PC Gaming
Platformers are a tricky thing to iterate on. Given they’re one of the older genres in the medium, and there are only so many ways to play with the idea of ‘jump over platforms, sometimes fast’—it can be hard to come up with something that feels fresh. Aureole – Wings of Hope, by Team Stargazers,…
Here are the two things I know about PlayStation lead systems architect Mark Cerny: He wants to see my ears. He has the euphonious voice of the seraphim. Seriously, try listening to the guy talk without falling asleep. Well, today we can add a third entry to that list: he is better than me at…
Sebastian Vettel once said over the radio: “We have to remember these days because there’s no guarantee they will last forever.” There’s an odd feeling of that here, and not only due to F1’s stablemate WRC being ‘paused’ by EA. Rather, 2016’s genius revamp of the career mode was arguably perfected in 2018 and here…
Cities: Skylines 2‘s had a rough ride since it launched in 2023. There’s no denying that Colossal Order has made some substantial improvements to the wonky launch build in the nearly two years since it arrived, but it feels like the team is constantly juggling a variety of issues. In the original post-launch roadmap, which…
It’s not exactly news that Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 both grapple with heavy-hitting themes—but there are a few stand-out moments that can really crawl under your skin. For me, just about all of ol’ 2077 was a bit of an existential nightmare, though it was one I was thoroughly enthralled by. Speaking to…
Peter Mandelson, the oleaginous right-hand of Tony Blair’s Labour Party in the late ’90s, once remarked to a colleague that the party had no need to focus on its traditional voter base, and could safely dedicate itself to chasing more affluent, middle-class, conservative voters. After all, said Mandelson, its base had “nowhere else to go”….
A fabric-covered PC case would usually spell disaster and yet I’m all over Tryx’s new chassis. It’s called the Tryx Flova and it’s covered head-to-toe in a breathable fabric. Breathable being the key word there. The front panel of the Flova is actually coated in the stuff, which means any fans you might have sat…
I’m a staunch defender of the dull, the drab, the plain, the ‘oh yeah, I didn’t notice that.’ And nothing has reminded me of my proclivity towards all things seemingly mundane than Computex 2025 and all the resultant ooh-ing and aah-ing over extravagant tech. I know, I know, tech shows are supposed to be gaudy…
This year’s Computex tech show in Taipei was filled with new and lavishly designed PC cases. Some big, some small, some in the shape of cats with swords from popular videogames. Yet one stood out to me more than most, and that’s the Havn BF 360. Available in black and white, Havn has stuck with…
For grumpy old Final Fantasy 14 enjoyers like myself who won’t stop banging on about how the game doesn’t have midcore content—good news! The game has midcore content now, and we can finally shut up until patch 8.0. Released in Patch 7.25 today, the Occult Crescent, a new Bozja-style exploration zone, is now open to…