From battle royales to betting sites, video games have quietly turned into one of the most dominant entertainment giants out there. You’re not just imagining it, everyone’s playing games these days. Your younger sibling is obsessed, your coworker sneaks in a few rounds on lunch and even your dad can’t put his phone down. Gaming…
Welcome to the world of Pokémon. Get those Saving Private Ryan GIFs at the ready, folks, because it’s time to feel old. 10 years ago today (yes, ten), Pokémon GO began its global rollout, taking the whole world by storm as it went. 6th July 2016 marked the AR ‘mon’s arrival in their first regions…
“It was too much for the specs we had available, and I think it was hard to play”. One of my favourite things as a lover of retro games is coming across lesser-known versions of popular games, particularly obscure ports and reimaginings that may have never been released in the West. So, as you can…
Today, Xbox announced what it calls “the most significant restructure in Xbox history”: Part of a larger downsizing at Microsoft that’s putting 4,800 employees out of work, the reorganization will eliminate 1,600 Xbox roles today, with the division aiming to reduce its headcount by 3,200 throughout the 2027 financial year. Alongside the layoffs, four game…
England, a country built on brick designed to retain heat, experienced a historic heatwave last month. Having experienced the blistering 37°C/98.6°F peak myself, there’s little I would not have done to escape that heat—even donning a silly-looking personal cooling wearable didn’t seem beyond the pail. Hardware channel Making Stuff with Mike is based in Denmark,…
End of an era, in Europe at least. Nintendo has quietly confirmed that it will no longer sell the original Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch – OLED Model to retailers from mid-February 2027 in Europe. It has also announced that sales of all consoles will cease on the official Nintendo Store at the same time….
Fortunately, no closures announced. Xbox has confirmed that 3,200 employees will be made redundant as part of its big ‘reset’, with a total of four studios let go from the business (thanks, Pure Xbox). 1,600 employees will be let go today, with another 1,600 within the next 12 months. Fortunately, none of the development studios…
Buying a good laptop is an intimidating affair, as you need to check the TGP of the discrete GPU (if it has one), the speeds of the SSD, and the generation and performance of the memory. The memory crisis (and the associated NAND shortage) means laptop makers are making even more compromises in their builds,…
The axe has fallen on Xbox, which announced another major round of layoffs that will see approximately 3,200 people put out of work, with 1,600 losing their jobs today and another 1,600 to follow over the course of the company’s fiscal year. Four studios—Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs—will also “leave Xbox…
The extent to which some will try to feign skill, whether it be cheating in games or in other activities, has always baffled me. Why can’t people just be ok with sucking at things? In this case I’m talking about Meccha Chameleon—you know, the casual fun game you’re meant to play with friends. It turns…