years before the games.

Sure, it was vastly inferior to its nemesis Game Boy — not to mention, the size of a brick — but the people who had one loved it, and continue to do so this day. Isn’t that worth a second look?

It’s been 50 years since Nolan Bushnell co-founded Atari, which brought video games to the mainstream. To celebrate, we asked Bushnell what he learned during the early years—and what we’ve lost sight of since then.

All the buttons are on the front, and they’re easier to press.

The unfair increase of prices and the decay of the industry

Playing WoW was the "most embarrassing thing" in his life, Harbour says.

From Akalabeth to Xenobia, many rare PC titles are now considered elaborate scams by @kyleorl

Apple is adding native support for the Nintendo Switch Pro and Joy-Con controllers in iOS 16. Riley Testut, one of the iOS developers behind AltStore, discovered the new controller support in a developer beta of iOS 16 that was released yesterday.

It’s hard to believe that already a year and a half has passed since the Nintendo 3DS family of handhelds ceased production. Obviously, Nintendo saw no further need to keep the product afloat amid rocketing sales of the hybrid Switch, a console that has now claimed fifth place in all-time hardware sales — a particularly startling feat considering it has only been on the market for five years.

Many parents feel guilty when their children play video games for hours on end. Some even worry it could make their children less clever. And, indeed, that’s a topic scientists have clashed over for years. ...

"Culturally, the company didn’t see a huge opportunity in online."

When it comes to repairability, Valve didn’t stop at the bare minimum. We hope their smart, repairable choices become industry standard.

Through a series of extraordinary events, Zelda grows a hero in all of us.