Your average roguelike deckbuilder gives you plenty to worry about. Will I get that last card I need to perfect this combo? Is my damage high enough to beat that next boss? Have I got enough card draw to make this strategy work? But one thing you don’t normally have to worry about is your…
Elden Ring Nightreign’s latest patch is out after temporarily being delayed due to a tsunami warning, and it brings a whole host of new features including duo expeditions, a new Everdark Sovereign (Augur), and, perhaps the most exciting new addition, an improved sorting system for relics. “New filtering options have been added to the Relic…
One of the joys of writing our Budget or bust feature is the possibility of stumbling across a diamond in the rough, and that’s exactly what’s happened to me recently. I’ve been testing the Amazon Basics USB Condenser Microphone of late, and I can now confirm that it’s a brilliant little audio-grabber for a mere…
I think I heard a shot. Gulikit has announced the ‘Elves 2’, a new wireless controller for the Switch and Switch 2 touted as the first third-party controller to offer ‘wake-up’ support for Switch 2. Available in Coral Red and Translucent Black, the Elves 2 is a different proposition from its ‘Pro’ variant, (which is…
Category: Games July 31, 2025 Mafia: The Old Country Is a Classic Mob Tale Told With an Eye on the Future Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief To understand Mafia: The Old Country, you have to understand that this is a project concerned with looking back. It looks back, with deep research, at the very birth…
Intel has just 18 months to land a big customer or its cutting-edge fabs are history. That’s according to Bernstein & Co. analyst, Stacy Rasgon (via Oregon Live). Specifically, Intel itself has said it plans to start making chips on its next-next-gen 14A node (the one that comes after the actual next-gen 18A process due…
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is getting its first ever DLC, called Wheatflour Wonderland, on September 18, and the first trailer shown at the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase has introduced us to the star of the show—Cogimyun. Although it doesn’t give too much information about what we can expect from the DLC, this first look does…
How would you rate it? The July 2025 Nintendo Direct delivered 25 minutes of Switch 2 game news from third-party publishers, including release dates for previously announced titles and brand-new reveals. In this round-up you’ll find everything announced in the Partner Showcase, as well as the full Nintendo Direct July 2025 video, trailers for each…
Last week saw the reveal of Battlefield 6’s singleplayer campaign, but the series was founded on large-scale multiplayer, and it’s now time to see the main event. Battlefield 6 multiplayer footage has already leaked, but that can only tell us so much. Given that it’s been hyping this up as its ‘most ambitious’ Battlefield yet,…
“There’s a new plaque on the wall of a small building in Ashby de la Zouch”. Rare has been making headlines for less than positive reasons recently, but the company remains one of the most important and influential in the history of British game development thanks to a string of hits that goes all the…