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A terrific 2D Ninja Gaiden, housefly bucket lists and other new indie games worth checking out

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-15 03:00:05

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. A bunch of new games dropped this week that are more than worthy of your attention, including a modern take on an old-school Ninja Gaiden side-scroller and a joyful (perhaps even profound) puzzler about the life of a housefly. By far the biggest story in indie games over the last few weeks concerns payment processors pressuring the likes of Steam owner Valve and Itch to remove or de-index games that feature adult, NSFW and

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Time Flies is a short meditation on the meaning of life

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-15 05:00:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. I didn’t expect a brief game about flies to make me emotional. But when I finished Time Flies, I nearly began to cry. Time Flies initially seems very silly. You play as a little buzzing fly that has to try and accomplish a bucket list of tasks before it, well, kicks the bucket, something that happens in a matter of seconds. The tasks are vague, with titles like “Just Roll wit

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This 4:3 device made me rethink what I actually want from a gaming handheld

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-15 08:15:04

ANBERNIC RG 477M The RG 477M has the perfect screen with the enough power to take any retro game to the next level. It's pricey, but it's worth it to make classic games really shine. When I first got into modern emulation handhelds, I always went for horizontal models with a widescreen aspect ratio. Maybe it was just what I came to expect after being conditioned by the PSP and Nintendo Switch, but the squat screens found on most ANBERNIC devices just didn’t appeal to me. That was, until I revi

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Unreal Engine ray tracing stuttering in AMD RDNA 4 GPUs linked to Nvidia-optimized game code

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-12-15 22:04:00

What just happened? Ray tracing was supposed to be faster and smoother on AMD's latest GPUs, yet some demanding games still struggle. A closer look now points to the real reason behind the disappointing performance. It's not just hardware limitations at play – engine choices and driver quirks are also shaping the experience. Radeon RX 9070, Radeon RX 9070 XT, and other RDNA 4-based cards should perform much better than they have. AMD's latest GPU architecture promises improved ray tracing perfo

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GOG is giving away a selection of adult games to protest censorship

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-15 22:50:48

In partnership with developers, game marketplace GOG (Good Old Games) has launched a new website called FreedomtoBuy.games that'll let you download select "adult" games for free. GOG believes the website takes a stand "against the quiet erasure of creative works from digital shelves," a response of sorts to recent decisions from Steam and Itch to delist certain violent and sexuality-explicit games from their respective platforms. GOG is currently offering 13 games for free for the next 48 hours

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The biggest fighting game tournament is a little smaller this year — but still exciting

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-12-16 08:09:50

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Evo 2025, the biggest fighting game tournament in North America, starts this weekend. If you tune into one of the nine different Evo Twitch channels you’ll see some of the top players in the world compete in fighting game staples like St

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WIRED Roundup: ChatGPT Goes Full Demon Mode

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-12-16 17:02:05

Louise Matsakis: I got to say, I think calling this a migration is maybe underselling it. This is an evacuation, no? I find this sad in a lot of ways just because I remember when Tuvalu was kind of the poster child for climate change, and it was like, we have to save places like this island nation, and it just sort of feels like, I think practical and understandable and humane, but also, I don't know, an indication that we're giving up and that there's sort of defeat of we're actually just going

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Rollercoaster Tycoon (Or, MicroProse's Last Hurrah)

news.ycombinator.com Jimmy Maher 2025-12-16 22:10:33

I think it touches on two of the most fundamental aspects of human nature. We all like doing something constructive, where we can see that we are creating something from virtually nothing, and we all have a desire to nurture or look after things. This is what the game is all about. You spend hours painstakingly building your park and roller coasters up piece by piece, and then it becomes your own baby, which you want to look after and keep running smoothly, watching it grow in popularity and del

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Xbox Game Pass Added Grounded 2 and These Other Games In July

