TL;DR: Developers highlight that Switch 2 game cartridges have slower loading speeds compared to the console's internal SSD, limiting performance for high-end games. Square Enix's director explains ...

On the 3DS and Switch 1, it didn't really benefit them to add such a feature, because internal storage and the cards were roughly the same access speed. On the Switch 2, the difference is significant ...

Nintendo's data-free, download-unlocking Game Key Cards have proven popular with game publishers, even as they've drawn ire from many fans of games stored on physical media. Now, though, a developer ...

Action Games 007 First Light contains some of "the largest" missions Hitman developer IO Interactive has "ever done" before, which could make it one of the studio's biggest games yet Games 007 First ...

Lost Soul Aside was one of the very first games in Sony’s China Hero Project. An action game inspired by Square Enix, it was to be the first game made by Yang Bing and his studio, Ultizero Games. If ...

MMO Games Dune: Awakening is a bit more “like a Dune survival RPG” than a full MMO, with multiplayer driving "that feeling of the universe being alive” Survival Games Dune: Awakening devs reveal new ...

A startup called Atlas AI wants to convince professional game developers of the merits of artificial intelligence-powered agents for 3D content creation after securing a partnership with Google Cloud.

The developers of space sim Star Citizen are now talking about the 1.0 launch being within sight, some 12 years after the game launched its first crowdfunding drive. Star Citizen is considered one of ...

Hytale developer Hypixel Studios has announced that the ambitious voxel sandbox game has been canceled, and that the studio itself will be shutting down as well. In a news post on the official Hytale ...

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When it comes to videogames with impeccable vibes, I always think of Heart Machine. Hyper Light Drifter perfectly blends bold pixel art with evocative emptiness in a way that makes that world ...