Samsung has announced a slew of new gaming monitors and on paper, the big news is a glasses-free 3D model. However, it’s a new lower-cost version of Samsung’s 49-inch ultrawide OLED that could be most interesting in the real world. The Odyssey 3D G90XF is a 27-inch 4K model with, “advanced eye-tracking technology and a…
We’ve finally got word when the next Everdark Sovereigns are coming to Elden Ring Nightreign, and it’s sooner than I thought it would be, clocking in at just two weeks away. Soon, players will be able to contest with Everdark versions of Tricephalos, Augur, Fissure in the Fog, and Equilibrious Beast. “The veil thins, and…
I thought, ‘Damn, I think this is why ToeJam and Earl sprang into my brain 10 years later.’. Back in the day, there were few games we played more on our Sega Mega Drive / Genesis than the 1991 title ToeJam & Earl and its 1993 sequel ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron. A…
My habit of bravely running face-first into wolf packs and skeleton mobs in Hytale meant I had to learn how to repair early on in the Minecraft-like. New weapons and armor often make me a little too confident, and I’ve hit a whopping zero durability more than once. Fortunately, you can easily repair busted tools…
This is a moment we have been waiting all our lives for — I am extremely excited to announce that Deliver Us The Moon launches today on PlayStation 4! Deliver Us The Moon is a space sci-fi adventure game that draws endless inspiration from sci-fi movie titans such as Interstellar and Gravity. These films have…
What do you think of it so far? Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is now available on the Switch and various player impressions are already doing the rounds online. It’s already received a score of 36/40 from Famitsu, matching the scores of games like Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but what do the fans think…
It’s been a rough ride for Cities: Skylines 2 over the last two years, with the sequel’s premature launch in 2023 leading to severe technical issues and lengthy delays to planned future updates. But the troubled city-builder has received some significant TLC lately. November’s bike patch brought bicycles, scooters and associated infrastructure to player-created metropolises,…
You’d think a genre with the word “immersive” in its name would obviously be a good match for virtual reality, but there haven’t been that many VR immersive sims. There was Vampire: The Masquerade – Justice and the Espire series, but mostly we’ve seen immersive sim-adjacent stuff like The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners—games that…
It’s easy to slate AI in all its manifestations—trust me, I should know, I do so often enough—but some recent research from Epoch AI (via TechCrunch) suggests that we might be a little hasty if we’re trashing its energy use (yes, that’s the same Epoch AI that recently dropped a new, difficult math benchmark for…
I’ll spare you the customary rant about the highs and lows of using the British railway system. Instead, let me tell you about how Japan is getting it right when it comes to promptly replacing key infrastructure. Hatsushima is a small station in Wakayama Prefecture. Part of the Kisei main line, up to three trains…