Nasir Gebelli has been off-grid since the ’90s. It’s fair to say that without Final Fantasy, Square (and later, Square Enix) wouldn’t be the same company it is today. Hironobu Sakaguchi’s creation has become a million-selling behemoth that straddles the world of games, movies, music and more, but it arguably wouldn’t have gotten off the…
Ready or Not is an intense and realistic tactical FPS where mistakes usually have violent consequences. But the upcoming Dark Water DLC has upped the ante with complex new maps and a new AI that’s way too intelligent for my liking. Like any other map in Ready or Not, you get a choice of where…
The ‘Dreamcast Mini’ dream is dead. If you’re a fan of miniature consoles and the novel convenience they bring, then unfortunately you might want to just keep ahold of your current collection, because it doesn’t sound like Sega is particularly keen on making any more. In an interview with The Guardian (thanks, Time Extension), Shuji…
But what was in second and third place? Prior to its release on Steam earlier this year, Mossmouth’s UFO 50 had been in development for what seemed like forever – but it was well worth the wait. Presented as 50 games for a fictional video game system, UFO 50 is bursting with ideas. You’ve got…
The world awaits the arrival of next-generation graphics cards, and all eyes are now turning towards CES 2025 where it’s hoped that Nvidia and AMD will show off some shiny new GPUs. Until now the latter’s offerings have been assumed to be the RX 8000-series, but several leakers are now saying they’ll fly in under…
Sophomore slump. While the PC Engine / TG-16 might not have won the console war, it was a popular enough system to claim second place in Japan (beating the Genesis / Mega Drive in that region) and secure a significant number of fans in the West – so much so that it benefitted from a…
Turtle Beach has decided it likes to put screens on its gamepads. That’s fine: the LCD display on the excellent Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra was a lot more useful than I thought it would be. When it comes to the new Stealth Pivot, the screen isn’t even the chief novelty. No, the big novelty here…
Top 40 is chock full of Switch games. Well folks, in what is presumably the last Christmas period before Nintendo unleashes its next major hardware, Switch games have performed admirably as folks look to fill those stockings come Wednesday morning. In fact, let’s look at the numbers here: 8 games in the top 10 are…
But for me, it was Tuesday. 30 years ago today, Steven E. de Souza’s live-action adaptation of Capcom’s Street Fighter series hit movie theatres in North America and became part of video game folklore. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen and Kylie Minogue, the movie cost $35 million to shoot and earned just…
Let’s get this Wordle week started. Whether you’re planning on blazing through Monday’s game with a quick scroll straight to today’s answer, spending some time with our freshly written clue for the December 23 (1283) puzzle, or would just like to check out our general tips, you’ll find everything you need right here. It’s your…