If you’ve ever looked at a PlayStation 5 and thought ‘That would be a really good budget gaming PC, if only you could put your own operating system on it’, then I have good news for you. Because that’s precisely what one software engineer has managed to do, though the simplicity of the outcome belies…
One thing that sets Marathon apart from other extraction shooters is its Runner Shells—AKA heroes—each with unique abilities and passives. While loot and a well-aimed shot are still often the deciding factor in a fight, being able to amp up your speed as Vandal, throw a spider drone with Recon, or turn invisible as the…
Steve Downes, the voice actor for Halo’s Master Chief, has publicly called on the White House to remove his voice from a recently uploaded video on X, titled “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY.” The video, uploaded to The White House X account on March 6, is a 42-second propaganda piece aimed at ginning up enthusiasm for…
Counter-Strike 2 players in Germany will soon find themselves in possession of an “X-ray scanner” that will enable them to see what’s inside containers before opening them. It sounds good, superficially—no more throwing money away on randomized garbo-tier skins—but, of course, there’s a catch. That catch, as detailed in this FAQ, is that once you’ve…
Today, I tried to create a font based on my own handwriting using a free, browser-based tool. Unfortunately, I think I may have summoned something deeply cursed into being. FontCrafter is the vibe-coded creation of Chris Pirillo. It’s incredibly easy to use—just print out the supplied template, fill it out using a felt-tip pen specifically…
In 2005, while everyone was wondering if cheeky upstart World of Warcraft could permanently dethrone the likes of EverQuest and Final Fantasy 11, Hudson’s Japanese-only MMO Master of Epic arrived with an emphasis on travelling through time, its zones made to feel brand new when visited in very different eras. Despite a novel premise, the…
Abe has worked on every WarioWare entry since the start. Nintendo has suffered yet another key loss as developer Goro Abe has confirmed he has left the company to become a professor at the Osaka Electro-Communication University, working within its Department of Digital Games. Abe-san was well known for his extensive work on the WarioWare…
I’m a known and documented Morrowind liker, to a degree that even I get a little bored of myself going on about it, but you know what? I think we reach for the Morrowind comparisons a little too quickly these days. A game has big fungi? That’s a Morrowind. Unique environments? Morrowind. Armour made of…
Slay the Spire 2 is out now in early access, and once you drop some cash on it, it will probably be the last time you need to spend any money on the game. That’s because developer Mega Crit is no friend to microtransactions. “We’re microtransaction haters,” Casey Yano, co-founder of Mega Crit, told Destructoid…
Time to take up your blade once more, warrior. Like its predecessor, Ghost of Yōtei’s rich single player campaign is just one side of a Zeni Hajiki coin, as Sucker Punch Productions brings its acclaimed PS5 adventure’s combat thrills to a supernatural plain in Ghost of Yōtei Legends. Launching tomorrow, March 10*, this online co-op…