“Brutally honest reviews, top-class tips, and close-to-the-knuckle humour”. 35 years ago this month, EMAP launched Mean Machines, the UK’s first dedicated multiformat console magazine. It’s no exaggeration to say that, had this publication not existed, you wouldn’t be reading this site (so yes, you have someone to blame). Read the full article on timeextension.com “Brutally…
Master of unlocking potential. When Resident Evil Requiem was announced for the Switch 2, we must admit to being a little surprised that the game could conceivably run well on Nintendo’s new console. We weren’t the only ones either. According to a new interview with Famitsu (thanks, wccftech), director Koshi Nakanishi said that the development…
VMU Pro Store launches in November. The arrival of 8BitMods’ VMU Pro is imminent, and the company has just opened up its developer portal to anyone interested in creating apps for the next-gen memory card. You can register your interest on the official site if you’re keen to make apps for this new device. A…
We’ve been getting drip-fed Resident Evil Requiem information for a few months now, culminating in numerous Leon-centric fan theories, some absolutely terrifying hands-on sessions, and a better look into our new protagonist, Grace Ashcroft. The latest crumb being a new story trailer shown at TGS over the weekend. Like most of the content that’s come…
Borderlands 4 has some pretty shabby UI, from its clunky inventory to lots of visual clutter, but the Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode unlock challenges take the cake. UVHM is an endgame feature that cranks up the difficulty, and despite it being the main goal once you beat the campaign, there’s no clear path to progress…
Think fast, hotshot: after spending three years lovingly crafting July’s 0.49 update, which dramatically buffed up its capacity to handle all-powerful lua modding, the crew at OpenMW have already turned around and put out their first candidate for its 0.50 release. In mod project timelines, this is basically a nanosecond turnaround. If you’re not familiar,…
Bath is a beautiful city in the UK. Unfortunately, as a hardware writer renting creaky, drafty, listed buildings dating from the Georgian period, that beauty does not really translate into decent internet speeds. At the very least, the latest Windows 11 preview build offers one small feature that might make my life slightly easier. Rolling…
2XKO’s closed beta seems to be going pretty well, with the tag fighter throwing open the doors to the masses on October 7. Despite executive producer Tom Cannon saying in July that “our goal is to keep the game up, online, and available” from the closed beta’s launch, it seems that Riot needs just a…
Critical Role’s next campaign is almost here—and it’s a huge shake-up for the long-standing D&D actual-play titan. Brennan Lee Mulligan will be taking over the DM seat from Matthew Mercer, while also continuing to run Dimension 20 campaigns and recording sessions of Worlds Beyond Number. But that’s not all. Campaign 4 will also be a…
“I really love how it turned out!”. Pre-orders for infinity, a Game Boy Color strategy RPG that’s over 25 years in the making, go live today – and the legendary Yuzo Koshiro has contributed a track to the game. Infinity began its life back in 1999 at a small Californian company called Affinix Software, but…