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 11:00:07

The award-winning, quirky survival game Grounded is like the game version of the classic '80s comedy film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. And Xbox Game Pass subscribers can get early access to that game's sequel, Grounded 2, now. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One and PC or mobile device for $20 a month. A subscription gives you access to a large library of games, with new ones, including Do

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These Are the Switch 2 Launch Games You Should Actually Consider

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-17 16:00:07

The Nintendo Switch 2 hasn't been out long but it's still somewhat disappointing that not many new games are available yet to use the new hardware. Yes, Donkey Kong Bananza is probably the biggest hit for the Switch successor that everyone should pick up but aside from that and Mario Kart World, there's not much else to get. For those who are still looking for something else to play on their Switch 2, here's a list of some of the more interesting launch games to pick in the meantime. Cyberpunk

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Can your PC run Battlefield 6? Full system requirements and multiplayer details revealed

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-18 03:16:00

What just happened? Most big PC releases these days come with the anxiety of whether your PC will be able to play them well – or at all. Thankfully, Battlefield 6's just-revealed PC requirements are pretty forgiving. DICE and EA have also unveiled a slew of extra information about the FPS, including more on its multiplayer element and next month's Open Betas. Battlefield 6's minimum system requirements ask for at least an RTX 2060, RX 5600 XT 6GB, or Intel Arc A380 paired with an Intel Core i5-

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The LeapMove is a gamified camera designed to get kids off the couch

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-18 02:01:00

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. LeapFrog has announced a new electronic learning system that swaps controllers for a camera. In fact, the LeapMove looks like an oversized, kid-friendly webcam, but is designed to connect to TVs like a console and get kids off the couch using educational game

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Finally, an Android tablet that I can confidently recommend to gamers

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-18 04:30:14

RedMagic Astra ZDNET's key takeaways The RedMagic Astra gaming tablet is available on Amazon starting at $700. The tablet offers unmatched performance for an Android tablet. When the fan is in use on the Astra, the battery does drain a bit faster, and the price is up there for a tablet. $699 at Amazon As far as gaming is concerned, I'm not ashamed to say that I've done it all: consoles, PCs, handhelds, phones, and now, tablets. For the most part, I've found Android devices to offer less than

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30 years later, Virtual Boy games are finally playable in color

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-18 12:01:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Through the looking glass: Nintendo's ill-fated Virtual Boy tried to bring VR gaming to the masses decades before the tech was ready, resulting in a fabulous flop. Now, as the console turns 30, a portable emulator is out of beta – and it finally fixes one of the device's primary flaws. Nintendo 3DS owners who install custom firmware can now play Virtual Boy games in colors other than black and red.

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A New ‘Katamari’ Game, ‘Octopath Traveler 0,’ and More Are Coming to Switch 2

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-12-18 03:55:07

A new game in the Katamari series, Once Upon a Katamari, is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on October 24. The game was announced today during a Nintendo Direct presentation, along with release dates, reveals, and updates for several others. Today’s Direct was focused on third-party developers, with many games releasing ahead of the holiday season, as Nintendo steadily builds its offerings on the new console. Much like previous games in the series, players in Once Upon a Katamari steadily roll up e

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The Epic Games Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2025-12-18 20:31:04

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Following an appeals court victory on Thursday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that “the Epic Games Store for Android will be coming to the Google Play Store.” This is despite Google’s plan to appeal the Ninth Circuit panel’s decision, which declined to

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The Switch 2 is off to a speedy start for big third-party games

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-12-19 03:30:00

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. With the Switch 2, Nintendo seems to be closing the release date gap with some of its third-party games. It’s a problem that plagued previous Nintendo consoles, which often received games years after other platforms, if at all. While today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase may have lacked the splash of anticipated third-pa

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Epic’s Game Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2025-12-19 08:31:04

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Following an appeals court victory on Thursday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that “the Epic Games Store for Android will be coming to the Google Play Store.” This is despite Google’s plan to appeal the Ninth Circuit panel’s decision, which declined to overturn a 2023 jury verdict that Google’s app store and payment system had become illega

