I try to keep myself in check, but I admit it: I’m back to being excited about Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Ever since our Fraser Brown returned as a cautious optimist from a hands-on preview of Bloodlines 2, I’ve been unable to stop myself from hoping. As we trudge closer to the game’s…
One of the biggest additions in Grounded 2 is Buggies, which are effectively bug mounts. Each Buggy brings its unique physical traits to the table, meaning some critters are better at certain tasks than others. They say dogs are man’s best friend, but you’ll constantly have a creepy crawlie next to you in Brookhollow Park,…
In what I can only assume is Grounded 2‘s final mission and boss fight—I wouldn’t know, I’m yet to beat it for reasons I’m about to go into—the trek to the Network Centre in the Networking mission is perilous in more ways than one. After spending hours exploring the Statue region and then climbing up…
Itch.io appears to be scrambling for cover after credit card payment processors began pressuring it to remove or moderate its NSFW content, a move claimed to be at the behest of anti-porn groups like Collective Shout—an ongoing situation that’s been causing a huge turmoil over the past week. As part of compliance, Itch has been…
Taking aim. After years in the technological wilderness, light gun games are making a long-overdue comeback. In what feels like a relatively short space of time, we’ve seen the Sinden, Polymega GC01 and Gun4ir hit the market, and now we can also add the G’AIM’E light gun to that list. Produced by Japanese peripheral maker…
The New York Times is being hazed by game dev social media over what I can only describe as one of the most naive articles about AI I’ve ever seen. The pointing and laughing is happening on BlueSky, among other places, over a paragraph that claims generative AI is being embraced by the videogame industry,…
The company has promised to issue replacements for affected devices. Since the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 was released a few months ago, there have been an increasing number of reports online about the hinges on the emulation device developing small hairline cracks after only a short period of use, throwing into question the durability of…
PEW PEW. Luxury watch maker Nubeo has form when it comes to video game collaborations – it has already produced Asteroids and Space Invaders timepieces – and its latest product revisits the former in a slightly different way. While the Ventana Automatic celebrated the 45th anniversary of Asteroids’ arcade release, the Console Automatic is focused…
Elden Ring Nightreign’s 1.02 patch was scheduled to go up tomorrow, on July 31, it included new content like the anticipated duos mode and other balance updates. But this has since been delayed by FromSoftware after a series of tsunami warnings. “Due to the tsunami warning following the earthquake near the Kamchatka Peninsula, we have…
We have a new gaming peripheral collaboration, so you know what that means. It’s time to see some gaming gear that’s not just black, white, pink, or maybe cammo. This time the collaboration is between the esports lifestyle brand 100 Thieves and HighGround peripheral makers. The ensuing Vantage collection features a collection of keyboards, mouse,…