The Epic Games Store has unveiled one of those “oh crap, what’s my Epic account password again?” weekly free games: Eidos Montreal’s excellent 2021 adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy. The promotion started today, and runs through next Wednesday, January 10. Coming on the heels of Crystal Dynamics’ much-maligned Avengers live service game, Guardians was…
Though “cozy” may be one of the more difficult genre trends to pin a definition on, there are ever more of us looking for the next game that’s chill, creative, cute, or some mix thereof. And in response to that growing audience, our choices for best cozy games just keep multiplying. This year looks like…
Step away from the stereotype. For anybody who plays video games on a regular basis, it’s long been a joke that when the mainstream media discusses gaming in any capacity, they’ll inevitably bring up how games are surprisingly popular, how it’s not just socially-challenged dweebs in their bedrooms anymore, and how video games are big…
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a notoriously oversexed videogame, and that’s causing headaches for some Xbox Series X-S owners who have found their accounts suspended after their consoles automatically uploaded gameplay clips of, as one redditor put it, “naked camp fun time.” Xbox rules state that even though a game is approved by Microsoft, gameplay clips…
*shrugs*. The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop – New Releases 4×4 OffRoad Collection (Boomhits,…
A lawsuit filed in the Manhattan federal court last week by the New York Times claims that the defendants—Microsoft and OpenAI—have used millions of its articles to train and create its large language models (LLMs) and other products. The Times is seeking damages in realms of billions of dollars, though it doesn’t give a specific…
If you were like me, the shutdown of the GOAT superhero MMORPG City of Heroes broke your heart into itty-bitty pieces—it also probably made you happy to see people playing it again when it was revealed that the game code had been salvaged in 2019. Homecoming—alongside a bunch of other servers—promised a return to the…
False start for the classic SNES racing series. After being revealed last October, publisher QUByte Interactive has today announced that the Top Racer Collection will no longer be coming to Switch later this month, but will instead be returning to the pit lane until 7th March 2024. The collection comprises the three SNES titles in…
Square Enix has suspended its housing demolition process in Final Fantasy 14, following an earthquake in the Noto Peninsula of Japan on New Year’s Day. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake has left thousands without power or shelter. The scale of the disaster is not yet clear, although the BBC reports at least 80 confirmed deaths. Due…
The best of both worlds. Optical drives are often the first thing to fail on retro consoles, which is why so many people choose to swap out their disc drives for an Optical Disc Emulator – effectively, a device which replaces the drive and allows you to load games from solid-state media. We’ve seen the…