Cowabunga! It’s time to judge some game covers as we dive into another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week we took it to the fairway as we matched up two covers from Mario Golf: Advance Tour. Reader, it was a washout. The North American / European cover took the competition by a country mile,…
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A Partridge in a Pear Tree. On the second day of Christmas we got divorced. Which worked out quite nicely because that freed up my spare time for the third day of Christmas, on which date PlayStation gave to me: a driving game…
Strangely on Nintendo Japan’s release schedule is a listing for Kingdom Come Deliverance Royal Edition for the Nintendo Switch. Kingdom Come Deliverance Royal Edition is listed for February 2021 and published by DMM GAMES. The original for the PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One is a graphically heavy RPG, so if it is coming to…
Famitsu has revealed the best-selling Japanese video games during 2020. 185,66 billion yen was gained on video game hardware and video game software sales accumulated 181,72 in total. Nintendo Switch family sales totalled 5,956,943 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the top-selling game. The Nintendo Switch family sold 1.3 times more in 2020 compared to…
Foxhole is a sandbox-style war MMO and, while it officially released last year, it’s been available in early access since 2017. Its schtick is one persistent and gigantic war game where thousands of players simultaneously battle for one of two factions, both seeking domination over a gigantic map, but with the twist that, as in…
Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow (Image credit: Wadjet Eye) Developer: Cloak and DaggerYear: 20122 The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow isn’t the scariest horror game I’ve ever played, but it might be the most disarming. The most powerful tool in its…
The BBC and Minecraft are teaming up again, announcing a new collaboration between Mojang’s staggeringly popular sandbox and the Beeb’s snappily named BBC Studios Natural History Unit. This time, the partnership is based on Planet Earth 3, the latest in David Attenborough’s long, long line of increasingly elegiac nature documentaries that showcase the beauty and…
Imagine a world of robots partying after the annihilation of humankind. NeuroVoider will show you what this theoretical world would look like. Play as one of the four remaining human brains kept as tests subjects in a futuristic world where machines have overpowered the human race. Lead humanity’s last hope against the Evil Robots lead…
Microsoft said today that it was hacked by a “Russian state-sponsored actor” called Midnight Blizzard, also known as Nobelium. That’s the same group of hackers suspected to be responsible for the major SolarWinds supply chain hack that occurred in 2020. “Beginning in late November 2023, the threat actor used a password spray attack to compromise…
Playseat Trophy | Sim racing cockpit | Black | £549 £478.99 at Amazon (save £70.01) If you can spare the space (this racing rig won’t pack down to a smaller size), this is one of the comfiest and sturdy racing rigs I’ve ever used at home. There’s space for your pedals and wheel as standard,…