If, like me, you’ve been watching the memory supply crisis escalate from between your fingers, then I don’t need to tell you just how expensive some key PC components have become. Well, it’s not just silicon wafers seeing runaway pricing these days, but even more foundational materials like copper foil. Mitsui Kinzoku is arguably the…
Fortnite announced this week that V-Bucks—the last remaining currency with any goddamn dependability around here—were about to get more expensive. “The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we’re raising prices to help pay the bills,” said Epic. I’m not a Fortniter (no reflexes at my age, you see), but given the…
It is the year 2026. You are in 25 Discord servers. Six of them are for your friends and family, one of them is so you can create custom emojis, one is just called “the chungle zone”, you do not remember how you joined it. The rest are all videogames you haven’t played in months….
Arriving later this year. Publisher Vertigo Games and developer Exkee have announced a full remake of the FMV cult classic The 7th Guest, heading to the Switch later this year. Curiously, there’s seemingly no Switch 2 version of the game at the time of writing, so we’re keen to see how this one runs on…
“A castle-defence roguelite”. There have been video games in the past where the natural order of things is reversed, with Bullfrog’s Dungeon Keeper being perhaps the most obvious. Instead of assuming a heroic role, you were tasked with creating a hazard-filled catacomb to entrap foolish heroes – and the upcoming ReVamp aims to follow in…
“Everything that made the original special is intact”. Cinemaware’s debut, Defender Of The Crown, was truly groundbreaking when it launched on the Amiga back in 1986. Designed by Kellyn Beeck, with gorgeous pixel artwork by James D. Sachs and a rousing score composed by Jim Cuomo, it was one of the first games to reinforce…
“There are so many innovative games coming up that I can’t wait for,” Game Developers Choice Awards host Sam Maggs said Thursday night. That doesn’t sound like the setup for a spot of black comedy, but wait until you hear the names of the games Maggs rattled off. Perfect Dark? Canceled, as Microsoft shut down…
New ‘Challenge Mode’ update also available. If you’re a fan of the video game icon Lara Croft and happen to own a Switch 2, we’ve got some good news! Her collection Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is now available on the Switch 2. This version of the game includes 1440p at 60fps docked and 1080p at…
Including details about performance. Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition is on its way to the Switch 2 at some point this year, and ahead of its arrival, we’ve got a new round of previews from GDC. These latest impressions are based on a 15-minute demo of a newly optimised build of the game. Overall, this latest…
Fixes for progression bugs and more. The relaxing life sim Pokémon Pokopia has got off to a tremendous start, with The Pokémon Company yesterday reporting the game’s sales had already surpassed 2.2 million units globally in just four days. With the launch patch out of the way, the development team has now announced the next…