Last week, Valve rolled out a refresh for the Steam storefront that made the whole thing look quite a bit nicer than it used to. This week, the Steam Workshop is getting a similar treatment: An update to the UI designed to make browsing Workshop content quicker and easier. “The Steam Workshop remains a heavily…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch has brought many changes to the franchise with crafting, terraforming and other improvements that fans have lapped up since launch. Although the game isn’t without its annoyances, the improvements surrounding online play have been paramount in its success. The games’ Director, Aya Kyogoku, recently sat down with Spanish…
Delta PCB SNES Translator can be installed inside your original cart. Thank goodness for fan translations. Due to the hard work of this vibrant and dedicated community, it’s now possible to play (and understand) countless import-only titles that were denied release outside Japan back in the day. For most people, emulation is the best way…
One of my favourite games as a kid was the SNES version of Shadowrun, an isometric action-RPG all about that hacker life. Ever since I’ve longed for games to scratch a similar itch, and DataJack 2020 certainly fits the bill, a cyberpunk hacktivist action-adventure with light RPG elements. Tonight’s PC Gaming Show saw the first…
Back in the primordial mists of 2007, when BioShock was the apex predator and open world games were only just evolving, a group of modders revealed plans to create their own successor to EA’s ambitious but underwhelming first-person shooter Command & Conquer: Renegade. Conceived in response to Renegade 2‘s cancellation, Renegade X aimed to do…
If you’re looking for a new way to burn some calories and you didn’t get your hands on the elusive Ring Fit Adventure, thanks to a few developers at Nintendo, fun and simple fitness game Jump Rope Challenge is now available on the eShop for free. It doesn’t require any extra kit, so you all…
In the latest proof that ‘job security’ is simply not a thing in the videogame industry, Funcom says the survival MMO Dune: Awakening, which launched to great success earlier this year, is “the biggest release we’ve had in our 32-year long history of making great games.” And so now it’s laying off employees. “[Dune] has…
Hi everybody, this is Nicolas Doucet, Creative Director of Astro Bot Rescue Mission over at Japan Studio. I hope you guys are getting ready for our new action platformer landing on PS VR on October 2. Not long to wait now! Today I’m back to share with you one of my favourite aspects of Astro…
As someone whose special interest is not going to prison, I’d be pretty keen on my lawyer not using AI to advise them in the courtroom. So I suppose I can be glad that I was not the debtor who enlisted the Semrad Law Firm in a bankruptcy case last year (via Damien Charlotin). The…
Two of the biggest bits of videogame news to come along this week were Nintendo’s announcement of a live-action Zelda movie, and Rockstar’s promise of a proper Grand Theft Auto 6 reveal in December. That might naturally lead your wandering thoughts to wonder when Take-Two Interactive will get around to making the Grand Theft Auto-based…