Nightmarishly, it’s possible there are people reading this who were either unborn or incapable of forming long-term memories when Mass Effect 3 released in 2012. If that’s you: consider it a blessing, because my chief recollection of that era is everyone being very upset about it on the internet. What were they upset about? Well,…
I am not, and I hope I never will be described as a “TikTok kind of guy,” but the videos of creator Molly Moonn are one of the best things I’ve seen come out of the whole vertically oriented short video deal. These surreal, horror-infused videos present as ’90s point-and-click adventures with pre-rendered graphics derived…
For 60 years, Gordon Moore’s observation that transistor counts in integrated circuits would double roughly every two years has been spookily accurate. Ever-smaller transistors and ever-larger chips have made this possible, but with the physical limits of both impacting the growth of computing, new methods are required to continue the growth. One semiconductor research team…
It’s been apparent for some time now that Battlefield 6 is ready to break the internet, eat Call of Duty’s lunch, and somehow revitalise the love of military FPS multiplayer shooters all in one go. It’s a feat that most had deemed impossible, but Battlefield Studios will hopefully pull it off regardless, thanks in no…
The great escape. Rayman 2 has been added to the Nintendo Switch Online N64 library. His fight for freedom against a literally iron-fisted despot represented a braver, weirder time for Ubisoft, and today Francisco looks back on a classic… For many of us, Super Mario 64 changed platforming forever by introducing the boundless possibilities of…
Get ready to “power-up” in Expeditions. The free-to-play title LEGO Fortnite has gone down quite well with LEGO and Fortnite fans, and Epic Games continues to enhance the experience with all sorts of new updates. The latest reveal is a new teaser for LEGO Expeditions. Epic has released a trailer describing how players will suit…
Valve added a competitive mode to Deadlock back in October. This drastically improved matchmaking by sorting everyone into 11 ranks, which were more in keeping with players’ skill level, but now there’s another way to raise your blood pressure. As the December 6 patch notes reveal, Valve has introduced an “extra competitive option” for players…
Build 10051 is here Another day, another Windows 10 leak. So what if it’s not even been a week since the release of the last official Windows 10 Technical Preview build (10049)? It’s never too soon for a build leak. But you’re going to have to lower your expectations a touch this time as build…
“Good things come to those who wait”. A while back, we reported on the welcome news that The Video Game History Foundation was creating its own digital library, headed up by Phil Salvador. The VGHF has been tirelessly scanning magazines and other video game-related media for the project, with the objective being to preserve the…
Splish splash. Coming off the back of last weekend’s Eevee event, The Pokémon Company has wasted no time letting us know which ‘mon will be starring in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet‘s next 7-Star Tera Raid Battles, which kick off later this week (thanks, @SerebiiNet). Running first from 24th-26th November before repeating the following weekend on…