Gaming

Wolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first time

• Insomniac’s Wolverine balances brutal action with an emotionally vulnerable Logan.
• Combat rewards parries, combos and Rage-powered finishing moves.
• The preview suggests characterisation is the game’s strongest hook.

The Verge’s preview of Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Wolverine says the PS5 game combines graphically violent claw-based combat with a more emotionally vulnerable portrayal of Logan. The writer, previously unfamiliar with the character, found that contrast made Wolverine compelling: he is formidable in battle but presented as isolated, regretful…

Jurassic Park Meets Alien In This Childhood Dream Turned Horror Game

Revealed during PlayStation's State of Play earlier this year, The Lost Wild is a first-person horror game that combines the awe of walking amongst dinosaurs, such as in Jurassic Park, with the terror of being hunted by a creature you can't defeat, à la Alien: Isolation. For Great…

Wolverine Hands-On Preview Impressions

Tam played a couple of hours of Wolverine and was shocked to see just how much of what I experienced lines up with the current X-Men media landscape. Wolverine takes place on Earth-1048--the same universe as Insomniac's Spider-Man games--and opens with an assault on a Weapon X base,…

Insomniac’s Wolverine aims to rival Spider-Man in superhero storytelling

• Insomniac’s Wolverine could rival its Spider-Man games.
• The game releases on 15 September.
• Wolverine battles Trask’s forces alongside familiar mutants.

Insomniac Games’ “Marvel’s Wolverine”, due for release on 15 September, is presented as a potentially major superhero game following the studio’s acclaimed “Spider-Man” series. Based on a 90-minute demonstration, Variety argues that its story, performances, visuals and intense combat could make it one of the year’s strongest superhero…

Mattel Game Studios Launches to Expand Self-Published Games Biz Across Hot Wheels, UNO and More IP (EXCLUSIVE)

• Mattel has created a studio to self-publish games based on its brands.
• UNO Wild and a new Hot Wheels game are in development.
• Mattel163 contributes major mobile-game expertise and audience reach.

Mattel has launched Mattel Game Studios, a new division intended to develop, publish and run games based on its own brands, including Hot Wheels, UNO and Masters of the Universe. The move matters because it expands Mattel’s direct involvement in video games, allowing it to rely less solely…

You have fewer than 200 days to migrate all your old Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon Home, or they’re gone forever

• Pokémon Bank closes on 25 February 2027.
• Transfer stored Pokémon to Pokémon Home before then.
• FireRed and LeafGreen gain Home support in October 2026.

The Pokémon Company has announced that Pokémon Bank, the Nintendo 3DS storage service, will close on 25 February 2027. Players have fewer than 200 days to transfer any stored Pokémon to Pokémon Home; after the shutdown, transfers will end and Pokémon left in Bank will be permanently lost.…

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the Steam Boy, a Steam Deck crammed inside a Game Boy-like chassis

• A modder put Steam Deck hardware in a Game Boy-style case.
• The Steam Boy combines modern PC gaming with retro design.
• It is an unofficial custom project.

PC Gamer reports on the “Steam Boy”, a custom handheld that places Steam Deck hardware inside a chassis resembling Nintendo’s original Game Boy. The project is notable as an unusually compact and nostalgic reinterpretation of Valve’s handheld PC, illustrating the continuing interest in bespoke gaming hardware and retro-inspired…

Pokemon Bank shuts down next year, cutting off the only transfer path from older Pokemon games to the Switch generation

• Pokémon Bank closes on 25 February 2027.
• Transfers from older Pokémon games will end.
• Players should move stored Pokémon to HOME beforehand.

Pokémon Bank, Nintendo’s cloud storage service for Nintendo 3DS Pokémon games, will close next year, ending the official route for moving Pokémon from older titles into Pokémon HOME and the Switch generation. The closure matters because players will no longer be able to preserve or continue using many…

Total War: Warhammer 3 Just Confirmed the Release Date for Its Biggest Piece of DLC in the Series 10-Year History

Creative Assembly’s Total War: Warhammer 3 will soon get the biggest piece of DLC in the series’ 10-year history, with Lords of the End Times due out on September 24. Here's everything included.

Event Habitat Dex and Pokédex list in Pokémon Pokopia

• Limited-time events unlock exclusive habitats and Pokémon.
• Missed crafting items can be copied from friends’ islands.
• Feebas and Milotic were added in the latest event.

Pokémon Pokopia’s limited-time events can unlock exclusive habitats, Pokémon and crafting items, although missed events may be revisited through time travel. Players can also obtain missed items by visiting a friend’s island, photographing them and reproducing them with the Pokémon Centre’s 3D printer, making the event rewards more…