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VILE: Exhumed is an unjust casualty in Steam's sweeping censorship campaign

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-19 12:02:03

Over the past few weeks, thousands of video games have been banned, removed and delisted from Steam and Itch.io. The justifications for doing so have been almost comically vague, and at least one highly anticipated title is now unable to be sold despite containing nothing objectionable. It started in early July, when payment processors including Visa, Mastercard and PayPal established new regulations concerning the types of games they would allow to be sold on the PC gaming platforms they suppo

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Google loses appeal over app store overhaul in Epic Games case

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-12-19 12:48:23

In Brief Google lost its appeal of a judge’s court order requiring the tech giant to revamp its app store in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Games, Reuters reported on Thursday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Google’s argument that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly favored Epic Games. Epic Games first filed its lawsuit in 2020 and was able to convince a jury in 2023 that Google illegally stifled competition. The trial judge or

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Octopath Traveler 0 Isn't Just a Prequel, It's a Whole New Approach

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-19 16:22:53

The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase on Thursday showed trailers for some games already announced for the Nintendo Switch 2 and revealed a few new ones as well. The biggest of those debut games is the third game in the Octopath Traveler series, Octopath Traveler 0. As the "0" implies, this game is a prequel to the first Octopath Traveler game, released on the original Switch in 2019. This turn-based RPG makes a big change to the series by allowing players to make their own protagonist instead o

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Plants vs. Zombies is getting an HD remaster with co-op

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-19 22:56:22

The iconic tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies is getting an HD remaster. Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted heads to the Switch and Switch 2 on October 23, as revealed during this morning's Nintendo Direct livestream. As the name suggests, it's a remake of the very first PvZ game, going all the way back to 2009. This is the first time we're seeing a version of the original title on a Nintendo platform since the DS . This is more than just a simple HD refresh. The graphics have been upscaled, whi

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A New 'Katamari' Game, 'Octopath Traveler 0', and More Are Coming to Switch 2

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-12-19 21:55:07

A new game in the Katamari series, Once Upon a Katamari, is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 October 24. The game was announced today during a Nintendo Direct, along with release dates, reveals, and updates for several others. Today’s Direct was focused on third-party developers, with many games releasing ahead of the holiday season, as Nintendo steadily builds its offerings on the new console. Much like previous games in the series, players in Once Upon a Katamari steadily roll up everything they c

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Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn’t play Nintendo

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-12-19 22:21:53

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. It’s always a risk betting on new video game hardware from a little-known company: what if game developers never show up? But the $50 Thumby Color, on sale this week, is an easier sell — the two-inch handheld is cute as a button, fits on your keychain, lets aspiring programmers build and publish games right on the web, and I’m finding it so

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In Disturbing Demo, AI-Powered Video Game Characters Panic When Told They're Just Code

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-19 11:16:28

Last month, the union SAG-AFTRA, which represents video game performers and other actors, ended a nearly yearlong strike with a tentative agreement on "guardrails" against the use of artificial intelligence. The gaming industry has been in disarray, with publishers chomping at the bit to start harnessing AI to augment — or, realistically, replace — the jobs of voice actors and writers. And we're not just talking about scripts or voice lines generated by an algorithm. In the not-so-distant futu

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Persona 3 Reload arrives on Switch 2 in October

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-20 08:45:01

The Nintendo Switch was a great place to play Persona games, and it looks like the outgoing console has passed on the torch to its successor, with last year's Persona 3 Reload kicking things off when it comes to Switch 2 on October 23. Reload is a full remake of 2006's Persona 3 (later ported to the PSP as Persona 3 Portable), which Engadget's Mat Smith called "a gorgeous version of itself" in his review. It's both one of the most confusing and influential entries in the long-running series, an

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Profiling without Source code – how I diagnosed Trackmania stuttering

