The Trump-tariff love fest is clearly going to run and run. But for what it’s worth, the latest PC-relevant development involves a blanket 25% tariff—and rising—on all chips coming into the USA (via Bloomberg). To be clear, nothing official has been announced, but President Trump says the tariff is “likely”. That’s a shift or perhaps…
Coming “early 2024”. Penny’s Big Breakaway — the chaotic, kinetic 3D platformer from Sonic Mania lead Christian Whitehead’s new studio — has delivered a brand new animated trailer. The game is due to launch next year on Switch and other platforms, and ahead of its launch, this new trailer debuted during the PC Gaming Show:…
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The Edge of Fate marks a landmark shift for Destiny 2. It’s both the launch of a new saga—an attempt to hook players into a bold new direction for the game’s story—and a massive change to Destiny’s most fundamental progression systems. Seasons are gone. Loot has been overhauled. The very structure of the activities you…
“I got to experience Zelda all over again”. Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was one of the many video game hits of 2024 and if it didn’t already get enough recognition for pushing the top-down entries in the series to new heights, living legend Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda has now stepped in to give it just a…
Words cannot describe how much I love Avowed’s glossary of, well, words. In case you’ve not been playing Obsidian’s excellent little RPG yet, the game has a “dialogue history and lore” option you can pull up whenever someone’s not actively yapping, which’ll not only let you skim through previous dialogue. It’ll also pull up a…
It’s done, says Mr. Frodo. Well, that’s that, folks. After Microsoft initially announced its intention to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard on January 18th, 2022, it’s only bloomin’ gone and closed the deal. The news comes after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved the proposed acquisition following Microsoft’s amendment to the deal, foregoing…
Hey there, Pip from No More Robots here! I’m so excited to tell you all about Descenders, our heart stopping downhill mountain biking game, which is coming to PlayStation 4 on August 25! Descenders puts you behind the handlebars of your very own mountain bike so that you can trick, flip and scrub through nine…
There continues to be no end in sight for the hiring spree happening at Retro Studios. The company’s latest addition is a lead producer, Marisa Palumbo. Palumbo worked on the Blizzard team behind Overwatch for 6 years, and a decade at Rockstar. Palumbo’s resume at Rockstar includes Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto V,…
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of Doom, id Software co-founders John Carmack and John Romero reunited to talk about the legendary FPS. The discussion was moderated by David Craddock (The FPS Documentary, Long Live Mortal Kombat), with interview questions from Craddock and the Twitch chat. The conversation was understandably warm and celebratory,…