There’s no greater pain in a MOBA than seeing your favorite hero swept into the swirling void of unplayability by a hero ban, but it’s a necessary evil, at least for buttoned-up ranked play. Bans make picking and counterpicking more interesting and keep imbalanced characters off the field while players wait for a balance patch—and…
If you read the history books of the 16th century, Sayyida al-Hurra will rarely show up. The powerful women of the Mediterranean and Islam typically don’t, except as footnotes or asides. So her leadership, piracy and plundering for her people never quite made the major texts. But the “pirate queen” of Morocco is finally receiving…
If you read the history books of the 16th century, Sayyida al-Hurra will rarely show up. The powerful women of the Mediterranean and Islam typically don’t, except as footnotes or asides. So her leadership, piracy and plundering for her people never quite made the major texts. But the “pirate queen” of Morocco is finally receiving…
Jeffrey Epstein, or an account associated with his email address, was banned from Xbox Live in 2013, new documents released by the US Justice Department reveal. The ban notice cites “harassment, threats, and/or abuse of other players,” but it appears that the actual reason was that Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial for…
Jeffrey Epstein, or an account associated with his email address, was banned from Xbox Live in 2013, new documents released by the US Justice Department reveal. The ban notice cites “harassment, threats, and/or abuse of other players,” but it appears that the actual reason was that Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial for…
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…
Will it be a big one? We’re already a month into 2026, and it’s been a pretty solid start to the year for Switch 2. But there’s plenty to come over the next 11 months, including many likely surprises for Nintendo’s newest console. Amidst big anniversaries for Zelda and Metroid, we already have a pretty…
Questline, the developer behind Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, made a big pile of money in 2025 by doing something that in hindsight seems obvious: making an Elder Scrolls-style RPG during a fifteen-year drought for Elder Scrolls RPGs. (Ok, we got Oblivion Remastered last year, but leftovers, however well warmed up, don’t count). The…
There’s little chance we’ll ever see a sequel to Bully, but there are still secrets to be found in Rockstar’s fondly-remembered schoolyard sim. A whole new weapon was recently discovered in the 2006 open-world game, one that’s been locked tantalisingly away from players for more than 20 years. Now though, players can get their grubby…
“SOMEBODY’S RIGHT ON YOUR TAIL”. With the 1995 PlayStation version of Ridge Racer launching on the PS4/PS5 earlier this month, I thought it might be worth trying something slightly different with this week’s Community Challenge. Growing up, I don’t know about you, but I always used to love seeing people’s high scores published in old…