A casino floor still borrows more from seaside arcades than glossy ads admit. The flash of a cherry symbol, the soft clack of a button, and the small pause before a win all trace back to cabinets built for pennies, queues, and sticky carpet. That history matters because slot designers still sell rhythm first. Cash…
The future is fantastically bright when it comes to forthcoming games hitting PlayStation 5, with the likes of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Persona 4 Revival due for 2027. Too far out? Don’t worry, we’ve got the perfect tonic of 19 titles that are a bit closer to home, giving you plenty of excuses…
Just don’t expect it to happen “anytime soon”. The retro YouTuber/game developer Modern Vintage Gamer has put out a new video about his challenge to the homebrew community to get DOOM running on the Neo Geo. And it seems he’s now ready to admit defeat, admitting, “I was wrong,” and that he now believes that…
Human judgement required. In a society optimised for the happiness of the many, what becomes of those who disrupt the balance? As the newest residential Facilitator at D-topia, a meticulously managed AI-run settlement, your job isn’t just to resolve mechanical issues and keep the facilities running smoothly; it’s to be a moral cog in the…
Category: PC Gaming July 14, 2026 How The Coalition and NVIDIA are Building Gears of War: E-Day for PC Kate Rayner, Technical Fellow at XBOX At XBOX and The Coalition, our goal for Gears of War: E-Day is simple: deliver the most visceral and technically ambitious Gears of War to date — whether you prefer…
“These discs were not burned with a CD writer, these discs were pressed in a factory”. This is the second in a two-part deep dive into the history of video games in South Africa. You can read part one here. In 1995, my family emigrated to the UK, which is why I’ll be sharing the…
Say what you want about Windows—I’ve certainly said my fair share—but recent months have shown at least that Microsoft is willing to make some positive changes. Now, at least some of these are coming to fruition, as the company is releasing an improved Windows start menu search box for Insiders. The changes are ones that…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Derek Sorrells, who is displayed on card number 832, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Derek is also featured on cards 1280, 2158 and 2254. Derek is an old school gamer who loves arcade machines. He grew up in the prime of the arcade era and played as many arcade machines…
“You don’t gotta catch ’em all!”. Thanks to fan translators, it’s now possible to play Pandora Box and Imagineer’s N64 monster-taming RPG Zool – Majyū Charmer Legend in English. But Zoinkity, the patch’s hacker, is already warning people not to expect the game to be a “Pokéclone”, stating that those who “go in expecting Pokémon……
Recently a bunch of motherboard and component makers have been validating their stuff for Chinese-made memory. That’s brands including biggies, such as MSI and Asus. The reason, it turns out, is apparently a massive ramp up in the amount of DRAM production coming from China, especially from memory maker CXMT. Basing their analysis largely on…