The Japanese reveal tweet suggests so… Last week’s surprise Nintendo Direct might not have been the showcase of wall-to-wall bangers that we had hoped for, but it still held its fair share of surprises — perhaps the biggest of which was Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Sure, it had been rumoured for years, but we…
The infamous Blue Screen of Death feels like it’s always there, waiting. The scourge of PC gamers and IT workers alike, it lurks in the distance, seemingly anticipating the right moment to ruin your day. Now Microsoft has announced that it’s previewing a “more streamlined UI for unexpected restarts” in the latest Windows Insider build—and…
“I have no employees, I have no investors”. The rise of retro gaming has led to a flood of aftermarket mods and optional equipment, all of which is designed to make playing your classic games as enjoyable as possible. These range from everything from Optical Drive Emulators to AV hubs and next-gen memory cards, and…
Generative AI has shunted its great technological heft into all sorts of industries over the past few years—and videogames aren’t an exception, not by a long-shot. Voice actors in America are embroiled in a battle over rights to their own vocal likeness, studios with enough money to do better are bending over backwards to avoid…
Inzoi has been in the hands of life sim sickos for a few days now, and while there are pockets of criticism here and there—build mode being too obtuse and a lack of gameplay depth being two major callouts—it seems that folks are having a real good time playing something that isn’t The Sims for…
Last year saw the 25th anniversary of Half-Life, one of the most important games in PC history and a spectacular debut for Valve. But in another timeline, it could’ve been the studio’s second game. Valve co-founder and former chief marketing officer Monica Harrington was on a panel at the recent 2025 Game Developers Conference called…
Monster Hunter Wilds’ first month has been a right corker, as Capcom revealed it managed to shift over 10 million copies in the game’s opening weeks. Around eight million of those were just in the first three days of launch, making it the fastest-selling Capcom game in the developer’s history. So while things have slowed…
Is it finally time? Speculation surrounding a potential remake of Final Fantasy IX has seemingly been growing for years at this point, rising exponentially when an NVIDIA leak made mention of the unannounced project in 2021. Now, we may well be on the brink of a reveal as Square Enix teases “a variety of projects”…
While the average Windows user might not really worry about what changes Microsoft has planned for its range of operating systems, system administrators and other IT professionals certainly do. Up to now, though, we’ve all had to make do with keeping an eye on beta channels or blog updates, but now Microsoft has a full…
Bear with me, dear reader, and ask yourself: What makes for a good collectible? I obviously have a few good ideas now, because I’m writing this article, but before then I admit I’d be hard-pressed to give you a proper list. I know what makes a bad one, mind, but what gives them the juice?…