There’s an epidemic of ugliness in multiplayer shooters. Its cause goes by many names—the skin, bundle, drop, outfit, coating, or its most generic moniker, the cosmetic. Unassuming at its onset and quiet by nature, Cosmetic Uglification is a viral affliction infecting the best shooters of our time. When left unchecked, all semblance of aesthetic cohesion…
Well, that was a blast. Several of our illustrious hardware team were on the ground at CES 2025 in Las Vegas this year, and now the jet lag has abated and the dust has settled it’s time to round up all of the winners of our Best of CES 2025 awards for your perusal. CES…
Imagineer has confirmed that Fitness Boxing on the Nintendo Switch has shifted 900,000 copies worldwide. These figures include both physical and digital copies of the fitness game. Below you can see how sales have stacked up over the course of the year. You’ll notice that sales of Fitness Boxing have been boosted during the coronavirus…
Last minute gift options Whether you scored an actual holiday bonus (and not a Jelly of the Month Club membership) and want to splurge on yourself or are scrambling around for last minute gift ideas, you have some digital options. Lots, actually. First, Valve’s annual Steam Winter Sale is going on now. Yes, right now….
Free games, anyone? We have to hand it to graphics cards players — they’ve been pretty good about bundling high-end titles with their cards over the last couple of years. That doesn’t just apply to Nvidia and AMD, but their hardware partners as well. Case in point, EVGA today announced that for a limited time,…
Long before Destiny 2 hit the high points of Forsaken, The Witch Queen, or The Final Shape—hell, before there was even a Destiny 2—The Taken King was peak Destiny. Aboard the Dreadnought, the titanic flagship spacecraft of the Hive God Oryx, the first game finally hit its stride, providing a compelling villain, an imminently repeatable…
PlayStation loves creators, and we’ve put together a sale devoted to industry innovators. Starting now, save up to 60 percent on ambitious puzzlers, Kickstarter-funded student projects, handcrafted roguelikes and more. PlayStation Plus members save up to 70 percent. Head over to PlayStation Store through the weekend to pick up titles like The Witness, Risk of…
2020 has been a terrible year, but we have had some great games and media to entertain us during the lockdown periods. US website Polygon have had a hard think and have come up with a list of their favourite games that have been released over the last 12 months. It’s an interesting list, especially…
Category: GamesApril 9, 2024 Starter Tips for Botany Manor, Your New Xbox Game Pass Puzzle Adventure Jeff Rubenstein You haven’t played anything quite like Botany Manor, a new narrative puzzle adventure now blooming on Xbox Game Pass for Xbox Series X|S, Windows PCs, and Cloud. Playing as 19th century English botanist Arabella Greene, you explore…
Which Peach do you prefer? The upcoming Princess Peach: Showtime! will put the Mushroom Kingdom monarch centre stage and it seems Nintendo is still busy tweaking elements of her presentation ahead of her March 2024 premiere, including making some changes to the previously-revealed key art for the game. As spotted by No Context Super Mario…