Well, it turns out I wasn’t the only person who had a hankering for returning to Monster Hunter: World for the first time in forever this holiday season. The game has seen a resurgence over the last couple of weeks, culminating in a peak concurrent count of 131,964 players on January 1 according to SteamDB….
Starfield isn’t having the happiest of new years. Bethesda’s landmark RPG (one designed to be played for a long time) has “Mostly Negative” recent Steam reviews at the time of writing, with only 29% of reviews scored positive in the last 30 days. Its overall rating is still “Mixed”, with 64% positive reviews. There’s a…
The sound debuted in 1992 and appeared in over 30 SNES games. If you grew up playing a lot of Capcom games in the early ’90s, you’re probably aware of the company’s iconic jingle. The memorable piece plays at the start of almost every Capcom game for the Super Nintendo/Super Famicom (as well as a…
“Without him, there would almost certainly be no Warhammer today”. We’re sad to report that British game designer Bryan Ansell passed away on December 30th, 2023. His name might not be instantly familiar to those with only a passing interest in tabletop gaming, but if you’re a fan of Games Workshop or Warhammer, you owe…
Must… Consume… Content. Ah, what a lovely way to kick off 2024, eh? Square Enix’s President Takashi Kiryu has revealed that the company will be “aggressive in applying” AI in its content development and publishing divisions in the future after he praised the technology in a New Year’s Letter (thanks, VGC). Read the full article…
“This is as close to arcade perfect as we’re gonna get”. Update : Golden Axe ’32X Edition’ now works on real hardware. You can see footage of it in action above. Read the full article on timeextension.com “This is as close to arcade perfect as we’re gonna get”. Update : Golden Axe ’32X Edition’ now…
“We REALLY need CPU replacements soon”. We all know that vintage hardware won’t last forever; ageing components eventually give up the ghost, and with each passing year, the pool of ‘working’ systems gets smaller and smaller – unless, of course, the community is able to create replacement parts to repair them and keep them running….
“The most complete and advanced version”. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is one of the jewels of the PlayStation catalogue. Released in 1997, it took the core gameplay of the Castlevania series and skillfully combined it with the non-linear exploration of Super Metroid while adding RPG elements such as experience points and equipment. The end…
Season Pass roadmap also revealed. The Koei Tecmo-published action role-playing game Fate/Samurai Remnant will be getting “DLC Vol. 1” next month in February 2024. It’s officially titled ‘Records Fragment: Keian Command Championship‘ and will be followed by two more DLC episodes later on in 2024. You can check out a teaser trailer of the first…
Turn your daily Wordle into a guaranteed win with our help. Give your early guesses some guidance with a fresh clue written just for today’s game, find inspiration in our general advice, or go straight for the answer to the January 2 (927) puzzle if you need it. I knew I had enough clues to…