A load of pollocks, or did they krill it? Cast n Chill is one of those games that, the instant I clapped eyes on it, and even with other people telling me that it’s real good, I got the feeling I’d just never get around to it. That’s not to say fishing isn’t for me…
When you have a product that’s generally deemed to be the best in its class, it can sometimes be hard to think of ways to make it better. But in the case of the Maxwell planar magnetic gaming headset, Audeze has given it 16 “community inspired” improvements and just as importantly, rolled out a fresh…
Final Fantasy 14’s North American servers have been hammered by DDoS attacks since the release of Patch 7.4—I’d know, I play on them—which has players starting to grind their teeth in frustration. Especially given the release of the latest Savage (high-difficulty) raid tier, and the race to world first that buoys it. Take a look…
Just when you think there are no worlds left for the first-person shooter to conquer, some mad lad goes and makes one where your health is literally your framerate. Spotted by PCGN, FPS Quest is an upcoming FPS that’s all about, uh, your FPS. That is to say, it’s an FPS where the framerate you…
The end of 2025 was absolutely stacked with brilliant games; we had Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades 2, Battlefield 6, and, of course, Arc Raiders. There were almost too many great games to play them all, a problem that all studios releasing games at the time undoubtedly had to grapple with. Arc Raiders had the monumental…
When the Nintendo Switch was released in early 2017, it was billed as a console that would appeal to both casual and hardcore gamers. And while that’s certainly true, there’s no denying that the Switch has also been a haven for fans of classic gaming. From classic racing games suited for fans of Formula 1,…
A laptop’s panel can account for over half of its overall power usage, according to Intel, hence why it’s teamed up with Samsung Display on a new OLED technology to reduce power consumption by as much as 22%. It’s called SmartPowerHDR. It works by analysing each frame’s peak brightness in real-time, sending that data to…
A laptop’s panel can account for over half of its overall power usage, according to Intel, hence why it’s teamed up with Samsung Display on a new OLED technology to reduce power consumption by as much as 22%. It’s called SmartPowerHDR. It works by analysing each frame’s peak brightness in real-time, sending that data to…
DIP switches, AES mode and more. The Evercade family of systems has received its first firmware update of 2026, with the Neo Geo and Atari 2600 collections benefiting from a host of new features. First up are Neo Geo DIP switch settings, which allow players to change options such as time limit, lives, difficulty level,…
Vegans and ovophobes, look away now because crafty PC case makers InWin’s latest full tower creation looks not unlike a futuristic glass egg. Unveiled during CES 2026, it’s the Taiwanese company’s 12th ‘Signature Chassis’ and it’s called Aeon. However, its angular glass panelling is hardly the most dramatic thing about it. Don’t get me wrong,…