Good to have you back, old friend. Over the years, Final Fantasy has been nothing if not inventive, as its largely anthology-based approach has led to a variety of JRPG game design experiments. Yet in more recent years, it feels like the franchise has strayed from its roots, with more old-school fans pining for a…
Woohoo Island. I awake, fist contorted into the shape of a Joy-Con 2, with a sharp pain in my right shoulder from a night of strenuous Table Tennis. There must be a new Nintendo Sports game out. Like everyone else in the world, I poured days into Wii Sports back in 2006, and spent an…
Three of the most influential games from my childhood were Pokémon HeartGold, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Outlast. Knowing this, you could probably piece together the kind of person I have become—let’s just say it explains a lot. So it brought a smile to my face when I learned that without one of these influential…
Where no-one can hear you scream… Publisher Komi Games Inc. has announced that Infested DX, a remastered edition of developer GrahfMetal’s itch.io game, is coming to Steam on October 27, boasting a visual overhaul and a gutful of new features. Taking its cue from the DOS horror adventures of the late ’80s and early ’90s,…
“We’ve been concerned by recent news of games being reverse-engineered, cloned and published…”. Digital Sun, the indie developers of Moonlighter, has announced it is delaying a public playtest of its latest game, the Castlevania-inspired tower-defence title ReVamp, in response to cloning fears. In a statement released to social media, the Spanish development studio thanked people…
There’s a lot that goes into the best gaming keyboards, and switches are only part of the picture. The entire composition doesn’t fall apart with a less than stellar switch in place, especially as so many boards are hot swappable. But if you’re picky about typing sound, the search for your perfect key switch just…
Art thou hyped? The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time might not be Nintendo’s next Switch 2 exclusive (don’t worry Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, we haven’t forgotten about you), but the looming 5th November release date means that the marketing campaign is in full swing. We’re getting new trailers, shorts and TV spots all over…
Subnautica 2, a game so popular its original publisher will never forgive it, is gearing up for the next phase of its early access existence. In the first of a new vlog series, creative director Anthony Gallegos said that the game is preparing to move into “early access 2.0,” which Unknown Worlds is calling its…
Earlier this year, the FCC implemented a kind of soft ban on foreign-made routers, declaring that they must receive special approval to be sold in the US. This seems to have put enough pressure on TP-Link to make a big change, as the company has said it intends to bring its router production to the…
Intel has opened requests to add Intel XeSS support to Valve’s Proton, signalling a renewed interest in getting its mobile gaming chips up to speed on the Linux operating system. Some of the best handheld gaming PCs right now are powered by Intel processors, namely the Intel Arc G3 Extreme. That can be found in…