(Geru)Do better. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim pleads the case for just a little more Ganondorf action… The reveal of Tears of the Kingdom‘s Ganondorf has to be one of my favourite all-time moments as a…
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is out now on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and ninth-century Baghdad is yours to explore as Basim Ibn Ishaq, a young street thief who grows into the role of a master Assassin. As a member of the Hidden Ones (who will eventually become known as the Assassins), Basim will set…
We are excited to announce our latest launch – an eight-track music pack that includes new songs and iconic hits from Linkin Park and Mike Shinoda. This is a huge moment for Beat Saber, because it is the first time our platform has debuted a song for a major recording artist; Mike Shinoda’s new track…
Real-time tactics WW2 game Commandos is coming back from the dead to quietly, methodically dismantle the Nazi war machine once more. Three years after we reported on the development of a brand new game in the series and 18 years after the most recent one came out, Commandos: Origins promises to tell the tale of…
Out next month. Publisher SOEDESCO has announced Guns and Spurs 2 for the Switch, bringing more cowboy action to Nintendo’s console on November 24th, 2023, just three months after the release of Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. We’re not going to lie, the two games look very similar in terms of their overall aesthetic and gameplay,…
Update: 02/10/2023: Subsequent to publication, the ban on St4ck’s account has been lifted. Valve has banned a prominent and somewhat controversial Counter-Strike skin trader, St4ck, whose account boasts one of the most high-value inventories you’ll ever see: by some estimates it is the third most-valuable CS skin haul out there. Pricing stuff in CS is…
DORITOS, MTN DEW, and ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK are some of players’ favorite snacks, powering casual co-op missions and endless late-night campaigns alike. And now, PepsiCo, Frito-Lay and Xbox have teamed up to reward their fans with the chance to unlock in-game content and limited-edition prizes. Beginning October 9 through December 29, players can purchase specially…
Paint now offers the single-most useful feature I require of a photo editing application: background removal. And before you turn your nose up at little ol’ Paint, let me tell you this: it’s really rather great. As a long-time Adobe Photoshop user, I’m often on my high horse about how good Photoshop’s background removal tools…
Hello! Or, as I’d say when I’m out and about in my island home, hi-aye. I’m Harry Josephine Giles, one of the writers for Saltsea Chronicles, coming out on October 12 on PS5. It is a story-driven adventure game where you guide a crew as they explore a flooded world of strange and surprising islands…
It’s tempting to dismiss quantum dot screen technology as yet another checklist gimmick, something marketing stooges love but something that doesn’t really add much to the actual viewing experience. Except it’s just been awarded one of the highest accolades in all of science, a Nobel Prize. More specifically, Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and…