Left 4 Dead project lead Mike Booth is working on something new, and if you’re hoping it’s something like L4D but different in some undefined, hopefully additive way, I have good news: It sure sounds like it. “I’m excited to share that I’m working on a brand new project—a four-player co-op shooter built on the…
ConcernedApe, the creator behind the beloved Stardew Valley, has announced a special physical edition of the game is coming to Nintendo Switch. The physical edition is a joined venture with Fan Gamer and there’s both a standard edition and a collector’s edition, which contains a wealth of goodies. Pre-orders for the physical versions of Stardew…
Go on, tell us. Since the launch of the Switch 2 last June, Ubisoft has supported Nintendo’s new hybrid platform with Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed Shadows. While many fans of Edward Kenway were hoping to see him sail onto the Switch 2 this July, there was no sign of a Nintendo release during…
Works of cart. CTRL: Essays on Video Games is an anthology examining the cultural impact and effects of gaming through deeply personal reflections. Edited by Dean Fee, it’s a brilliantly varied collection filled with memories and illuminating accounts that run the emotional gamut. Lilliput Press kindly sent me an early copy and I finally managed…
I’m not sure which I’m most excited about, the idea of a whole new kind of Framework machine, or the fact the company is actually going to make available a Strix Halo motherboard for us to tinker with. On the one hand, a small form factor Framework Desktop is a cute idea, though it is…
There’s lots happening this month… Evercade maker Blaze has some good news – it’s been able to bring forward the release of its final cartridges of 2023. The dual-cart releases Goodboy Galaxy / Witch n’ Wiz and Demons of Asteborg / Astebros will now launch on November 28th, 2023 – well in time for Christmas….
Small form factor (aka SFF) builds are the PC equivalent of bespoke mechanical timepieces. Beautiful to look at and stylish to have around, but a bit of a pig to work inside them, especially when it comes to dealing with ever-larger graphics cards. You might therefore be interested to know about Maxsun’s unique solution for…
As you may remember Nintendo NY recently announced a fantastic competition for eight lucky people to win a trip to Japan to visit Super Nintendo World which is at Universal Studios. Those eight people who were chosen have been notified that they have won and are clearly delighted. Nintendo NY says that they will hold…
One of the reveals I was most jazzed for at The Game Awards 2025 was Ontos, the new thing from Frictional Games. I’m a fan of the studio’s work in general, and I loved the way SOMA took the aging Amnesia formula and somehow made it better (and so much worse) by dialing back the…
Magic, in most games, is treated like a key for a lock – a spell performs a set function. Ice getting in the way? Melt it with fire. Enemy covered in armor? Hit them with lightning. Warlock: Dungeons and Dragons, on the other hand, treats magic more like a painter’s palette. In a hands-off demo…