Earlier this week, my hardware overlord Dave James and I had something of a gaming laptop dust-up. Each of us brought our top contenders so far from the latest, RTX 50-series generation into the office, took them into a quiet corner, and set them against each other to find out which was best. I thought…
Let’s see if others will follow suit. The big talking point that has arisen out of the Switch 2 Direct is Nintendo’s approach to game pricing. Mario Kart World comes with a suggested retail price of $80 / £75, and while the likes of Donkey Kong Bananza is a little cheaper at a suggested $69.99…
Racing to find the best deals. Mario Kart World has been unveiled as a launch day game for the Nintendo Switch 2, releasing on 5th June 2025. As the first proper mainline Mario Kart in over a decade, it’s got big boots to fill, but with a new open world structure in which you drive…
Alienware is infamous for putting out snazzy rigs with limited upgraded paths. This CES, we thought the gaming brand had turned a corner with its new fully upgradeable Area-51 desktop rig but there’s an asterisk next to that saying ‘only if you pay $35 more’. On Dell’s website, the AlienFX board cable conversion kit has…
A thing about me is I live according to bushidō, tempering the iron of my will against any enemy the world sends my way. At all times I am sharpening myself on the whetstone of my foes, fashioning my body into a missile which I can launch at the bourgeoisie. My entire life is agōgē,…
Ray-tracing in, but not demoed. Those incredibly clever specs-machines over at Digital Foundry have been hard at work breaking down all the juicy technical details in the wake of Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct, and the news is good for fans of things that are more powerful than the things that preceded them. That’s everyone, right?…
If you’re excited to try out the Huntress class and turn monsters into new spectral minions, you’ll want to know the Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt release times. This update is the most significant since the game launched into early access a few months back. It adds the game’s first league, but…
Tokyo Drag. Here’s a tip for you: don’t just dive into Drag x Drive mid-match. After being thrust into a game in progress late in the day during our Nintendo Switch 2 experience, this Mouse Mode-controlled game felt like learning a completely new language. Instead of deftly throwing the ball and shooting hoops in what…
“A rare blend of art and mechanics”. It’s perhaps hard for anyone raised in an era when digital downloads are king to imagine a time when video game packaging was anything other than an afterthought for many publishers. Back in the 1990s, when physical PC games were still a thing, it wasn’t unusual to see…
Capcom had a stern finger to wag at prospective Monster Hunter Wilds players in preparation for its first title update—posting to X, a lengthy warning read: “Hunters, TU1 brings with it quest types where you can compete for the fastest time for both leaderboard position[s] and cosmetic pendant rewards. “To ensure a fun and fair…