January 2024
Rock Band 4 won’t get any more DLC because we’re living in Fortnite’s world now
Rock Band 4 never made it to PC. Developer Harmonix said in 2015 that it was uncertain whether there was a sufficient audience for the game on PC, and then in 2016 it proved that worry valid by launching a crowdfunding campaign for a PC version that barely achieved half of its $1.5 million goal….
EverQuest is kicking off a year-long anniversary celebration with a packed calendar of new events, quests, and giveaways, culminating in 2 new expansions
They say every dog has its day, but for EverQuest’s Fippy Darkpaw it turns out it’s a whole year. The Year of Darkpaw celebration kicked off this month with promotional events, collectibles, and bonus dungeons for tenacious adventurers still playing EverQuest to sink their gnoll fangs into. The fun will continue with new time-locked servers…
This Vampire Survivors-like milks the memey humor of Abraham Lincoln fighting dinosaurs, but it’s the exact type of over-the-top-slapstick that makes ‘bullet heaven’ games great
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… Abraham Lincoln? Who… is a bird? It only takes a few minutes playing Time Survivors, a new Vampire Survivors-like, before you’re in control of the sixteenth American president, flapping his arms and flying over ancient Egypt, massacring aliens with a yo-yo and summoning…
The Wordle of 2014 is coming to Steam in February
Before there was Wordle, there was Threes!: A simple, logic-based puzzle game that blew up into a huge, often-copied hit. Mobile gaming site TouchArcade called it “about as close as it gets to a perfect mobile game” when it debuted on iOS devices on February 6, 2014, and with the tenth anniversary of that big…
OpenAI knows its tech might get misused in major elections, but I’m not convinced it has a clue how to stop it
Remember Cambridge Analytica? The British political consultancy operated from 2013-18 and had one mission: to hoover-up the data of Facebook users without their knowledge, then use this personal information to tailor political ads that would in theory sway their voting intentions (for an exorbitant price, of course). When the scandal broke, it was accused of…
Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest hotfix makes Gale less cranky when he doesn’t get his way
Baldur’s Gate 3 companion Gale may be “the Sword Coast’s biggest wife guy,” but he’s also apparently a bit of a touchy sort who will permanently leave your party if you don’t cough up magic items when he asks for one. Not cool! Also not intentional, as it turns out, as the latest Baldur’s Gate…
Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha Skip-Ahead (2408.240114-2000)
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable…
Diablo 4 season 3 has 2 new Uber Uniques for your companion that will give you ‘bragging rights’ if you can find them
Everyone in Diablo 4 season 3 will get their very own robot companion that you can equip with all sorts of powerful skills and then modify with “tuning stones”. You can read through a list of these new seasonal items in Blizzard’s blog post, but two of them are left blank and said to be…
Spooky ’90s call centre sim Home Safety Hotline has wired up a direct line to my heart
My last caller was host to a Boggart, a seven-foot-tall horror that haunts the home and watches you sleep, occasionally breaking out the odd house fire and responding violently when seen. When your house has a Boggart, the only answer is to leave and never speak its name again. It knows when you talk about…