“Userland” exploit relies on integer overflow found in “SmileBasic” interpreter. A security researcher has demonstrated a software-only partial jailbreak of the Switch 2, gaining “userland” access that he says “lets us run homebrew, reverse engineer and mod Switch 2 games, back up save files off the Switch, and access…
We can’t have nice things, but at least we can get trailers for them. Those mourning yesterday’s shuttering of highly praised and influential developer BioWare also had to deal with the cancellation of the next Mass Effect game, which was first teased back in 2020. Today, we got our…
Tile-based color palettes go way beyond the four shades of red on original hardware. Last year, we reported on Red Viper, a Virtual Boy emulator that added a splash of Super Game Boy-style color to Nintendo’s famously failed red-on-black “portable” 3D headset from the ’90s. Now, a new emulation…
Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves. In September, when Microsoft severely limited the game-streaming buffet available to Game Pass subscribers, the company said non-subscribers would soon be able to “purchase cloud playtime hours through the Xbox Store and stream…
Next Mass Effect project canceled as parent company lays off 400. The legendary studio behind series like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Neverwinter Nights, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is no more. BioWare announced via social media Wednesday afternoon that “after more than three decades of shared…
Flipping through the highlights in and around Pinball Expo 2026. It’s October in the Midwest, which means it’s time for the pinball world to descend on a convention center in Chicagoland for the annual Pinball Expo. Once thought to be an entertainment sector slowly bleeding out, pinball has come…
Xbox maker is also apparently planning its own gaming handheld for next year. We haven’t heard many details about Microsoft’s upcoming “Project Helix” gaming hardware since the company announced it in March as a device that will “play your Xbox and PC games.” In a new wide-ranging profile of…
Delayed Steam Next Fest demo is a sign of a growing problem for indie devs. Since its earliest days, the video game industry has been built on developers creating clones of competing games, with varying levels of originality and varying levels of enforcement from game platforms. Now, though, AI…
The single-player is just OK, but according to the players, that doesn’t matter. Neverwinter Nights was made by the studio that produced seminal RPGs Baldur’s Gate, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. It sold well and was critically acclaimed at launch. Yet, somehow,…
There are still significant hurdles ahead, both technical and legislative. A new bill proposed by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) aims to establish new regulations that would ensure that “buying a video game would give the consumer ownership of the game rather than a license to play it,” including assurances…
