8BitDo updated three of its controllers so they’re ‘fully optimized to work with Steam.’
8BitDo says it will soon share more details about how the controllers’ Steam compatibility has been improved, but recommends that users update their “controller firmware and Steam client to the latest version for the best performance.”
The ZX Spectrum inventor’s nephew created a new ultra-thin handheld emulator.
Grant Sinclair, the nephew of Sir Clive Sinclair who invented the iconic ZX Spectrum 8-bit home computer, has created a new handheld emulator called the GamerCard that’s just 6.5mm thick thanks to its unique silicone covered micro button controls.
Resident Evil is coming to mobile. Survival Unit is a “survival horror strategy” game for smartphones. That’s about all we know so far, apart from this teaser image that reveals it’ll be set in the timeline’s early days while the Umbrella Corporation is still around. It’s being co-developed by Aniplex Inc and Joycity Corporation, and we’ll find out more when the trailer drops at 6PM ET on July 10th, including whether it’ll tie into next year’s Resident Evil Requiem.
The end of an Anthem.
BioWare’s much-maligned live service shooter is shutting its servers on January 12th, 2026. It’ll be playable until then, though you can no longer purchase in-game premium currency, and it’ll disappear from EA Play on August 15th. EA says there have been no layoffs as a result, though jobs were lost at BioWare in January.
DiskFight reimagines Whac-A-Mole with disk drives and floppies.
Robert Smith created an alternate version of the iconic Whac-A-Mole arcade game for the generation that both remembers arcades and knows why the save icon looks the way it does, as spotted by Hackaday.
DiskFight swaps hammers and moles for four 3.5-inch disk drives that has players trying to quickly eject and reinsert floppy disks while also dealing with disks that pop out all on their own. It’s powered by Arduinos and a 33-year-old Amiga 600.
Update: Romero Games is closing.
In the announcement, Brenda Romero wrote that the unannounced game had been progressing well. “We are incredibly proud of the work being done and the of the talented team behind it,” Romero wrote. “The best we’ve worked with.”
Can you spot an authentication chip in the Nintendo Switch 2’s dock?
While reporting out how the Nintendo Switch 2 breaks compatibility with third-party docks, I didn’t get enough from my USB sniffer to tell if there’s truly a special new encryption/authentication chip aboard the official one. But our friends at iFixit were kind enough to send over these incredibly clean, high-res photos of the dock’s circuitry. I don’t know what I’m looking for, but perhaps you might?
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The president of ZeniMax Online Studios is leaving.
Matt Firor is departing “later this month” after more than 18 years of heading up the organization, he says.
Microsoft’s Xbox cuts have hit key areas.
News of Microsoft’s major layoffs today keep rolling in, as the company informs around 9,000 employees of the cuts. I’ve heard from sources that the Xbox user research team has been hit hard, with nearly half the team affected. It’s a key team that focuses on ensuring quality across Xbox games, the platform, and developer tools. Even a product lead for Xbox Family and child safety has been laid off.
Obsbot will update its Tiny and Meet webcams for Nintendo Switch 2.
The Chinese company’s developing a reputation for quality compact webcams, and now it’s joining Elgato and Ugreen by updating them to work with the Nintendo Switch 2. None of the company’s cameras currently work, but the Tiny 2, Tiny 2 Lite, Meet 2, Tiny SE, and budget $69 Meet SE will all get the updates later this year, PR manager Rain Hu tells me. (Hu says our story helped!) Here’s a list of which webcams already work.
Don’t expect PS6 before 2027 at the earliest.
Cerny also says he’s helping build AMD’s next-gen GPUs. “Big chunks of RDNA 5, or whatever AMD ends up calling it, are coming out of engineering I am doing on the project,” he said, referring to Project Amethyst.
Everwild has reportedly been cancelled.
“Co-pilots with opinions.”
In Ubisoft’s latest strange NFT project, each “Niji Warrior NFT” from Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E. can become “a persona-driven AI agent” that’s capable of “discussing, reasoning, and voting on real community proposals — even when its owner is offline,” according to a blog post.
Endless Mode.
Paste Media has launched a new website, Endless Mode, that’s dedicated to “games, anime, theme parks, and interactive entertainment,” according to a press release.
“Ultimately what’s most important about these experiences that transport us to other worlds is what they say and how they make us feel about the one we’re stuck living in,” editor-in-chief Garrett Martin wrote in a post.
A shockingly short wait.
Following news of a brief delay, Nightdive Studios announced today that System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary launches on consoles on July 10th. The PC version launched on June 26th.
Verso and Astarion walk into a video game.
Dead Take, the next game from Tales of Kenzera developer Surgent Studios and the first game published under Palworld’s Pocketpair Publishing company, has revealed two of its stars…and you’ll probably recognize them.
In a new teaser for the game, video game voice acting it boys Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Final Fantasy XVI) and Neil Newbon (Resident Evil Village, Baldur’s Gate III), will star as two friends who have to work together to escape a hellish Hollywood mansion.
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Night of the streaming dead.
If you missed Brandon Salisbury’s documentary George Romero’s Resident Evil earlier this year — which, as the name implies, explores Romero’s failed adaptation of the the Capcom survival horror series — now it’s available to watch for free on YouTube.
We totally used gen-AI, but you weren’t supposed to notice.
11 Bit Studios has taken to social media to explain how gen-AI wound up in its survival base-builder The Alters. According to the company’s explanation, gen-AI was used for placeholder text for a single graphical asset and to translate in-game movies into languages other than English. Fans found out because in some places, bits of the AI-prompt remained in the final text. 11 Bit says it’s working on updating the assets in question.
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Happy Canada Day?
The day before a national holiday, Nintendo’s Canadian branch announced that there will be a pricing change for the original Switch hardware lineup, along with accessories and Switch Online memberships. The actual changes apparently won’t be announced until August 1st, but the prices are being adjusted “based on market conditions,” which is something Nintendo has had to contend with recently. Notably, however, the new Switch 2 is not impacted.
