You couldn’t make this up. Say what you will about fashion brand Balenciaga, it clearly has its fans—but sometimes it’s tricky to defend everything your favourite commercial entity does. The company has just produced a retro gaming handheld to celebrate the lunar new year and the start of the Year of the Snake, and—naturally—it is…
Listen, I know it’s boring for all of us when journos describe a game just by listing a load of other games it’s like, but sometimes the inspirations are so clear that it’s really unavoidable. I’m afraid that’s definitely the case with Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel, newly released into Early Access, so just let me…
It’s been a few months since Microsoft released Windows 11 24H2, but there are still ongoing issues with the version of the OS, many of which we’ve experienced ourselves here at PC Gamer. As each update rolls by, a collective breath is held and fingers are crossed for fixes—sometimes they come, sometimes they don’t (said…
Completing the Poison in the Roots quest is one of the necessary steps in Diablo 4‘s new seasonal storyline. The Season of Witchcraft is all about meeting the Tree of Whisper’s coven of characters and helping them recover some heads that have gone astray, turning into monsters of their own called “Headrotten”. You’ll get to…
Switch who? ‘Retro gaming company’ Sjgam has just revealed its latest handheld, the ‘M20 Pro’, and while it appears to be far from the best emulation device money can buy, its design looks… familiar. Let’s not beat about the bush here: it’s a Switch (thanks for the heads up, Notebookcheck). According to the Sjgam website,…
As much as I love throwing myself into the depths of ravines on a desperate hunt for diamonds, or trekking to the Nether and immediately plunging into lava, sometimes I think Minecraft needs to chill out a bit. There are only so many times a creeper can blow up your house before you go into…
We’re still getting our heads around Intel’s latest Arrow Lake desktop CPUs (actually you could say, so is Intel). But here comes news of its successor, namely Nova Lake. It’s been spotted on a shipping manifest by X user X86 is dead&back (via Tom’s Hardware). The manifest provides little detail, though it seems to indicate…
Arrives on Switch and PS4 on January 23rd. Tecmo’s vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up Final Star Force is heading to Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of Arcade Archives on January 23rd. Originally released in Japanese arcades back in 1993, Final Star Force is the third title in the Star Force series that originated with the…
Sign up! Y’know, if you want. Sega has launched its own account service, simply called – wait for it – Sega Account. Users can sign up for free now via the official website, with the service promising to offer up unique rewards and benefits to those who play Sega and Atlus titles across all major…
Co-creator Takaya Imamura pays tribute. The original F-Zero is special for a whole host of reasons, but one of the most unique things about its Japanese release is that it bucked a trend by including cover artwork created not in Japan but in North America. Valiant Comics, founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief…