It’s easy to forget that, before the release of its first beach volleyball spin-off, the Dead or Alive series were taken fairly seriously as fighting games. We may have joked about the ridiculous jiggle physics, but the original was still considered a decent successor to Virtua Fighter 2. Nowadays, of course, the Dead or Alive…
We’ve got all the help you need to win Sunday’s Wordle right here. Maybe you’re just looking for a few tips, something to blow away the brain-fuzz—we’ve got your back. Perhaps you’d enjoy reading a hint for the January 19 (1310), or you might just want to win, and win now—that’s why today’s answer’s waiting…
Nasir Gebelli was an Iranian-American programmer who traveled to Japan on a work visa to work for Square in the late ’80s and early ’90s, where he was instrumental in the creation of the Final Fantasy series. Gebelli’s code is so well-regarded that John Romero called him “my number one programming god, my idol” in…
It’s already “tracking ahead” of the PS5 reveal. After an overload of rumours and leaks, Nintendo this week released its first trailer for the Switch 2. For anyone worried about the company’s lack of marketing or promotion in the leadup to this big announcement, it doesn’t appear to have impacted the reveal – with the…
Go on, tell us! Nintendo finally lifted the lid on the Switch 2 earlier this week and while most of the discussion is about the new hardware, there has also been plenty of conversation about the new Mario Kart game. Perhaps the biggest talking point at the moment about this new entry is the fact…
In 2021, less than two years after its release, Disco Elysium received a Final Cut update. As well as adding four quests, two songs, and some additional art and animations, it made the whole game fully voiced—bringing in an audience put off by the amount of reading Disco Elysium originally demanded. Sovereign Syndicate, a steampunk…
As part of a larger retrospective on Crysis in issue 405 of PC Gamer’s print magazine, Crysis director and Crytek founder Cevat Yerli shared his thoughts on the “Can it run Crysis?” meme, as well as what he believes led to this most enduring aspect of the 2007 shooter’s legacy. “I want[ed] to make sure…
Activision has announced a new cosmetic bundle for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 whose proceeds will be donated to the Los Angeles Fire Department to assist with wildfire relief. The LA Fire Relief pack includes a player skin and matching weapon camo, costs 2400 CoD points ($20), and is available now on the in-game…
As reported by Polygon and TorrentFreak, Mob Entertainment, the studio behind popular Five Nights at Freddy’s-alike Poppy Playtime, has filed a lawsuit against Google for failing to remove fraudulent Poppy Playtime apps from its Android Play Store. At first blush, I assumed this had to do with those weird fake games whose ads you see…
Not so Ys-y. Updated with Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana and EGGCONSOLE Ys II MSX2. Enjoy! What’s the best Ys game on Switch? Falcom’s long-running action RPG series has been going for longer than Final Fantasy, and it’s a genre-defining franchise, but it’s not the most well-known series in the world. But those who…