Remember when 144 Hz seemed pretty slick? I mean, it wasn’t that long ago, was it? Well, get a load of this 600 Hz beast from MSI. The MSI MPG 242R X60N will be showcased at CES next week according to TFT Central, and its appeal will be all about that wild 600 Hz refresh….
Berzerk is one of the first video games in the history of the industry to truly live up to its name. A 2D shooter that inspired classic games the likes of Robotron 2084 and Smash TV, it was a massive success in arcades across the United States well before iconic games the likes of Pac-Man,…
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), a yearly speedrunning event raising money for the Prevent Cancer foundation, is ringing in the new year January 5. In case you’re unfamiliar, AGDQ is a yearly charity event that sees speedrunners chewing through a buffet of games, streamed live to an eager audience. It always produces some brilliant spectacles,…
Ryzen’s X3D chips appear to be outselling all of its other chips, and Intel’s latest aren’t even coming close, if sales figures shared by a German retailer are accurate. As reported by Videocardz, the new Ryzen 7 9800X3D is reportedly selling quite well. German retailer Mindfactory reports its sales figures alongside all listings of CPUs,…
Head in the McClouds. Helldivers 2 was one of Sony’s bigger hits of 2024, catapulting its developer, Arrowhead Studio, to an unexpected level of fame. Why are we talking about this on a Nintendo site? Well, while the group shooter might not share all that much DNA with the House of Mario, one of the…
A “memorable” first for the designer and composer. 2025 is the year we finally get to play Yuzo Koshiro’s Mega Drive shmup Earthion, and the famous composer and designer has revealed the title of the game’s opening-level theme. Koshiro says that the song is called ‘The Vanguard Awakens’, and admits that he broke with tradition…
Browser-based online games are enjoying a remarkable resurgence; once sidelined due to their technical limitations and overshadowed by mobile and console gaming, these games are making a strong comeback. We can see that emerging technologies and shifting market dynamics place browser games in the spotlight — offering developers and players fresh opportunities in the gaming…
We’ve seen plenty of 45-inch ultrawide OLED gaming monitors before. But they’ve all suffered a horribly low 3,440 by 1,440 resolution. Well, not any more. LG has just announced a new 5K2K 45-inch OLED, the LG UltraGear 45GX950A. A first world problem if ever there was, but 3,440 by 1,440 is pretty modest when stretched…
“Survive one terrifying night and uncover the truth”. Depressing Black has released a demo for In This House, a mix of survival horror and storytelling for the original Nintendo Game Boy. The game places you in the role of Bianca, who is visiting her grandfather on the fifth anniversary of the death of her parents….
Ken Levine, creator of the Bioshock series—and now the head of Ghost Story Games, who’re working on Bioshock-like “narrative legos” game Judas—isn’t all that worried about AI’s impact on the games industry yet, even if it’s got its uses. That’s according to a recent interview with Gamesindustry.biz, who asked him for his take on the…