Island life returns next week. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition officially launches next week, and ahead of this, Nintendo’s Switch Online battle royale game Tetris 99 has announced it will be hosting a Maximus Cup to celebrate. This is the 51st Maximus Cup (also known as a Grand Prix) and will…
Save data will also carry over. If you’re not sold on the upcoming release Dragon Quest VII Reimagined just yet, Square Enix will be releasing a “free demo” for the Switch, Switch 2 and other platforms on 7th January 2026. Like many of its other demos, you’ll be able to carry over your progress to…
Jackie Welles, for some gamers, is one of the most beloved videogame companions of all time: A solid dude of hidden depths whose fate was sealed the moment he crossed paths with V. He made enough of an impact that former PC Gamer writer Emma Matthews called him Cyberpunk 2077’s best character, and bemoaned the…
To celebrate last year’s 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy 9, Famitsu (via Automaton) spoke with its creators about the lasting impact of FF9’s return to more traditional fantasy. Looking back on its production, legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu said FF9 features some of his favorite compositions—even if he’s convinced it’s more popular outside of…
To celebrate last year’s 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy 9, Famitsu (via Automaton) spoke with its creators about the lasting impact of FF9’s return to more traditional fantasy. Looking back on its production, legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu said FF9 features some of his favorite compositions—even if he’s convinced it’s more popular outside of…
We are gathered here today to celebrate the uniting of two households, both alike in dignity. Or alternatively, two HP gaming brands, HyperX and Omen, which have now been smushed together to create… HyperX Omen. The first offspring from this union is the HyperX Omen Max 16 gaming laptop, which, in terms of its chassis…
HyperX, the gaming hardware brand acquired by HP back in 2021, now makes gaming monitors. Well, that’s not strictly true. HP makes the monitors, but the newly-announced HyperX Omen OLED 34 looks to be the start of some very tempting offerings, if its impressive specs sheet is anything to go by. It’s a 360 Hz…
Build a base with friends on an alien planet. Is it just me or do we ring in each new gaming year with a smash-hit co-op game, usually one that’s pretty reasonably priced? Maybe it’s that January arrives to see us flush with holiday cash and looking to link up with friends instead of spending…
Build a base with friends on an alien planet. Is it just me or do we ring in each new gaming year with a smash-hit co-op game, usually one that’s pretty reasonably priced? Maybe it’s that January arrives to see us flush with holiday cash and looking to link up with friends instead of spending…
Something very odd is happening in the world of Red Dead Redemption 2, and I don’t know what’s going on but I do know this: It’s got a lot of players very excited about spiderwebs. The wheels started turning in December, when players discovered a weird spider symbol carved into a pole. Laying that symbol…