And it’s looking gooey. It only feels like yesterday that Bloober Team confirmed that Cronos: The New Dawn would be launching on the Switch 2. Yet here we are, merely a couple of weeks from its 5th September release, and the lovely Felix has gone hands-on with the title during his stint at Gamescom (yes,…
A nifty tribute to an RPG classic. A Japanese merchandise company called Hakkokudo has today released a new keychain, based on the classic Nihon Falcom RPG series Ys. The acrylic keychain, which measures 50×55×10mm, is modelled after Adol Christin, the main protagonist of the Ys series, and is intended to be the first in a…
If you are familiar with AI, there’s a good chance flickers of I, Robot, Blade Runner, or even Cyberpunk 2077 flash up in your mind. That’s because the philosophy and ethics of what AI could be are more interesting than the thing that makes AI overviews give you the wrong search results. In a recent…
Google has released a new study [PDF warning], detailing what it claims is the environmental impact of “delivering AI at Google scale”. The study estimates that a median Gemini AI text prompt uses less energy than watching nine seconds of television, and consumes “0.26 milliliters (or about five drops) of water”—but some experts have disagreed…
Docked and loaded. Earlier this week, we were lucky enough to head to the Nintendo booth at Gamescom and go hands-on with Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Switch 2. Bandai Namco didn’t allow any footage to be recorded from our handheld session (and we quickly saw why), but it seems such recording rules are not…
More details about Critical Role’s next campaign have dropped. We knew it was being run by Dimension 20 mastermind Brennan Lee Mulligan, whereupon I joked that he’d be losing a lot of sleep juggling two massive D&D projects. Folks, I am now seriously concerned for the man, because the pitch for Critical Role Campaign 4,…
A sharing session with more info is scheduled for tomorrow. In a social media post earlier today, AYANEO announced that its upcoming “budget-friendly” handheld, the Konkr Pocket Fit will launch with a starting price of less than $369. It was at the end of August this year that the Chinese hardware manufacturer first announced in…
Everyone wants to be Ghibli and almost no one can pull it off. Hell, even Studio Ghibli sometimes struggles. So when I set eyes on Opus: Prism Peak—with its lush anime palette, verdant natural settings, and chatty animals—I confess I sucked air through my teeth. Sigono’s previous Opus games are much-beloved, but none of them…
“I hoped it would be you, little brother”. Netflix has debuted its teaser trailer for the upcoming second season of Devil May Cry, the animated adaptation of Capcom’s acclaimed action series. Due for release in 2026, the anime is seemingly putting the spotlight on Dante’s brother, Virgil, setting up a big showdown between the two…
Is there anyone else out there? After a short break, Famitsu has published the estimated Japanese physical game sales chart for the last two weeks, and Mario Kart World is absolutely smashing it. The Switch 2 launch title put up an additional 144,911 sales between 4th and 17th August, selling more than double what could…