Nightmare scenario: Your friend tells you about the cool new game everyone is playing. It’s turn-based combat. Oh hell yeah, you love turn-based combat! You rush to buy the game on said friend’s recommendation. You engage in combat for the very first time. You press a button to parry an att- wait. What the hell?…
One of the best parts of living in the UK is all the history which is right on our doorstep. Unfortunately, one of the worst parts about living in the UK is that sometimes you need to actually live in said history, and anyone who’s lived in an old building will know just how bad…
I regret to say that I haven’t actually played Subnautica 2 yet. Something about a part of the world we’ve only managed to explore a miniscule percentage of is inherently terrifying to me, so I tend to stay clear of anything that involves oceans or other generic bodies of water where I can’t stand on…
Doom dominated unlike any other PC game before it. Developed by id Software, this seminal first-person shooter defined the genre from that point forward, and any competitors to come in the years after were simply labeled as “Doom clones”. A technical marvel and true feat of game design, Doom tasked you with dashing through a…
Peppy in your Steppy. We’re closing in on Star Fox‘s almighty return, and Nintendo has today shared a little more footage of how the game plays with Switch 2’s unique control schemes. It’s Mouse Mode that takes the spotlight in this new clip (re-posted to Bluesky by @Stealth40k), showcasing the opening Corneria City stage with…
With its latest update for Windows 11, codenamed KB5089573, Microsoft has finally started to fully roll out something that it began late last year, and something that phones have supported for even longer. It’s a Bluetooth feature called Shared Audio, and as long as everyone’s hardware ticks off the right boxes, you’ll be able to…
If you recognise the name ‘Anbernic’, it’s likely because you’ve had your eyes on the company’s gorgeous retro gaming handhelds. You might want to think twice before buying one, though, as some folks have accused it of quietly downgrading the DDR4 memory to DDR3 and cutting memory size in half, with Anberic reportedly only denying…
Wario is missing. When first revealed, Pictonico was clearly channelling serious WarioWare energy. That madcap microgame series got two Switch entries — 2021’s multiplayer-focused Get it Together! and 2023’s Move It!, inspired by the Wii’s Smooth Moves — but the microgame format feels particularly well-suited to touchscreen mobile devices. However, I didn’t expect this to…
Buy Another Day. We’re still waiting on the new Switch 2 release date for 007 First Light after it was delayed on the hybrid back in April, but that hasn’t stopped Bond from getting off to a flying start elsewhere. Developer and publisher IO Interactive has today shared the game’s first sales figures, revealing that…
Other bits of PC hardware might not be, but controllers are actually in a really good place right now. There are so many options for all kinds of feel, layouts, and designs, and many of them rival Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo for build quality, too. That’s why, when I saw a company touting itself as…