“What a fundamental misunderstanding of not only this tech but how games WORK”. As part of Microsoft’s continuing push into the world of generative AI, the company has recently released a new AI-generated tech demo based on Quake II that is generating some strong opinions online. The new Quake II “replica” was built using Microsoft…
Enough for a few Mushroom Kingdoms. So, you may or may not have been wondering just how big the Nintendo Switch 2‘s game cartridges are actually going to be, especially now that we know the sizes of the initial line-up of games. Nintendo’s first-party launch games are all surprisingly dinky, with Mario Kart World just…
A port of Fusix is in development. The Sega Mega Drive—or Genesis, if you’re in the US—remains the company’s most commercially successful home console, and is famous for going toe-to-toe with Nintendo during the early ’90s console wars. It’s also a system which, in recent times, has seen an inordinate amount of homebrew development, with…
Also, a Fortnite movie apparently isn’t in the works. We’re not 100% sure you guys are aware, but a little movie called A Minecraft Movie released over the weekend (this writer’s kids loved it!) and it’s already making quite a splash at the worldwide box office. Yep, the reviews might not be so hot, but…
Following a hype trail that’s included an ARG and a pretty sweet trailer complete with robotic animal life and a bold color scheme, Bungie has announced a “Marathon gameplay reveal” is due on April 12. The reboot of Bungie’s classic FPS as a multiplayer extraction shooter sure looks and sounds stylish, but the studio’s been…
We’ve got a hint for today’s Wordle right here and ready to help get your Monday game off to the perfect start. It’s been designed to give you a boost without giving the answer away (not straight away, anyway), so why not take a quick peek? And same as always, the answer to the April…
Tabletop wargame BattleTech is getting its first real alternate universe in its 40 year history, and it’s a pretty obvious one: If you have a giant robot, well, why should it not fight a giant monster? BattleTech: Gothic is an alternate timeline for the world of BattleTech, one where endless and unrestricted warfare among the…
Before the disaster that was Stadia, Google demoed its game streaming tech via a free version of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey you could play in your browser. My fiancée has fond memories of whiling away slow nights at work playing this massive triple-A game on a crummy library OptiPlex. Whatever came after with Stadia and game…
Challenged to a supernatural game by the sultan, you have to fulfill the conditions of a mystical game that demands you commit dreadful sins: Carnality, Bloodshed, Conquest, and Extravagance. You’ll have to desperately scheme, manage your limited resources, and explore the depths and heights of society to win a stay of execution—and to survive the…
Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…