35 years of speed and counting. As we heard in a recent story, there have been “good times, and there have been bad times” for blue blur, and right now Sonic the Hedgehog‘s future seems rather bright with another live-action movie on the horizon and more video games guaranteed to follow. Of course, a bit…
Valve implemented age verification for Australian Steam users earlier this month, which was inevitable: Australian law demands it. Unfortunately, Valve has opted for the most brute force, user-negligent approach possible. To buy R18+ games on Steam in Australia—to even access their store pages—you need to provide a credit card. The problem being that most Australians…
In the words of Trover: “Are you f***ing serious?”. Multiple games have already been delisted from the eShop in 2026, and the latest one to reportedly go missing is the comedy adventure Trover Saves The Universe. Developer Squanch Games (also known for High On Life), founded by Rick & Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, has apparently…
Epic news. If you’re planning to revisit Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed when it launches for the Switch 2 next month and happen to be an existing owner of this title on the original Switch, THQ Nordic has shared some welcome news. In an official FAQ for the game, the company says Switch 1 owners will…
A few months ago I made the case that a 360 Hz refresh rate on your monitor is the sweet spot for competitive FPS before diminishing returns kick in. I had nothing but my own testing and a big bottle of ‘trust me bro’ back then, but I’ve now spoken to a couple of Counter-Strike…
Despite its surprise announcement at BlizzCon earlier this month, Diablo 5 is a whole three years away. Blizzard’s brief teaser trailer had zero gameplay in it, which means the action RPG sequel is still mostly a mystery. But director Joe Shely helped paint a picture of what the real thing might look like during a…
You can play the first several hours of World of Warcraft: Forever and miss a lot of the changes Blizzard slipped into the early leveling experience. There are new quests and NPCs, but they barely stand out if you don’t have encyclopedic knowledge of the MMO. Now that players have had enough time to hit…
As a college student, Minh “Gooseman” Le had a substantial hand in shaping PC gaming history: He co-created Counter-Strike. When Le and his development partner later sold the IP to Valve, the purchase agreement stipulated that the studio would also hire the pair as employees once they completed their degrees. Hired in 2000, Le ultimately…
If you’ve ever wanted to play a cozy life sim where you craft, farm, build, cook, and complete quests for villagers, and also make products from human corpses, Graveyard Keeper 2 is out today. I’m only about 13 hours into it and it’s got that same immediately engrossing crafting loop as the original. Gotta chop…