Despite passing through an intense Sonic the Hedgehog phase when I was around nine years old, I wouldn’t say I gotta go particularly fast. Over the ensuing two decades I’ve rarely sought out the classic pastime of accelerating a cartoon mascot to inhumane speeds. I’ve been content leaving platforming to speedrunners, kaizo enthusiasts—really, anyone who…
There are some game premises that are simply irresistible. “Play a sinister game of poker dice against blood-thirsty demon billionaires who’ve trapped you on their mega yacht” is the kind of pitch I cannot turn down. So it is that I find myself sweatily rolling dice against a leering vampire as I go all-in with…
It’s a great pleasure to see you with our first post of 2025. From all of us at Team Asobi, we wish you a wonderful year ahead. Last year saw the release of Astro Bot, our biggest game to date. As well as picking several game awards, we have been blessed with countless comments and…
Will be available on Steam & GOG on December 19th. The retro publisher SNEG has revealed that it will be bringing a bunch of classic Strategic Simulations, Inc, and Mindscape games to Steam and GOG on December 19th, giving people an easy way to check out a number of influential RPG and strategy games from…
Well, it’s finally here. We’ve been crossing our fingers for a long, long time waiting for AMD Strix Halo, and now the waiting’s over. As one of its many rabbit hat-pulls for CES 2025, AMD’s just announced the halo (ie, top) end of its Strix Point mobile processors, combining Zen 5 CPU cores, RDNA 3.5…
Hi everyone! We’re starting the weekend off with a bang – well, a flash technically. Our Deals Under $5 Flash Sale starts right now, with games for purchase and movie rentals to choose from – all for up to 90 percent off. Head over to PlayStation Store through the weekend to nab titles like Borderlands…
Eight years ago, Razer announced a version of its laptop with three screens built in. With attention to detail and proper ergonomics, that many screens could potentially work in a laptop form factor, but we haven’t heard from it since. Well, Razer has been beaten to the market by Byone over at AliExpress, and it…
Today marks the incredible milestone of fifty years since three brave astronauts dared to leap, boarding Apollo 11 and leaving our atmosphere with the incredible ambition of being the first to walk on the Moon. Words cannot describe the courage that it must have taken and their mission took us all on an incredible journey,…
THE PCG Q&A Find all previous editions of the PCG Q&A here. Some highlights:– What’s a weird quirk your PC has?– What are your most-played games on Steam, and why have you spent so many hours on them?– Have you learned a real-world skill from a game? Imagine an alignment diagram. On one extreme you…
Ever since the Switch released, Nintendo has seen nothing but success. Unfortunately, their latest success is very bittersweet. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a rise in demand for Nintendo Switch consoles, gaming in general, as well as Nintendo‘s new Animal Crossing game. The company’s stocks have responded to this demand by surging to a…