Category: Games March 26, 2025 Lies of P’s Future Begins with a Journey into the Past Jeff Rubenstein Every generation or so, a new game genre ascends in popularity, carving out a spot in player’s hearts, with its breakout hit spawning countless imitators: think the Platformer, the FPS, the Open World, the Soulslike. While dozens…
We’re set for another Call of Duty vs. Battlefield face-off this year, and it’s already been fascinating to watch how these two military shooters present themselves. When it comes to one of the most incendiary topics in multiplayer games at the moment, the rising prevalence of goofy Fortnite-style skins, Call of Duty has become the…
Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a mammoth-sized update, titled Update 2.0, tomorrow, September 21, and it promises to be a bit of a game changer. A police revamp, a progression overhaul, a new cybernetics system, vehicular combat, DLSS 3.5—it’s vast, and thankfully separate from the Phantom Liberty expansion due next week, so you’ll get all of…
“See you on the track”. Gameloft has this week released a dedicated Switch 2 Edition of its free-to-play racing title Disney Speedstorm on the eShop. As highlighted in the official announcement, this version of Speedstorm offers improved resolution in docked mode. Existing Switch users can also update their version of the game via the free…
Return to the island resort with Haru and Psyduck. In case you missed it, the stop-motion series Pokémon Concierge has released a new batch of episodes on Netflix this week. This includes episodes 5 – 8 and each one runs for around 20 minutes each. Here’s the official title of each one as well as…
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from my time with sims like Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, and that one game that gave me the historic opportunity to be the first person to write “Rudolf Hilferding” on this website, it’s that I wouldn’t cut it in a time of crisis. Material conditions would slam-dunk me into…
If we did one of our weekly polls on which game platform/store is your favourite, I would be very surprised if anything other than a miniscule minority of readers selected the Epic Games Store. I barely ever use the thing and even I know it’s not the most enjoyable experience. But there’s a chance that…
A quieter one for Nintendo. It’s time to take a look at the latest UK boxed charts and thanks to a couple of big new releases, the top ten isn’t quite as Nintendo-stuffed as usual. The debut of Tekken 8 and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth means that we have to look down to fifth…
Banking on its “fame” The group that has claimed responsibility for bringing down Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live with a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which began back in August, are now looking to make a profit. Lizard Squad has launched a DDoS tool called Lizard Stresser for anyone wishing to bring…
Move it, Mido. November 21st, 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Japanese launch. To mark this historic Hyrulean occasion, we’ll be running articles throughout the week dedicated to the game, our memories, and its legacy. Today, Ollie sings the praises of Ocarina of Time’s mystical opening location, Kokiri…