Amid the news of an added duos mode and a new Helldivers 2-style community event, Arc Raiders has been dealing with some backlash. Embark Studios now has a track record of using generative AI for voice work in its games, first for The Finals and now for Arc Raiders, and it’s causing no small amount…
It’s been a good few years for fans of CRPGs, and the genre’s steadily growing library means we’re all in a perpetual state of “gonna go back and do a Durge run later” in Baldur’s Gate 3. During today’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, the world premiere for Legends of Awen: Rise of the Fianna…
Microsoft Gaming head Phil Spencer popped onto the stage during today’s BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony to greet the fans of his latest conquest. After clearing considerable regulatory resistance, Microsoft closed its landmark acquisition of Activision Blizzard last month. Spencer’s appearance starts near the beginning of the show, at about an hour and a half into…
“It is a complete scam”. If you cast your mind back to the summer, you might remember the leak and later reveal of Skull Island: Rise of Kong, a third-person “action-adventure game” from publishers GameMill Entertainment set to release in the busiest week of the Switch’s 2023 calendar (which is today, 17th October, if you’re…
Field notes from a fantastic world. On 6th August, the original Famicom Disk System Metroid turned 40. To celebrate this milestone, we’re publishing various Metroid articles this week discussing Samus’ past, present, and future. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. I test so many gaming headsets over the course of a year, it’s easy to start blending them into one. After all, the basic archetype for a good one is pretty much…
“The Mega Drive is truly a wonderful machine”. Even though the 16-bit console war ended decades ago, there are still people who care deeply about which machine is ‘best’: Sega’s Mega Drive / Genesis or Nintendo’s SNES. In terms of raw sales, Nintendo was the clear victor – it sold 49.10 million SNES consoles compared…
Why no score yet? This in-progress review covers Gears of War: E-Day’s campaign, but there’s still the multiplayer check out, which wasn’t available pre-launch. E-Day is officially out on October 6, but advanced access begins October 1 for those who pre-order the $100 Premium Edition. E-Day will also be available on Game Pass. What’s the…
To spare myself the psychic turmoil, I decided to accept years ago that Half-Life 3 will never happen. Best case scenario, I get to be delighted by being proven wrong. Worst case, I’m sparing myself from the cyclical mass psychosis of reading an imminent Half-Life 3 announcement in whatever tea leaves we’ve convinced ourselves exist….
“Q1 2024, on the Super Nintendo”. NES ROM hacker and port specialist @infidelity_nes has revealed his next project: bringing the original Mega Man to the SNES. This is the same hacker who ported Metroid from the NES to the SNES, with amazing results – so it bodes well for Mega Man fans. Read the full…