Until now I couldn’t figure out why Hades, a game with 275,000 positive reviews piled up on Steam, didn’t grab me. Turns out it’s something fairly trivial: I dislike controlling a tiny character in an action game. Absolum takes the “die, retry” format of Hades—its own subgenre of roguelike at this point—and blends it with…
It has not been smooth sailing for Bungie’s Marathon reboot since it was revealed in March 2023 with a stylish but ultimately empty teaser. After two years of questions and uncertainty, PC Gamer’s resident Bungie whisperer Tim Clark declared it “definitely good” after getting hands-on time with it in April. But he had significant concerns…
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Stellar Blade finally hit PC two days ago, giving everyone a chance to do whatever it is this game is actually about. Unfortunately, no one knows what that is, because the entirety of discourse surrounding it is about the main character’s butt. Well, now that butt is on PC, and you know what that means:…
No matter how advanced PCs become, nothing will ever beat the pure, intoxicating vibes of a late 1970s computer. The text-based interface, the sickly glow, the background hum… if I’d been one of the passengers on the Nostromo, it would have taken a facehugger to get me off one of those keyboards. Which isn’t far…
Who knew it was a big thing? We’re not sure how or when including old tech in your brand new controllers became something to be boasting about, especially when it’s Bluetooth technology that’s been around since the early noughties, but that’s where we’re at with the Switch 2’s wake-up function currently. Now, we all know…
Category: Games June 13, 2025 Lost in Random: The Eternal Die – 10 Tips for the Perfect Roll Mila ten Hove Lee, Marketing Manager The wait is over – Lost in Random: The Eternal Die is now open for Advanced Access on Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass! Pre-order the Fortune Edition today to start…
A new report on the Verge is claiming that the Xbox handheld console is toast. Or to quote directly, “it’s essentially canceled”. That initially seems confusing, after all hasn’t the first Xbox handheld only just been announced? There are plenty of caveats to cover off here, not least that this is a rumour about a…
A preem dream? Digital Foundry has posted its tech review for Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on the Switch 2, putting the game through its paces to see just how the main story and Phantom Liberty expansion hold up on Nintendo’s new console. To start, DF notes that the inclusion of Phantom Liberty itself is pretty…
Friends, Family & Colleagues, I’m thrilled (and relieved) to share that our new doc – Arcades & Love Songs: the Ballad of Walter Day – is now available through all major video-on-demand platforms – https://linktr.ee/arcadesandlovesongs As my first feature as a director, it has been incredibly rewarding to see audiences reactions (and reviews) be so positive. Our…