Ray traced lighting, man. I often feel like I can do without its beastly hits to performance in my games, but then I’ll see a transformative use of it that makes me want to slam that “RTX on” button. Modder Slasks Psybunker’s demo for ray tracing in the original Max Payne (first spotted by DSOGaming)…
Friends in factory-building, a day has come which I thought I would never see. Wube Software has announced that, in the upcoming Factorio 2.0 release, objects on conveyor belts will be allowed to stack upon each other, and a new bulk inserter type will pick up and drop entire piles of objects at once. It’s…
Cutting edge. We’ve updated this guide to reflect the upcoming release of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remaster and also added Born of Bread to the list. Enjoy! If you’re a Paper Mario fan, then there’s one key thing that you probably share with all other Paper Mario fans: Disappointment. However, Paper Mario is…
Wise from your gwave! It’s amazing to consider that Altered Beast has never had a good sequel. It was one of Sega’s biggest coin-op titles of the late ’80s, boasting huge sprites and iconic sampled speech, and it would later help the company to launch its 16-bit Genesis / Mega Drive, even becoming a pack-in…
A commercial flop, but still worth a look today? Released in 1994, the Sega 32X is, for some Sega fans, the straw that broke the camel’s back. After the success of the Mega Drive / Genesis, the company released the Sega CD, an add-on device that, despite having some decent games, never took off in…
[embedded content] [embedded content] The new JAWS games make their debut at Stern Pinball’s official booth (#16254) at CES 2024 CHICAGO, IL – January 4, 2024 – Stern Pinball, Inc. announces their newest pinball games featuring JAWS, one of the most iconic motion picture thrillers of all time from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment. Players…
Stick it to ’em. The N64 analogue stick is a unique beast. One of the first interfaces of its type on a mainstream console, it revolutionised how players interacted with games, making titles like Super Mario 64 possible. Because of its unusual design, the stick has been notoriously tricky to reproduce, but a group of…
Cowabunga! It’s time to judge some game covers as we dive into another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week we took it to the fairway as we matched up two covers from Mario Golf: Advance Tour. Reader, it was a washout. The North American / European cover took the competition by a country mile,…
Go on, tell us! Earlier this week, Ubisoft rolled out a demo for its first release of the year Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. It’s got us wondering what everyone thinks and how you rate the experience out of 10. So vote in our poll and leave a comment below: Read the full article…
Quickly blaze a path to a magnificent Wordle win with today’s answer—it’s only a quick click away, after all. Or, if you’d rather take your time, feel free to spend a while pondering our helpful clue for the January 14 (939) puzzle. Whatever helps you win your daily game: the way you want to win…