“James Bond will return”. A story from earlier this week about Amazon publishing future James Bond games has reportedly led to some confusion and concern about IO Interactive’s involvement going forward. Amazon Game Studios has now issued an official response and although it’s apparently “still too early to discuss future projects”, the studio says it…
After a couple months in beta, an update to the Steam store has rolled out for all users. It adds new sections like a personalized release calendar, tweaks existing features like the “popular upcoming” list, and displays higher-resolution game art, among other things. In my experience, the default reaction when a piece of software or…
We might be years removed from the old “clicking on a placard for hours until an invisible timer decides to run out” method of Final Fantasy 14 housing yore, but that doesn’t mean securing your own abode in the critically-acclaimed MMORPG is a total walk in the park these days. The good news is that…
Fingers crossed for restocks. Earlier this year, The Pokémon Company released a special retro-style Pikachu plush in Japan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon series. This was followed by confirmation the plush (and a key chain based on the same design) would be getting a local release in the future. Read the full…
In a year marked by severe component price hikes and shortages, Valve is still determined to release Steam Machine and Steam Frame by the end of summer. The company confirmed as much as it announced the expansion of its Verified program, which goes into effect today despite neither Steam Machine or Steam Frame having a…
In Junes 20 years apart, PC Gamer was writing about monitors, and what you could get for $600-700. In 1996, that was a CRT with something in the 800×600 pixel range at 17 inches. “That’s not bad, but it isn’t exactly cheap, either,” we said at the time. In 2016, standards had changed a wee…
Got a pinch of salt ready? An employee of a “small specialist electronics manufacturer” has posted on Reddit that they suspect Sega might be looking to release a low-cost handheld games console. SeraphHS reveals that the company they work for received a quotation request from “a company that’s done licensed Sega hardware before,” citing the…
Last month, a game called Shrimp Game: Krill Confirmed launched on Steam. It’s a self-contained demo for the upcoming shrimp game, Shrimp Game, and as a game about shrimp it has all the features you’d expect: You can pilot one of 11 weaponized combat shrimp-forms, imbue them with a cocktail of violent elemental powers, and…
The end of Destiny 2 development came as a surprise to everyone: players, streamers, casual observers, and even the development team at Bungie, most of whom reportedly had no idea it was happening until it happened. It was such an outrageous move that even Rebb Ford, the creative director of Warframe—the other Destiny—called it “unthinkable.”…
It’s far from a sure thing, but there are reasons to believe that we’ll see a Persona 6 announcement in the near future. Recently, images purported to show the rumored game’s main characters and the RPG’s logo appeared on social media. Anyone can draw a few anime characters (or generate them with AI), take slightly-tilted…