How much memory your graphics card has access to is crucially important to gaming performance, but is a bigger buffer always worth spending more money on? The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT puts this theory to the test, delivering 16 gigabytes of VRAM alongside a very familiar GPU and starting at ~$329. The underlying core…
Swan song. With sales of just 3.5 million units, the Bandai WonderSwan can hardly be described as one of the most commercially successful handhelds of all time, but its significance in the history of video games goes beyond simple stats and figures; it was the last console to be designed by the legendary Gunpei Yokoi…
Looking back, I can’t decide if the Windows I have the warmest memories of is XP or 7. XP was a stalwart, something about it feels eternal, like it’s the ur-version of the OS from which all others emerge. But it was on 7 that I first got my hands on games like Planescape, Baldur’s…
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League spends much of its first couple of hours introducing the Justice League and establishing just how out of their depth the squad is, and while all of these introductions are pretty neat, one in particular stands out: Batman’s. Naturally, there are spoilers beyond. The criminal quartet has narrowly avoided…
By rock and stone, they did it: Dwarf Fortress publisher Kitfox Games and Deep Rock Galactic developer Ghost Ship Studios have managed to convince Valve to add an official ‘dwarf’ tag to Steam. But not without a little confusion leading up to the big triumph. Steam uses tags to help users find what they’re looking…
What’s the word for when something’s like a dolphin? Dolphinesque? Cetecean? Oh, “delphine” apparently. There you go, we’ve both learned something today. The protagonist of Pepper Grinder, she’s delphine, she is. That might surprise you, given she (Pepper) is not a sea mammal, but in fact a squat, teal-haired woman holding a drill almost as…
Last week, we asked you to share new skins unlocked in The Last of Us Part II Remastered’s No Return mode using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: RevolutionAndre shares Ellie facing forward in the Astronaut skin secondcapture shares Abby looking up through aviator sunglasses in the Bomber skin W3bmast3r_vp shares Ellie with her…
Okay campers, rise and shine… Gooooood morning (afternoon? evening?), all! We’re republishing this piece in honour of Groundhog Day. Whether the groundhog saw its shadow or not, we want to celebrate the best games that throw you into an endless time loop. We’ve also added In Stars and Time and Outer Wilds to the list….
Category: Games Xbox Anime Month Returns with Great Discounts on Games and Movies Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published February 2, 2024 Summary More than 90 games and movies are discounted during Xbox Anime Month.Experience new anime-inspired games on Game Pass like Persona 3 Reloaded.Enjoy special Free Play Days events featuring One Piece Odyssey, Code…
I love listening to people dissect horror stories. I enjoy a good horror comic, and that hot wash of goosebumps you get after a page-turn reveal. I like dipping my toes into gothic fiction and horror from time to time—the kind that leaves you discreetly double-checking your locks before bed each night. Despite all of…