Manual override. Bar a few exceptions, the days of opening your boxed copy of a new game and eagerly flipping through the instruction booklet are behind us. But it looks like Nintendo isn’t ready to give up on the nostalgia just yet, as it has released a printable ‘databook’ for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, that…
Until I found the website ooh.directory last year, I hadn’t really understood, completely, how malnourished my internet diet had become. I still had some bookmarks I visited everyday, and the social media feed I checked (too often) for breaking news and interesting stories. But only when I made a conscious effort for the first time…
Premium experience at an affordable price. Cosmox Gaming offers up a lot of arcade controllers, including the modular Hautepad X at a more premium price and the remarkably affordable Hautepad C16. Now, the company has launched the M-Ultra Gen2, an aluminium-built leverless that sits somewhere in-between the two. If the C-16 is primarily aimed at…
Last week, we asked you to share snow-filled views from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here’s this week’s snowy highlights: SheikhSadi80 shares Atsu riding out to a shrine on a snowy hill in Ghost of Yōtei rorottino shares Sam snowboarding on a carrier in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. RhodWulfLeon shares…
World of Warcraft‘s player housing feature has been out for less than a week—well, in early access, as long as you’ve bought the upcoming Midnight expansion—and I’m delighted to report that players are already going hogwild. For context, player housing has taken notes from every other popular MMO’s housing system and basically rolled it into…
Ever felt lost at sea in the first days of a new job? I’ll admit it—my first weeks at PC Gamer, I had no idea what I was doing (some might say that’s still the case). I was just trying to keep my head above water and not publish anything libellous, or at least nothing…
Ever felt lost at sea in the first days of a new job? I’ll admit it—my first weeks at PC Gamer, I had no idea what I was doing (some might say that’s still the case). I was just trying to keep my head above water and not publish anything libellous, or at least nothing…
Spry Fox, the Seattle-based studio behind cozy games like Cozy Grove, got purchased by Netflix back in 2022 when the streaming giant was really trying to get into this whole videogame thing. While the acquisition did bear fruit—an upcoming mobile co-op life sim called Spirit Crossing—Spry Fox is parting ways with its owner after just…
It’s been a grim few months for the world of servers, cloud services, and hyperscalers. With AWS going AWOL in October and Cloudflare doing its best impression of a yo-yo in recent weeks, it would be nice to have some good news to share about that technology sector. Alas, no, as it turns out that…
There’s something magical about firing up an old NES cartridge. That familiar beep, the pixelated graphics that somehow look better than you remember – it’s pure nostalgia fuel. Old School Gamer Magazine gets this completely, and they’ve been documenting why retro gaming isn’t just a fad that’ll fade away. I’ve been reading their work for…