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Why Super Mario Bros is still an essential lesson in game design

After 40 years, World 1-1 is still one of the most perfect introductions to a game.

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I must pre-order the real-life Rosalina's Storybook from Super Mario Galaxy and inflict it on my toddler

Super Mario Galaxy is one of my favorite games of all time, and now you can pre-order the most adorable merch for it

GamesRadar

New Assassin's Creed Shadows update lets you dress up as series icon Ezio – if you can stomach grinding "for weeks" to complete his full set, that is, but "at least it's free"

A small silver lining, if you can call it that

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Super Mario Galaxy Switch pre-orders have landed, and I've got all the US and UK links you need

Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo Switch collection is only weeks away, but there's time to secure your pre-order.

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This $28 wired headset is the new contender for my favorite Switch 2 budget pair of cups

The Turtle Beach Airlite Fit for Nintendo Switch 2 isn't decked out with features, but the minimalistic $28 headset doesn't skimp out on quality and is my new go-to budget pair of cups.

GamesRadar

Bloodlines 2’s new vision is smaller, tighter — and dividing fans

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2’s narrative director urges fans to expect a smaller, more focused story as concerns grow over cut features and the game’s troubled development.

Windows Central

There's a retro games console coming that even I didn't expect

If you haven't heard of the Vectrex console before, you're in for a pleasant surprise

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Lego Voyagers review: "A carefully crafted, playful, and earnest adventure"

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Super Mario Bros' legendary jump helped define 40 years of platforming, Donkey Kong Country programmer says: "You had more control... There was risk/reward"

The Magic of Mario | From his Donkey Kong coin-op debut to the long-running Super Mario series, Mario has been defined by his responsive controls and eclectic abilities – Chris Sutherland helps to explain why Mario's mechanics are sublime

GamesRadar

AMD claims three of its X3D CPUs can hit 1000 FPS in esports games — Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9955HX3D are in the '1000 FPS Club'

AMD has shown a new promotional slide at an event in China where it touts some of its X3D CPUs hitting 1000 FPS in competitive games. These titles include popular names such as Valorant and League of Legends, but to achieve 1000 FPS in all listed games, Nvidia's RTX 50-series…

Tom’s Hardware

Toby Fox doesn't think Deltarune Chapter 5 "will be released in the first half of 2026" but there's some good news: "we don't have any external factors surrounding the release date this time. We'll release it when it's done"

Also, Undertale is 10 years old today!

GamesRadar

One of The Most Influential RPGs of the Last Decade Was Made By One Person

How the one-man team behind ‘Undertale’ moved millions. And, in the process, helped define an era of indie gaming unlike anything else before.

Inverse

As Borderlands 4 players dub Vex "the strongest vault hunter in the entire series," Gearbox responds to worries regarding potential nerfs: "Chill guys, we're not going to knee-jerk react to anything"

"Do not nerf this, it's part of the fun"

GamesRadar

Battlefield 6 development on Xbox Series S made the "whole game better and more stable" — DICE focuses on optimization

With a smaller memory pool, Xbox Series S development was a little tricky. However, the process improved the game across all platforms as a result.

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Borderlands 4 CEO: "Code your own engine and show us how it's done please" — as performance woes hit the game's Steam review score.

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford issues a barrage of posts on X over the game's performance criticisms, as Steam reviews hit "Mixed."

GamesRadar

Pokemon Legends Z-A locks the Mega Evolutions for the Kalos starters to ranked seasons, making them impossible to get without paying for Nintendo Switch Online

Plus, if you miss a seasonal reward, you'll need to wait until they return

GamesRadar

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4 performance isn't bad, your expectations are just too high: "If you’re not 4k stubborn and just want to have a great, fun time with higher perf, please consider running at 1440p resolution"

A stark reminder there's no one above him at Gearbox to tell him to stop tweeting

GamesRadar

Todd Howard told Bethesda designers that "humor has no place in games," a rule they didn't follow in RPGs like Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Morrowind: "If Todd doesn't catch it..."

"That's where things like the Lusty Argonian Maid came in"

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Creative Bloq

The Finals' new destruction tech unleashes total havoc, and I love it

This it the best destruction I've seen in any game.

The Guardian - UK

Ninety years of Monopoly commemorated with special 50p coin

Royal Mint releases colourful coin featuring familiar symbols from the beloved board game

The Independent UK

Monopoly money: New Royal Mint 50p celebrates 90 years of beloved board game

It is the first time a board game has been honoured on a UK coin.

Evening Standard

Leaders of global video games industry gather for Edinburgh summit

The DICE Europe summit will begin on Monday, described as bringing together the ‘brightest minds in interactive entertainment’.

GamesRadar

"I felt like playing 30 hours of story mode was actually the tutorial": Too many RPGs and JRPGs end after their combat really gets good, Vampire Survivors creator says, which is where the roguelike formula is so great

"I mean, it comes from someone who made Vampire Survivors. Of course I think it's the natural course of a game."

GamesRadar

"They did not want to allow this to happen": Battlefield 6 lead says the controversial Battlefield 2042, which once had just 21% positive Steam reviews, even disappointed its devs

Battlefield 2042 was one of the worst-reviewed games in Steam history

GamesRadar

Battlefield 6 goes back to 64 players per match because 2042's 128-person matches "just didn't catch on," design director admits: "Look, we try stuff. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't"

"We do what the players want"

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