The relaunched MicroProse will now be responsible for publishing the game. Growing up, we dedicated a frankly obscene amount of time to playing classic sim games like RollerCoaster Tycoon and SimCity 2000 on our old PC setup. So, being the nostalgia-minded individuals that we are, we’re always on the lookout for new experiences that pay…
“Names are for friends, so I don’t need one”. Aww, mate. That sub-header quote from Hitman: Absolution has made us sad now. Poor Agent 47. It must be lonely being an insane psychopath who spends his time flying around the world, looking cool, getting free clobber, and offing folk in trendy nightclubs. However, chin up,…
If you haven’t yet been sold on the idea of AI glasses, the short-sighted Mark Zuckerberg thinks you will be left behind if you don’t get yourself a pair. In Meta’s Q2 earnings call (via TechCrunch), CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg presented the figures for this quarter, alongside announcing where the profit will be going…
Budget or bust? (Image credit: Future) Andy Edser is a man with a mission. It’s a mission he didn’t sign up for, or even want, but I’m his boss so he has to do what I say. And I’m making him test a ton of different cheap tech I might find on Amazon, AliExpress, TikTok…
“We basically took every opportunity to knock Dave Mirra without directly knocking Dave Mirra”. When Full Fat’s port of Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 for the Game Boy Advance was released in 2001, video game publications, including IGN, were quick to point out its similarities to Vicarious Visions’ earlier handheld port of Tony Hawk’s Pro…
It’s finally time. After 162 days, Marvel Rivals has revealed Blade’s abilities and ultimate, and it’s certainly worth the wait. The second hero to join in Season 3, Blade will add one more hero to the Duelist roster alongside Phoenix. Blade’s character reveal trailer shows just how scary this Duelist is going to be. With…
Based on real dreams? Mexican indie studio Interactive Dreams has announced that its short interactive story, A Dream About Parking Lots, arrives on Nintendo Switch… today. The game, which only takes around 30-40 minutes to complete according to the PR, sees you search for your car, whilst at the same time having a conversation with…
‘Death & Lead’ dev Kai Magazine Software allegedly copied the work of several pixel artists. Kai Magazine Software, the developer of homebrew games like Metal Dragon, Life on Mars, and The Secret of the Four Winds, has been accused of using stolen artwork on its upcoming Western-themed shooting gallery Death & Lead (alternatively titled Dead…
If you want to do a spot of homebrewed AI on your PC, be it just some generative image making for fun or more serious data research, then you’ve only got two options to do this: use a neural processor built into a CPU or use a graphics card. However, if AMD’s early investigations bear…
If you’re anything like me, Steam’s trailer function has been—for its entire lifespan—pretty much useless. Maybe I’m just cursed, but in my experience the player is laggy, impossible to scrub through, and prone to random hitches and quality issues. It means the trailer is just something of which I see about 0.5 seconds before I…