What will Nintendo announce in today’s Direct?

Nintendo will live stream a full, 50-minuteNintendo Directtoday – and it’s been a long time coming. Likely due to complications around the pandemic, the company’slast general Nintendo Direct presentationtook place on July 21, 2025, nearly 18 months ago. It’s fair to say then that anticipation is high for Wednesday’s Direct, withNintendopromising to share news on existing and upcoming Switch titles. Withmajor game anniversariestaking place later this year, Nintendo could surprise core fans with some celebratory news around the likes of Zelda and Metroid....

July 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1147 words · Travis Faulkner

Zelda Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower solution

Zelda Gerudo Highlands Skyview Tower is stuck deep under snow, so when you first approach it, you’ll probably be unsure how to enter it. Thankfully, we have just the solution for entering theGerudo Highlands Skyview Tower, meaning you can fully unlock the map. However,Gerudo Highlands Skyview Toweris pretty unique in the sense that it requires you to explore a whole new area to get to the entrance. Thankfully, we can show you exactly where to go....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Wayne Oneal

‘Starfield better not be Skyrim in Space’ – Comments of the Week

We spend all week writing words for you, our dear readers, so it’s only fair that we read the words you write back at us. Comments of the Week is our weekly round-up in which we look at our favourite: To qualify for Comments of the Week, a comment doesn’t have to necessarily be amusing (though it certainly helps its chances). It can be a good point, an interesting observation or, on occasion, something so ridiculous it has to be called out....

July 5, 2025 · 4 min · 723 words · Tiffany Johnston

505 Games owner Digital Bros has announced plans to cut 30% of its workforce

505 Games’ parent company Digital Bros has said that it expects to cut approximately 30% of its workforce. The Milan, Italy-headquartered company announced the planned job cuts on Tuesday as part of an “organisational review across its development studios and publishing units”. These include Italian studio Kunos Simulazioni (Assetto Corsa) and UK-based developer DR Studios (Monopoly Tycoon, Terraria). Digital Bros also has offices in the US, France, Spain, Germany, China, Japan, Australia and Canada....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 258 words · David Hendricks

A major Dying Light 2 update will add New Game Plus mode in April

Techland has confirmed plans to introduce a New Game Plus mode for Dying Light 2 later this month. It will be made available as part of “one of the biggest patches” the studio has released for the game to date. Patch 3, which istargetedfor release on all platforms by the end of April, will also include “many fixes” for both the game’s solo and co-op modes. Prior to Dying Light 2’s release,Techlandsaid it intended to support the open-world zombie sequel with at least five years of post-launch content....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · William Clark

A modder has turned a Virtual Boy into a proper handheld

With Nintendo showing no signs of re-releasing the Virtual Boy software library any time soon, the Real Boy may be the next best thing. The Real Boy is a handheld Virtual Boy which transforms the original headset-based system into a more conventional handheld design. The custom design was created by Shank, a hardware modder who specialises in ‘portabilising’ and has previously created handheld Wii andGameCubesystems, as well as Joy-Cons made out of a GameCube controller....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Susan Boyle

A new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla community challenge rewards Basim’s sword

The latest Assassin’s Creed Valhalla community challenge gives players the opportunity to unlock Basim’s sword. To complete the challenge and obtain the reward,Assassin’s Creed Valhallaplayers must perform 250,000 kills using one-handed swords by December 9. The launch of the new community challenge coincides with the extension of Valhalla’s Oskoreia Festival by one week. 🗡 Get Basim’s Sword in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla by completing Basim’s Challenge!⏳ You have until December 9th to perform 250,000 kills as a community by using a one-handed sword!...

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Laura Ramirez

A Super Mario Bros. Movie TV advert includes new footage of Mario and Toad

Nintendo has released a TV advert for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Viewable below, it includes brand new footage of Mario and Toad not seen in either of the two official trailers for the film released to date. Nintendoand Illumination premiered thesecond trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movieearlier this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHSac47iw8w Shown during aNintendo Directpresentation on Tuesday and also viewable below, it opens with Mario fighting Donkey Kong, and let fans hear the voices of Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Luigi (Charlie Day) for the first time....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Brandy Ward

A Super Mario Kart hacker has restored Nintendo’s official track editor

A community modder has restored an official Super Mario Kart track editor used by Nintendo to create the original Super Nintendo game. Modder ‘MrL314’ first discovered references to the track editor within the code for an early Super Mario Kart 1991 prototype, which was leaked online last year as part ofthe so-called Nintendo ‘Gigaleak’. The leaked prototype revealed the code for Super Mario Kart’s SFX-DOS functionality. SFX-DOS (or Super Famicom DOS) wasNintendo’s in-house operating system used for SNES game development, and allowed developers to read and write data directly to the console and usePCperipherals such as a keyboard and external floppy disk....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 799 words · Terri Cruz

Alpha Protocol is available on GOG, five years after it was delisted from digital stores

Sega and Obsidian’s critically acclaimed 2010 action RPG Alpha Protocol is now available on GOG, making it available digitally for the first time in five years. The game was pulled fromSteamin 2019, withSegasaying its music rights had expired. Nowthe game is available again on GOGand is DRM-free. The new version is compatible with modern systems and includes achievement support, modern controller support and a licensed soundtrack. GOGsays the re-release of Alpha Protocol is part of its “ongoing mission to preserve classic titles for future generations”....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Katie Esparza

Anime Revolution X codes for UPD 9 (January 2025)

Latest update27th Dec 2024 / 8:00 am We’ve added a bunch of late Anime Revolution X codes up to the current update. Anime Revolution X codesare in for UPD 9, delivering stacks of rewards as it goes from strength to strength. Anime Revolution Xis another in a long line of new anime-inspiredRobloxadventures for 2024.New Anime Revolution Xcodes are good for loads of in-game goodies and drop for events, shutdowns, and updates....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Sarah Kelly

Beyond Good and Evil 2 is ‘progressing well’ following Michel Ancel’s departure

Beyond Good and Evil 2 is “coming along very well” according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. After Beyond Good and Evil creator Michel Ancel announced last month that he was leaving the video game industry,Ubisoftwas asked to provide a development update on the long-in-development sequel during its second quarter earnings call on Thursday. “The game is progressing well,” Guillemot said. “The world is really a fantastic world – as you could seeNetflixalso decided to take that universe to create a movie with it....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Nicole Morales

Blades of Chance codes

Using the latestBlades of Chance codesis the best way to get an easy boost of free gems added to your account. Whether you’re looking to increase yourBlades of Chancestorage, upgrade your favourites, or grab a potion, codes are what you need. New Blades of Chance codes are sourced from the game’s Discord server. Follow these steps to use new Blades of Chance codes: Why didn’t I get anything from my Blades of Chance code?...

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Christopher Cruz