The monolithic monuments, the dalliances of Cleopatra, the headgear and thick eyeliner worn by men and women alike; Ancient Egypt has earned its spot as one of the most iconic civilisations of all time. But the New Kingdom wasn’t the only great civilisation hanging around the eastern mediterranean during the late Bronze Age, and Total…
The Festival of the Lost Memento in Destiny 2 is a newly added reward you can get as part of the yearly Halloween event. If you have no idea what a memento is, it’s essentially a special item you can add to a crafted weapon which will give it a unique kill tracker, a title,…
Does your locker have woom(y) for more gear? Nintendo has today revealed all of the in-game goodies that you will be able to unlock by scanning the soon-to-be-released Splatoon 3 Deep Cut amiibo (which are set to head our way on 17th November). All of the unlockables are showcased in a swanky new trailer that…
From Alisa developer Casper Croes. The annual video game competition MSXdev23 drew to a close earlier this month, bringing with it a bunch of exciting new releases for the MSX from those who entered. These include the 3D action RPG Xelden Ring, the cute isometric puzzle game Snake and Rhino in the sketchbook, and the…
When Nvidia launched its Super Video Resolution technology (VSR) in February, people with GeForce RTX 20-series cards were a bit miffed to find out that their GPUs couldn’t run the deep-learning powered video upscaling system. Well, it’s taken eight months for the complaints to be addressed but Nvidia has finally brought them into the fold…
Wonder boy. When Super Mario World first released back in 1990 (or ’91 or ’92 depending on your region), it felt like a huge moment for Nintendo’s iconic platforming franchise. Here was Mario as we already knew him, bounding energetically through 2D environments on the way to his usual goal but, at the same time,…
Just one day after AMD removed Anti-Lag+ for Counter-Strike 2, to prevent any more players from potentially receiving account bans, there’s now a new driver set that’s stripped the feature altogether. That’s a pretty drastic move but it’s far better than incurring further wrath from the gaming community. The idea behind AMD’s Anti-Lag tech is…
Jacob was distinctly non-plussed by the tiny uptick that is Intel’s “new” 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh CPU, at least by the top Core i9 14900K chip. Might he be a bit more impressed if it ran at 9GHz? That’s exactly what Asus’s overclocking team managed to achieve with the new 14900KF version, the one…
Baldur’s Gate 3‘s second act has a couple of very important decisions—so much so I wrote a whole dang guide on how to thread its particular narrative needle. Before I get stuck into it, spoilers for the game’s second act, in case the headline didn’t clue you in. A Reddit thread optimistically titled “How to…
The game originally launched in arcades back in 1992. As reported by Famitsu, this week’s Arcade Archives title will be Blandia, Allumer’s 1992 fighting game sequel to Gladiator (otherwise known as Ougon no Shiro or Great Gurianos). It will be available for PS4 and Nintendo Switch from tomorrow (October 19th). Whereas its predecessor Gladiator featured…