I hate the new mascot for Meta’s Muse AI assistant. The company unveiled the fluffy creature, as well as the Tamagotchi-esque Muse Charm device it will call home, (plus a VR headset that isn’t really a VR headset) during its yearly Meta Connect conference last week. The goal with Muse is to offer an AI…
Let’s make a return to the Cave of Monsters. Taito’s colourful 2019 platformer Bubble Bobble 4 Friends will be receiving a physical release on Nintendo Switch 2, as announced by publisher Clear River Games. Pre-orders are open right now, with shipping expected to commence in Spring 2027. Bubble Bobble 4 Friends stays true to the…
Since our announcement trailer in February, we’ve been heads down bringing Kena: Scars of Kosmora to the finish line. It’s been exciting to see all the anticipation and passion from fans. We can’t wait to share a new installment of Kena’s story with you! At the same time, we want to deliver a top-notch game…
Almost a decade ago, we published a list of our favourite RTS units. There are some good picks in there. But I want to revisit the topic, and not just by listing some cool tanks. Real-time strategy is competitive. I want to find out what the best unit is, and for that we need a…
Which graphical effect will be crowned the worst in games? We’ve tallied up around 4,000 votes from the first round, and we’ve landed on the four heading into the semis: Vignette Chromatic aberration Motion blur Film grain From these four, only two can head into the final. Even as I write this, I have a…
Final Fantasy 14’s free trial is massive—so massive, in fact, that it’s become a bit of a copy/pasted meme over the years. The sentence “have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14” is burned into our brains. And, to be fair, it’s a bloody huge one, currently letting you play for free…
Shake, shake, shake, Señora. Apparel merchandiser The Yetee has opened pre-orders for a cute line of products celebrating Sega’s maraca-shaking rhythm-action game Samba de Amigo. As spotted by Go Nintendo, The Yetee’s modest collection includes an adorable shirt, emblazoned with the visage of the shake-happy Amigo and his superstar sister, Amiga, as well as butterfly…
The original Steam Deck went on sale about four and a half years ago. And there hasn’t been any clear indication that a true second-gen handheld from Valve is imminent. Until now, that is. YouTube channel Moore’s Law is Dead has a new video explaining how a rumoured AMD APU known as Gainsborough is likely…
The head honcho of Micron, Sanjay Mehrotra, says that memory may be even harder to come by in the next two years than it is today. Now, a memory company’s CEO is gonna say stuff like that during a historically momentous upturn in its business— anything to the contrary would be bad news for its…
You may know the trick of checking price in relation to weight, rather than full price, at a supermarket, to account for different pack sizes, but have you ever thought of applying that same metric to gaming mice? Me neither, until our Dave spotted such a rubric on Amazon. The Turtle Beach Burst II Air…