Thanks to Tim “CoLD SToRAGE” Wright. When you think of the WipEout series, you’ll almost certainly hear thumping techno beats in your head – the franchise is almost as famous for its amazing music as it is its blistering speed. While WipEout famously used licensed tracks from artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, and…
A mighty impression. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Donkey Konga in Japan, Ollie recounts how the game introduced him to a song that remains one of his all-time favourites… I used…
Thanks to a pretty stacked videogame release calendar, I haven’t had the opportunity to check out as many smaller games as I would’ve perhaps liked to. But despite my busy schedule, there’s one thing I always have time for: minigames. Best cozy games: Relaxed gamingBest anime games: Animation-inspiredBest JRPGs: Classics and beyondBest cyberpunk games: Techno…
“We wanted to sort of incorporate everything”. We’ve already been chatting excitedly about Lego’s very lovely Game Boy set. It’s absolutely one of the best things they’ve put out in a while and, to celebrate the launch, two of Lego’s designers, Carl Merriam and Simon Kent, have been chatting with those fine folks over at…
Death Race 2026. In a cruel twist of irony, those of us who remember the breakneck mayhem of the original Carmageddon are creeping ever closer to our senior citizen bus pass. This will allow us to ride a slow-moving passenger vehicle that gains no extra points for mulching pedestrians. Released in 1997, this classic of…
Here we are with another great conversion, because if you remember playing the 1981 Arcade game called Lock ‘n Chase, then you may be interested to learn that while the game was unofficially converted over to the Atari 5200, Amiga, and C64 throughout the last few years, it wasn’t until recently that Bob’s Stuff had…
For a limited time, Nintendo is offering fans a chance to win a real Animal Crossing bag. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp players who subscribe to the Pocket Camp Club or start a free trial by December 19 in the U.S. and Canada or by December 20 in Japan, Australia and New Zealand can enter for…
You can check out all the games from The PC Gaming Show on the show’s Steam page, where you can wishlist your most-anticipated games and get more information on everything shown! Well alright, alright, alright, highlights from Future Games Show’s extended Exodus gameplay video just aired during the PC Gaming Show. What is this, a…
This article was published in the April 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Check out our full review of the sweet Corsair case used in this build. Get some meaty gaming muscle on the go with this portable powerhouse Length of Time: 2-4 Hours | Difficulty: Medium…
Thanks to the popularity of the Steam Deck, it’s no surprise that we’ve seen a multitude of manufacturers jump on the handheld gaming PC bandwagon. They have all released competing devices, each with their own take on the form factor and each hoping to carve out its own segment of this new emerging market. Now…