On Saturday, April 6th. The organizers behind the PSP Homebrew Developer Conference (PSPHDC) have announced that this year’s event will take place later this week on Saturday, April 6th, at 6pm UST/2pm EST (thanks Wololo.net). The event, in case you’ve heard of it, was started back in 2020, as a way to offer progress reports…
“The deepest crunch development I’ve ever done”. ‘Creative’ software has a long and proud history in the world of computers and gaming. From the popular Protracker software on the Amiga to the silly fun of Mario Paint on SNES, there have always been options for players to put the controller down and express themselves digitally….
Visual quality upgrades, improved resolution and more! Since the arrival of the Switch 2 last year, many third-party developers have been updating their existing Switch games for Nintendo’s new hybrid system. With this in mind, Psyonix’s latest update for its vehicular soccer game Rocket League has today added Switch 2 visual and performance improvements. This…
The K-series Core i5 are usually the easiest recommendation from any new Intel generation. I’m less sure of the Core i5 14600K. On the one hand, this new chip is a couple of frames faster than the Core i5 13600K it replaces and remains extremely competitive versus AMD’s mid-range. On the other, it’s a touch…
We’re still getting our heads around Intel’s latest Arrow Lake desktop CPUs (actually you could say, so is Intel). But here comes news of its successor, namely Nova Lake. It’s been spotted on a shipping manifest by X user X86 is dead&back (via Tom’s Hardware). The manifest provides little detail, though it seems to indicate…
When Baldur’s Gate 3 bumped up its PC release date to avoid Starfield, it didn’t occur to me that Starfield was the game that should be worried. Wes was the most prescient among us at PC Gamer, wondering at the time if Baldur’s Gate 3 would be so good that Starfield would suffer from the…
Software development, much like making a stew that’s a perfect umami bomb in every bite, is a tricky business. Every major commercial product is touched by many hands, and sometimes the chefs leave cardamom and bay leaves in the mix. Okay, perhaps I’ve overstretched the metaphor—what you need to know is that apparently Microsoft’s Secure…
Nintendo has provided updated sales for the Nintendo 3DS platform and its vast array of software titles. The figures are correct as of 31st of December 2019 and you can see that the Mario Kart franchise remains unstoppable along with Pokemon. Interestingly, the obscure but very popular Tomodachi Life even makes an appearance at No.10….
Back in 2013, EVE Online creator CCP Games attempted an ambitious FPS to tie in with its legendary galactic economics MMO. Dust 514 didn’t end up having legs—not the least because it was a PS3 exclusive—but the developer, now known as Fenris Creations, didn’t give up on the vision. Fenris’ London office is carrying on…
Every game we scored 9/10 or higher, plus a personal pick. After Nintendo of America launched its ‘Screaming Deals‘ sale earlier this week, we knew it wouldn’t be long before Europe followed suit. The ‘Halloween Sale’ is now live for those in Europe, with delicious discounts on a boatload of titles available until 1st November….