I am once again asking you to read ‘Doom Guy – Life in First Person’. The DOOM, DOOM II, & Quake level designer Sandy Petersen can’t stop getting details about id Software’s history wrong. Just one week after his comments on piracy and DOOM, he has once again been corrected by id Software’s co-founder, John…
Lara cutbacks. Rise of the Tomb Raider was a welcome port for the Switch 2, and one that seems to hold up pretty well on Nintendo’s console. It earned a solid 8/10 from us, at least, in which we described it as a game that serves “as a strong example of the vision of the…
It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. In June, creepy, empty spaces took over the charts as Escape the Backrooms topped the charts in both the US and EU, while other backroom-themed games appeared in the PS VR2 rankings. Check out the full listings below….
Despite its high price and somewhat disappointing gaming chops, Valve’s Steam Machine appears to be selling well, with lots of buyers showing off their new purchase on social media. And in what seems to be the first published instance, the consumer coverage also includes a console-like Red Ring Line of Death. Well, the Steam Machine…
Category: Next Week on XBOX July 3, 2026 Next Week on XBOX: New Games for July 6 to 10 Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor Welcome to Next Week on XBOX! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass! Get more…
“Don’t like it, don’t use it”. I certainly don’t need to tell you that AI is one of the biggest talking points of modern tech – you’ll have picked up on that if you’re a regular reader of this very site. Generative AI has become a major source of contention across all walks of life,…
“our policy is to respond appropriately”. In case you haven’t noticed, AI is a pretty big topic at the moment. More and more companies are embracing it, it’s getting increasingly difficult to discern reality from fiction, and those hoping for the proverbial ‘bubble’ to pop could be waiting for a long time. During Nintendo’s most…
Just imagine you’re Meta. You’ve spent millions of dollars on new servers that only use DDR5 sticks, only to find that you still don’t have enough memory. The solution? Yoink the DDR4 modules out of the old servers and, through the power of a custom chip, splice the two systems together to go ham with…
Extreme, close up. It’s fair to say that Truxton Extreme has held my attention ever since it was first revealed. The latest instalment in a series which started life in arcades all the way back in 1989, the game – which is helmed by Masahiro Yuge, former Toaplan staffer and the driving force (and composer)…
“I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.” The song Pac-Man Fever embodied my childhood, but the times have changed. Physical arcades are becoming harder to find, and the ones that do exist face numerous challenges: The cost of electricity to keep them running, the ever-growing list of repairs on…