Latest articles by Dustin Bailey
With Super Mario Party Jamboree, Nintendo's finally letting you cut out the random nonsense that's defined its multiplayer games for decades
Opinion Opinion | Are we finally seeing the dawn of a new Nintendo?
Witcher and Cyberpunk CEO addresses bogus claim CDPR is in "dire trouble" because it's too "woke" - "Seems we live in times where anyone can record complete nonsense"
News "Now, can we stop looking for conspiracy theories and go back to making cool stuff?"
Nintendo planned to open mysterious Switch playtest sign-ups for 5 days, says "registration for this test is now full" after 7 minutes
News It appeared to take mere seconds for this playtest to completely fill up
24 years later, a new remaster for one of the most forgettable Star Wars games is finally giving Mace Windu the right lightsaber
News Somehow Star Wars Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles returned
The spirit of Crash Bandicoot lives on in "the most ruthless indie linear 3D platformer ever made," which has already killed me 71 times in a single level
News I should've sought out the devs advice before I played the demo for PsiloSybil
Devolver responds to Hotline Miami 2's sudden deletion from Australian PS5s with a single, perfect screenshot
News Somebody finally realized Hotline Miami 2 is supposed to be banned in Australia
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is already the biggest Steam launch in the franchise's history and it's not even technically out yet
News It's over 90,000!
After 17 years, the mystery of GTA 4's missing ferries has been solved by one of the original developers: "They were more trouble than they were worth"
News The classic open-world game still has a few secrets left to reveal
A year after WWE superstar Bray Wyatt's untimely death, his "final creation" is finally getting the spotlight it deserves in WWE 2K24
News The final version of the Fiend is coming to WWE 2K24
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has the best difficulty settings in the series and it's not close – like a "prevent death" option or an irreversible "nightmare" mode
News The RPG is offering more options than ever before
This Fire Emblem-inspired open-world tactical RPG fulfills a dream I never knew I had: directing my own "sandbox shonen" cinematic anime mech battles
News Stop, stop, I'm already sold
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's Great Ape Vegeta is wrecking players so hard even Bandai Namco is memeing about it: "This monke got hands"
News Everybody's reliving their childhood Budokai Tenkaichi trauma
Persona director and JRPG veteran says the amazing menus in Metaphor: ReFantazio were "really annoying" to make, just as Persona 5's were "impossible to read at first"
News Never underestimate the power of a good menu
As Tekken 8's microtransactions face renewed criticism after $5 stage DLC, one dev explains just how expensive it is to make a fighting game in 2024
News "Tekken 8 on paper is an astonishingly risky bet"
14 years later, Hideo Kojima reveals why Peace Walker wasn't called Metal Gear Solid 5: "It faced strong opposition from overseas marketing"
News "I proposed Peace Walker as a way to evolve MGS horizontally"
The only perfect video game is finally a JRPG thanks to a new indie channeling a 31-year-old cult classic SNES Tetris game that never left Japan
News Tetris Battle Gaiden lives in Flowstone Saga
After a 118-day grind, a blindfolded sub-20 minute Super Mario 64 speedrun is here and the community's in disbelief: "This seemed completely impossible a few years ago"
News "I cannot overstate how mentally taxing this was"
As Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin's Creed Shadows add to a 54% Ubisoft stock drop, Tencent and the Guillemot brothers reportedly consider a full buyout
News After hitting all-time highs just a few years ago, Ubisoft shares recently dropped to a ten-year low
Ubisoft starts its Star Wars Outlaws redemption tour with a patch addressing every single annoyance I had: a massive stealth revamp, speeder bike fixes, and more
News I am not kidding when I say the ultrawide FOV tweak is massive
The name that proved console emulation is "100% legal" is back for the third time as a '90s nostalgia mall that's also helping remaster retro cult classics
News Bleem is back once again
After the official revival of a cult classic mech FPS spent a year getting skewered by "mostly negative" Steam reviews, fans have relaunched the old game themselves
News "It is a labor of undying love"
Space Marine 2 dev tells rude players to stop being mean, not just because it's common decency, but because "you don’t want to insult Henry Cavill, brother, no you don’t"
News Just imagine everyone you meet online is Henry Cavill and you'll be fine
You might be ready for Diablo 4 DLC, but not as ready as the streamer who hit level 100 and beat a Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeon using nothing but gear found at level 1
News "Yeah, rescaling in Vessel Of Hatred seems like a good idea"
