Devs recall ‘sweating bullets’ at showing The Beatles Rock Band to the actual Beatles, and ‘tough customer’ Yoko Ono making sure they made John Lennon a ‘balls out rock and roll god not giving a f**k’

The Beatles: Rock Band was the single greatest thing to come out of the games industry’s plastic instrument craze, an absurdly lavish and beautifully judged tribute to the most important music band in history. It cost me an absolute tonne but I still have an old 360 in the garage somewhere with all the DLC,…

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Devs recall ‘sweating bullets’ at showing The Beatles Rock Band to the actual Beatles, and ‘tough customer’ Yoko Ono making sure they made John Lennon a ‘balls out rock and roll god not giving a f**k’

The Beatles: Rock Band was the single greatest thing to come out of the games industry’s plastic instrument craze, an absurdly lavish and beautifully judged tribute to the most important music band in history. It cost me an absolute tonne but I still have an old 360 in the garage somewhere with all the DLC,…

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RuneScape details its plans to scrap its ‘Treasure Hunter’ microtransactions, rework combat, and dole out other ‘integrity-focused releases’ for its 25th anniversary

‘Integrity’ has been a very big word in the RuneScape sphere this past year—Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy used the word at least six times when justifying some of his bolder decisions in 2025. Among those were his declaration that Jagex would take a sledgehammer to the microtransactions that have “tainted” RuneScape 3, which sounds cool,…

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League of Legends MMO shows signs of life as Riot adds a former World of Warcraft lead producer to its roster

You’d be forgiven for forgetting about the League of Legends MMO in development at Riot Games. More than five years after it was first revealed, it still remains the stuff of imagination: It’s been three years since Greg Street, the then-VP who announced the project, left Riot, and two years since Riot “reset” development, and…

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XGIMI MoGo 4 Laser projector review

When Xgimi released the MoGo 4 Laser projector, a little light switched on in my brain. Three, actually. This versatile little tri-laser beamer seeks to follow your lead, and light up your life with a cornucopia of practical portability features. I wouldn’t say you’re looking at a projector as much as you’re looking at a…

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Big Hops is a charming platformer with some great movement and a classic vibe, but most importantly it lets you rotate several bugs for science

I wouldn’t call myself a big platformer buff, per se, but I do like to partake on occasion—I simply cannot resist the allure of kicking back with a controller and collecting something. I’ve especially become a fan of the wave of indie platformers that’ve cropped up as a mainstay of PC Gaming: Games like A…

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