Get up, get up, get out of here! Though it may feel like the ‘quirky’ branch of indie JRPGs has become a played out trope by now, it wasn’t too long ago that a confusing, humorous, and parodying take on the standard template was seen as a novel concept. One of the most significant examples…
Well, here’s a cannon blast from the past. Pirates, Vikings & Knights 2 hit 1.0 on Steam while nobody was looking. What’s that? You don’t remember Pirates, Vikings & Knights 2? Don’t blame yourself. There’s a reasonable chance you weren’t born when it first set sail into the freshly pixel-shaded waters of Half-Life 2 modding….
Subnautica 2 has become one of the year’s most talked-about games, albeit for reasons I don’t think anybody wanted. A big legal brouhaha has developed in the wake of publisher Krafton abruptly dismissing the entire leadership team of Subnautica 2’s developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Those former leaders, including co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, subsequently…
Excelsior! The freakin’ weekend is finally upon us, and we’ve got games to play! Before we get into our plans, though, let’s recap the week. It was a pretty quiet one in Nintendo Land, with not so much as a whiff of a Direct — which is weird, after the last three weeks of showcases….
“The game that never was”. Sonic Mania is one of the best Sonic games ever, and while there were hopes it would get a sequel, a few years ago, it was revealed how Sega was eager to move beyond pixel art and ultimately it didn’t go ahead. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Give your weekend puzzle gaming a boost with our fresh selection of clues and hints for the August 16 (1519) Wordle, written just for today’s game and designed to give you the sort of nudge you’re after without handing over the winning word. Of course you might like the idea of clicking through to today’s…
If Steve Wozniak had “only” designed the Apple II, one of the foundational computers of the early PC era, he’d still be a computing legend. But after leaving Apple in the mid-’80s Wozniak went on to help establish the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sponsored the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, and has spent the last…
Playable at the World Championships. Pokémon Legends: Z-A isn’t out until October, but this weekend there’s a Switch 2 demo at the 2025 Pokémon World Championships. The first impressions are now rolling in, and we’ve put together some thoughts so far – starting with a ‘hands on’ from our senior video producer Zion Grassl. Although…
Reaper Actual is a hard sell. It’s a plain-looking modern military extraction shooter with Web3 stuff, and I’ve seen enough of those to know that I’d probably rather be playing Battlefield. But the man behind Reaper Actual, former Sony Online Entertainment and Daybreak head John Smedley, has snared me before. I spent a whole summer…
This week saw the release of the version 1.021 update for Monster Hunter Wilds, adding yet another difficulty tier to high level hunts and pairing them with a new endgame grind that opens up new buildcrafting potential. Like the additions in previous post-release patches and Title Updates, these are welcome changes, answering the complaints of…