In a somewhat surprising team up, Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund are joining together to buy video game giant Electronic Arts for a staggering $55 billion. EA announced today that it has agreed to be taken private by a group of investors that includes Kushner’s private-equity firm Affinity Partners, Saudi Arabia’s Public […]
With ‘Super Mario Galaxy,’ the Switch 2 Feels More Like the Wii Than Ever
Remember Super Mario Galaxy (not the upcoming movie)? You better. It’s one of those games that came out for Nintendo’s oddest console, the Wii, built for the system with a controller shaped like a TV remote. It was more than innovative for the time. No other game has managed to replicate Galaxy’s complicated gravity simulation. […]
‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Review: The Switch 2’s Game Ports Have Reached Their High-Water Mark
The Nintendo Switch 2 is not the most powerful game console, not by a long shot. Instead, it is powerful enough to give developers the breathing room to port modern games to it. Where the original Switch forced developers to pare back visuals, Star Wars Outlaws, which launched on Nintendo’s handheld on Sept. 4, signals […]
‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Standout Lucy Was Destined to Join ‘Guilty Gear Strive’ in Its Groundbreaking Collab
There was a brief window where fans of CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger’s anime of the year, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, thought they’d never get another look at the 2022 Netflix series that took the world by storm. Lo and behold, three years later, it’s back up as if it never left, with a prequel manga […]
‘Marvel Rivals’ Shakes Heaven and Earth Adding Daredevil and Angela to Its Hero Roster
In a sea of hero shooters, Marvel Rivals continues to be the talk of the town, be it through its glittery movie collab and comic book crossover skins, bombastic gameplay, or having gamers and comic book fans alike fiending to find out which new hero will become their main. Today, Marvel Rivals gave players a glimpse at two […]
‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ Is My First Game in the Series—and It Absolutely Rips (and Tears)
I’d always known Doom was a highly regarded video game franchise. Still, up until now I’d only watched from the sidelines—seeing an amalgamation of wild Let’s Plays of its chaotic run-and-gun combat in my poor college days, witnessing folks play it on unconventional computer appliances, and blasting composer Mick Gordon’s heavy metal original soundtrack in […]
Castlevania: Nocturne Creators Talk Legacy, Going ‘Woke,’ and Hopes for the Future
In the spirit of maintaining its momentum of critically acclaimed video game adaptations, Netflix began 2025 with the release of the second season of Castlevania: Nocturne on January 16. Because we simply can’t help wondering how the vampiric sausage was made, io9 spoke with directors Samuel and Adam Deats about the pressure of upholding the […]