Last week Embark explained to players that it would be scaling down the frequency of major updates in Arc Raiders, citing the need to slow down to provide concise and “more impactful” changes. But now, just one week later, we’ve got another patch with quite a few highlights: a new weapon, durability adjustments, and a…
Where we’re going, we don’t (always) need roads. I read a comment about Star Racer somewhere that I quite liked, the gist being that it’s the latest in the ‘F*** it, I’ll do it myself’ genre. This describes a release where an indie developer has decided to fill a gap left open by a bigger…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with legendary competitive gamer and The Video Game Summit promoter Paul Zimmerman, who lets us know why this year’s event is going to be a special one. *Writer’s note- Patrick Hickey Jr. will be appeared at The Video Game Summit as a special guest this year. Old School Gamer Magazine:…
Path of Exile is one of the most complex action RPGs around. Look up a screenshot of its gigantic skill tree and you’ll understand its maximalist approach to character build customization. It isn’t a game about leveling up and collecting loot so much as it is about using programmer logic to design the most effective…
What X Timing. Well, we didn’t have to wait long for that! The acclaimed brick-breaking roguelite mashup BALL x PIT will be getting a Switch 2 version on 28th October 2025. For those of you who couldn’t wait and grabbed it on the Switch 1 — like, uh, a lot of us here at NL…
Remember Styx? Cyanide Studios’ horrible goblin was the hottest stealth game protagonist of the early 2010s. By this I mean he was the only stealth game protagonist of the early 2010s, as bona-fide sneaking games were vanishingly rare. Then Hitman returned from the dead, and everybody forgot about Styx for a while. But the fast-talking,…
I’m a huge fan of all things Miku Hatsune. From the many Miku figurines taking over my desk to all of the rhythm games I shall simply never get good at, there’s something about the twin-tailed virtual idol that simply sparks joy for me. What definitely does not spark joy, though, is the idea of…
One of System Shock 2‘s more unusual quirks is how it supports four player co-op. This was extremely rare in PC gaming in general at the tail end of the nineties, and it makes System Shock 2 unique among the classic immersive sims. With its 25th anniversary remaster, Nightdive Studios wanted to ensure this co-op…
Natsume’s Spanky’s Quest gets a makeover! We’ve seen a few Game Boy games get the ‘DX’ treatment via fans recently, including the rather excellent Kirby’s Dream Land 2. Now, it’s the turn of a rather less well-known title, but one that is equally worthy of your time and attention. Modder marc_max has just released a…
Altec Lansing is releasing AI Shark this year. Video game cheat device brand GameShark is making a comeback, but not in the way you might expect. The brand is being licenced by audio electronics company Altec Lansing, which claims it is working on AI Shark, an AI-based cheat assistant for modern consoles. Read the full…