Out of this world. When the legendary Yuzo Koshiro announced he was working on a new shmup called Earthion for his beloved Mega Drive / Genesis back in 2023, the anticipation of fans all over the world was palpable. Koshiro – famous for composing music for the likes of Streets of Rage, Revenge of Shinobi…
Coming to Switch 1 & 2 September. It was only a matter of time until Pac-Man World 2 got the remake treatment, and today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase confirmed the inevitable. Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac is coming to both Switch 1 and Switch 2 on 26th September 2025. Based on the PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube…
The time of Baldur’s Gate 3 patches is ended; now is the time of Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfixes. God bless ’em, I don’t think Larian will ever manage to stop tinkering with its masterpiece—today it returned to Faerûn with BG3’s hotfix 33, bringing a smattering of fixes for bugs as diverse as crashes, broken game…
There’s a lot to be said for the simple things in life. For a start, they’re often cheap—and hardware doesn’t come much cheaper than this Amazon Basics USB condenser microphone. You can pick up one of these teeny-tiny little units for a mere $26/£23 at Amazon, although it must be said, that’s the sort of…
If you know your noise rock from your industrial, your ambient noise from harsh noise wall, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy the chaotic screeches of an ethernet cable plugged into a Eurorack module. If not, you might find it a little cool anyway, like I do. As spotted by Hackaday, creator Wenzellabs recently showed…
I’ve been itching to play a new Everdark Sovereign for a while now, ever since FromSoftware introduced a round-robin of old Everdarks to Elden Ring Nightreign, including Gaping Jaw, Sentient Pest, and Darkdrift Knight. I played these Everdark variants so much that fights were starting to become silly, as my teammates and I saw each…
Squad up, Switch 2 style! EA has just announced that Apex Legends will be receiving a Switch 2 upgrade next month, or rather next week, as it drops on August 5th. Hooray! Yep, as part of today’s very good/middling/awful (delete as appropriate) Partner Direct, we learned that the online squad-based shooter, which first launched all…
Introducing, Elliot. The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase was closed out by a pair of announcements from Square Enix: Octopath Traveler 0, and an all-new action RPG called The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. This is yet another HD-2D joint, which will see you playing as ‘Elliot, the Adventurer’ (badass name, that), who sets out…
The Future Games Show will be broadcast live from Gamescom 2025, and has now announced the hosts: no less than David Hayter, aka Solid Snake / Big Boss, and Maggie Robertson, the one-and-only Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village. The FGS is run by Future PLC, the parent company of PC Gamer. “Yes!” shouts an…
While I’m not sure about DC’s historically funny insistence on what Batman does and doesn’t do in the bedroom, one thing’s for certain—superheroes like the ones in Marvel Rivals don’t typically say slurs and chew you out for your K/DA. Alright, Frank Castle might look like he’s levelled some slightly harmful terms at my community…