While having the same name as someone incredibly famous might be occasionally fun for some people, for others, it can be really annoying. And in certain cases, it can be so bad that the impact it’s having on your livelihood ultimately forces you to do one thing: file a lawsuit against your famous namesake. This…
Humanoid Origins, the studio launched in 2021 by former BioWare general manager Casey Hudson, is closing. Hudson announced the closure in a message posted to LinkedIn, saying that “despite efforts to shield the studio from broader challenges in the industry, an unexpected shortfall of funding left us unable to sustain operations.” Hudson announced Humanoid Studios,…
Evercade Nexus! SuperStation One! Atari 800XL! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Evercade Nexus! SuperStation One! Atari 800XL! Welcome to Retro Recap, a…
GameChat has a “significant impact on system resources”. We all know the Nintendo Switch 2 is going to be significantly more powerful than its predecessor, but just what kind of internals is the new console boasting? Well, thanks to a new breakdown by Digital Foundry, we can now finally dive into the specifics. First, let’s…
More high speed options Right around this time last year Toshiba was finalizing the buyout of OCZ, which had found itself in bankruptcy proceedings. Toshiba saw an opportunity to pair its NAND flash memory business with OCZ’s solid state storage operations, and because of that, OCZ continues to pump out interesting solutions. One of those…
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick recently spoke at the UBS Global TMT Virtual Conference to talk about the future of the video game industry and the aspect of super-realistic visuals. Mr. Zelnick believes we are currently just ten years from seeing video games become photorealistic and shared his enthusiasm of the subject with the audience. “I’m…
“We’ve made a game that is constantly challenging and evolving”. Mention the names Steve Ellis and David Doak to any veteran gamer, and titles like GoldenEye 007 and TimeSplitters will almost certainly spring to mind. The former Rare duo now run Mindfuel Games, and have just announced their next title, which (on the surface, at…
Throughout my playthrough of Resident Evil Requiem, I came across a few items which I had absolutely no clue what to do with. I investigated some further, but didn’t dwell on it; I had a review to write after all. But after getting to the end, a checkbox for The Final Puzzle popped up in…
Thanks to our development friends at Panic Button, Rocket League will soon officially support the PlayStation 4 Pro! On February 21, we will release a new update that allows Rocket League to run at both 1080p (on a standard PS4) and 4K (on PS4 Pro) at 60 frames per second in all arenas for single…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Omega ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…