Nvidia is facing the biggest single-day market value loss in history, according to a report by Forbes, as the release of an open-source AI model called R1 by China-based DeepSeek has cut more than $600 billion from its valuation, knocking it off its perch as the world’s most valuable company. Nvidia’s share price dropped by…
A major factor of retro gaming isn’t just what the games themselves are so much as the context of where they were played. Kyle Orland’s Minesweeper from Boss Fight Books is an excellent demonstration of this philosophy in action, simply because Minesweeper isn’t really the kind of game that comes to mind as a retro…
Free Office 365 for education offer extends beyond the U.S. Microsoft had already been doing teachers and students living in the U.S. a solid by offering them free Office 365 subscriptions, and now that same offer is extending beyond the border. How far? Try all the way around — if you’re an eligible teacher or…
We’ve got some great news for sports fans and TV lovers. Today, we’re launching a new multi-view feature for PlayStation Vue that allows you to watch up to three live channels — all on one screen. With March Madness starting next week, this will be a great way to catch several live games at once…
He roams around, around, around. First announced in the Japanese version of the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, Spike Chunsoft has confirmed that Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island is coming to the West, with a physical release set for 27th February 2024. The trailer above touches on the history of this roguelike…
The season for fall blockbuster games is in full swing, with recently launched hits like Marvel’s Spider-Man and Destiny 2: Forsaken. To guide us through this season, we’ve brought back a fan favorite: our mysterious PlayStation Store Merchant. You might have already seen him in several ads this month, including cameos in our Countdown to…
PikWIN. The Game Awards 2023 turned out to be a pretty big night for Nintendo, with Switch announcements coming left, right and centre (you can find them all in our round-up). It was also a big one for wins. We have covered a few of those on the site already, but let’s all give a…
Hi, we’re Oasis Games, the first publishing partner of Sony Computer Entertainment Shanghai (SCES). As Chinese developers, we are working with Sony to bring local games to players in the United States and beyond. There are lots of game developers here and China is predicted to have a high growth in console gaming — but…
I am suffering, dear reader, from a Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice deficiency. Despite having a massive impact on the industry at large, with soulslikes copy-catting more mechanics from Sekiro than their namesake, snagging timed blocks and posture staggers, FromSoftware chose to stick to what it knew. It has officially been more than five years since…
“My contact at Fox Studios loved the pitch”. Former Apogee and 3D Realms boss Scott Miller has revealed that he once pitched the idea of a MOBA based on John Carpenter’s 1981 movie Escape From New York. Miller made the revelation in the wake of the news that the modern-day iteration of 3D Realms and…