Without the slightest fanfare, AMD has added a new “X3D” model with 3D V-Cache to its CPU lineup. Give it up, ladies and germs, for the new Ryzen 5 5500X3D (thanks to X user MEGAsizeGPU for spotting it). It’s a six-core, 12-thread chip with 96 MB of L3 cache memory, which makes it a hardware…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: my 2020 MacBook Air is the best gaming laptop I’ve ever owned. Not because it can run anything I throw at it (it can’t) or because it’s some ungodly-powerful slab of RGB (it’s not). But it runs everything I want it to run—Infinity Engine RPGs, KOTOR…
13-second sprint round Koopa Troopa Beach, anyone? Leave it to Nintendo to put a mechanic into a game that can be used in lots of ‘unintended’ ways. Then leave it to the typical Nintendo fan to figure out how to mess with it almost immediately. Yes, just as we are routinely amazed by what players…
Meant to be a direct competitor to the woefully under-staffed life sim genre—specifically, the Sims-like part of it—Inzoi’s a bit of a strange beast. While it landed to some solid sales figures, over a million in a week, and is enjoying a “mostly positive” overall review score on Steam, it’s also experienced a pretty sharp…
“Some games were never meant to be translated…”. A new English fan translation has just been published for Yaku: Yūjō Dangi, a cult classic Japanese kusoge (“crap game”) released for the original PlayStation. Launched back in 1996, the same year as Resident Evil, Yaku: Yūjō Dangi (which is translated here as as Misfortune: A Story…
One of my favourite films is 1982’s Blade Runner, for more reasons than just its rain-slicked, retrofitted future, but the funky, chunky monitors certainly help. For obvious reasons, it’s a noticeable quirk of sci-fi flicks from this era—the enveloping Mother computer in 1979’s Alien a particularly memorable example. With an understandable hankering for that aged,…
Sorry, didn’t see you there. The Switch 2 has been out for a little over a week now, and it’s already breaking records in multiple regions. Nintendo has confirmed that the console sold 3.5 million units in the first four days of sale, but it’s also become the fastest-selling Nintendo console in the US, UK,…
A pair of Amazon listings have appeared for physical copies. Earlier this week, a couple of listings appeared on Amazon for physical PS5 and Nintendo Switch versions of Simon the Sorcerer Origins, suggesting Smallthing Studios point-and-click revival of the Adventure Soft classic is still on the way. It’s been a while since we last heard…
Earthion 8BitDo M30 Gamepad also announced. Yuzo Koshiro’s highly anticipated shmup Earthion now has a release date: July 31st, 2025. It’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Steam on that date. The Mega Drive version, however, has been pushed into next year, according to Japanese physical publisher Superdeluxe Games. Read the…
Good form. Street Fighter 6 launched for the Switch 2 last week and if you’ve been wanting to throw your support behind this particular version of the game, but aren’t confident it will be supported on the same level as other platforms, we’ve got some good news. As highlighted by EventHubs, the Nintendo version has…