Fan-made Link’s Awakening PC port has been taken down by Nintendo

More than 27 years after debuting on MS-DOS, Bethesda's beloved Daggerfall action RPG has received its own remaster from one devoted fan who has spent almost a decade on the project.

In the wake of the highly anticipated GTA 6 trailer, fans are craving for more, and their creative spirits are running wild. With no official follow-up in sight, enthusiasts have turned to imaginative fan art to fill the void. The latest creation to capture attention is a reimagined Red Dead Redemption 2 concept trailer, seamlessly blended with the style of GTA 6. Rockstar Games, renowned for both the GTA and Red Dead Redemption series, has a fan base that spans the spectrum of urban crime to the rugged Wild West. However, what if these two distinct worlds were to collide?

Fallout London – the highly-anticipated independent mod for Fallout 4 – is set to release on St. George’s Day, April 23 2024.

Unfortunately, the rough year of 2023 for the games industry continues. Indie Publisher Versus Evil announced on Twitter today that parent company TinyBuild has shut down the company and laid off all the staff. Head of Production Lance James confirmed the closure on Twitter as well.

Square Enix has revealed the schedule for the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival of 2024, taking place in Tokyo. The event will be available for live-streaming for those unable to attend the event in person. 

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s budget and release window for its PC release has leaked

Jonathan Majors, the actor who plays Kang in both Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and the second season of Loki, has been found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment against ex-partner Grace Jabbari.

With AMD dominating the handheld PC market, thanks to the Ryzen 7 7840U APU, it was only a matter of time before somebody decided to give Intel a try. That someone just so happens to be OneXPlayer, a brand that has a pretty decent track record with handhelds, such as the great OneXFly. It's just announced the X1, part of a new line up called the OneXPlorer series, with Intel's new Meteor Lake-powered Core Ultra chip handling all of the duties.

Nintendo has issued a takedown notice for the unofficial Link's Awakening's PC port, which started making the rounds earlier this week.

The Last of Us multiplayer game has been cancelled. In a blog post, developer Naughty Dog confirmed that the development on the promised online experience within the post-apocalyptic universe, which it was calling ‘The Last of Us Online,' has been stopped. The astonishing news comes just a month after game director Vinit Agarwal assured fans that the project was still happening despite the numerous reported setbacks, including the laying off of 25 employees. One can't simply release a live-service game into the wild and expect it to thrive. It desperately needs post-launch content for years to come, indirectly impacting a studio which is otherwise known for creating memorable single-player narratives.

Extremely cool fan project alert: someone, or someones, has released a PC port of Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, modernized to run fantastically on modern PCs. It adds widescreen and high framerate support, with a silky smooth camera that lets you explore Link's Awakening as one large interconnected world instead of a sequence of connected screens. Link's Awakening DX HD was released on Itch.io 10 days ago and has started to catch the interest of Zelda fans across the internet—and it seems likely Nintendo's ire won't be far behind.

Dead Cells developer Motion Twin is set to deliver another helping of lightning-fast battles and breathtaking visuals next year with its new game Windblown, and if you simply cannot wait, fear not, as this stunning 2D action roguelike is here to fill the void.