Once upon a time, a 16:9 laptop screen was enough. Well, at CES 2025 Lenovo posed the question ‘Why settle for enough when you can have height?’ Either with the press of a button or by holding your palm up to the onboard webcam, the screen of the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable laptop extends…
Remember when a computer meant something that used traditional, familiar algorithms? Ah, simple times. Now we not only have machine learning—aka, supposed “artificial intelligence”—but also quantum computing, which uses microwaves to get qubits to do wacky and seemingly impossible things. Regarding the latter kinds of computers, though, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang reckons we’re quite far…
Comes with 11 indie retro titles. Blaze has just announced a new cartridge collection for its Evercade family of systems. Indie Heroes Collection 4 “brings together an eclectic lineup of games originally created for retro-inspired platforms”. It features 11 “modern retro” releases that have previously been featured as part of Evercade’s time-limited ‘Game of the…
The year is 2054. Nintendo has released a new trailer looking at the story for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition on the Switch. Currently slated to release on 20th March 2025, the game is an enhanced version of the Wii U classic, boasting improved visuals and brand new story content. Clocking in at just over…
Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today it has purchased the Intellivision brand and certain games from Intellivision Entertainment LLC. Atari will seek to expand digital and physical distribution of legacy Intellivision games, potentially create new games, and explore brand and licensing opportunities as part…
Category: Developer_Direct January 9, 2025 Developer_Direct Returns on January 23 – A Celebration of What’s Coming for Xbox Players Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief It’s time to get a look at what’s next – Developer_Direct is back. On Thursday, January 23 at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK, fans will get an inside…
Minecraft started 2025 off with a bang by adding falling leaves, new flowers, and the absolute pinnacle of development, different pig variations. Now, instead of just having the boring old pink pig in your farm, you can also keep the cold pig and the warm pig in the pen alongside it. There have been pigs…
There are few modern video game icons as influential and well known as Lara Croft. Blasting her way onto PlayStation back in the polygonal era of 1996, gaming was never the same after Tomb Raider launched. Since then, PlayStation has been in lockstep with the British archaeologist-adventurer, with every mainline canon game getting its time…
“That’s a great framework to begin with”. It’s fair to say that Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne had a tough act to follow, coming so soon after the conclusion of the Warren Ellis-penned original series. For the most part, it succeeded, offering a bunch of new (and returning) characters and a whole new setting: the French Revolution….
“Recover the Primordial Melody”. Pat Morita Team (Enrique Ramírez, Carlos Pérez and Antonio Pérez) has announced that it is bringing a new run-and-gun platformer to the Game Boy Color. Metal Miracle places you in the shoes of either Fox or Ace, “two warriors with unique powers” who are fighting evil machines that have “ravaged the…