Arc Raiders has taken the gamers by storm, achieving more than 700,000 concurrent players over the weekend, beating Helldivers 2’s player record, and just generally proving that extraction shooters can indeed be fun. But all of these successes have unfortunately been mired by Embark Studio’s use of generative AI for its voice acting. To this…
“I thought there would be much more”. In the last year or two, Microsoft has been very vocal about its desire to support Switch and Switch 2. We’ve seen a couple of examples of this on the new hardware with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 and the soon-to-come Indiana Jones and the Great…
While the memory price crisis (yep, that phrase will catch on) is clearly visible, the potentially looming SSD price crisis is less so. Checking Amazon, Newegg, and other sites reveals a whole host of RAM kits at ridiculously high prices, but SSDs seem pretty stable. Yet Phison’s CEO Khein-Seng Pua says that in “only three…
Once upon a time, in a game called Baldur’s Gate 2, there was a girl named Aerie. Aerie was a formerly-winged elf who worked in a circus and had a great deal of personal trauma, which she worked out over the course of an extended courtship with you, the male player character. At some point,…
It’s hard to imagine a time where dark fantasy wasn’t a game industry heavyweight that permeates every fiber of my being—who doesn’t love tales that leave you in a moral quandary for days on end? The perceived level of complexity that you’re getting into can be challenging to overcome, but over the last decade more…
Launching 2026. Nintendo has released a short teaser video confirming a new Legend of Zelda Lego set in 2026. There’s not a whole lot to go on for now, but it seems to indicate that we’ll be getting some sort of incarnation of Ganon. The shadow rising up from the bottom of the screen to…
Finding Slavek’s purse location isn’t technically a quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2‘s new Mysteria Ecclesiae DLC, but I know it took me way too long to track it down. When you first visit the infirmary in Sedletz Monastery, you’ll find Slavek and his pal recovering from a practice bout that got out of hand….
It’s unclear whether crafting the plague mask in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2‘s new Mysteria Ecclesiae DLC is necessary, but I know I wouldn’t want to delve into a plague crypt without a little protection. If you’re mindful of the potential consequences of exposing yourself to plague and spreading it around, you’ll want to do as…
The news was revealed on his sister’s Instagram page. Kazuki Motoyama, the Japanese artist and writer behind Kodansha’s Super Mario manga, has passed away aged 69, as recently confirmed by his sister on Instagram. If you happen to be an avid fan of Nintendo’s world-famous mustachioed plumber, beyond just his appearance in the video games,…