2025

If you’ve played Helldivers 2 for more than about 15 seconds, you’re probably well-acquainted with the game’s wry sense of humor. A la Starship Troopers, the game sees players dying in droves as disposable soldiers in the name of a theoretical democratic utopia—not that they’d ever see it, as they’re all too busy getting torn…

Making a big game that will stand out from the crowd and sell well requires many things to be exactly right. Alongside designing and building the story, graphics, and gameplay, developers have to battle through endless bugs—from a simple animation not syncing correctly to something that ultimately breaks the whole game. Any tool that can…

Last year, Razer launched two products with haptic feedback being the front and centre of attention: the Freyja seat pad and the Kraken V4 Pro headset. We tested and reviewed both products and while the latter is very good, its steep price tag is a bit of a barrier. In the case of the Freyja,…

We already know that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was a big hit for developer Warhorse Studios. The game vaulted over one million sales on its first day of launch, before galloping toward two million copies sold by the end of February. But how does that compare to the performance of the original game? It seems…

Between two characters, both with six distinct skill trees each, you’re spoilt for choice in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. There’s everything from brutal counters to a bamboo shoot which lets you stealth underwater. Picking the best skills is no easy task, especially since many of the high-level skills actually have unique unlock requirements attached. Plus, you…

Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, and this is when the Future Games Show Spring Showcase is: March 20, at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET/8 pm GMT. Hosted by actors Jennifer English, the voice of Shadowheart in Baldur’s Gate 3, and Nolan North of Nathan Drake fame (yes, among a great many other things,…

To call the Nvidia RTX 50-series launch a disappointment would be a gross understatement, what with low stocks, high prices, and promised performance that’s only kind-of, maybe, if-you-squint-really-hard true. So it’s with a little reluctance that I’m bringing seemingly glad tidings of an RTX 50-series price reduction. Yes, the RTX 50-series cards have had a…