A rock-solid sub-$100 emulation option. Back when I reviewed the TrimUI Smart Pro in 2023, I found it to be a likeable emulation portable which was sadly held back by a lack of processing power and a particularly poor D-Pad. You can imagine, then, why I was so intrigued when TrimUI announced it was having…
There’s a type of myth that survives not because there’s any evidence for it, but because it flatters the preconceptions of a particular group of people. Take the notion that Todd Howard, head honcho over at Bethesda Game Studios, clearly seethes with resentment about how much Obsidian knocked Fallout: New Vegas out of the park….
Code Vein II maintains the core elements of its predecessor, but it feels more like a standalone action-RPG than a sequel. That’s because it greatly expands on the series’ combat systems and ideas to offer a huge amount of customization, while telling an all-new story about vampiric characters called Revenants that’s not linked to the…
There are two obvious reasons you could already be excited for Code Vein 2. One: it’s a soulslike made in-house by the publisher of FromSoftware’s Dark Souls series. Two: anime melodrama. If you love characters scream-crying through their emotional beats more than reading FromSoft flavor text like “If the soul is the source of all…
Category: Games January 5, 2026 Maybe the Real Code Vein II is the Friends We Make Along the Way Will Fulton, Xbox Wire Editor Summary Code Vein II arrives on Xbox Series X|S on January 30. Building on the first game’s rich combat, Code Vein II remixes its themes and imagery into an original story…
“There were a lot of highs, there were a lot of lows”. One of the most exciting hardware announcements of the past few years is Taki Udon’s SuperStation One console, an FPGA system capable of running MiSTer cores that also supports original PS1 controllers and, via an optional dock, can run disc-based games for compatible…
No Rest for the Wicked is an interesting game—a lovely-looking and, by my colleague’s accounts, genuinely promising roguelike. Its biggest obstacle, however, seems to be its project lead and developer CEO Thomas Mahler, who is once again taking to social media to get into fights with people (thanks, Gamesradar+). The person in question is former…
The end of 2025 also brought the finale of Stranger Things, but while the adventures of Will, Eleven, Mike, and the rest of the gang wrapped up, that doesn’t mean your time in Hawkins has to end entirely. Courtesy of Minecraft’s newest DLC, a collaboration with the series, you can explore a blocky version of…
The end of 2025 also brought the finale of Stranger Things, but while the adventures of Will, Eleven, Mike, and the rest of the gang wrapped up, that doesn’t mean your time in Hawkins has to end entirely. Courtesy of Minecraft’s newest DLC, a collaboration with the series, you can explore a blocky version of…
There’s plenty of argument to be had about when and where BioWare—the erstwhile king of RPGs—began its fall from grace, but I don’t think you can dispute the point it hit rock bottom: the 2019 release of Anthem, a live-service co-op looter-shooter that had little in common with the games that once made the studio…