Harvey Randall, Staff Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: Begging people not to have a baby for a free copy of GTA 6 (it is financially inadvisable). Also, playing a lot of Deadlock. I have a love-hate relationship with MOBAs, but Deadlock—after its new Old Gods, New Blood update—has dragged me back to…
Thanks to AI and “RAMmageddon”. The rising demand for RAM for AI data centres and the associated rising costs are having a massive effect across the tech world, and with Sony reportedly pushing back the launch of its as-yet-unannounced PS5 successor, Nintendo is considering raising the price of Switch 2 in 2026, too, according to…
As much as I love janky, often surface-level fishing minigames that are crammed into almost everything these days, I’ve never been one for an actual fishing game. That was until YouTube randomly recommended me the intro cinematic from Fishing Shop Simulator, whose thumbnail piqued my curiosity like no other: why was there a smouldering city…
I’ve spent the past week yapping on about the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike, the world’s first proper analogue and rapid trigger gaming mouse. I’ve been loving my time with it and don’t want to switch to another mouse any time soon, but one of the things I noted in my review—and which I’ve seen…
SaviorS: Oath of the Blade “fuses satisfying combat with the pursuit of supreme gear”. Princess Crown and Dragon’s Crown are two of my all-time favourite 2D action RPGs. Both are the work of George Kamitani, the genius behind Vanillaware, a studio famous for its gorgeous hand-drawn artwork. Whenever I see a game that apes either…
Hoenned. Pokémon turns 30 on 27th February, and in honour of this momentous anniversary, we’re running a series of polls leading up to the big day, asking you to vote for your favourite Pokémon from each generation. The nine winners will then go head-to-head in a final poll at the end of the month. We’re…
Starting with the 1987 PC-8801MKIISR title, Hydlide 3: The Space Memories. D4 Enterprise, the company behind the EGGCONSOLE series of retro reissues, has announced today that it has plans to start publishing some of its rereleases of old Japanese Computer Games on Steam, beginning with the 1987 PC-8801MKIISR title Hydlide 3: The Space Memories. The…
The first update in the Reign of Talon chapter of Overwatch has opened the door to five new heroes—the largest number of fresh faces in a single update since the game first launched. It’s fair to say that the character tier list has been shaken up quite a bit (mainly because of a flying cat,…
Yakuza Kiwami 3—seemingly the last in RGG Studio’s series of Kiwami remakes—released last week, though not without controversy. Between some baffling cuts, strange retcons, and the casting of an actor, Teruyuki Kagawa, who confessed to sexual harassment in 2022, even stalwart series fans weren’t predisposed to love Kiwami 3. So it’s no surprise they don’t….
Crimson Desert, an upcoming singleplayer action RPG by the same studio that made Black Desert Online, is looking real promising. I’ve had the pleasure of playing it a couple of times myself, and while I can only speak for the combat, it’s shaping up to be a textured, complex RPG with some fighting game-tier combo…