Category: Games March 20, 2025 8 Ways Assassin’s Creed Shadows Breaks Free From Its Predecessors Mike & Jeff, Assassins in Training If you can believe it, we’ve been enjoying Assassin’s Creed games for nearly two decades – we’ve come a long way from Altair and Ezio and the Templars. Each entry was an incredible achievement…
Balatro, as you might have heard, is a bit of a popular videogame. Just a smidge. Having tidied away over 3 million units and snagging Game Awards wins by virtue of being a really solid little card roguelike. I know this because I blinked and it had stolen 46 hours of my life—and, to several…
As a teenager of the 1990s I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Mortal Kombat, despite its frequent ups and downs, so when the 2021 movie reboot was a bit of a letdown, I shrugged. No worries, there would be another one, almost certainly, and in a pre-Mortal Kombat 1 world I…
Releases in Japan this July. Last year, it was confirmed that another classic retro platform was getting the ‘micro console’ treatment: the Japan-only NEC PC-8801 mkII SR personal computer, originally released in 1985. It has now been revealed that legendary composer and game designer Yuzo Koshiro is collaborating with manufacturer Dempa Shimbun to promote the…
D&D’s attempt at a virtual tabletop (VTT), a digital space where you could hypothetically play a bit of Dungeons & Dragons, has been hit with layoffs shortly after its release—that was per a LinkedIn post by former senior writer Andy Collins earlier this week. Now, a report by Rascal News has more details—and it’s all…
Last week we reported that Varjo Aero VR headsets seem to not be working with RTX 5090s, but at the time there was no official response from Nvidia other than asking to fill out a driver feedback form and give more info. In the latest 572.83 driver announcement, however, Nvidia has acknowledged the problem as…
For the first time ever in a Fallout game, players can finally traverse the Wasteland as a ghoul. This update to Fallout 76 will give those who choose to undergo ghoulifcation a few great perks, which mainly involve taking advantage of radiation to heal and power you up. Instead of having to carry around stimpacks…
He IS the father of PlayStation, so it figures. Ten years ago, the mythical ‘Nintendo PlayStation’ became a solid reality when a prototype was discovered. This would eventually change hands for $360,000 in 2020, and was believed to be the only surviving example of the unreleased system—until now, that is. Japan-based videographer and photographer Julian…
You can now add Bad Dudes & Heavy Barrel to your collection. Polymega has announced that the next two physical releases that are coming to the Polymega Collection will be Data East’s 1988 beat ’em up Bad Dudes and the 1987 run and gun shooter Heavy Barrel. Similar to previous releases, both games will come…
School of Block. Remember when The Super Mario Bros. Movie took the world by storm with Bowser’s heart-felt love song ‘Peaches‘? Yeah, we never really saw the appeal either, but if you have Jack Black in your movie, you’re contractually obliged to write him a song. Probably. Surprise, surprise, the Minecraft Movie is no exception….