You’re probably familiar with the concept of the carrot and the stick. It’s a metaphor for incentivization: You reward people who do what you want them to, and put a whoopin’ on people who don’t. Sony, having tried the stick to convince PC gamers to sign up for PlayStation Network accounts to access their games…
Campers already appeared from r/Microcenter Hardware launches are often bracing experiences. Scrambling to hit checkout on an online basket is its own rush, but there are those who really want to ensure their spot in line. Over the years, we’ve heard plenty of stories about folks camping to ensure they really are the first in-line…
Today, MLB The Show is excited to announce our new partnership with Homage, a renowned brand in the apparel industry. This MLB The Show x Homage collaboration creates the first officially licensed line of attire for MLB The Show fans to purchase while celebrating the legacy of MLB The Show through Homage’s expertise in quality,…
Category: Games January 29, 2025 No Man’s Sky Worlds Part II Update Brings New Planets, Life and Stories to Discover Sean Murray, Founder, Hello Games Summary Worlds Part II introduces billions of new stars and planets to No Man’s Sky, each teeming with new life to discover. New gameplay, missions and lore tie up loose…
When Goldilocks wasn’t breaking local wildlife laws and putting her life in peril by trying to sleep with dangerous creatures (interestingly, in an early version of the story, all the bears were male), she was probably a PC gamer. A streamer, in fact, given her choice of ostentatious outerwear. I have no evidence to back…
James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week: I’ve been testing out VR (Behemoth, Half-Life: Alyx and Synth Riders the most) to feel for what I want out of a dream high-end headset. I love PCVR. Standalone VR headsets do their job admirably but where VR really shines for me is in those big…
Boom, clap, the sound of my gun. Publisher Apogee Entertainment has announced that the ridiculous boomer shooter Turbo Overkill is coming now available on the Nintendo Switch alongside PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series X|S. Yep, no waiting around for this one, the game has shadow-dropped on Nintendo’s console and can be downloaded now via the…
Plan the ultimate heist, team up with talkative weaponry then jump and chomp your way through an island adventure with the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup for February! Payday 3, High on Life and Pac-Man World Re-Pac will be available to PlayStation Plus members from February 4*. Let’s take a closer look at the games. …
“Welcome to the future”. We trust you’ve been keeping up with the increasingly bizarre SuperSega saga, which kicked off with the announcement of an all-in-one FPGA-powered Sega console and has ended with pre-order cash missing and legal action from Sega itself. SuperSega boss Alejandro Martín has drifted in and out of focus during this entire…
As many as three potentially new Intel Arc graphics cards based on the latest Battlemage tech have been spotted in the latest official Intel Linux patch. But are they the cheapo RTX 4070 killers we’re all gagging for? Now that’s the question. X user Tomasz Gawroński (via ye olde Videocardz) spotted a trio of purportedly…