It got a surprise release this week. The latest Pokémon Presents broadcast earlier this week included the surprise release of a new puzzle game called Pokémon Friends. It’s available now as a free download on mobile devices and a one-time payment from the Switch eShop. Along with this are additional transactions, including DLC packs, which…
Seasons greetings, everyone! It’s hard to believe we’re already almost halfway through PlayStation Store’s five-week Holiday Sale. So in the spirit of savings – we’re adding a flash sale to the holiday mix. Starting tomorrow, scoop up Red Dead Redemption 2, Just Cause 4 and more – all for up to 30 percent off. PlayStation…
Game Pass means different things to different people: a rich repository of indie games, a place to play Microsoft’s AAA games on Day One, and a covert way to mainline Call of Duty into our bloodstreams. One moment you’re whip-cracking fascists in the new Indiana Jones, the next you’re rolling back the years with the…
For me, open world games like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption 2 really only peak when I’ve fought my way through the missions and completed the main story and there’s not much left to do except… doing whatever the heck I want. Sometimes that’s making sure I’ve explored every single inch of the…
“People think the crash happened in both places. It didn’t”. If you consider yourself to be a budding gaming historian, then the Video Game Crash of 1983 will be an event you’re at least partially aware of. To cut a long story short, Atari created an enormous market in the US for video game consoles,…
How memory leaks happen, and what to do about them You may have heard the phrase, “You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much RAM.” RAM is a vital part of a computer system, providing for computer data storage via volatile memory. The current minimum for a new system build is…
Another crossover, mmkay? Fortnite is pretty much solely known for its ludicrous crossovers these days, and after the success of the recent events centred around The Simpsons and Kill Bill, the game is gearing up for yet another. Yes, on 9th January 2025 (this Friday), South Park will enter the fray, though no specific details…
Bungie isn’t ready to retire its ’90s sci-fi FPS series, Marathon, just yet. The last game in its original trilogy released in 1996, but the Destiny and Halo studio hasn’t forgotten its roots and announced a new Marathon game almost two years ago. Exciting stuff for gamers of yore, but go ahead and set some…
Long-time Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been surprisingly candid in a recent chat with Morgan Stanley, highlighting, in as many words, how much the company has to thank both Intel and Apple for. This came in response to a question—well, more of a statement than a question—commenting on Nadella “embracing openness”. For instance, regarding Microsoft’s…
In July this year, Phil Spencer said Microsoft’s gaming business has “never looked stronger” as he simultaneously announced an absolutely brutal round of layoffs. Several studios were closed outright, games were cancelled, and almost everything in Microsoft’s portfolio was touched in some way, with the aftershocks still coming. One of the developers heavily affected was…