“The push internally was, ‘focus on Mansion and forget Pirates.’”. There has been no shortage of stories over the years about the development of the first Pirates of the Caribbean film and the lack of confidence in the movie from Disney executives. But perhaps nowhere is this more apparent (to me, at least!) than Disney’s…
I don’t like waging into gaming romance wars—things got a bit dicey with Ada and Claire—but it seems that I am yet to learn my lesson because here I am again with the news that Geralt’s one true love isn’t Yennifer or Triss, it’s his trusty and talkative bard, Dandelion. At least Geralt’s gaming voice…
This is good, isn’t it? Well folks, it was a bit delayed this week, but we finally have the latest data for the UK boxed charts. It’s quite an interesting one too, as we have a few new faces joining the ranks. First up, Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition makes its debut at number five; a…
Earlier this year, shots were fired and an incendiary device was thrown at the house of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In a recent interview with Time, he reflected on the past year: “It has been a painful personal experience. Clearly, people hate data centres—right now, at least. People are pretty negative on AI.” Does that…
Every Wednesday, dive into the Indie Select Hub — your gateway to a fresh, curated indie collection plus four themed spotlights that rotate weekly! You can always find this collection hub in the XBOX Store and on XBOX.com/IndieSelects. The grill’s cooling down, school is starting up, and the weather is changing. You know what that…
Part of the G-MODE Archives+ series. We’ve been eating well as far as Ridge Racer on modern-day systems is concerned, with the arcade original and its coin-op-only sequel, Rave Racer, both becoming available fairly recently. Lucky Switch and Steam users are getting another Ridge Racer game, but don’t go expecting an arcade-perfect experience here. Read…
8-player split-screen? C’mon. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe just recently joined Pikmin 3 Deluxe in receiving a rather tantalising free update to make it look much better when played on the Switch 2. If you’re curious to see just how much an improvement you can expect, our lovely video producer Alex has booted it up and…
Last month was filled with superhero spectacles, bonding with friends, and a few heavy hitters! Some big new releases included MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, Big Walk, Beast of Reincarnation, and Madden NFL 27. Which game was your favorite? How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where…
One of the significant differences between most historical Total Wars and the Warhammer games is that the factions aren’t comparable with nations. In Total War: Warhammer 40,000, the Space Marines and Astra Militarum, for instance, are effectively two branches of the same military. So when I was playing Total War 40k at Gamescom as the…
I played an hour of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn at Gamescom, and despite doing it in a sweltering room with a dev judging me for every death, I came away pretty impressed. It deserves to stand on its own merits, but unfortunately I am about to talk about Mass Effect quite a lot—it’s hard not…