The Vampire Survivors-like Megabonk is one of the big indie hits of the year, selling a million copies in just two weeks and earning a nomination for best debut indie game in The Game Awards 2025. That sort of exposure is a big deal, especially for a small indie release, but developer vedinad said they’re…
“Little Rocket Man” is truly one of the greatest bits in videogame history—a challenging achievement in Half-Life 2: Episode 2 that requires you to carry a cherubic little garden gnome named “Gnome Chompski” through the entirety of the campaign and deposit the wee fellow on a rocket ship to another dimension in the final level….
Europe’s biggest gaming convention is imminent: The Gamescom 2025 festivities will commence on Tuesday, August 19 with Geoff Keighley’s usual Opening Night Live, which will be followed by the Future Games Show and Xbox and Bethesda streams throughout the week. (See our Gamescom 2025 schedule for more on when and where to watch all the…
Seven Up. We were thrilled to see Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade make an appearance at the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct back in April, and now Square Enix has drip-fed us a little more information about when we can expect to see it come our way. At last night’s Xbox Games Showcase, the studio revealed…
Fellow Fighters, at long last, Rambo joins fellow 1980s action movie icons RoboCop and the Terminator as part of Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate and Kombat Pack 2. We at NetherRealm Studios couldn’t be more excited about Rambo joining the fight. Drawing inspiration from the first three films in the Rambo series – First Blood, Rambo:…
The Dutch company ASML is the only company to make the world’s most advanced chipmaking machines. Those machines have only ever gone to US or US-friendly companies such as TSMC, Intel, Samsung, and so on. The Chinese chipmaking market hasn’t had access to them—perhaps until now, that is. According to the US Commerce Secretary Howard…
There are a surprising number of Atomfall endings for what is a relatively small game, but as you explore the Windscale quarantine zone, you’ll find plenty of characters who are willing to help you escape. That is, if you complete a series of tasks for them, or in some cases, even sell your soul. After…
We are nearing ever closer to the annual The Game Awards show which takes place on Friday 13th December. Presenter and organiser Geoff Keighley has revealed that we should expect around ten brand new game reveals which is rather exciting. Hopefully a number of these will arrive on the Nintendo Switch platform. We have a…
Near the latter half of 2024, Microsoft boldly claimed nearly anything could be an Xbox. Your mobile phone, your gaming handheld, your smart TV, your car seat screen. Heck, maybe even a really smart, smart fridge could be your Xbox. Now, in the wake of announcing a new Xbox console-PC hybrid, Microsoft has not only…
Yesterday, I was looting a cache in Arc Raiders when someone walked up and blasted me with a shotgun. I returned fire with my measly Kettle peashooter and somehow won the fight, which triggered a Steam achievement: Unyielding: Knock out 10 raiders (42.3%) I thought that couldn’t possibly be right. Over 35 hours in Arc…