Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
As Marvel Rivals continues to dominate hero shooters, Overwatch 2 teases "groundbreaking PvP gameplay changes" on the way
News These changes "will be unlike anything you’ve seen before"
DRM-free store GOG launches a new way for fans to influence which games get preserved "forever," and players are going to bat for Diablo 2, OG Final Fantasy 7, and a pile of cult classics
News The new feature comes alongside GOG's release of Dino Crisis 1 and 2
Months after the Helldivers 2 fiasco, Sony drops PlayStation Network requirements on PC just in time for Spider-Man 2 and promises free stuff to get people to sign up instead
News Spider-Man 2, Last of Us 2, God of War Ragnarok, and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered are all dropping their PSN requirements
WWE 2K25 finally adds the intergender matches that WWE itself is too cowardly for, plus an open-world mode exclusive to current-gen consoles
News I can't wait to run Rhea Ripley versus Dominik Mysterio 1,000 times over
Cult classic racing series returns 18 years after its once-final entry on Xbox 360 to 95% overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews
Tokyo Xtreme Racer is still impressing driving fans decades later
After 23 years, JRPG fans start to hope again as Sega renews the trademark for Dreamcast and GameCube classic Skies of Arcadia
News Could the decades-long drought finally be over?
Maxis teases something The Sims 1 and 2-related, and fans are already frothing at the possibility of long-overdue remasters
News Could the re-releases we've needed for decades finally be on the way?
The Initial D-inspired open-world racing game that took over Steam Next Fest in 2023 finally launches this March
I've had my eye on JDM: Japanese Drift Master for years, and the wait is finally coming to an end
This animatronic Banjo-Kazooie puppet showed up for 1 second in a '90s N64 commercial, only to reappear decades later, sell for $2,100, and haunt my dreams forever
News This is the stuff nightmares are made of
Legendary but troubled Japanese studio that worked on an estimated 2,000 games from Dragon Quest to Dark Souls has reportedly turned its finances around partly thanks to a remastered JRPG
News Tales of Graces f Remastered helped turn Tose's fortunes around
Reject modernity, embrace old games: 2025 is going to be the year I finally embrace my inner retro gaming sicko without apology
Opinion Opinion | In a year with GTA 6 and Switch 2, I’m more excited to spend my 2025 playing old games
The obscure SNES puzzler Nintendo originally distributed via satellite broadcast has just been released outside of Japan for the first time on Nintendo Switch Online
News As Switch 2 looms, Nintendo is stuffing the Switch Online library with excellent retro gaming sicko material
Mortal Kombat 1 makes good on a 30-year tradition of trolling fans by introducing a confusing, labyrinthine quest to fight pink Floyd, a new ninja
News Shine on
The old-school Expedition 33 looks like the turn-based AAA JRPG Square Enix refuses to give me with Final Fantasy, and it's out this April
News It's even got a PS1-style world map
21 years after Doom 3, Doom: The Dark Ages is trying to make good on the controversial sprint option: "You're going to feel like a silverback on a hoverboard with a giant sledgehammer"
News "This is Doom through and through"
The legendary Konami GBA cult classic that sells for $300 a pop on eBay finally gets its long-awaited modern reissue next month
News Ninja Five-O is finally back
After Black Myth: Wukong's "social phenomenon," Final Fantasy creator says new tech like the RTX 5090 can power diverse RPGs, but the "old style" still has a place
News "Another way to look at RPGs in 2025 is this diversity of experiences players have at their fingertips"
The Final Fantasy 7 remake series is "perhaps one of the best interpretations" of an RPG remake, but Hironobu Sakaguchi wants to "continue giving birth to something new"
News "I would like to continue giving birth to something new and bringing these different worlds to life as much as possible before I perish"
9 years after Apple helped create our Bluetooth nightmare, Nintendo Switch 2 is sticking with a real headphone jack and I couldn't be happier
Opinion Opinion | For once I'm glad Nintendo is stuck in the past
136,000 Call of Duty accounts have gotten banned since ranked launched for Black Ops 6: "We’re not slowing down in our mission to shut down cheaters"
News More anti-cheat updates are coming in Season 2
With Assassin's Creed Shadows Ubisoft "didn't want to hold the player's hand too much with icons," so you have to hire scouts to mark the world map for you
News "Information is something you need to look for and earn"
First Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero DLC adds 11 characters from Akira Toriyama's final film, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, including 4 Gohans and 4 Piccolos
News DLC1 lands on January 23
The Switch 2 surprise I'm most excited about is Mario Kart 9's Yoshi-shaped roadside diner named Yoshi's, which appears to tribute a 32-year old classic SNES puzzler
News Get in loser, we're going to Yoshi's
