Last October, Intel launched its Panther Lake mobile processor architecture, and when we got our hands on a Core Ultra Series 3 CPU several months later, we were greatly impressed by its gaming chops. Now it’s back again with Wildcat Lake: all the best parts of Panther Lake, but cut down to a kitten-sized little…
“Supported on both Base Unit and App”. The Polymega modular retro gaming system has seen its fair share of teething troubles with distribution and delays, but it feels like it may have turned a corner in 2026, with manufacturer Playmaji confirming a power upgrade and the launch of the Polymega Remix and Polymega App this…
On paper, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB makes a whole lot of sense. I was particularly impressed by the RX 9060 XT 16 GB when I tested it last year, and the 8 GB version is usually substantially cheaper. In fact, out of all of AMD and Nvidia’s current-generation graphics cards, it’s…
“We had to take immediate action”. One of the internet’s largest catalogues of video game hardware has been forced into read-only mode thanks to hackers. Established in 2018, Consolevariations.com aims to be the “ultimate console database” and lists over 12,000 variants and more than 100,000 photos, many of which are uploaded by the community. Read…
It’s not often that I write about a refresh of a vendor’s gaming laptop portfolio, and it’s simply because there’s rarely anything new to report. A slightly better screen here, a mildly faster processor over there: small changes are pretty much par for the course. But in an announcement for its new Raider and Crosshair…
“For the first time on AES”. Yesterday, we were given the very welcome news that Plaion and SNK are teaming up to create the Neo Geo+ AES, a modern-day recreation of the iconic super-console that everybody wanted but nobody could afford back in 1990. As part of this release, Plaion is reissuing 10 classic Neo…
There’s nothing like watching US politics from the outside to make you feel in-fucking-sane on the daily. For today’s WTF news, here’s New York mayor Zohran Mamdani explaining the benefits of charity with an extended Mario Kart metaphor. And here’s a transcript for those of you on public transport without headphones, or people who just…
Bear with me here: the Xenosaga JRPG series belongs to the wider Xeno series, which also includes the lately-very-popular Xenoblade Chronicles games. The Xenosaga trilogy originally released for PlayStation 2, and the first two games were also ported to Nintendo DS. You don’t need to be a JRPG or Monolith Soft fanatic to be aware…
Pragmata‘s first boss, the Sector Guard, is quite a step up compared to the challenges you’ve faced so far. But it’s also a sign of things to come: the Sector Guard is a breeze compared to bosses and even standard fights later on, not least because it’s a tutorial for the Overdrive mechanic. Because all…