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Pixeldarts features a screen that can detect where its electronic suction cup darts stick for automatic scoring, but it also allows other games to be played, including one with paint splashes that’s reminiscent of Splatoon. It can be preordered through Kickstarter for $220, while full pricing is expected to be closer to $399, with shipping expected in June 2025.

Sony launched a site outlining the history of PlayStation, and it includes a fun tidbit: the PS2 has officially sold 160 million units. That strengthens its position as the best-selling console of all time. Nintendo is nipping at its heels with the Switch, though its momentum is slowing for obvious reasons.

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers have a fresh dose of Sega games to check out today, headlined by the sequel ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron and the technically impressive platformer VectorMan. The additions come just a day after the Game Boy title Donkey Kong Land 2 hit the service as well.

I’m still not really sure why Player 456 is heading back for season 2 of Squid Game, but the new trailer at least gives a good sense of what he’s in for. The show premieres in one month, hitting Netflix on December 26th.

The former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios and current head of indie initiatives has been a part of PlayStation since it started in 1993, but now he’s leaving in January.

Shuhei Yoshida (aka @yosp) explains on the official podcast and in another in-depth interview that he felt it was time and that PlayStation is in good hands.

CRKD has announced a new version of its compact NEO S controller with an attachment that adds five fret buttons for playing Fortnite Festival and other rhythm games. The accessory was designed by some of the people who created Guitar Hero and DJ Hero’s peripherals, and the controller is available for preorder now for $59.99 with shipping expected to start as early as November 29th.

We already knew that CD Projekt Red was working on the next mainline Witcher game, codenamed “Polaris.” Now the studio says that it has reached the “full-scale production phase” of development, meaning it’s still likely a few years away from release. Elsewhere, the developer says that it has now sold 30 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077, and 8 million copies of its expansion Phantom Liberty.

The Chinese version of the digital store is going offline in 2026, though Nintendo hasn’t given a specific reason as to why. This means that Switch owners in China won’t be able to buy games digitally after March 31st, 2026, while all networks services will end on May 15th. The Switch got a belated debut in China, launching in 2019 in partnership with Tencent.

After a series of leaks, Epic has confirmed that Godzilla is coming to Fortnite. He’ll appear in a new season called “Hunters,” which also features Baymax of Big Hero 6 fame. It kicks off on December 1st — the day after the next in-game concert. Now to see what a kaiju looks like in Jordans.

The era of the LLM means you now have to figure out whether you are talking to another person — or just some bot. There’s one sci-fi author who focused on just that.

The BBC has colorized classic episodes of Doctor Who before, but its upcoming re-release of The War Games — the serial that introduced the Time Lords — will feature an all-new regeneration sequence that crystalizes how the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) became the Third (Jon Pertwee).

The 90-minute remaster hits the BBC iPlayer December 23rd.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice might not be your go-to holiday comfort watch yet, but you’ll be able to change that on December 6th when the film debuts on HBO Max. The streamer’s also releasing American Sign Language (ASL) and Língua Brasileira De Sinais (LIBRAS) versions of the film in the US / Europe and Brazil, respectively.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has had a pretty rough launch, and now Microsoft has put out a hotfix aimed at addressing some of the performance and stability issues. “We will continue to investigate any issues and keep the community informed,” says game lead Jorg Neumann.