It’s not even out yet, but zombie base management sim Quarantine Zone: The Last Check is already a certified hit. Its demo, released in May, attracted hundreds of thousands of players (myself included), received great reviews and lots of attention on social media—and has now infected over a million Steam wishlists. It’s not surprising, then,…
Steam has increased the width of its product pages from 940 pixels to 1,200 pixels. It’s a change that would go unremarked on for most other online stores, but this is Steam, the place we’ve been buying PC games since the 2000s, and Valve, a company from which we’ve come to expect things like 750-word…
Why not finish a May’s worth of Wordle with a quick and easy win? Go on, treat yourself. The May 31 (1442) answer is only a quick click away. No? No problem. We’ve got our general tips right here if you’d like some advice, as well as a hint for today’s Wordle if you need…
Turn real friends into virtual ones When Facebook announced that it had acquired Oculus, there was a moment of panic that resonated across the Internet. The fear was that a promising VR technology had fallen into the wrong hands and that the best we could look forward to were virtual versions of Farmville. That hasn’t…
“We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience”. Game Source Entertainment and Ratata Arts have announced that the rhythm title Ratatan will be delayed from its initial July release. It’s now scheduled to launch on 15th October 2026. It sounds like development is pretty much done at this point, but work is still ongoing to ensure nasty…
New gen, new look. Since announcing the Switch 2, Nintendo has been updating its services, storefronts and even merch to reflect this new generation. Now, in the latest update, Switch to eShop cards are reportedly getting a “visual refresh”. Some of these new eShop cards have apparently already been shared on social media and it…
Remember when Valve made an ingenious pair of puzzle games about portals and then failed to count to three? Nothing new there, but it’s a shame Portal remains one of Valve’s forgotten children while the company aims to keep exploring Half-Life. These days, the hallowed halls of Aperture Labs only make an appearance when Valve…
“M-M-M-Maaaaario?”. One of the best reasons to play the Luigi’s Mansion series is the simple joy that comes with exploring new, spooky environments. Truly, the locations are the star of the show. The first entry in 2001 was arguably too short and a bit too easy and repetitive, but its titular mansion was a compelling…
Amnesia: The Bunker is a little like Alien: Isolation in that, every so often, you just have to take a break. Well, I did. This claustrophobic, tricksy and often outright terrifying survival horror is the fourth in Frictional Games’ series, first released in 2023, and if you ask me is the best of the bunch….
Sometimes the best things at Computex are the things that aren’t at Computex; namely, talk of upcoming tech. Case in point here is AMD’s Ryzen and Radeon VP and GM David McAfee telling Tom’s Hardware that a Zen 5 replacement for the Ryzen 5 7600X3D—meaning surely a Ryzen 5 9600X3D—“may be something that we look…