“The longest day begins…”. Jaleco’s 1984 Battleship-themed shoot ’em up D-Day has been announced as the latest title coming to Nintendo Switch and PS4, as part of Arcade Archives. The game, which is not to be confused with Olympia and Centuri’s 1981 arcade title of the same name, will be released on August 7th, and…
In its latest Q2 financial report, AMD had good news for investors and fans of Radeon graphics cards. Gaming revenue was up 73% compared to this time last year, and no small part of this has been down to the success of the RX 9000-series of graphics cards. So much so, that in an earnings…
Die-hard Windows XP fans rejoice, your footwear of choice has arrived. Microsoft has launched special anniversary edition Windows XP-themed Crocs. Yes, that’s Crocs as in the famously ugly foam clogs. And, yes, these special edition versions have been plastered liberally with an XP-inspired colourway. That, of course, means they’ve been fitted up with the iconic…
Slow and steady. Japanese automotive manufacturer Honda has unveiled the Pokémon Koraidon motorbike during the Suzuka 8 Hours motorcycle endurance race on Sunday, and uh… Well, it looks about as elegant as you could reasonably expect. The vehicle is aided by the Honda Riding Assist system, which means it’s able to operate and move independently….
It’s 3 am. You can’t sleep. You’re tossing and turning because you simply must speak to your MP to ask them what their favourite crisp flavour is. Or if they’d be up for reintroducing the death penalty. Or how they feel about the many pointless uses of AI that are being foisted upon us. Good…
Some facts about videogame canon you wish you could scrub not just from the internet, but your very own mind. Unfortunately, I am burdened with the unenviable task of informing you of things that are true, and it is apparently very much true that a bunch of well-paid Americans, sitting around a room, had the…
We have a lot to thank security researchers for. Between uncovering yet more vulnerabilities in Google Chrome, and exposing an embarrassing data leak in a popular sex toy app (no, really), these white hat hackers tend to make our digital existence safer in the long run. Surely some compensation from the multi-million dollar corporations caught…
The arcade will close its doors for good later this month. The owner of the Halifax arcade, Blast From The Past, has announced on Facebook that the location will close at the end of this month, following a number of issues that has left him with no choice but to close up, including “rising costs”,…
Mari no cart. Japan’s largest speedrunning event, RTA, is set to kick off later this week on 9th August, and will see some of the speediest gamers in the biz ploughing through the likes of Cuphead, Nier: Automata and Skyrim, all in aid of Doctors Without Borders. We learnt a few months ago that Nintendo…
If you’re a fan of AMD and its red-hued CPUs and graphics cards, you’ll be pleased to know that the huge demand for Ryzens and Radeons has done wonders for its streams of income. In its latest financial report, AMD says that its total revenue of $7.7 billion is 32% better than this time last…