An engineering marvel When Nvidia told us that it managed to shrink its desktop GTX 980 GPU to fit inside notebooks, we went through two stages of denial. The first stage was disbelief. “The 980 is a huge and powerful card,” we thought to ourselves. The second stage was dismissiveness. “It’s got to throttle tremendously.”…
Update: Zelda’s Adventure DX is now available. While the Philips CD-i titles Zelda: Faces of Evil and Zelda: Wand of Gamelon are relatively well-known, the third outing on the system – 1996’s Zelda’s Adventure – is less famous, and some would argue that’s for a good reason – it’s pretty terrible. However, that hasn’t stopped…
We don’t want any adventures here, thank you. A Lord of the Rings cosy game? Made by Weta Workshop, who made the sets, costumes, and props for the beloved Peter Jackson movie trilogy? Say no more, right? Unfortunately, Tales of the Shire is not the perfect mashup of hobbits and hygge we’ve all been waiting…
There’s never been a better time to walk into Mordor for the first time, or to walk right back in if you played Middle-earth: Shadow of War when it released. Here at Monolith, we are so excited for today’s release of our massive game improvement update. Since Shadow of War launched, we’ve had the Flaming…
Every seasoned gamer knows the feeling of reading a situation before it fully unfolds. A striker in a football simulation drifts toward an open lane a half-second before the pass arrives. A raid leader calls out a boss mechanic before the animation even starts. This instinct, often mistaken for reflexes or luck, is actually anticipation,…
Top Deal: It never hurts to have backups of your data in multiple places. The cloud is one option, and so is a secondary drive and/or NAS box. But why stop there? A portable drive offers yet another layer of protection against the unforeseen, plus it’s a convenient way to transfer large amounts of files…
Once in a while, something comes along that recalibrates your expectations and also sort of ruins your enjoyment of what was once impressive. The Xgimi Titan Noir Max does just that. It makes mainstream projectors look positively pedestrian. That’s not to say it’s perfect. There are a few niggles that take the triple-laser shine off…
Ghost Recon Wildlands pits you against an entire country’s worth of cartel goons and corrupt security forces, and now there’s a new challenge on the horizon: other players. Ghost War, a new PvP mode coming in a free update for Ghost Recon Wildlands later this fall, pits two four-person fireteams against each other across new,…
A Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is really happening, and will release on PS4, PS5, and Steam this September. With the announcement, Square Enix has published statements from the remaster’s development leads, and the internet has responded in particular to comments from Yasumi Matsuno, writer and director of the 1997 original. Matsuno outlined the economic and…
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix for the Nintendo Switch system will presumably be getting additional content fairly soon as SEGA has announced today that they will be hosting a special live stream event for the game on Wednesday, 17th June at 8pm JST. The event, which is titled Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix…