The only thing I really know about manga is that there’s lots of it. But now there’s a fair bit less of it online, at least that’s available for, erm, ‘free’, in less than legal terms, on bato.to. But this and many related sites, such as xbato.com, are now dead, thanks to a Chinese criminal…
Presented in an “RPG-like fashion”, naturally. Last year, Masahiro Sakurai’s game knowledge was extended to yet another medium when the game developer extraordinaire’s life was translated into a manga biography. Why do we bring this up now, you might ask? Well, because Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii will soon get the same treatment (thanks, Automaton)….
Through the years of Bethesda games suffering from rocky launches, spectacular bugs, and erratic physics, there’s been a common refrain from the fans: ditch the engine. Originally Gamebryo, nowadays the Creation Engine, Bethesda’s in-house platform, has been seen as the root of all evils in The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, the supposed cause of everything…
Just a few days ago I reported that a bunch of different Linux gaming distros have teamed up to ‘improve the open source gaming ecosystem’. One distro that is noticeably absent from the Open Gaming Collective (OCG) collaboration, though, is CachyOS, and Peter Jung, founder and developer of CachyOS, has explained why (via GamingOnLinux). Replying…
Despite strong critical reception. Sega has released its latest financial report, confirming that despite strong critical reception, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has failed to meet the company’s expectations. The quote from Koichi Fukazawa, director of the board and senior executive vice president, can be found on the PDF presentation from the Q2 financials release. He details…
The Trophy Display project is a small part of Arc Raiders‘ latest Headwinds update. It’s just another avenue for players to commit resources and get, well, better resources. It’s nothing revolutionary, but hey, it’s something to do. But some players feel rather misled by its naming. “So, there is no Trophy Display at the end…
Custom computer provider Puget Systems has released its Most Reliable Hardware of 2025 report, and it makes for some interesting reading. While the most reliable consumer processor category seems to have been a tough one to call, the company says that the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K was the most reliable individual chip overall, with…
Coming to Switch later this month. French studio Seed for Seed — the developer behind Pile Up and Jump the Track — is bringing its cosy co-op RPG Baladins to Switch on 20th February 2026. Blending the tabletop co-operative experience with unique RPG gameplay, you and three friends can team up to explore Gatherac to…
And it works on Steam Deck, too. The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, the final game from studio Pandemic before its closure in 2009, is back online thanks to the efforts of the modding community. Based on Pandemic’s Star Wars: Battlefront series, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest allows you to experience Tolkien’s high fantasy…
Moltbook asks the question: what happens if you create Reddit for AI agents? The answer may not surprise you. It works like this: a human sets up an AI agent to run within the website, and then tasks the AI with doing stuff. Posting, upvoting, commenting, etc. The end result is a lot like Reddit,…