Since we first announced Lumines Arise during the State of Play in June, we’ve been inundated with the same question from fans: When will the demo be available?! And the answer is…right now! You can play the limited-time Lumines Arise Demo on PlayStation 5 now through September 3 and try out three single-player stages and…
Video game music has the unmistakable ability to trigger memories even decades after the game was played. The coin chime in Pac-Man became an instantly memorable hit in the 1980s. These sounds don’t simply invoke memories of playing games in arcades. They changed the emotional gaming landscape and made everyone unable to forget those social…
Reports that online game platform Roblox is closing down are empirically false. Roblox Corporation has debunked the rumors, which recur periodically as a hoax. However, the rumors catch on for a specific reason: the company is indeed dealing with a complex and very real series of challenges. These run the gamut from global regulatory bans…
The thing about monarchs is they are, on the whole, very keen for you to know they’re monarchs. Thus the crown, the ermine, the jewellery, the palaces and, most of all, the coronations. Whether it’s the Pope dumping a crown on Charlemagne’s head in 800 CE, Napoleon getting ideas above his station in 1804, or…
Godspeed. Finally receiving a firm release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong is one thing, but to hear that it’ll be launching in less than two weeks is something else entirely. Yes, after years of speculation, Silksong has finally been confirmed to launch on the Switch and Switch 2 on 4th September 2025. Its mere presence…
“It’s something to consider”. It’s a pretty swell time for fans of classic fighting games, thanks to companies like Capcom and SNK publishing collections of their best franchises. Capcom is perhaps the most active in this realm, having released the likes of Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection and Capcom Fighting Collection in recent years. Read…
For too long, we’ve waited and watched as The Gloom expands to swallow more innocent star systems. For too long, we’ve let the Terminds wreak havoc on our colonies, our cities, our homes. The Terminids have pushed into our territory for long enough. Now, with new recruits trained and ready, it’s time to push into…
Better late than never. Though Shantae has become well-established today as a recognisable indie gaming icon, there was once a time when the purple-haired half-genie hero struggled to find an audience. The original Shantae released for the GBC in 2002 and suffered poor sales, which led to publishers being unwilling to pick up the tab…
We’ve been reporting on toasted AMD AM5 CPU sockets for a while now. Back in April, a Reddit thread catalogued over 100 dead CPUs. AMD then told us, “Following a joint investigation, AMD and ASRock identified a memory compatibility issue present in earlier BIOS versions, which has been rectified in the latest BIOS.” However, in…
“Too much life in the way, too many bugs left”. YoomTah, the developer behind the ‘Banjo-Kazooie Grunty’s Revenge Redone’ mod for Banjo-Kazooie, has announced that the project is ending. Described as an “N64 Reimagining of the GBA game Banjo-Kazooie Grunty’s Revenge,” the mod was aiming to feature “7 complete worlds, custom music, and beta content.”…