Remember when video games were all about a handful of pixels, a catchy soundtrack, and a simple objective? Those were the days. From chasing arcade high scores to mastering the optimal route in a platformer, retro games stuck with straightforward mechanics that were easy to understand but difficult to perfect. The good news: these ideas…
Counting digits is hard work, you know. The Oliver Twins recently announced that they are crowdfunding a new collection of Dizzy titles for the Sega Mega Drive. The Eggcellent Dizzy Collection will contain three games – Dizzy the Adventurer, Go! Dizzy Go! and Panic! Dizzy – and sees the siblings return to the series after…
Denis Dyack, known for his work on games including Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, says big game developers are “abusing early access” by using it as a marketing tool for highly polished games that are ready for full release anyway. That, Dyack believes, has shifted expectations for early access releases…
The METRO Redux Next-Gen Update is out now on XBOX Series X|S consoles. Right now, you can experience both METRO 2033 & Last Light Redux with an unprecedented degree of immersion, thanks to performance improvements, enhanced visuals, and control upgrades that combine to take full advantage of the latest XBOX hardware. First, the Next-Gen Update…
Presented by (Image credit: Torn Banner) This article is brought to you by No More Room in Hell 2. Last week, I asked PC Gamer readers to nominate the scariest PC games they could think of. I collected the top 16 submissions from that comment section (with some editorial discretion) and randomly seeded the bracket…
Summary Titan Quest II launches on XBOX Series X|S on January 19, 2027, and is available for pre-order starting today. Players combine two of six Masteries into a hybrid class that perfectly matches their playstyle. Both the Standard Edition ($59.99) and the Ultimate Edition ($79.99) include the Cosmic Turtle Companion and 96 hours of early…
In this week’s ‘what the memory crisis is doing to people’ news, a YouTuber has recently bought 32 GB of DDR5 laptop memory online and successfully converted it into memory for their desktop. Overall, it cost them just $175 ($120 for the memory and $55 for extra components). That’s a bit of a bargain, as…
Ding, ding! Round one! Famitsu has given us our latest look at the Japanese charts, and it’s another big week for new releases. Nintendo Switch Sports Resort just about managed to take home the gold medal in its debut week, pulling in over 64,000 sales. Final Fantasy Resonance put up a strong fight in the…
Featuring the original Mutant Turtles. I’m not particularly convinced that the final days of October offer the best opportunities to whack on your swim trunks and go for a dip, but Hamster Corporation care not, given that the classic gaming curator has released Tehkan’s Swimmer to the Arcade Archives 2 range, available on PS5, Xbox…
I don’t mean to be contrarian (which is rare for me), but I’ve been generally unfazed by the hype for Grand Theft Auto 6. It’s not that I don’t think it’ll be good—I’m actually damn near certain it will—it’s just that none of what Rockstar has focused on so far in its marketing speaks to…