The Steam Hardware Survey has become a critical resource for the games industry, allowing curious enthusiasts or practical-minded developers to get a sense of how the average PC gamer enjoys the hobby. To hear Valve senior engineer Jay Stelly tell it in Half-Life 2’s new 20th anniversary developer commentary, the Steam Hardware Survey first came…
Secrets from the game have reportedly leaked online. Pokémon Legends: Z-A is out on the Switch and Switch 2 next week, and it appears the new entry is already being datamined. According to IGN, there’s evidence of “early copies filtering out into the wild”, which has reportedly led to leaks. Without going into specifics, there’s…
“Welcome to die!”. The prize in Limited Run’s Marvel Maximum Collection, unquestionably, is Konami’s 1992 X-Men: The Arcade Game. Famously, it holds a Guinness World Record for being the only arcade beat ‘em up to support six simultaneous players. This port allows you to switch between two, four and six player options — in line…
It hurt itself in its confusion. GAME staff have accused the UK retailer of “scalping” Pokémon cards after the company began hitching massive shipping costs to the online sale of ‘Prismatic Evolutions’ mini tins (thanks, Eurogamer). These mini tins are no novelty for a TCG expansion. They contain two booster packs and a collectible coin…
The Uncrafting Station is a machine worth unlocking as soon as the Cheshire Cat moves into your town in Disney Dreamlight Valley. It’ll give you the ability to turn anything you’ve already crafted back into its resources, which is incredibly valuable if you’re constantly making things in surplus or need specific materials you’re struggling to…
Fantastic new puzzle game Big Walk drew some early complaints over the volume of its proximity voice chat, which was too quiet for some players and mic setups, and developer House House has now released a patch that it hopes will resolve the issue while respecting the spirit of the game. The studio has a…
Bethesda has unleashed a new Doom Eternal trailer upon us and by the looks of it the game is shaping up rather nicely. The ultra-violent video game was delayed from late last year and will now be arriving on 20th March, which is the very same day as the ultra-cute Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It…
Bandai Namco has revealed its fans favourite games, soundtracks, and battle systems, from the long-running JRPG Tales of series. The company sent out a survey for fans to fill in and they had between 6th November to the 24th November to send in their answers. The most-played Tales of game is 2005’s Tales of the…
Final Fantasy 14′s going to be moving on from Dawntrail… uh, eventually, given the MMO’s recent troubles with patch cadence. But still, having played through 7.3, I’m genuinely quite hopeful for the game’s storyline to kick up again. I had an uncomplicated good time pushing Calyx’s stupid mug in, and it feels like Square’s slowly…
When it comes to messy videogame launches, MindsEye has certainly been a hot contender. The first third-party game to be published under Hitman developer IO Interactive’s Partners programme, its debut has been rather sour—poor sales, a Mostly Negative rating on Steam, and layoffs at developer Build a Rocket Boy. That’s not to mention the bizarre…