It’s 8 pm on Arrakis and I’ve been on a crafting binge. I’m not normally the sort of ex-convict-turned-desert-nomad who’s into the whole crafting bollocks. I am, however, absolutely flipping nuts for Dune, so the ability to slap together stillsuits and Holtzman shields and all sorts of fun Herbert-adjacent nonsense has tickled my brain in…
It’s Dune June and Funcom’s new survival MMO—Dune: Awakening—is finally here. Actually, it’s been here since June 5, when people who forked over for its advanced access version got into the game, but now it’s really here: Funcom is letting the hoi polloi in, even those who spent a mere $50 on it. What’s the…
“The most technically impressive game of the launch line-up”. Digital Foundry has provided its tech review for Fast Fusion on the Switch 2, calling it “the most technically impressive game of the launch line-up” and a “must-have” for early adopters. Starting off on a bit of a downer, however, DF notes that the overall image…
Category: Xbox Games Showcase June 11, 2025 At Fate’s End: The Spiritfarer Team’s Next Game Invites You to Fight the Ones You Love Nicolas Guérin, Creative Director, Thunder Lotus Summary At Fate’s End is an upcoming action-adventure game about love, rivalry, and loyalty among siblings. As Shan, you’ll decide the fate of your family with…
In a blog post on Tuesday(via The Verge), OpenAI supremo Sam Altman said that a typical ChatGPT query uses ‘roughly one 15th of a teaspoon’ of water. Altman doesn’t go into any detail over that claim, including whether it’s a consequence of the cooling hardware used to manage server computers or also the broader environmental…
PerriKaryal is a tech creator on Twitch with a Master’s degree in psychology, and she ain’t afraid to use it. Her latest headlining project is a largely hands-free control scheme using an EEG. The brain cap detects distinct peaks of brain activity, which the streamer’s brain-computer-interface coding then interprets as gamepad inputs. So, yes, of…
This month, join forces to tackle the paranormal crises of a mysterious federal agency under siege in the cooperative first-person shooter FBC: Firebreak, lead your team to victory in the iconic all-out warfare of Battlefield 2042, test your skills as a new Fazbear employee managing and maintaining the eerie pizzeria of Five Nights at Freddy’s:…
Players are in an uproar after an anonymous Jagex employee, speaking to Pink News, accused the RuneScape and Old School RuneScape (OSRS) dev of deliberately curtailing its Pride Month celebrations in response to the American government’s assault on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The announcement that RuneScape and OSRS wouldn’t be running—or would at…
Watch those magnets. After tinkering with the Switch 2 for about a week now, the general consensus amongst NL staff is that the new magnetic Joy-Con are simply marvellous. On the original Switch, there was always a sense that the Joy-Con weren’t quite as secure as we would have liked, and this was simply exacerbated…
Dispatch is the first game out of AdHoc—a studio that contains several directors and developers from Telltale Games’ height of popularity. Featured in our own PC Gaming Show, Dispatch also has a demo out for Steam Next Fest, and after playing it, my only complaint is that I want to see more. I’ve always had…