I’m talking about your default, go-to game that sucks you in for hours and suddenly the day is gone. Mine has got to be Final Fantasy 14, so if you ever desperately need to get in touch with me and don’t know how, I’m probably on a losing streak in FF14’s ranked PvP queue. (Image…
(Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been: Inducting my daughter into a life of crime in Magical Princess, and constructing cozily cluttered dioramas in Shanty Town—two games I’m confident would also be fantastic on a handheld. The idea of taking serious hardware horsepower on the go was always the dream of my misspent, console-gaming youth….
“When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants,” said the greatest philosopher who ever lived: Mass Effect 2’s Thane Krios, “then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.” And friends, I’m excited to announce that war has officially provideth-ed for every man, goat, chicken and guard…
There are two key things to take away from Doom: The Dark Ages’ showing at today’s Xbox Developer Direct. The first: a release date. id Software’s prequel story will be with us in just a few months, on May 15. The second: a mission statement. “In Doom Eternal, you felt like a fighter jet. In…
“The island needs a little more prep time”. We’ve been keeping an eye on Amber Isle, the Animal Crossing-meets-dinosaurs life sim from developer Ambertail Games, for a while now. This one was initially supposed to land on Switch in late October before getting a last-minute delay to November. Well, the developer has now announced yet…
Stick it to the drift. Switch 2’s Joy-Con seem to be faring much better than on the original Switch, which was plagued with stick-drift issues since its launch in 2017. At the time of writing, there are seemingly no widespread issues with sticks becoming faulty and drifting during gameplay. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
My hometown has a soccer team now. I live in the United States, so this is kind of a big deal. It’s been a cool experience to have a local team, and has led to some really interesting experiences, such as watching the lovely yet bizarre spectacle of internationally ranked goalkeeper Roman Bürki stalwartly defending…
Zombie survival shooter No More Room in Hell 2 shambled onto Steam early access late last year, and proved to have a few more bits missing than its audience could reasonably cope with. Debuting to a ‘Mostly Negative’ rating on Steam as players cited a litany of flaws, from bugs to performance issues to the…
Unofficial PC ports to get mods & performance boosts. By this point, you’re probably well aware of N64 Recompiled which, in basic terms, allows N64 games to be played on PC by natively running the game’s code on your target platform. Most recently, we’ve seen Majora’s Mask get a “PC port” thanks to the project….
Today was the 4-year anniversary of the original release of Stardew Valley. The game’s creator, Eric Barone, thanked everyone for the anniversary wishes on Twitter and also made an announcement. Version 1.4 is now available on all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, but that won’t be the end of new content additions. Barone says that…