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I didn’t like Starfield for many reasons, but the two biggest were how safe and bland the futuristic world of Bethesda’s latest RPG is and, also, just how dull its opening is. The Bethesda magic of old just isn’t evident in my eyes in Starfield and jumping back into one of its former greats in…
At this year’s Computex event, cooler manufacturers went somewhat overboard with new models touting all kinds of flashy new features. Curved screens, rotating screens, tablet-sized screens, even screens doubling as a figurette display. With its new Hydroshift II LCD-C cooler, Lian Li wanted to keep things a little simpler, but it’s turned out that for…
There are two Xbox handhelds on the way, the ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally, except they’re not really an Xbox at all. They’re Windows PCs—respins of existing ROG Ally X and ROG Ally handhelds with new controls, processors, and a fresh, gaming-first Xbox UI enabled. If you’re feeling a little left behind…
At this point, I’m starting to think that Team Cherry, developer of Hollow Knight: Silksong, is either completely allergic to building up hype for its game or, alternatively, it may just be in on the joke. After a set of SteamDB updates had folks excited for a Silksong spotlight during last weekend’s flurry of showcases…
The Witcher 3 was, you may have heard, a large game. But it was once an even larger game. When it was still cooking over at CD Projekt Red, dev brains bubbled over with designs for questlines, cutscenes, and all sorts of other stuff that ended up on the cutting room floor before it released….
Time changes many things, not least expectations and what is and isn’t acceptable. This is especially true of Nintendo’s original Switch handheld console, which teardown specialists iFixit gave an 80% repairability score in 2017, but then halved the rating last week to reflect the standards of 2025. Now it’s torn open the new Switch 2,…
I never know what to expect from indie studio 17-Bit, which debuted more than a decade ago with strategy game Skulls of the Shogun and followed it up with the great roguelike Galak-Z, before taking a detour into VR with Song in the Smoke. Well, I do expect one thing: whatever wildly different ideas they…
Jody Macgregor, Weekend/AU Editor (Image credit: Future) This week: Between obsessing over the trailers for Mandrake and Innkeep, I’ve been trying to finish Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. And failing. I was watching the Frosty Games Fest, a showcase of upcoming games from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand—where it’s currently cold as balls, hence the “Frosty”…
Treat yourself to a fantastic start with our hint for today’s Wordle. It’ll help put you on the right track, without immediately spoiling your word finding fun. You could also save it for later if you like, just in case you’re feeling a bit stuck further down the board. Whatever you do or don’t do…
Developer New Tales has revealed its upcoming action-adventure game Fading Echo, a game where you battle, explore, and puzzle your way across a “desert punk” world using powers of elemental water. The world of Corel is made of surreal landscapes on floating islands and casts you as One, “a young Legend on a quest to…