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. You ever play one of those games that seems like it never stops revealing…
Put your arms around the world, it’s Switchmas time. Season’s Greetings to one and all! The 25th of December has crept up on us once more with its promise of sugary treats, hot and cold meats, papery hats and glittery tat… and, of course, video games. It’s been a slow but steady year for Nintendo…
We hope you get all of the goodies you wished for. While we’re sure you’d rather be playing with your He-Man toys and Atari 2600 (this is still 1983, right?) instead of reading this, myself and Jack would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. It’s been a bumper year for retro gaming products, from…
Learn how to make the most of every line in today’s Wordle with our general tips. Need more? Then you’ve got more. Our clue for the December 25 (1285) game’s ready to give you a nudge towards your latest win, and today’s answer’s on standby if those green letters just aren’t showing up today. Today’s…
Press X to doubt. Yesterday, it seemed that the curtain had finally fallen for the rollercoaster that is the SuperSega project. SuperSega boss Alejandro Martín put his Lamborghini Gallardo up for sale, claimed that refunds were being processed and basically called time on the whole thing – a series of events which won’t have been…
We take a closer look at one of the most influential RPGs of all time. Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this…
Andy Edser, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been testing: Gaming laptops, headphones, and the odd mouse or two. I’ve also fallen back into the time sink that is Diablo 4, because the best way to test a gaming mouse is to hammer it repeatedly while swearing. Probably. One of the clichés you…
Modern technical advancements in gaming can feel a bit… underwhelming at times. Ray tracing only seems to exist so I can briefly admire an FPS-tanking reflection or puddle I would have otherwise walked straight past. Chromatic aberration is mostly there to be turned off. My once-spacious SSDs are quickly clogged up by multi-gig patches that…
In 2021, actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen were whiling away the Covid lockdowns in GTA Online when they had an idea: “Why not stage Hamlet inside the game?” They recorded hundreds of hours of in-game attempts to perform Shakespeare amid the chaos of GTA 5 and put together a feature-length documentary, Grand Theft Hamlet,…
And it can only get better. For the younger readers amongst you, I suspect that many 3D games from the ‘90s and ‘00s seem rather quaint at best and downright unplayable at worst. It was a period in which the medium was geting to grips with a completely new third dimension; couple this with the…