Established the studio behind Brian Lara Cricket and more. We’re sad to report that Peter Calver, founder of the British studio Audiogenic, has passed away following a battle with cancer. Having previously founded home computer software and hardware company Supersoft in 1978, Calver established Audiogenic Software Limited with Pearl Wellard in 1985, taking on the…
After three years of waiting, in part because of Bungie returning to the drawing board following its contentious public alpha and Arc Raiders‘ success, Marathon is almost here. For real this time—it’s coming March 5, pre-orders are open, and you can even buy a fancy shmancy collector’s edition. In the meantime, Bungie’s ‘money maker’ Destiny…
Everybody’s living in a Materia world. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gawked at the opening sequence to Final Fantasy VII over the years. From a three-year-old, gazing up at the intro for the first time from the carpet of my living room, to watching the camera zoom out and pan across Midgar…
‘Labyrinth Runner’ was released in arcades in 1988. Konami’s princess-rescuing, vegetable-themed top-down shooter Labyrinth Runner (otherwise known as Trick Trap 1771) is set to be released later this week as part of Arcade Archives. It will be released on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on January 22nd, 2026, making…
Amid a memory supply crisis, in small part fueled by a shortage of NAND flash, it’s perhaps unsurprising that talk of a successor would now appear. Enter ReRAM, or ‘resistive random access memory.’ The tech has been in development for some time, though startup Weebit Nano Limited has just signed a licensing deal with semiconductor…
Please note: major spoilers for Fallout Season 2 Episode 6! Barb’s having a lot of meetings that could have just been emails—grim emails about how an accurate depiction of bombs hitting Los Angeles would look “too busy” on a billboard, about how 30% of the water chips will fail, and about how premium customers should…
Please note: major spoilers for Fallout Season 2 Episode 6! Barb’s having a lot of meetings that could have just been emails—grim emails about how an accurate depiction of bombs hitting Los Angeles would look “too busy” on a billboard, about how 30% of the water chips will fail, and about how premium customers should…
Alongside GameStop’s exit from the New Zealand market. Last week, we got an update about GameStop’s EB Games business in New Zealand, which confirmed 38 stores in the country would be closing at the end of this month. At the time, no information was provided about the future of the 336 Australian stores, but we’ve…
Control was one of the best games of 2019, which is high praise: that was the year Disco Elysium, Untitled Goose Game, and Sekiro released. We gave it our “Best Setting” award, because even though Control is pretty much a third-person shooter at heart, its presentation elevates it into something much more interesting. This is…
Control was one of the best games of 2019, which is high praise: that was the year Disco Elysium, Untitled Goose Game, and Sekiro released. We gave it our “Best Setting” award, because even though Control is pretty much a third-person shooter at heart, its presentation elevates it into something much more interesting. This is…