If corporate consolidation of one of the biggest entities in the video game industry by private equity, a Saudi Arabian investment fund, and a major investment firm doesn’t signal a worrying future for EA, leveraging AI to further cut costs will do the trick. The $55 billion required to buy out EA includes $20 billion…
“I didn’t use my own face as a reference”. If you know Ridge Racer, then you know Reiko Nagase. She’s the closest thing the series has to a mascot and was introduced as an unnamed character in the 1995 arcade title Rave Racer before being given an official name and enhanced status to coincide with…
Swine and dine. What if the Zelda series starred the Grim Reaper? What if it starred a pig? These are questions we all ask on a daily basis, right? Well, Spindle is here to answer them. This upcoming pixel art action adventure is set to arrive on the Switch eShop on 13th October, and it…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s beta is just days away, scheduled to kick off on October 2 for early access players (October 5 for everyone else) ahead of the game’s official release on November 14. But before you get to jump in and check it out, Activision wants to make sure that you’ve got…
Mathematically, Borderlands 4 has, give or take, 30 billion guns and plenty more shields, class mods, ordnance, and so on to bump that number to an even more incomprehensible level. For some godforsaken reason, there are a handful of items that talk. During use, certain legendary gear pieces are right chatterboxes, and I found this…
What would you say is the definitive soundtrack to your youth? Is it a favourite album? Or perhaps the ambient sounds of summer, like bicycle wheels rolling over or a chorus of cicadas? For me, it is undoubtedly the nostalgic scream of a dial-up modem. Strap 12 of those bad boys together, and you’ve really…
The “announcement of an announcement” has become an aggravating marketing trend in recent years, but this is the first one to actually get me excited: Summer Eternal, the embattled RPG studio and worker collective co-founded by former ZA/UM writers Argo Tuulik and Dora Klindžić, will offer the first details of its first game not through…
Fixes aplenty. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound has received another update following a recent patch to improve the game’s frame rate when played on Switch 2. This one is more focused on general bug fixes and gameplay improvements, but it’s a welcome update nonetheless. Highlights include fixes to soft-locks and freezing scenarios, collision issues, improved visual consistency,…
Perhaps the most surprising part of Yakuza Kiwami 3’s announcement had nothing to do with Yakuza Kiwami 3. It was when Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced that, in addition to an up-rezzed redo of the third Yakuza, it was going to release an entire bonus Gaiden game as well: Dark Ties, starring Y3 bad guy…
Luma-nescent. Reviewer’s note: Although this is a Switch 1 release, we were only permitted to play the game on Switch 2 during the review period. On launch day, we’ll update the text below with specific Switch 1 performance impressions. I have to admit, prior to this review, it’s been a while since I played either…