October 12, 2026

There are mods for Seamless Grav Jumps and for Seamless Planet Takeoffs. But when you arrive at a planet in Starfield you still have to choose a landing spot, and then watch a loading screen and an animation. It’s another thing that contributes to the feeling your spaceship is more like a house that can…

The Golden Joystick Awards have been running for so long there was a period where they awarded separate prizes for 8-bit and 16-bit games in each category. In 1988, rail shooter Operation Wolf was the 8-bit Computer Game of the Year, while the Bitmap Brothers’ futuresport Speedball took home 16-bit Computer Game of the Year….