In September 2001, Fumito Ueda's Ico was released on PlayStation 2, and it made quite an impression on The Last of Us co-creator and director Neil Druckmann. Even 25 years after the game's release, Druckmann still points to a scene late in Ico as his favorite moment in a video game. There are some spoilers ahead for this quarter-century-old game.

"My favorite moment in a game. the one that's made my jaw drop when it when it happened, is in the game Ico," Druckmann told BAFTA in a recent interview. "We talked about how there's this mechanic where you're holding Yorda's hand and you're leading her along ... and she feels like this helpless character that you're leading along."

"Then there's a moment towards the end of the game, where you're on this bridge that is slowly like, splitting apart and Yorda is on one side of it and you're on the other, and you don't know what to do," continued Druckmann. "All you can do is just sprint towards that gap and jump towards her, and it looks like you're not going to make it and you're going to fall to your death. In the last second she reaches out and she grabs you. It was such an emotional moment because you don't expect it. She's never done that at any other point in the game."

Actor Aaron Paul lends his voice to the upcoming game Dispatch, and it's the 46-year-old Breaking Bad star's first time working on a video game. He told Screen Rant that, being an in-demand actor, he is often pitched various projects, and he tends to "just say no."

So what made him say yes to Dispatch? He explained that among the "stacks of scripts" and a sizzle reel of the game that was sent his way, one scene in particular "just really resonated with me."

"It's just these two characters sitting on top of a billboard, having a conversation, and I just, I just love the tone," he said.

As someone who has spent the vast majority of my life playing handhelds with limited capabilities, being able to pull something out of my bag that can run Dark Souls 3, Cyberpunk 2077, or Skyrim without compromising what the game is and how it looks still feels magical. For me, handheld gaming PCs still aren't commonplace enough to feel ordinary, so I don't take for granted that I have, as the great Doctor Otto Octavius once said, "the power of the sun in the palm of my hands," and by "sun" I mean my Steam, Xbox, and GOG game libraries.

Having said that, there are now enough of these devices that they're starting to step on each other's toes. The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X are the latest entries into the handheld gaming PC world and, as far as toe-stepping goes, they've got steel-toed boots, and they are stomping.

As the name indicates, the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X are new versions of those same Asus devices that have been available for a few years now, except they align themselves with the Xbox brand. The thing is, there's not much new about them, they are effectively the same hardware with Xbox branding, and what little is new is executed to various degrees of success.

Pokemon Go's big leveling system overhaul has gone live. In addition to raising the level cap from 50 to 80, the revamp encompasses a number of changes to make leveling up feel more rewarding, including a slew of new items and cosmetics to unlock upon hitting certain milestones.

As part of the overhaul, the amount of XP you need to earn to reach certain levels has been adjusted. The official Pokemon website has outlined the new totals you need for the following levels: