January 2024
Former Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs officially reveal their first game, and yeah it sure looks like vampires
In February 2022, a group of CD Projekt veterans headed up by Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz announced the launch of a new studio called Rebel Wolves and teased its first project with a bit of concept art that Rich Stanton said gave him “strong vampire vibes.” Today, two years later, the studio finally dropped…
GAME Apparently Ending Physical Trade-Ins From Next Month (UK)
Trade-off. UK retailer GAME will reportedly be refusing physical video game trade-ins from February 2024. This news comes from Eurogamer, which has spoken to numerous staff across multiple branches of the county’s largest video game retailer. GAME has yet to make an official announcement to the public, but multiple staff working for the company have…
Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope Has Reportedly Sold Almost 3 Million Copies
Bouncing back after a quieter opening. After Ubisoft admitted to being “disappointed” by the launch sales of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope last year, it looks like the sleeper sequel’s luck has been somewhat on the turn in the ensuing period. A new report from VGC claims that Mario’s tactical follow-up is, in fact,…
GTA 5 actor goes nuclear on AI company that made a voice chatbot of him: ‘I’m not worried about being replaced… I just hate these f**kers’
Ned Luke, the actor whose roles include GTA 5’s Michael De Santa, has gone off on an AI company that released an unlicensed voice chatbot based on the character, and succeeded in having the offending bot nuked from the internet (first spotted by PCGamesN). AI company WAME had tweeted a link to its Michael chatbot…
Ring in the New Year With New Play List Additions: F1 23 and EA SPORTS Super Mega Baseball 4
January is a big gaming month for EA Play members! F1 23 Racing fans: get ready to get behind the wheel in F1 23, the official video game of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship, coming to the Play List on January 18. Featuring new circuits – Las Vegas and Lusail – and a…
The ‘Small Universe X Sugar Cubes’ Handheld Has A Rotating OLED Screen
Check out this design. Chinese emulation hardware makers are really on a roll at the moment, pumping out a vast array of different devices, each trying to service a particular niche in the market. The Small Universe X Sugar Cubes handheld is one such product, and its unique selling point is the fact that its…
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League final system requirements demand an SSD but are otherwise pretty light
Rocksteady has dropped the final PC system requirements for the soon-to-be-live Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and on the whole they’re pretty light—although if you still haven’t upgraded to an SSD, now might be the time. The SSD requirement even at the minimum spec isn’t as surprising as it used to be—they’re pretty ubiquitous…
Hot GPU rumour time: Intel may follow AMD in just focusing on the mainstream market with its next-gen Battlemage chips
We’re barely two weeks into 2024 but the latest rumours surrounding the next generation of GPUs are already in full swing. And the claim this time is that Intel’s next graphics architecture, Battlemage, won’t be competing against the likes of the RX 7900-series or RTX 4080, but may instead focus on mainstream sales. As that’s…
3DS Emulator Citra Is Coming To Meta Quest Next Week
Say hello to CitraVR. The popular open-source 3DS emulator Citra is making its way to the Meta Quest platform as a native OpenXR application called CitraVR on January 20th, 2024. As reported by UploadVR, the application will launch in beta on SideQuest and GitHub, skipping Steam as a result of the Dolphin emulator’s legal issues….