You’ve gotta feel for Avowed, Obsidian’s upcoming first-person fantasy RPG. As soon as the studio started talking about it, people (including, ah, me) began to look for pigeonholes to slot it into. A quick shorthand that would let us call the game “Obsidian’s take on X”. The easiest reference point, of course, is Skyrim (Starfield…
In 1986 Sega released one of the greatest racers of our time, it just had to be Out Run. An Arcade racer designed by Yu Suzuki, that was not only a commercial success, but became one of the best selling games of its time. A game that featured incredible graphics, fantastic music and fast paced…
A remaster is coming to Switch. Type-Moon and Aniplex have announced Fate/stay night REMASTERED, a remaster of the very first Fate game, and it’s coming to Switch in 2024 (via Gematsu). This will be the first time ever that Fate/stay night has been officially localised in English released in the West. Fate/stay night is a…
Before Baldur’s Gate 3 came along and took a great (weapon master) swing at what we thought the CRPG could do, Obsidian was keeping the flame alive with Pillars of Eternity—a series that is by all means absolutely stellar. Granted, Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin 2 laid that groundwork, and the immersive sim elements the studio…
Andy Edser, Hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been testing: Microphones, laptops and flight sticks, which is a nice smorgasbord. My USB ports are full, but to be honest I’m never happier than when I’m in the middle of a gigantic mess of tangled cables and new hardware to get to grips with….
13 volumes will be available as e-books from February 8th. A classic out-of-print Ganbare Goemon manga series is getting reissued digitally in Japan, as spotted by the user Goemon International on Twitter. The series, written by Hiroshi Obi, was serialized in the pages of the manga magazine Comic Bombom between 1991 to 1998 and was…
Early bird pricing applies, too. Out of the many devices released by AYANEO in the past few years, the Flip DS and Flip KB are perhaps two of the most interesting. As the name suggests, these handheld PCs boast clamshell designs, very much like the iconic Nintendo DS. The key difference here is that they’re…
“Please don’t do that!”. CGI trailers that refrain from showing any actual gameplay have often been a source of discourse in the video game community. On the one hand, they can be pretty effective in building hype – particularly if it’s for a highly anticipated release – but on the other, they often fail at…
As part of the Universal Epic Universe theme park. Nintendo and Universal have given us a first look at a brand new Super Nintendo World, which is coming to the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida in 2025. The new world will be opening as part of Universal’s brand new theme park Universal Epic Universe, which…
Makes the dream work. You can tell as soon as its snazzy intro cutscene kicks in that Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a remake of 2004’s Game Boy Advance puzzle-platform classic, doesn’t intend to reinvent any wheels whatsoever. It fully and faithfully recreates the 20-year-old original’s opening movie (albeit with a nice lick of paint) and…