Epic Games has laid off more than 1,000 employees. CEO Tim Sweeney says the company is still “spending significantly more” than it’s making as a result of an ongoing slump in Fortnite engagement that began in 2025, which has necessitated “major cuts to keep the company funded.” Sweeney said some of the problems facing Epic…
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is set to receive its second DLC next month, and with an all new trailer we’ve had a little look at what exactly is in store. Called City Town, the DLC will whisk us away from Friendship Island to a bright, new location where we get to build a town from…
Winning the battle, losing the (trade) war. Rewind the clock back to early April 2025. Gamers in the United States are eager to get their hands on a Switch 2 and are waiting on tenterhooks to lodge their pre-orders. But, as he tends to do, Donald Trump threw a spanner in the works. On 2nd…
Enter the Nexus. Evercade maker Blaze has just teased a new piece of hardware called the ‘Evercade Nexus’. Adopting a similar approach to the one used when the company announced its Evercade Alpha series of bartop arcades, Blazed has teased nothing but a name and predictably triggering plenty of speculation. Read the full article on…
I’ll admit one thing to you right now: I don’t like in-ear headphones. I never really have. They just don’t feel right in my ears for longer than an hour or so. Maybe it’s because I’ve never been keen on the idea of having a piece of silicon shoved in my ear to listen to…
You unlock the Root’s End puzzle in Crimson Desert after completing Abyss Without Balance and continuing along the skybridge and floating islands eastwards. This tricky trial in the sky begins with a few simple jumps between platforms—easy enough. But then you need to traverse a block bridge that moves from side to side, requiring you…
If you’ve been keeping up with Intel’s latest processors, you’ll know that with its Core Ultra 200S chips, it set a new standard for speedy DRAM support. Starting at 4,800 MT/s with the 12th Gen Core range, each new series of processors has steadily increased the speed of the memory controller, reaching 6,400 MT/s with…
I spent a long time trying to solve the Toward the Nest puzzle in Crimson Desert—far more than any I’d encountered in the main story up to that point. By comparison, finishing Abyss Without Balance or activating the Spire of the Stars was super easy. In this quest, you’ll find yourself chasing the Crowcaller into…
Plus $500 million in cost cutting. Fortnite is one of the most successful games in the world, but that hasn’t stopped Epic Games being affected by the tumultuous nature of the games industry. Today, the company has announced that it’s laying off over 1000 employees due to a downturn in engagement. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier initially…
John Romero is going to make you learn math! Ever since revolutionising the first-person shooter genre with games like Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, and Quake, John Romero has tried his hand at a bunch of different projects, from more straightforward spiritual successors to his earlier work to mobile titles, social games, and MMOs. The making of…