Adobe After Effects is a popular tool for adding images and visual effects to video, but can be daunting to those unfamiliar with it. In this how-to, we’ll cover the basics so that you can start experimenting without feeling completely lost. First though, we should cover some of the lingo. Composition This is simply a…
Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Oi, Oi, Oi! I have to admit, I was really nervous about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4. I played the first ‘1 + 2’ collection back in 2021 and absolutely loved it, but my early teenage years were shaped by the Birdman’s third and fourth console outings. So to say…
The eShop may be bursting at the seams, but Nintendo has conveniently catalogued the top 30 games on the digital store for the Nintendo Switch and you can see what’s made the cut below in the latest results as of yesterday (15th August). It seems like there’s no slowing down for Animal Crossing: New Horizons,…
I was awfully late to the joys of Blizzard cinematics—I once mistook a Mists of Pandaria trailer in the cinema to be a new Kung Fu Panda movie, and only really came to appreciate them with the slew of Overwatch shorts the developer pumped out in the run-up to the hero shooter’s original 2016 release….
In the trailer tornado of Gamescom 2025, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight stood out to me, and not just because it had Matt Berry as the voice of Lego Bane. The combat looks like it’s got the counter mechanics of the Arkham games, and the traversal has Arkham-style grappling and gliding. Since neither…
The day before they go live. Nintendo of Canada has confirmed that it will not be opening up pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 in the country, just the day before pre-orders were due to go live. In a statement provided to Mobile Syrup, Nintendo of Canada explained that pre-orders are being held back “in…
It’s all about the sound effect keyring. Assault Suits Valken (or Cybernator, as you might know it) was a jaw-dropping experience back in the ’90s. Here was a game which successfully communicated the feeling of what it must be like to control a huge, hulking robot; instead of dashing around the screen at high speed,…
Almost everyone ignores the persuasion minigame in Oblivion if given the chance. I don’t blame them—it’s really weird and doesn’t make any sense if you think about it for five seconds. Why the heck would you always need to admire and coerce every person you try to persuade? And yet, I earnestly enjoy this weirdo…
Paladin Studios and Nintendo recently released the amusing office-themed puzzler Good Job! on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Paladin Studios lead producer Robert Abercrombie and Nintendo of America producer Takao Nakano recently participated in an interview and spoke about how they joined forces together. Abercrombie: The founder of Paladin (Derk de Geus) had been trying to…
Hey Playstation Nation, This is Rand Miller, one of the original founders of Cyan and “Atrus” to those familiar with our legendary Myst series. It’s so exciting to be putting the final polish on Obduction for the PS4 and PS VR. We are working diligently to finalize our launch on August 29th and have put…