Online puzzler GeoGuessr has taken players across the globe, but its most recently revealed location is perhaps its unlikeliest yet. The game, which involves identifying real world places based on contextual clues from Google Street View images, is getting a Steam edition that arrives next month. “We’re bringing Duels to Steam,” announced the GeoGuessr X…
By ‘eck, it’s Bywater! A new 10-minute video released as part of Tolkien Reading Day on 25th March delves deeper into what players can expect from Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game when it launches on Switch on 29th July 2025. In short, it’s wholesome and lovely, though there’s definitely…
If you thought the Napster peer-to-peer music sharing platform was long since toast, a new $207 million deal says otherwise. Turns out the brand has been bought and will be reborn as a metaverse-based platform with which musicians will connect their melodic wares to fans. Not to put too fine a point on it, but…
Please come to Switch. A new game that promises to blend addictive monster collecting with compelling farming mechanics has smashed its Kickstarter goal with another 29 days left of its campaign. Created by Sean Young at SmashGames (Littlewood and Kindergarten Buddy Edition), MonsterPatch is currently only scheduled for release on Steam, though Young has stated…
“The implications are immense”. Japan has a long and proud history in the realm of video games. Some of the most significant and influential games originate from the country, and names like Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, and Sega are globally famous, their fame reaching far beyond the realms of interactive entertainment. What’s amazing is people are…
Skells to pay those bells. It has been a whopping 10 years since Xenoblade Chronicles X first arrived on Wii U, and a lot has changed in that time. Heading back to Mira via the Switch’s new Definitive Edition, many are finding that the grind feels harder than it used to, with pesky grown-up things…
The project has been hit with an indefinite delay. It looks like Legendary’s Street Fighter movie could potentially be in trouble again, with Variety reporting that the film has been removed from Sony’s release calendar for 2026. Originally announced back in April 2023, the upcoming movie adaptation of Capcom’s classic fighting series has had something…
“Now Is Time To The 68000 Heart On Fire”. A new open-source mod aims to transform Sega Genesis / Mega Drive consoles in one fell swoop. Called “Open Heart”, Dustin Odell’s mod uses a Raspberry Pi Pico or compatible board to add TMSS bypass, a dual-frequency oscillator (for switching between NTSC and PAL), in-game reset…
Take a deep breath. While we are definitely living in a weird dystopian cyber future, the news around Amazon ending opt-out support for sending recordings from its personal devices isn’t actually as bad as it sounds. It’s probably one of the few times something like this isn’t as insidious as it implies, so enjoy this…
If the reports that Nvidia is interested in partnering with Intel’s foundry business “potentially for gaming appplications” is actually genuine, then this indeed good news for struggling chip giant. Over the past year we’ve seen the company’s struggles lead to the retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger, who’s now spearheading the Christian faith tech company Gloo….