I’m told that the youths of today find using animated gif reactions ‘cringe’. As a millennial who misspent her youth on Tumblr, reacting to good game news with a gif of The Arm from Twin Peaks rubbing his hands together has become an unfortunate part of my idiolect. Before I break out the folder of…
It is time to do war crimes in a cool way. Battlefield 6, EA’s big loud military-themed shooter that earned a coveted 82% from PC Gamer FPS czar Morgan Park, is free-to-try for a week. The trial period runs from yesterday, June 30, up until July 6. The trial gives you access to five modes…
You threw off my groove. The final first-party Switch 1 game (as announced at the time of writing) is almost here, with Rhythm Heaven Groove set to launch tomorrow on 2nd July. This one has felt like a long time coming, with the series being notably absent for almost the entirety of the Switch generation,…
Category: Games July 1, 2026 DOOM: The Dark Ages Goes Supersonic With New DLC Chain Spear Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor Summary Revelations is the first major DLC for DOOM: The Dark Ages, adding 10-12 hours of demon slaying, including a story campaign, arenas, and new content for the Ripatorium. The expansion’s centerpiece is the…
The lesser of two evils. Sony has announced that it is completely ditching physical media for the PS5 – and presumably PS6 – from January 2028. As a response to “shifting trends”, this move applies to all new games released for the PS5, with digital-only options available via the PlayStation Store and retailers. GTA 6…
Once nothing more than a basic text editor, Windows Notepad has been expanded in recent years to become almost a fully-fledged word processor. For some people, the little tool has become synonymous with Microsoft’s penchant for bloat and unnecessary changes, so one former Redmond coder decided to do something about it. The person in question…
Universal’s 1981 title ‘Lady Bug’ is also joining the Arcade Archives library. If you were hoping for Hamster, the creator of Arcade Archives, to follow up the Tekken announcement from last week with more Namco fighting games, like Soul Edge/Soul Blade or Tekken 2, then I’m afraid you’re unfortunately out of luck. Instead, it has…
When Jack Tramiel left Commodore in January 1984, he started a new company called Tramel Technology with several ex Commodore employees, and his three sons in top executive positions, with the goal of selling a new home computer. When Warner Communications announced on May 8 its intention to sell its Atari division, Tramiel then began…
Capture the lag. I remember thinking that 2023’s Tears of the Kingdom was the perfect bookend for Switch 1, a fitting sign-off for a generation which began with a transformative open-world take on Hyrule. But Switch 2 wouldn’t arrive for another couple of years, which means it’s a very different game that gets the ‘swansong’…
“One more analog stick. That’s all we needed”. Much has been written about why the PS Vita failed, with its high cost, lack of exclusives and pointless features being cited whenever the conversation comes around. What makes its commercial performance all the more puzzling is that its predecessor, the PSP, sold over 75 million units…