I’ve never needed much story from Monster Hunter. Each game’s plot follows a predictable pattern: Something is upsetting the ecology, and you need to battle a few dozen frenzied lizards until you and the Hunter’s Guild uncover what never-before-seen creature is responsible for the turmoil. But Monster Hunter never suffered for it. Its megafauna are…
I knew I’d be spending a good chunk of my time in Two Point Museum decorating, but nothing could have prepared me for how invested I’d become in carefully curating every floor tile, wall panel, and set dressing item to make the exhibitions I plucked from faraway lands really pop. Sure, it’s a management sim…
Category: Holiday 2024 Designed for Xbox: Your Holiday Gift Guide for Xbox Accessories Ethan RothamelHardware Program Manager, Xbox Partner Hardware Published December 3, 2024 The holiday season is upon us once more. It’s a time for giving, merriment, joy, and maybe a little gaming! Whether you’re shopping for a loved one or treating yourself, our…
…or SteamOS on your ROG Ally, if you’d prefer. Accessory maker Genki has a track record for identifying gaps in the market and producing handy gadgets which are both innovative and reasonably-priced. The ShadowCast 2, for example, is something I carry around in my laptop bag at all times, as it allows me to capture…
Back in October, we reported on a new setting in some of Gigabyte’s AMD motherboards called X3D Turbo Mode. Queries over the performance claim aside, one concern about the option was that it required you to enter the BIOS every time you wanted to change the setting. Gigabyte now has a solution to that, in…
Groovy. This week, a brand new Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial drops in Europe, and if you’ve been on the fence about checking out Wargroove 2, now is the time to pick it up. From 5th to 11th December, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will be able to check out Chucklefish’s strategy sequel — which it…
Do you want the good news or the bad news about Intel’s new Arc B580 graphics card? OK, the main good news is that it exists at all. Intel’s second-gen Battlemage graphics tech is official, it’s announced, it’s real and it’s here. Going by Intel’s claims, the actual architecture looks pretty great, too. It’s been…
Category: Xbox Game Pass December 3, 2024 Coming to Game Pass: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and More Megan Spurr, Senior Community Lead, Xbox Game Pass We love a “Coming Soon” that includes a “pre-install so you can play tomorrow” list! We also have nostalgic favorites, day one launches, and…
Mechner wrote the initial screenplays for the film despite having limited success in Hollywood. Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia, was recently a guest on Simon Parkin’s My Perfect Console podcast, and in the process shared some fascinating background on the making of its Hollywood film. This included how he ended up writing…
Hosting episodes of the anime starting this month. Following its closure earlier this year, Pokémon TV is making its return this month as an official YouTube channel. As reported by Serebii, the new Pokémon TV channel will contain “full episodes, live streams, and compilations” of the Pokémon anime series, starting from 6th December 2024. Read…