It feels like western blockbuster games development is dying. Amid endless rounds of ruthless layoffs and studio closures, a component shortage crisis driving up hardware prices for both PC and console users, and the industry’s often-disastrous pivot to live service, it’s hard imagine a healthy future for the kinds of lavish, seasonal tentpole releases that…
Fancy new features graduate from beta In case you need any added incentive to hop on Steam and play games, there’s a Steam client update available that adds a few new features and a bunch of bug fixes. One of the big additions is that of Steam Broadcasting, support for which was first introduced to…
NieR, far, wherever you are. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment finally comes swinging onto Switch 2 today, and as anyone who has already picked up the game will be able to tell you, the soundtrack slaps. As today is launch day, we now know who to thank for such musical bangers, and it’s none other…
Image 1 of 5 (Image credit: Future) Image 2 of 5 (Image credit: Future) Image 3 of 5 (Image credit: Future) Image 4 of 5 (Image credit: Future) Image 5 of 5 (Image credit: Future) If you’re a maker of AIO liquid CPU coolers, it’s getting harder to stand out in the crowd. Just about…
Apple is well known for its closed ecosystem of tech, rather than its PC gaming. The brand has long been known to make systems or products that work far better with other Apple items than anything else. This walled garden presents a user experience that ranges from blissfully simple to frustratingly complicated depending on what…
Hope springs eternal, and there’s no better evidence of that than the members of subreddit r/Halflife, who have been waiting all year for the announcement of Half-Life 3, or Half-Life X, or whatever the next Half-Life game will be called. Granted, they’ve worked themself into a frenzy despite a lack of what might be called…
Back in the halcyon days of 1998, Ritual Entertainment’s Sin was shaping up to be the hottest shooter released that year. An over-the-top, hyper-violent gunfest with the backing of John Romero and a dash of what, at the time, qualified as sex appeal, Sin seemed destined to be the shooter on everyone’s hard-drive by the…
Improved textures, realistic clothing and more. The classic PS2 title ICO has already been remastered once on PS3, but that hasn’t stopped modder Sad_Origami from giving the original game a spruce-up. A new texture pack has been previewed which allows you to run the original game under emulation with improved detail. Read the full article…
Top Deal: The phone rings and the caller ID shows it’s Uncle Lou. Oh great. This can mean only one thing — his computer is infected with malware. Again. You just fixed the flipping thing two weeks ago, but like clockwork, there’s that bi-montly phone call pleading for help. Ugh. This time, bring him a…