Gaming hardware today is more responsive and more sensitive than ever. We have mice with unthinkable polling rates, keyboards with instantaneous actuation, and monitors with minimal latency. But in recent years, Wi-Fi 7 has quietly arisen to become an crucial part of a gamer’s arsenal. With everything—from the latest iPhone 16, to AMD and Intel…
Prepare to return… again. Nintendo has released a new trailer taking a look at every Donkey Kong Country game on Switch in preparation for the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD on 16th January 2024. If you’ve got a subscription to the standard Nintendo Switch Online service, you can play every SNES game from…
Features the art of Mahiro Maeda. Telenet’s Genesis JRPG Traysia (known as Minato no Traysia in Japan) isn’t renowned as one of the best examples of the genre, but it has its fans – and those same fans will no doubt be pleased to learn that it’s getting a new physical release next year. A…
Choosing which weapons to use in Avowed is great fun. Almost all one-handed weapons can be equipped in either hand, in any combination, and your character has two loadouts that you can switch between at will—that really gives you a lot of freedom. Want to wield a shield and pistol in one slot and a…
You’re not tied down to a single class in Avowed—instead, you can use any weapon combinations you like. Add to that three ability trees that you can freely level up in, and it’s possible to create a lot of unique builds. While that does give you a plenty of freedom, it also makes it tricky…
Including a spicy full-art Venusaur. Gosh, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket new additions just keep coming thick and fast, don’t they? Today, the game’s first ‘Drop Event’ has got underway, giving you a chance to pick up some tasty promo cards by taking part in special promo battles. The Venusaur Drop Event runs from…
The hidden gems of Game Pass (Image credit: Microsoft) We’re checking out the hidden gems of Game Pass over the next few weeks, digging up all the obscure and esoteric games secreted away in our subscription and seeing how they play. We’re continuing our rundown of some of the obscure delights that you can find…
Just stop. It’s no secret that the Switch eShop is home to a ridiculous amount of utter slop alongside the genuinely good games, but what’s baffling us is just how unwilling Nintendo seems to be to improve anything. Just this week, we highlighted a game that blatantly copied Witch Beam’s homework with Unpacking, and now…
As Windows 10 slips beneath the icy waves of being out of support, waving forlornly as it sinks to the bottom of the ocean of obsolete operating systems, it’s worth taking a look at how its successor, Windows 11, has matured and whether it’s actually any good for gaming. Windows 11 has a dominant position…
Category: Next Week on Xbox Next Week on Xbox: New Games for December 2 to 6 Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published November 29, 2024 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on…