“We had to take immediate action”. One of the internet’s largest catalogues of video game hardware has been forced into read-only mode thanks to hackers. Established in 2018, Consolevariations.com aims to be the “ultimate console database” and lists over 12,000 variants and more than 100,000 photos, many of which are uploaded by the community. Read…
“‘Well, we could be selling so much more if we were cross console’”. Most people today will largely associate Ed Fries with his role as an Xbox co-founder and Microsoft’s vice president of gaming in the late ’90s and early 2000s, but his career in games actually dates back a lot further than that. Before…
Just revealed at the Resident Evil panel at San Diego Comic-Con, we have a bunch of new information on Resident Evil 2 straight from the game’s producer, Yoshiaki Hirabayashi! Remaking a true classic is no easy feat, but the talented team at Capcom behind the upcoming Resident Evil 2 is certainly up to the challenge….
Unpacking is one of my favourite videogames, where you grab things out of boxes and neatly pop them around an isometric home. It’s pretty linear though—not a complaint, it needs to be to serve its excellent narrative—but I’ve longed for a similar game with fewer shackles ever since. Whisper of the House is that exact…
There’s been a theory developing since launch that Arc Raiders‘ robots are reacting to players’ habits and learning how to counter them. Stuff like searching spots we often hide in, or finding better angles to pick us off. I’ve even read one comment saying that the Arcs will soon start taking out rats because they…
A new study out of MIT offers a first-of-its-kind large-scale computational analysis exploring the how and why of folks falling for AI chatbots. The research team dove into subreddit r/MyBoyfriendIsAI, a community of folks that sometimes ironically, sometimes more seriously refer to AI bots like ChatGPT as their romantic other half. The team found that…
Circana’s Mat Piscatella says “Nintendo is going to be Nintendo”. Sony’s announcement this week it would end PlayStation disc-based releases by 2028 has unsurprisingly raised questions about the future of physical games media on other console platforms. If you are wondering about Nintendo’s position in this space, Circana senior director and video game industry advisor…
Switch information also revealed. Atlus will be bringing Raidou Remastered The Mystery of the Soulles Army to not only the original Switch but also the Switch 2 later this year and if you’re wondering how it will perform on the new Nintendo platform we’ve now got some details. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The sequel to Prey was formally cancelled back in 2014. A bunch of new videos showcasing footage from Human Head Studios sequel to Prey (2006) has appeared online, offering an extended look at some of the features and mechanics the studio had planned for the cancelled project. Prey (not to be confused with Arkane Austin’s…
A quirky robot run and gun platformer football team management sim are this week’s newly added titles. The Antstream library just keeps growing as more titles are added. This week we have the robot run and gun platformer B.O.B. (SNES) and the chance to manage a football team with Premier Manager 98 (PlayStation). B.O.B., otherwise…