CAVE legend Junya Inoue worked on the game. Today, the name CAVE is synonymous with amazing arcade shooters, but the company can trace its lineage back through time to other companies, with Toaplan being perhaps the most notable. When Toaplan declared bankruptcy in 1994, its staff splintered off to establish their own studios, one of…
Fast versus slow. This varying approach to depicting zombies in film, television, and video games has been going on for decades. The Zekes in World War Z are known for their speed and relentless aggression, stacking on top of each other in a frenzied bloodlust to seek out their next meal. But as we pondered…
I’ve always thought Half-Life didn’t have enough teenagers in it. I mean, what’s an underground research facility for if not navigating the relationship challenges of adolescence? It is, frankly, shocking that Valve so flagrantly neglected this demographic in its depiction of alien invasions and military coverups. I demand justice! I demand action! I demand Max…
It’s itty-bitty. While the Switch 2 will be occupying a lot of our time and space over the coming weeks and months, there are still plenty of adorable, relaxing-looking games for us to experience. Misc. A Tiny Tale is one such game, with cute, tiny robots whose goal it is to spread joy wherever they…
Google Maps’ street view function has been a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. Before moving to the UK, it was the single biggest source of information on the new location I’d chosen via proverbial dart throw. I regularly enjoyed looking at streets, then finding out what they looked like years prior. If you’re…
Hey all! We’re excited to tell you all about our new game, SmuggleCraft, a quest-based hovercraft game that will provide a fresh perspective on the racing genre. No more driving in circles; way more intense smuggling of questionably-legal contraband! The concept for SmuggleCraft started small: a simple hovercraft racing game with randomly generated tracks, and…
Reinstall This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 385 in June 2023, as part of our Reinstall series. Every month we load up a beloved classic—and find out whether it holds up to our modern gaming sensibilities. Has Jedi Outcast finally had its day? For over 20 years, Raven Software’s sequel to 1997’s…
After endless bad news stories concerning buggy, borked and broken Intel CPUs, now it’s AMD turn. Yup, the Reddit threads are alive with the sound of expiring AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs. Specifically, it seems the problem is concentrated on but not necessarily exclusive to ASRock motherboards. To that end, ASRock has released a BIOS…
SanDisk has announced the world’s smallest 1 TB USB Type-C drive, a title I can only assume comes with a tiny plaque and similarly-sized bottle of champagne. The SanDisk Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive looks to be a real tiddler of a USB device, so much so that SanDisk says you can leave it in…
Is it all doom and gloom? While the pandemic led to a surge in prices for retro video games in the United States after years of the hobby already getting absurdly expensive, the opposite occurred here in Japan where you couldn’t walk into a used games store without tripping over good deals. In 2021, I…