We had a lot of nice things to say about top-down co-op shooter The Ascent back in 2021. Former PC Gamer editor Andy Kelly awarded it an enthusiastic 84% in his review, and called its cyberpunk setting “way cooler than Night City.” Now Swedish developer Neon Giant is teasing its next game, but it’s not…
And it’s not getting much better. Nintendo had a pretty quiet year in 2024, all told. Sure, it launched some pretty significant games like The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, but there was definitely a sense that the company was starting to wind things down ahead of its…
Category: Games April 17, 2025 Towerborne: Introducing a Spectacular Japanese-Themed Golden Week Event Sebastian YamaguchiEditor, Xbox Wire Japan Summary Golden Week, the beloved Japanese holiday, is coming to Towerborne from April 29 – the same day the game launches into Xbox Game Preview and Game Pass. The Japan-themed Shiro’s Golden Journey event will transform the…
I have something to confess to you, dear reader: I’m not an extraction shooter guy. I wasn’t a battle royale guy, either. If I’m playing any sort of PvP game, I don’t find it fun to slink around in the shadows for 10 minutes only to have a heart attack when I’m finally confronted by…
And it only costs a dollar! Sega’s Super Scaler racers from the ’80s hold a special place in the heart of many a gamer, and Hang-On (and its ‘Super‘ sequel) are especially beloved. Boasting two-wheeled racing action that’s impressively fast even by modern standards, the Hang-On series sired many imitators—but the most recent is notable…
Don’t worry—I’m not going to spoil anything about the Severance season 2 finale. Why? Well, because I simply haven’t seen it. My limited understanding of the show has been acquired by social media osmosis, so I can only assume it’s a workplace drama with vaguely uncomfortable vibes but also lots of kissing. Jokes aside, Severance…
Get ready to Rewind. After a decade of playing with Mario Kart 8‘s driving mechanics, we’ve all got pretty used to the techniques required to nab a win. However, it looks like Mario Kart World is taking us back to school with a new roster of cool moves. Today’s Direct presentation introduced us to the…
Category: Games April 17, 2025 Free Play Days – NBA 2K25 and Skull and Bones Kyle Ocean, Marketing Manager, Xbox Hit the court or hit the open sea this weekend with Free Play Days! NBA 2K25 is available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Standard and Core members to play from Thursday April 17…
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue was originally released in 1999. If you grew up a Toy Story fan in the late 90s, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve probably heard of Traveller’s Tales’ Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue. Initially released in 1999 for N64, PlayStation, Windows, and Mac (a…
The chip industry—as with many others, I’m sure—is, at least to onlookers like myself, in very uncertain waters of late, thanks to the United States’ upsy-downy-round-and-roundy ‘will he, won’t he?’ tariff position. The goal is ostensibly to have production shimmy on over to the US, but we’re now hearing rumour that even some chip production…