Video Game Chronicle recently covered a new book from the Nintendo Museum celebrating Mario’s 40th anniversary. The book asks key developers like Shigeru Miyamoto and Koji Tezuka to imagine Mario still being popular in 2085. Tezuka commented that it would be amazing if Mario lasted another century, considering how difficult it is to predict what players will enjoy in the future.
Christopher Bergstresser, a former Konami licensing VP, recently told Time Extension about a meeting between Hideo Kojima and the Wachowskis that almost happened. He said the project was rejected quickly by Konami executive Kasumi Kitaue, who didn’t approve the idea.
A team of modders has announced Bully Online, a multiplayer version of the classic game. The project is led by SWEGTA, a popular YouTuber and developer who is a big fan of Bully. After a long development process, they’re aiming to release an early access version in December 2025 for supporters on Ko-Fi. As of today, they’ve received at least 76 contributions on Ko-Fi.
Created with the official blessing of id Software and Bethesda, and in collaboration with Resurrectionist Games, this campaign is being developed and published by Modiphius. They’re hoping to raise $133,000 and have already secured approximately $50,000 as of this writing.
The next roster update for Madden 26 is expected to be released on Thursday, October 30th, 2025. It should become available shortly before the Bengals play the Steelers on Thursday Night Football. While EA Sports usually releases updates around this time, the date could potentially change.
The company is reportedly exploring advertisements tailored to individual users, using technology similar to how AI chatbots remember your preferences to give you personalized responses.
Grok, an AI chatbot created by Elon Musk’s company xAI, is now helping to verify information on Grokipedia. Interestingly, it recently contradicted Musk himself, highlighting discrepancies in things he’s said publicly – a situation similar to the recent disagreements between Musk and Sam Altman.
Bruce Nesmith, who worked for a long time at Bethesda Game Studios and led the design of Skyrim, recently appeared on the FRVR podcast. He revealed something surprising: the game developers never intentionally programmed NPCs to have buckets put on their heads. They also didn’t realize players could use this as a way to commit theft in the game.
A YouTube user named Michi NekoMichi discovered a bug with the iPhone keyboard in iOS 26. The video they uploaded shows that the keyboard sometimes displays the wrong letters. For example, when the user presses ‘U’, the keyboard actually shows ‘J’, and pressing ‘M’ sometimes results in an ‘N’ appearing on the screen.
Time Extension recently published an interview with Christopher Bergstresser, a former Konami licensing VP, who shared that the creators of The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers, once contacted Hideo Kojima about the possibility of him developing a game based on their film series.