The original James Pond designer Chris Sorrell is also not involved. It seems like Gameware Europe, the current rights holders of the James Pond series, is once again trying to reboot the 1990s platforming series, but there are some who believe its use of AI to market the game will potentially “alienate” old fans of…
It’s been three and a half years since the specifications for PCIe 6.0 were finalised and practically a full year since the first product to use the ultra-fast interface was announced, but the very first Gen 6 SSD is now finally ready to buy. Unless you’re a PC gamer, that is, because Micron’s new 9650…
Post was quickly removed. We’re all on tenterhooks awaiting news of a Nintendo Direct that may never arrive, and publisher NIS has only upped the speculation after it accidentally lifted the lid on a new Switch 2 game before swiftly deleting the announcement post. As brought to our attention on the r/GamingLeaksAndRumours Reddit forum by…
We’ve all asked our friend groups the question “if we were stranded on an island, who would you eat first” and been met with either a very firm, quick response or a more calculated solution. But now, you can find out the truth thanks to co-op climbing game Peak implementing cannibalism. Yep, that’s right, if…
YouTube warned us this was coming back in February. Now it’s actually rolling out a new AI feature to determine the age of viewers and then feed them age-appropriate content. According to an official YouTube blog post, this machine-learning approach to content filtering and user account classification has already been running in some unidentified markets…
I try to keep myself in check, but I admit it: I’m back to being excited about Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Ever since our Fraser Brown returned as a cautious optimist from a hands-on preview of Bloodlines 2, I’ve been unable to stop myself from hoping. As we trudge closer to the game’s…
One of the biggest additions in Grounded 2 is Buggies, which are effectively bug mounts. Each Buggy brings its unique physical traits to the table, meaning some critters are better at certain tasks than others. They say dogs are man’s best friend, but you’ll constantly have a creepy crawlie next to you in Brookhollow Park,…
In what I can only assume is Grounded 2‘s final mission and boss fight—I wouldn’t know, I’m yet to beat it for reasons I’m about to go into—the trek to the Network Centre in the Networking mission is perilous in more ways than one. After spending hours exploring the Statue region and then climbing up…
Itch.io appears to be scrambling for cover after credit card payment processors began pressuring it to remove or moderate its NSFW content, a move claimed to be at the behest of anti-porn groups like Collective Shout—an ongoing situation that’s been causing a huge turmoil over the past week. As part of compliance, Itch has been…
Taking aim. After years in the technological wilderness, light gun games are making a long-overdue comeback. In what feels like a relatively short space of time, we’ve seen the Sinden, Polymega GC01 and Gun4ir hit the market, and now we can also add the G’AIM’E light gun to that list. Produced by Japanese peripheral maker…