King’s Field inspired Hidetaka Miyazaki to create his ‘Souls’ series. Today marks the 30th birthday of King’s Field, a PlayStation title with an incredible legacy – and one which some Western players might be unaware of. In fact, most non-Japanese players might be more familiar with a single screenshot from the game which has, in…
Logo mock-ups, curvy docks, yee-haw. Over the weekend there’s been a flurry of Switch 2-related activity online, with unsubstantiated details and mock-ups for the officially-not-yet-revealed console doing the rounds on social media. Following on from accessory makers such as iVolver and Dbrand putting out images and dimensions of the Switch 2, NextHandheld on Reddit claims…
Early footage and screens shown off. The developers behind the bullet hell shooter Good Knight are creating a spiritual successor to Namco’s Splatterhouse, reports West Mansion. There’s not much to go on at the moment outside of some screenshots and some early demo footage, but you can see the influence of Namco’s iconic horror franchise…
While I joke plenty about Balatro being a secret psychic prison that’s claimed the minds, heart, and souls of about half of PC Gamer’s staff, it’s only in jest. Balatro is, up and down, exceedingly solid value for money—a modestly-priced indie game without microtransactions or paid DLC and, despite its poker aesthetic, zero interest in…
For a long time, PC gamers fitting an SSD to their rig would have used a 2.5-inch drive with a SATA interface. The best one to get was a Crucial MX500 and it was so good that it topped the charts for almost seven years. However, all good things must eventually end, and parent company…
Hold on to your hats, Apple fans—the Apple Magic Mouse is rumoured to be getting a redesign, hopefully ending the tyranny of what is surely the worst port placement on any peripheral, ever. Bloomberg reports that there’s a new model in the works, and the design team is “aiming to devise something that better fits…
Bits and pieces. The N64 will soon turn 30, yet hackers and homebrew developers are still finding out new things about the hardware – and one esteemed member of that community, Kaze Emanuar, just dropped a bombshell: the N64 has access to more RAM than we previously thought. It’s long been believed that Nintendo’s 64-bit…
Hideki and seek. In 2023, PlatinumGames made the surprise announcement that its co-founder and vice president, Hideki Kamiya, had left the company. One year on, it looks like several other veterans may be following suit. As spotted on the r/GamingLeaksAndRumours Reddit forum by user Joseki100 (off the back of an initial post by PlatinumGamesFanboy), four…
George Kitchen returns with another festive treat for Shenmue fans. Last year, George Kitchen released Dreams of Saturn — a new fangame for PC based on the classic Dreamcast title Shenmue just in time for Christmas. This game saw players take control of Ryo as he explored the neighbourhood of Dobuita to hunt down various…
It’s the most predictable time of the year ♫. In the UK this week, familiar faces make up the majority of the top ten boxed charts as customers look to get their preparations in order for Christmas Day. As such, we’ve got EA Sports FC 25, Hogwarts Legacy, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6…