A Second Prototype For Heart Of Darkness On Saturn Has Been Discovered (Or Has It?)

Analysts are calling 2023’s decline in PC shipments ‘unparalleled in the industry’s recorded history’ but suggest the only way now is up

There’s nothing like a bit of heart-warming, cheery news to start a new year but the PC shipment estimates for 2023, from market analysts IDC and Gartner, are anything but cheery. The total number of units shipped varies between the two groups, with IDC estimating just under 260 million, whereas Gartner puts it at around…

Read More

How does co-op work in Outbound?

I can’t imagine driving a camper van alone through the woods by myself, so fortunately I don’t have to in Outbound. The mobile base building adventure has enough room in the car for up to four players, but co-op in Outbound isn’t available quite from the moment you start the game. You’ll have to complete…

Read More

Why did Monster Hunter Wilds dedicate so much effort to its environments, only to completely drop the actual ‘hunting’ from Monster Hunter?

I was excited enough for Monster Hunter Wilds last year after Capcom’s first presentation of it that I wrote it “looks like exactly the evolution of Monster Hunter: World I hoped for.” At the time, Capcom had just highlighted how much more attention Wilds was paying to the environment, with a day/night system, weather, and…

Read More

Japan: Square Enix trademarks Chocobo Grand Prix

Square Enix has clearly been carefully watching how the recent influx of karting games have been performing from a sales point of view as they have recently trademarked Chocobo Grand Prix. Trademarks were made for “Chocobo GP” and “Chocobo Grand Prix” on Tuesday, 1st December. As news publication Gematsu reports, these new trademarks could be…

Read More