“To the very end, he was thinking of others, with kindness”. Today marks five years since we lost Jason Brookes, one of the most influential and talented game journalists the United Kingdom has ever produced. We’re republishing this piece in his memory. Earlier this week, the gaming world was hit by the tragic news that…
Hunting on the go. We are back with another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, it was a one-on-one match-up for the GBA’s Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land and after a few weeks of close calls, we had a pretty definitive winner in this one. It was the darker European and North American variant…
Fixes, improvements and a sales update. The Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed developers are still releasing new updates for the game and the second major one has now arrived. This “second patch” for the game fixes some issues and also makes various improvements to the game. Most notably there is a fix tied to “extra content…
Arriving in March next year. One collection JRPG fans will want to be on the lookout for early next year is Konami’s Suikoden I & II HD Remaster. Ahead of the release in March 2025, the Japanese company has now uploaded the opening trailer for the Suikoden I HD Remaster. It provides a glimpse of…
Highlighting the “story of Shadow & Maria”. We already know Sonic 3 movie director Jeff Fowler has a special connection with Shadow the Hedgehog, and now ahead of the third movie’s launch this month, he’s taken to social media to show off the “first piece of concept art” created for the latest outing. As mentioned…
The first day of a new month is the perfect time to brush up on your Wordle techniques. A quick read of our general tips are bound to help you make the most of your daily guesses. Our hint for the December 1 (1261) puzzle’s sure to give you a boost too. And if none…
Prior to the release of Helldivers 2, soundtrack composer Wilbert Roget was considering moving on from writing orchestral music for games, he recently posted. The overwhelming community response to the soundtrack, however, has renewed his faith in orchestral composition for games. “Before Helldivers 2 came out I considered moving on from writing orchestral game music—it…
It will surprise no one that CD Projekt has been thinking long and hard about how not to repeat the mistakes of Cyberpunk 2077 with its upcoming Witcher game, currently codenamed Project Polaris. Speaking to Eurogamer, joint CEO of CD Projekt Michał Nowakowski said part of that was being “smarter in how we want to…
Vetern voice actor Troy Baker wasn’t going to audition for Indiana Jones at all, apparently—because he didn’t think he’d be able to pull it off. Despite that, Baker will be the voice of the famous archaeologist and pulp hero for Machine Games’ sprawling and very large adventure Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. “I originally…
In an interview with Eurogamer about CD Projekt Red’s future, CDPR vice president of technology Charles Tremblay laid out some of the reasoning behind the company’s surprise move to Unreal Engine 5 from its in-house REDengine—and it has less to do with Cyberpunk 2077’s challenging development and rough launch than you might think. “The first…