Black…like a doll’s eyes. Poppy Playtime is one of those strange video game phenomenon, in this writer’s experience at least, that seems to be a pretty big hit with younger players, even though it’s a proper creepy-ass horror game. there are toys of this franchise everywhere, and we’ve even got a movie on the way….
An updated version of the 2014 classic. Over a decade ago, Read-Only Memory published Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works, a book which gave a surprisingly in-depth look at Sega’s most popular home console. Packed with artwork, interviews and concept drawings, it quickly became an essential purchase for fans—so much so that the company was convinced…
Scalpers are a menace in a lot of hobbies, not just in the realm of gaming hardware and paraphernalia. Still, they’ve been especially bad here in recent years. Flipping phantom graphics cards, snapping up special editions, and ruining cute exhibits meant for children. Games Workshop, the company behind Warhammer and Warhammer 40k, are certainly no…
In a move we probably all could have seen coming, it looks like Bloober Team is remaking Silent Hill 1. In a very brief teaser in the waning minutes of today’s Konami Press Start event, a snippet of the SH1 theme (which is still a banger, by the by) played atop Konami and Bloober’s logos,…
Things are warming up as Remedy’s FBC: Firebreak approaches its June 17 launch on PlayStation 5 as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. We chatted with Communications Director Thomas Puha, Lead Level Designer Teemu Huhtiniemi, Lead Designer/Lead Technical Designer Anssi Hyytiainen, and Game Director/Lead Writer Mike Kayatta about some of the fascinating and often…
As PC gamers, we spend a lot of our time sitting on our collective bottoms. That’s just the way it’s always been. With the traditional keyboard and mouse control system (obviously the best control system) demanding some sort of desktop upon which to perch, it’s natural that we need to be sat at a desk….
A proper scenery chewer. Hooray! Splatoon 3 is one of our favourite Switch games and today it got a snazzy (free) Switch 2 upgrade which, as we reported earlier, takes advantage of the extra power of Nintendo’s new machine. But according to the patch notes, when players are splatting on Switch 1, they’ll notice some…
A Western release for Switch is also on the way. The PlayStation 2 shoot ’em up Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced is coming to PC (via Steam) later this year, Cosmo Machia has announced. Developed as an enhanced version of the 2006 arcade game, the game was released on the PlayStation console in 2009, bringing with it…
Just in case you’ve been living under a nice mossy rock, the Nintendo Switch 2 finally launched this time last week. Though it looks like the slightly taller, younger sibling of the original Switch, this successor boasts beefed up hardware capabilities—including a bespoke chip from Nvidia. Despite the obvious similarities at a glance and a…
Plenty of bugs. Date Everything! is a dating simulator where the dateable people are actually objects, or inanimates, that exist around your home. You begin Date Everything at work, where you are a recent customer service hire at Valdivian, a major tech company. Almost as soon as your work day begins, you’re informed that your…