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 17:58:12

Profiling without Source code – how I diagnosed Trackmania stuttering A very common side effect of working as a programmer is the constant frustration of not having source code access to all the software you use. Bugs, problems or missing features in your own work can be frustrating enough — you know you’ll have to address all those issues at some point. But it’s even worse when you experience an issue and don’t have the option to solve it. A recent example of this for me was playing the game

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All the news from Nintendo’s July 2025 Direct showcase

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-12-20 12:30:00

It’s been a little over a month since the Switch 2 launched , and Nintendo’s ready to share more of the games coming to the console. Today’s Nintendo Direct presentation will be a short one at only 25 minutes long, and focused exclusively on third-party games. It’s likely that Hades 2 will make an appearance. The game, out on PC in early access, got a huge update recently, and it seems like a formal launch date announcement is imminent. We may also see some more of FromSoftware’s contributions

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How this one tablet convinced me gaming on Android is worth it

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-21 12:18:00

RedMagic Astra ZDNET's key takeaways The RedMagic Astra gaming tablet is available on Amazon starting at $700. The tablet offers unmatched performance for an Android tablet. When the fan is in use on the Astra, the battery does drain a bit faster, and the price is up there for a tablet. $699 at Amazon As far as gaming is concerned, I'm not ashamed to say that I've done it all: consoles, PCs, handhelds, phones, and now, tablets. For the most part, I've found Android devices to offer less than

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In Disturbing Demo, Video Game Characters Panic When Told They're Just Code

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-21 17:16:28

Last month, the union SAG-AFTRA, which represents video game performers and other actors, ended a nearly yearlong strike with a tentative agreement on "guardrails" against the use of artificial intelligence. The gaming industry has been in disarray, with publishers chomping at the bit to start harnessing AI to augment — or, realistically, replace — the jobs of voice actors and writers. And we're not just talking about scripts or voice lines generated by an algorithm. In the not-so-distant futu

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Latest Tech News

A terrific 2D Ninja Gaiden, housefly bucket lists and other new indie games worth checking out

Time Flies is a short meditation on the meaning of life

This 4:3 device made me rethink what I actually want from a gaming handheld

Unreal Engine ray tracing stuttering in AMD RDNA 4 GPUs linked to Nvidia-optimized game code

GOG is giving away a selection of adult games to protest censorship

The biggest fighting game tournament is a little smaller this year — but still exciting

WIRED Roundup: ChatGPT Goes Full Demon Mode

Rollercoaster Tycoon (Or, MicroProse's Last Hurrah)

Xbox Game Pass Added Grounded 2 and These Other Games In July

These Are the Switch 2 Launch Games You Should Actually Consider

Can your PC run Battlefield 6? Full system requirements and multiplayer details revealed

The LeapMove is a gamified camera designed to get kids off the couch

Finally, an Android tablet that I can confidently recommend to gamers

30 years later, Virtual Boy games are finally playable in color

A New ‘Katamari’ Game, ‘Octopath Traveler 0,’ and More Are Coming to Switch 2

The Epic Games Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play

The Switch 2 is off to a speedy start for big third-party games

Epic’s Game Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play

VILE: Exhumed is an unjust casualty in Steam's sweeping censorship campaign

Google loses appeal over app store overhaul in Epic Games case

Octopath Traveler 0 Isn't Just a Prequel, It's a Whole New Approach

Plants vs. Zombies is getting an HD remaster with co-op

A New 'Katamari' Game, 'Octopath Traveler 0', and More Are Coming to Switch 2

Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn’t play Nintendo

In Disturbing Demo, AI-Powered Video Game Characters Panic When Told They're Just Code

Persona 3 Reload arrives on Switch 2 in October

Profiling without Source code – how I diagnosed Trackmania stuttering

All the news from Nintendo’s July 2025 Direct showcase

How this one tablet convinced me gaming on Android is worth it

In Disturbing Demo, Video Game Characters Panic When Told They're Just Code

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