About 10 years ago, I sat down in a San Francisco coffee shop across from Henrik “Doomdark” Fåhraeus, then game director for Crusader Kings 2, and asked him about the possibility of playing landless characters in Paradox’s rich medieval sandbox. Normally, you take the role of a count, duke, king, or emperor permanently tied to…
Hollow Knight: Silksong will get a little easier next week with the release of the game’s first patch, which among other things promises a “slight difficulty reduction in early game bosses Moorwing and Sister Splinter.” But what if, for some demented reason, you wanted to make the game harder? As it turns out, that’s on…
“Tonight it’s build or die”. If you missed out on Kotobukiya’s Xenoblade Chronicles X model kit back in 2016, then you’re in luck. The figurine manufacturer is producing a new batch of the Formula Skell plastic model kit, and they’re available to buy from October 2025 (thanks Siliconera!). The announcement coincides with the release of…
Earlier this week, I took a look at DDR5-7200 memory prices, and immediately regretted it. With such runaway memory prices, it’s hardly surprising that sales of have seen a dip as a result—or that some folks are not even opting for last-gen hardware, but extremely old CPUs to make the most of last-last-gen memory. To…
The Nintendo fan’s ultimate keyboard. 8BitDo is famous for its excellent controllers aimed at both retro and modern-day systems, but the company has taken something of a departure with its latest effort, the Retro Mechanical Keyboard. As you can probably see from the design, it takes inspiration from the Nintendo Entertainment System, the console that…
“It took time for us to convey the concept clearly to Retro”. Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective launches this month, and it includes plenty of insight into how Retro Studios and Nintendo worked together on the famous trilogy, as recounted by series producer Kensuke Tanabe. As spotted by our friends over at IGN, the…
In a surprising turn of events, Mario Kart Tour for iOS and Android has won the Dice best racing game award beating the likes of the super fun, Crash Team Racing. Mario Kart Tour took home Racing Game of the Year leaving many Crash fans reeling. Mario Kart Tour is available now for free on…
Testing ground for VR Valve is getting ready to unveil a new virtual reality testing ground that will be familiar to anyone who’s played Portal or Portal 2. It’s called “The Lab” and it’s set in a pocket universe of Aperture Science, the scientific research corporation that appeared in both Portal titles. The Lab will…
At A Glance (+) Fresh: Accessible in File Explorer; DLNA certified; simple, easy-to-navigate interface. (-) Stale: No HDMI; limited to 32TB; a little pricey. Last week, we took a look at the QNAP TurboNAS TS-451 network attached storage appliance, one heck of an intelligent storage solution that packs four hard drive bays, an Intel Celeron…
Earlier this week, Pocketpair Publishing boss John Buckley said his company isn’t interesting in handling games built with generative AI: “If you’re big on AI stuff or your game is Web3 or uses NFTs, there are lots of publishers out there [who will], but we’re not the right partner for that.” One of those partners,…