Of the many video game anniversaries in 2021, Donkey Kong stands above them being 40 years old. That makes him something of a relative old-timer, so what better time to discuss one of his greatest ...

There is just something about mascot characters and kart racers that makes them fit together like two peas in a pod. Ever since the first Mario Kart game was released on the Super Nintendo, it’s been ...

Idle animations are the little flourishes that bring characters to life when you set the controller down, and some games turn those moments into tiny showcases of personality and craft. From ...

Square Enix surprised audiences at the June 9 Nintendo Direct by unveiling Final Fantasy Resonance — the first mainline Final Fantasy title built in the HD-2D visual engine and, more significantly for ...

One of the most technically consequential games in PC history is back — and built differently, down to how its actors exist in the world. The 7th Guest Remake, a ground-up reconstruction of ...

A companion to Pi-hole. Every blocked DNS query turns into a catch in your personal dex of ~19,000 internet trackers, each rendered as a deterministic 16×16 RPG character. Tiers (legendary / rare / ...

Maddie is a Contributor at DualShockers covering JRPGs, survival horror, arcade games, retro gaming, shooters, and features. She has been writing about games professionally since 2011, with more than ...

While Mario is the main man when it comes to all things Nintendo, it was Donkey Kong who gave the plumber a leg-up in the world of video games. The ape's debut not only conquered the arcade and ...

Basically it sync whatever entity component you want with GPU data to perform instanced rendering. As a result all entities with same Material can be rendered with single drawcall.

Nintendo did not grant Polygon access to an early copy of Donkey Kong Bananza, so we’ll be playing right alongside the early Switch 2 adopters when it arrives on July 17. I couldn’t get too Cranky ...