We won’t get to play Grand Theft Auto 6 when it launches for consoles on November 19, but they can’t stop us from watching the Grand Theft Auto 6 launch trailer! So, let’s do that. It’s definitely a trailer for a GTA game, but this one feels a bit more restrained to me than what…
Original game reinstated (for now). Sega, in response to terrible reviews and a wealth of complaints from players, has announced that it is pulling Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition from sale while it “investigates” issues. The original 2011 edition of the strategy sequel – which was removed from sale ahead of the remaster’s launch…
Well, here it is, Nvidia’s all-in-one silicon, the RTX Spark. This is an SoC that’s being promoted as the everything chip; the processor that can be all things to all people. It’s a creator’s chip, it’s an AI-lover’s chip, and it’s a gamer’s chip. But all three of those kinds of people do need to…
19 games to try. Nintendo is returning to MCM London Comic-Con later this month from 23rd – 25th October, and it has got quite the roster of playable demos lined up. As shared on the company’s socials today, the Nintendo booth will let attendees go hands-on with upcoming titles like Professor Layton and The New…
Catching a glimpse of my screen is often a stressful experience for my colleagues. Besides my mess of desktop icons and all the browser tabs I have open at any given time, you don’t want to know how many things I have set to launch on startup. Among these are, of course, the Steam and…
We all know the tale of Civilization 7. It came, it saw, it had you choose a new civ at the dawn of each age and that annoyed quite a lot of people indeed. Sic transit gloria Meier-i. So I was a bit surprised when Amplitude sat us down for a look at Humankind 2…
Free spins are a casino marketing staple. Yet their history goes much further back than players may think. As soon as you encounter any sort of casino marketing in the digital age, it is almost certainly going to involve an offer for free spins. Woven into the foundation of the digital age of gambling, the…
Zeus was raising the dead in Sega arcades back in 1988. Now he’s one of the busiest characters on Australian pokies, and the reasons go all the way back to the 8-bit era. Gods sell games. Anyone who grew up with a Sega Genesis already knows this. The console’s North American pack-in was Altered Beast,…
Slot reels and card tables have been squeezed onto ever-smaller glass since the 1970s. Anyone who grew up on handhelds will recognize the design tricks that came out of it. Slot reels used to be physical drums. For roughly eight decades after Charles Fey’s Liberty Bell, a slot machine meant springs and gears, plus a…
Manual trio kills, guaranteed-drop packages and a remote-play option make Bald.GG’s Nex offering worth a closer look for established Old School RuneScape players. Nex brings a demanding team encounter to Old School RuneScape. Old School RuneScape still delivers the pleasure familiar to anyone who grew up with an RPG: a better weapon, a new armour…