Overwatch’s soft reboot earlier this year has kicked off more story development than I can keep up with. There are several new short stories, comics, and even webcomics that are building up to something big. And it looks like they’re going to be necessary for figuring out what is going on with its newest hero,…
Intel has been keen to talk up the benefits of XeSS 3 and multi-frame generation in recent months, alongside the launch of its very impressive Panther Lake mobile chips and their powerful iGPUs. However, as things currently stand, it’s only officially supported on systems with Xe3-cored graphics chips—i.e. Panther Lake only. Intel says support for…
And it’s out now. Last year, we were kindly sent a sample of ‘The Most Relaxing Video Games’ from Ryan Janes, a lovely book that delved into a collection of games handpicked to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Now, Janes is back with another book, this time looking at some of the…
“It got ridiculously complicated”. A while back, we reported on Joshua Barretto‘s efforts to replicate Super Mario 64 on the humble Game Boy Advance – and that project has now inspired a second attempt to bring the game to the handheld. Fellow modder Brendan Tobias Friedly (AKA Game of Tobi) has published a video showcasing…
Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984 was first released in 2001. Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984 is getting a reissue next year, allowing video game fans to pick up a new printing of the influential book, featuring bonus interviews and a bunch of new contributors. While the market…
“Oh my god,” Joe Madureira exclaims before pondering the unexpected question for a second. “We knew we wanted it to be some sort of RPG reference, since those are the kinds of games we wanted to work on.” The co-founder of Airship Syndicate is recollecting the moment when his team hit upon a name for…
The best guns in Arc Raiders are a surprisingly subjective thing. As objectively powerful as the Anvil is, and I do love it, I won’t hide the fact that I think I actually prefer using the common Ferro instead. My favourite weapon so far, though, has to be the Stitcher; it’s a breeze to use…
Trials in Arc Raiders is effectively a ranking system where you compete against other players for high scores on five challenges each week. When you complete a task for this week’s challenges, you’ll earn points towards that objective and earn a place on the leaderboard. The competition can get intense, to say the least. But…
Just over a month after Sony confirmed the closure of its renowned remaster studio Bluepoint Games, it’s now pulled the plug on Dark Outlaw Games, founded by Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell and announced to the world just a year ago. Word of the closure first appeared on Resetera, which said Dark Outlaw was…
The wait is over — VR gaming on console is finally here! While some lucky gamers already have PlayStation VR through our Taco Bell promotion, the system formally launches in the US and Canada (and other regions across the globe) today. We’ve got a great lineup of more than 30 first and third-party games available…