Feature: “It Wouldn’t Be A Game-Key” – Broken Sword Dev On Potential Switch 2 Cart Release & Lobbying Nintendo For Dev Kits

“They were very courteous”. Earlier this week, we got the news that Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars was being ‘reforged’ once again, into a new Switch 2 Edition this time. Huzzah, we thought, as we pondered who would be the best person to talk to about the 1996 point-and-click adventure making its way to…

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Arc Raiders players decided to test who was friendlier, PC or console players: ‘I am never playing the game on cross-play ever again’

It never ceases to amaze me just how friendly everyone in Arc Raiders is. I’ve not yet come across someone truly evil while playing solos. Sure, I’ve been shot at, but I’ve either won the fight or talked the aggressor out of attacking me. But I primarily play against other PC players. I haven’t turned…

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Ex-Square Enix suit says you can whine all you like, but ‘Gen Z loves AI slop’ and everyone and their grandma is already using it

Dismayed by the profusion of AI-generated slop in videogames? No, you aren’t. Or if you are, then you aren’t representative of the broad gaming audience. That’s my takeaway from recent remarks by Jacob Navok, former director of business at Square Enix and current CEO at Genvid—a media company specialising in “a unique mix of a…

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“With Tariffs Etc, It Takes Time” – The Creators Of THE A1200 Respond To Recent US “Pre-Order Woes”

“USA sales will happen (most likely via Amazon)”. “USA sales will happen” for the A1200 — that’s according to the creators of the emulation-based machine, Retro Games Ltd. When pre-orders for Retro Games Ltd.’s recreation of the Amiga 1200 (The A1200) went live last week on PlaionReplai’s website, it sparked a surge of excitement among…

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I’ve played 40 hours of Arc Raiders and only just discovered there’s a locked room that requires an epic material to open, not a keycard

Unlocked doors, locked doors, and barred doors, Arc Raiders sure has a lot of different types of doors, and I’d assumed I knew all of them. That was until the Tribute to Toledo quest sent me into the Power Generation Complex on Dam Battlegrounds in search of a Power Rod—an epic refined material I assumed…

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Seven years after launch and eighteen years after Steam, the Epic Games Store will now let you gift games directly to your friends

Good news, everyone! A mere seven years since it launched, the Epic Games Store has gifting now! The Fortnite developer announced the new feature in a post on the store, stating that “players can now purchase and send games directly to friends on their Epic friends list.” Users who purchase gifts through Epic’s payment system…

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AMD is reportedly planning a GPU price rise as the memory shortage crisis bites and odds of decent Black Friday graphics card deals look increasingly slim

According to a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo, AMD is planning to ramp up graphics card prices in response to the ongoing squeeze on memory supply. The post says that AMD has already implemented an increase for its industry customers that has yet to show up in retail prices, but this new hike…

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