I was very pleasantly surprised when 3D Realms announced in January 2020 that a remaster of the 1999 FPS Kingpin: Life of Crime was in the works. It’s not an especially well-known shooter, but I have fond memories of its extreme violence, grimy ambience, endless profanity, and overall sense of silliness—it’s a game that aspired…
Much as we all want it. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Gavin ponders his instinctual desire for backwards compatibility and why, perhaps, it’s really not needed this time around… First things first, I would love ‘Switch 2’…
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Ray Reconstruction is the latest shiny ray tracing feature Nvidia, it’s come along as part of DLSS 3.5 and it’s made the Cyperpunk 2077 2.0 update look absolutely gorgeous. On Nvidia graphics cards only, of course. And only for Nvidia graphics cards that are capable of delivering a decent frame rate in the incredibly demanding…
At Xbox, we believe that gaming is for everyone. You hear it a lot, but it’s absolutely true. The Xbox community is at the center of everything we do, every decision we make. This month we’re recognizing the 400+ million players who make up the gaming and disability community. In their own words, we’re inviting…
Following a disastrous launch which led to Payday 3 nosediving to a Mostly Negative rating on Steam, developer Starbreeze has promised over 200 quality-of-life changes this month, as well as further improvements scheduled in a series of patches set to release throughout the rest of the year. An update on the developer’s website addresses fixes…
“It seems the best time to refocus our energies on new licenses”. Evercade maker Blaze has revealed that its current crop of Atari cartridges will become ‘legacy’ releases at the end of 2023, meaning they will no longer be produced. Once the remaining stock has been sold through by retailers, these carts will no longer…
QA team likely to be heavily affected. Team17 has confirmed that it will be commencing a company restructure that will likely result in multiple job losses. In addition, it has also announced an ‘amicable’ split with CEO Michael Pattison. This comes following recent reports of significant layoffs at Epic Games. As reported by Eurogamer and…
Even as the world burns, the wheels on Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop just keep going round and round. People have got places to be! And a virtual bus service is one thing but, in-line with others of its Simulator ilk, the game’s sleeper hit nature means developer Stillalive Studios is adding officially licensed buses…
Everyone knows gamers want two things: migraine-inducing RGB and over 9,000 buttons per mouse. Or do they? Logitech begs to differ, and its Pro X Superlight 2 aims squarely at one all-important metric: minimal weight. That Superlight name isn’t just marketing guff—this thing very nearly floats off your mouse mat. At just 60g, it’s 3g…