Team Cherry’s Already Got “Ambitious” Plans For Hollow Knight: Silksong Additional Content
“Hopefully we can achieve some of it”. Team Cherry has finally lifted the lid on Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s release date. It’s 4th September, if you missed it, and Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier has sat down with the devs to find out why it has taken so long to make. The short answer, as detailed in Schreier’s…
Elgato 4K S review
The times have changed since begging my mum to buy me an AverMedia capture card because it was the only one that would work without a dedicated PC. PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PCs (assuming you have Windows) all have built-in DVRs, and they’re all rather good. This has meant that, for a casual creator or…
‘This works better than expected’: Doom on a charging station looks surprisingly playable but may have the most awkward controls ever
Okay, being able to play Doom on random things lying around the house has been a running joke for some time, but someone has got the classic shooter working on a charging station, and it actually looks kind of playable. Well, playable as far as the frame rate is concerned. Creator Aaron Christophel took to…
‘One of the most powerful DDoS botnets to ever exist’ has been taken down by the DoJ with help from Amazon Web Services, Google, Cloudflare and others
The US Department of Justice has charged 22-year-old Oregon man Ethan Foltz in relation to his alleged involvement in the development and administration of RapperBot, a notorious DDoS-for-hire botnet. Foltz has been charged with one count of aiding and abetting computer intrusions, which, if convicted, would lead to a prison sentence of up to 10…
’50 Indie Games That Changed The World’ Explores How Indies Altered The Industry Forever
Available now from Bitmap Books. The arrival of digital storefronts some time ago was a defining moment for the games industry, as it allowed small-scale developers to get their games to audiences without having to navigate the challenging waters of physical distribution. As a result, we were blessed with a host of amazing games, including…
Mutliplayer Battle Mode added to ModRetro Tetris
 While the ModRetro Chromatic is in general a self-contained device, the Cart Clinic software is a means by which the firmware can be updated. This includes for ModRetro games themselves, and ModRetro recently released a new proof of concept of the idea with the addition of Battle Mode to ModRetro Tetris, the pack-in software…
The Outer Worlds 2 is Going to Give us Ample Opportunity to Mess Around in Its World
Category: gamescom August 21, 2025 The Outer Worlds 2 is Going to Give us Ample Opportunity to Mess Around in Its World Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Mayhem seems to be the name of the game when it comes to The Outer Worlds 2. During Xbox Games Showcase, we got to see first-hand how open-ended…
Why did Team Cherry’s devs stay so quiet about Hollow Knight: Silksong? ‘All we could really say is, we’re still working on it’, so they stopped doing that
Well, it’s official—in under one month, Silksanity will be over, with Silksong releasing September 4. It’s been one hell of a ride, marked with long periods of silence from Team Cherry. And when the studio did speak up, it was often like, via a Discord message or something. Showcase after showcase rolled by without so…
Splitgate fans, rejoice: Peer-to-peer multiplayer is coming next week, so you can keep on playing after the servers shut down
Finally, some good news for Splitgate fans: Developer 1047 Games says the original Splitgate will be moving to peer-to-peer multiplayer on August 29, meaning the game will continue to be playable online even though the servers are being taken down. “Starting August 29, the original Splitgate will be moving to peer-to-peer as we focus our…