The last time graphics technology really knocked my socks off was the advent of DLSS, Nvidia’s supersampling tech that lets you boost performance by rendering games at lower resolutions and upscaling them in real time. DLSS, and to a lesser extent AMD’s FSR, still feel like a magic trick, but it’s not without sacrifice: Despite…
Category: Games August 28, 2025 Xbox August Update: Cross-Device Play History, Controller Updates, and More Dean Shimabukuro, Product Marketing Manager, Xbox Services Marketing As part of our continuing effort at Xbox to deliver more meaningful and fun gaming moments, however you play, we’re bringing some exciting improvements across devices in this month’s update. Soon, you…
An Ironclad purchase. The Evercade family of systems has seen some amazing collections over the past few years, but few have been quite as eagerly-awaited as the Neo Geo Arcade 1 cartridge. Much of this will be down to the fact that, once upon a time, SNK’s home console was considered to be one of…
All good things come to an end, and when that happens, we often look back and grumble aloud that change isn’t always welcome. If you’ve been a fan of AMD’s bundled CPU coolers over the past few years, then you may well fall into that camp, as the sun has now set on the Wraith…
Cronos: The New Dawn takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of the Kraków district of Nowa Huta during the 1980s. It seems like an oddly specific location, that is, until you actually ask the devs over at Bloober Team why they decided to set their upcoming survival horror game here. “It’s a district where I…
Although AI is absolutely the main focus of Nvidia right now, with Jen-Hsun now referring to it as “an AI infrastructure company”, the green team hasn’t forgotten about gaming. The launch of the RTX 50-series graphics cards this year has certainly been a boon for the company and accounts for a huge increase in gaming…
“It’s a Barbie/Ken level of nudity”. Cast your mind back to the ’90s, and Tomb Raider is at the height of its popularity. Everywhere you turn, Lara Croft’s oddly angular face is staring back at you – she’s on tour with U2, in magazines and (of course) topping the video game charts all over the…
Oh, Starfield. Since the release of—and lukewarm response to—the Shattered Space expansion almost a full year ago, Bethesda’s been very quiet about what it’s got planned for the game that was once anticipated enough to send Baldur’s Gate 3 scurrying for cover. In fairness, the studio’s had other irons in the fire, most notably the…
You almost feel bad for them… The latest boxed charts from Japan are now available thanks to Famitsu, and as expected, Nintendo’s first-party line-up for Switch 2 is doing particularly well. Specifically, Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza remain unchanged at the top, selling a further 30,202 and 8,424 copies respectively. We’d like to…
If any one thing can claim responsibility for sending me down the dark, dark path of writing for a living, it’s probably MUDs—text-based MMOs from an era before 3D graphics that somehow still endure today. It wasn’t school, it wasn’t uni, it wasn’t a mentor’s encouragement or some precocious childhood proclivity. I just spent most…