“The simulator had to be realistic but also drivable”. In the games industry, there are names which have been around for so long they feel like part of the furniture: Shigeru Miyamoto, Peter Molyneux, Sid Meier, Warren Spector – these are individuals who have remained part of the gaming conversation for decades and continue to…
Last night’s BAFTA Gaming Awards saw a range of gongs awarded to some of 2024’s standout titles, with the big winners being Team Asobi’s Astro Bot (best game) and The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes the Deep with three awards. Coming in hot for best debut, however, was our boy Balatro: PCG’s 2024 Game of the…
Hey, everyone! At Annapurna Interactive, we’re fortunate to work with some of the world’s best development teams around the world, supporting them to help bring unique game experiences to PlayStation. Today, we premiere a new Annapurna Showcase, highlighting some of these teams, sharing exciting news and updates about previously announced games that are coming very…
In what feels like an inevitable move to combat an avalanche of criticism over the new Diablo 4 season, Blizzard has dropped an emergency patch that alleviates all the frustrations at the cost of undoing the entire point of it. The Season of Death Awakening has the usual stuff you’d expect from a Diablo 4…
A few days ago, Niantic announced that Pokemon GO will become incompatible with 32-bit Android devices in early August 2020, a move to be included in an upcoming update to the game. Well, Niantic has now announced on Twitter that they will now be postponing this to “a (TBD) future date”. Niantic says this is…
Double trouble. The Life is Strange series has been an interesting diversion from Square Enix’s typical MO of putting out endless takes on RPGs, instead offering heavily narrative-focused stories exploring the trials of various people who develop supernatural abilities. This series’ strong storytelling has garnered a loyal fanbase, it’s also proven to be a bit…
There’s usually at least one game in early access I’m waiting on the full release of before I try. At the moment, I’m holding off on anime finance sim Stonks-9800. But it’s easy to miss a release when there are so many games coming in and out of early access all the time, often without…
Shortly after you first arrive in Sotenbori in Like a Dragon Gaiden and start working for the Akame Network, you’ll find a slightly troublesome request to locate some Okonomiyaki. The appropriately-named odd job, When will I taste Okonomiyaki?! is one of the first you can pick up in the streets of Shofukucho, but after scouring…
“It was a nightmare”. It’s fair to say that Capcom’s Final Fight Revenge isn’t the franchise’s finest hour. Developed for Sega’s Titan arcade board and Saturn home console at the tail-end of the 1990s, it was created not in Japan but in the US by Capcom Digital Studios, an outfit that would later work on…
A revised date for the entertaining The Outer Worlds has been announced today for the Nintendo Switch system. You will be able to get your hands on a physical or digital copy of the game on 5th June. The retail version of The Outer Worlds comes on a physical cartridge, and it will be accompanied…