Western Digital (WD) is one of the most recognisable brands for both SSDs and hard drives, alongside Samsung and Crucial. So it’s no small thing that you might not see WD SSDs for much longer, as the company will no longer make or sell them. That’s because, after a long time in the works, last…
The embers are still hot from Nvidia’s RTX 5070 graphics card launch, but looking around, you’d be hard-pressed to tell anything happened at all. I’ve covered a good few GPU launches in my time, including the crypto/covid-driven shortages, and I’ve been a customer trying to buy a GPU in the past. So I get that…
“Tektites! Pe-pe-peahats!”. The latest episode of the Video Game History Hour (the Video Game History Foundation’s podcast) has just been released, and it’s a good one, featuring an interview with the “marketing mastermind” Gail Tilden (who you may also know as the founding editor of Nintendo Power). The interview was originally recorded in front of…
Category: Games March 5, 2025 “Did We Actually Do That?”: Josef Fares Explains How Split Fiction Pushes the Co-Op Adventure Genre Further Than Ever Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief There was a moment, after years of development on Split Fiction began to come to a close, where director Josef Fares found himself playing through his…
The Bazaar, after seven long years, is finally entering into open beta with a F2P package—and it’s, uh, not going great. Here’s the rub: In a recent video going over patch 0.1.8’s notes, it was revealed that the autobattler would be receiving a “prize pass”—a battlepass-style earn-via-playing system which’ll allow players to grind 10-card expansions…
“What a mess”. Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has implemented a range of tariffs on goods being imported into the country. The introductions, which came into effect yesterday, include a 25% tariff on products from Mexico and a 20% tariff on goods from China (an additional 10% on what was initially implemented…
As the upcoming Minecraft film creeps closer, one modder has found a creative way to blur the lines between film and game. By adding Jack Black’s voice to Minecraft, players can now feel even closer to the one who calls himself Steve (via GamesRadar). It all started after a player compiled all the times Jack…
151 Gen 1 Pocket Monters replaced with Mario characters. We’ve seen quite a few fun (and unofficial) ROM hacks which have tinkered with famous Nintendo franchises, but a new effort has just been announced which looks very interesting indeed. DogPond4 has just confirmed that they’re working on a new ROM hack which adds Mario and…
Harkening back to the stellar Into the Light update, the upcoming Destiny 2 Rite of the Nine event is bringing new activities which are free to all players. That’s right, separate from Episode Heresy’s final Act, you’ll also have the chance to delve into some revamped dungeons and even earn adept weapons Just like Into…
Event quests, limited time hunts that offer special rewards, are a mainstay of Monster Hunter replayability. They’re usually available for a week at a time, and completing them can provide materials for event-exclusive armor sets, farmable upgrade materials, and more. Capcom just rolled out the first event quests for Monster Hunter Wilds, and as far…