A second chapter. Well, it looks like Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is absolutely happening, as a teaser that appears at the end of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter has been doing the rounds online. Shared on Reddit and reported on by Push Square (via Gematsu), the teaser is hidden within the upcoming…
Japan’s NEC PC-98 series of personal computers, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, were home to hundreds of adventure games and visual novels with absolutely impeccable pixel art. It was a whole vibe—sometimes cute, sometimes incredibly detailed with a very limited color palette, and very (very) often pornographic. Very few of these games were ever…
Dreams can come true! In our new episode of PlayStation Underground, Justin and I get our first in-depth look at Crash Bandicoot: Warped, the third and final entry in the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy due out in June on PS4. And I’m delighted to report that, 20-odd years later, Crash hasn’t lost any of his…
Getting a jump start on VR Oculus has revealed the first batch of officially certified “Oculus Ready” PCs in anticipation of its Rift headset shipping to users at the end of next month. All of the systems unveiled will be available to pre-order on February 16, 2016 (next Tuesday) at a discount of up to…
Coming soon. Earlier this month, Nintendo announced it was bringing the ‘My Mario’ line to the West on 19th February 2026. This line is supported by a “range of partners”, and now, ahead of the launch, Mattel’s Fisher-Price brand has officially revealed three Mario-themed ‘Little People’ sets. Here’s a look and some information about each…
Even though I’m in the land of PC hardware now, I wrote about all things PlayStation for a chunk of my early career. As such, I could not resist the siren song of this hardware project that brings the original PlayStation 1 bang up to date. HDMI output, USB power, wireless controllers: it’s all here…
A year ago it looked like Ubisoft’s ardor for NFTs was cooling, but now it seems that the heat is back on. The Assassin’s Creed publisher has entered into a new partnership with blockchain gaming platform Immutable “to create a new gaming experience that will further unlock the potential of Web3.” Ubisoft’s history with NFTs…
Over the years, we’ve seen many Xbox players on console, PC and Game Pass venture into No Man’s Sky’s universe and lose themselves in all there is to do, in some cases for hundreds of hours. Today we’re announcing our latest No Man’s Sky expedition, Omega, and this time we’re inviting the entire Xbox community,…
Did you know that the Wayback Machine is currently archiving web pages at an incomprehensible rate of 150 TB of data each and every day? Oh, and that it’s located in a church in San Francisco? News outfit CNN caught up with the Internet Archive, which incorporates the Wayback Machine, recently. Located on Funston Avenue…
VR tech demo impresses attendants During GDC, Valve was making quite an impression with attendants who experienced the company’s SteamVR demonstration (you can read about the experience). But it wouldn’t have been impressive if it weren’t for some of the titles that are currently being developed. Maximum PC Online Managing Editor Jimmy Thang was able…