Pooh hole Here’s something you probably could have lived without seeing. Twice Differentis bringing usWinnie’s Hole, a game about mutating Winnie-the-Pooh with ahorrific disease, to PC. Yeah, that’s what I said. InWinnie’s Hole, you play as a virus within the silly bear, and your goal is to burrow through his body and capture cells to mutate. You need to “Refine his primitive form, adapt for survival, and do not let his friends contain you....

Be ready for it It’s getting to the point where you might not have much room left on your Nintendo Switch if you’re mostly going digital, and didn’t opt to pick up a hefty memory card yet. Now that more studios like Bethesda and 2K are getting into the Switch game file sizes are going to increase, as are massive mandatory installs that go beyond the scope of the MicroSD cards that house the retail games....

Submitted to the Wii U eShop [Update:Renegade Kid has clarified that due to “technical limitations,” theymay not be able to offera Cross-Buy code for previous owners. New owners should get a code though.] Xeodrifter, which initially launched on the 3DS and is now coming to Wii U, will be Cross-Buy when it arrives on the latter platform. It’s $9.99 for both, and if you currently own the 3DS iteration right now, you’ll get the Wii U one for free retroactively....

I hope there’ll be a song called ‘Jill Sandwich’ Did you ever playResident Eviland think to yourself, “man, this story would make a great musical?” Nope, neither did I, butsomeonedid, because later this yearMusical Resident Evilwill open in Japan. The show will be directed by G2 and star famed Japanese actorReon Yuzuki, who’s mostly known for playing male characters in the all-female show, Takarazuka Revue. The production will be overseen by Capcom’s own Hiroyuki Kobayashi....

In the US Good news, everybody. Aksys announced on its Twitter feed today that a PlayStation TV patch forZero Time Dilemmais finally up. If you’ve been waiting to play the game because you only own Sony’s little neglected black box, now is your chance to experience the horrors of The Decision Game first hand. US ZTD PSTV patch is now live! Go to ZTD live area, hit refresh icon, orange icon appears in upper left of live area, allows d/l of patch...

You can’t always get what you want “You would not believe the amount of times people ask forTimeSplitters,” Crytek UK (formerly Free Radical) animator Mark Jackson toldOXMat last week’s Develop conference. “[Another installment is] just waiting for the right situations and deals to be done,” he said. “I’m not privy to that, but from everybody working at the studio — everyone, whenever we say what would you like to do next, it’sTimeSplitters....

Non-waggle, here we come [Update: A “Nintendo spokesperson”has confirmed to Eurogamerthat “at this time, there are no plans to releaseSkyward Swordon Switch.” I mean, it’s a good way to calm the waters after Aonuma cannonballed into the pool, as it still could very well be on the way.] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Swordhad myriad problems: repeating the exact same formula over and over for each area, Fi straight-up telling you how to solve puzzles before you even attempt them, an overabundance of collecathons....

The history of gaming is filled with twists, a fascinating tale of ‘what ifs’ and ‘maybes’ that has culminated in the current console wars and exclusivity rights. One of the ‘what ifs’ comes in the form of the ‘Nintendo PlayStation’, and it really is a rabbit hole of a story. It’s jarring, isn’t it? To see theSuper Nintendocontroller with the PlayStation branding that we’ve now all come to know so well....

The photographer simulator game Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortunemay bea bad game, but that didn’t stop me from taking a few artsy photos via Owner mode. I call this one “Fruity Fantasy” as it features some big ol’ nanners, some apples, and a pair of…well, I’m not quite sure what those egg-shaped things are. Pears? Melons? Either way, they are art now. “Liquorice” is the name of this piece as it reminds me ofTwizzlers Pull ‘n’ Peel, a delicious treat for those who like to touch their food with their dirty hands....

Back in the mid-nineties, years prior to the launch of a series that would change the face of the first-person shooter and bring Microsoft’s Xbox brand to prominence, Bungie was one of the few developers making quality games for Apple’s Macintosh computer. It was during this time that they first made forays into the growing FPS genre with three games that are now widely considered to be spiritual predecessors to theHalofranchise....

Upgraded visuals, m’lord Firefly Studios is celebrating the twenty-year legacy of theStrongholdseries with an all-new Definitive Edition of the original game.Stronghold: Definitive Editionis updating the two-decade-old castle sim with upgraded visuals, modernized gameplay, Steam-integrated multiplayer, and a brand-new campaign. Stronghold: DefinitiveEdition will feature the original game’s classic military and economic campaigns as well as a new 14-mission narrative campaign. Furthermore, a 10-mission “Castle Trail” mission pack will allow you to defend or siege real historical castles....

See the PSS system, brand new Pokemon, and more Last night,we covered the briefPokemon XandYRoundtableevent at E3 which detailed a number of new game mechanics like enhanced social features, battles, and even a few newPokemon. Now, compliments of Nintendo you may get a brief look at some of what was talked about with the Roundtable footage featured above. You’ll get a brief overview of the history of the trading system in the series, as well as an intriguing look as to how they translated the models into 3D....

Frontier doesn’t want the expansion to feel ‘compartmentalized’ Frontier Developments is starting to open up aboutElite Dangerous: Odyssey, the next step in the space sim’s ongoing adventures. In this “early 2021” expansion, you’ll be able to ditch your ship for a bit of otherworldly on-foot exploration. Better yet, you’ll be able to scan alien vegetation and sell the data. I recently spoke with a pair of developers working onOdysseyto try and fill in a few of the blanks....