Howdy, partners! Well folks, we had an inkling that it might be on the horizon, and Nintendo has just made it official. A Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase has been announced for Thursday, 5th February 2026. The Direct will kick off at 2pm GMT / 3pm CET / 6am PT, and it promises “roughly 30 minutes”…
Let the liquid cooling begin Asus ROG just added another high end motherboard for Skylake builds to its lineup, the Maximus VIII Formula. Based on Intel’z Z170 Express chipset, this ATX motherboard sports an LGA 1151 socket, four DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of DDR4-3733 (OC) RAM, and exclusive CrossChill EK cooling. The folks…
Top Deal: As you wait impatiently for files to transfer from point A to points B and C, and as you spy stuttering in your in-home streams, have you ever thought to yourself, ‘There must be a better way?’ Well, there is, and it starts with tossing that 10-year-old router in the trash bin. You…
Excitement, hack-tivate. I have to be honest, I really didn’t expect to love Pragmata as much as I do. Early trailers were certainly intriguing, but from a gameplay standpoint, I thought it looked bland and uninspiring. Maybe Capcom’s uncharacteristically lengthy development for the game played a part (it was originally revealed in 2020), but it’s…
Outside of a brief internet cafe dalliance back in the early 2000s, I haven’t played much RuneScape, either in its modern or old-school forms. But maybe I should, because Old School RuneScape continues to generate tales of triumph, tragedy, fantasy cop-befuddlement, and jaw-dropping luck. Take, for example, the player who just became the second confirmed…
James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Playing Ghost of Yōtei and Silent Hill F on the PS5 and neglecting my Xbox Series X. Sorry, Xbox. I have played on Xbox for a long time, starting with an original Xbox, as a kid. That was a hand-me-down, and I distinctly remember…
Earning Porter Grade in Death Stranding 2 is just one of the ways that the game creates a fluid skill system, letting you play it however you want, and earn different grades based on what you’re doing. Though it’s not entirely clear at first, once you unlock APAS Enhancements (Death Stranding 2’s skill system), the…
(Image credit: CD Projekt) Key deets 🐺 The Witcher 3 Remastered releases on September 29.🐺 There is no preload since it’s an update.🐺 The update size is about 45GB. The Witcher 3 Remastered releases this week, bringing updated visuals, a tonne of quality of life tweaks, and even some new features like armor transmog, to…
Thanks to the benefit of hindsight, we know that Schedule 1 is a pretty cool name for the drug-dealing sim that’s topped the Steam charts these last two weeks. It’s evocative, memorable, and references its subject matter without affixing a played-out “Simulator” on the end. But five months ago, back when Schedule 1 was nothing…
Hi everyone! I’m Philippe Moreau, Vampyr’s game director. Today, I’ll be running through the combat system we have in our new game, Vampyr. For the uninitiated, Vampyr is our upcoming action RPG set in the flu-ridden streets of London, 1918. All manner of dangers prowl London during a bout of the lethal Spanish Flu. From…