Say hello to more $80 games. Xbox is raising the price of its consoles, accessories, and games globally, with some titles reaching that lofty $80 price tag from this Holiday season. As detailed by The Game Business, the US is being impacted the most, with the Xbox Series X rising by $100 to $599.99 and…
Switch 2 overdrive. One month ago, we knew so little. But now we know Switch 2 is landing in just over a month, bringing not just a new catalogue of games but also fresh blood to your existing library, with Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrades for a host of your favourites. And let’s not forget…
Demo now available. It may not have been overshadowed by the likes of the Mega Drive / Genesis and PC Engine back in the day when it came to quality shooters, but thanks to the efforts of modern developers, the NES / Famicom is clawing back some respectability in the genre. Last year’s Changeable Guardian…
Can vertical shooters be erotic, though? Japanese publisher City Connection will bring the 1998 Sega Saturn vertical scroller Steam Heart’s Saturn Tribute to Nintendo Switch on 28th May. Giga’s rather adult slice of retro hardcore-shooter action — first released for PC-98 in 1994 with the Saturn version (both Japan-only) arriving in 1998 — was also…
An 18-rated ellipsoid classic. Cast your mind back to the video game landscape of the early ’90s, and 2D remains king. Granted, 3D gaming was on the rise thanks to titles such as Star Fox, Alone in the Dark, Virtua Racing and Doom, but with the wave of 32-bit consoles yet to materialise, the industry…
Byterunners, the developer behind Drug Dealer Simulator 2, has said it “would not pursue any legal action against Schedule 1 in any shape or form” if it was the one in charge of calling the shots. In case you’re not caught up, Schedule 1 has been popping off since it launched in late March. It’s…
I hate lockpicking in Oblivion Remastered. I hate the stupid little tumblers with their stupid speed variations and my stupid slow reaction times as I invariably miss the stupid sweet spot. As someone who loves Skyrim’s lockpicking, I was about to completely write off any attempts at going around cracking every door and chest in…
There used to be a time when you’d log in to your Windows 7 machine, and have enough time to go fetch a cuppa as it thought about actually letting you past the welcome screen. Well, it turns out my younger self’s retina-burning mauve desktop background may have been to blame. Though many preferred Windows…
The game is an expanded version of a 2017 iOS title. The explosive shoot ’em up Blast Rush is getting an expanded version for Steam and Nintendo Switch later this year, its developer Bipedal Dog has announced. Originally debuting back in 2017 for iOS devices, the game eventually found its way over to Steam and…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the tale of Oda Nobunaga’s quest to defrag Japan, and in tribute to the daimyō’s relentless ambition, Ubisoft has announced its post-launch roadmap for the game consisting of patches, feature drops, and “height-gaining back ejects,” which videogames need more of as a general rule. It looks like Shadows is set for…