Tactical squad shooter Zero Hour has always prided itself in realism, reviving the intense fine-margins teamplay that was required in genre classics like SWAT and Rainbow Six. Of course it faces some fierce competition in the genre today, but over the three years since its release, Zero Hour maintains a committed player base and a…
Category: Games Alien: Isolation 2 is Poised to Deliver Another Bold Chapter in Survival Horror Mike Nelson, XBOX Wire Editor Published June 10, 2026 Summary We played the Alien: Isolation 2 prologue at Summer Game Fest: Play Days and lived to talk about it with the creative geniuses at Creative Assembly. Creative Director Al Hope,…
Three guesses for what it is inspired by… Azaran: Islands of the Jinn is game we’ve been aware of for a while now, but admittedly haven’t gotten around to covering yet on the site. The Ocarina of Time-inspired third-person, action adventure game, which is coming to PC (via Steam), is the work of a solo…
In 2005 I lived and breathed fansites, many of which I can still name off the top of my head: Eyes on Final Fantasy, Zelda Universe, Animal Crossing Ahead, DK’s Jungle Vine—outside of gaming magazines, these sorts of websites dominated my bookmarks folder so that I could hunt down any scrap of news from the…
It had been discovered by data-miners a good while ago, but now it has been officially revealed. Three months after the game released on the Nintendo Switch, the Ninjala developer team have announced in a developer diary video that a Ninjala and Sonic the Hedgehog collaboration is on the way. Not many details were given,…
“Jaffe… had everybody sit down and play Buffy”. We were recently fortunate enough to catch up with video game producer, designer, and project lead Antonio “Tony” Barnes, whose extensive credits include the likes of Desert Strike, Strider (2014) and Killer Instinct (2013), as well as many other titles from the past few decades. One game…
Every now and then, a new product will be launched, boasting a nifty bit of tech. But rather than making me think about how cool it all is, I just end up going, ‘Hang on, haven’t we seen this before?’ One such example is a new PCIe 5.0 switch for data centers, that allows data…
As SEGA continues new “transmedia development” strategy. It has been roughly three months since Sonic X Shadow Generations arrived on Switch, and while the release was (fittingly) quick out the gate, shifting one million copies in its opening weekend, SEGA’s latest sales update shows that it’s still got some life left in it. Shared in…
Owners of the Logitech G Pro Racing Wheel rejoice! We can finally upgrade our sim racing setup as we always had hoped. With new shifters, handbrakes, and, as I’ll cover here today, new wheels and wheel hubs. Logitech has two new racing wheels on offer, one designed for the track and another largely aimed at…
As you progress in Dune: Awakening, you’ll need ever more obscure and rare materials. Long gone are the days of taking just a few steps and mining copious amounts of copper and iron to craft everything you need to survive the sands. Better gear demands better materials, so eventually you’ll need to get diamondine dust….