The ask this month was a simple one. Take a trio of mid-range(ish) laptops, the Asus TUF Gaming A16, the Lenovo Legion 5, and the MSI Katana 15 HX. Benchmark the crap out of them, run them as a daily driver for a spell, research the bejesus out of them, and then see which one…
“A union divided cannot stand,” reads a famous quote from a famous man. But only now can we finally know why Abraham Lincoln said what he said. There’s no shadow of a doubt in my mind he was (in this journalist’s opinion), predicting the rise and fall of MSI’s Katana 15 HX B14W 2026 edition….
“I’m sure you’ll enjoy reviewing this single-channel Lenovo laptop,” Dave joked, as we ended a call discussing the new PC Gamer benchmark database. I laughed, as you do, because it’s one of those things that I’ve written about extensively in recent months, (and moaned at PC Gamer, a lot more about besides), and one I…
From our small studio Section 9 Interactive, founded by three former Tarsier Studios members, comes the sci-fi action adventure game End of Abyss, launching October 1 for XBOX Series X|S players! In End of Abyss, you take on the role of a young combat technician, Cel, as she and her crew venture down into a…
“Ending up on Ali Express after all the work I’ve put into this port would f***ing suck!”. It’s been over two years now since we last gave an update on Mega Splatterhouse, the fanmade Mega Drive / Genesis port of Namco’s horror-themed arcade beat ’em up Splatterhouse, but it appears its developer, Monster Bath Games,…
As I’ve asserted elsewhere, every game has two lives: The first begins on its launch day; the second when a modder inevitably puts Goku in it. Provided enough time, all games eventually conform to this axiom—sometimes even those that had already hosted a Goku to begin with. But the universal drive to mod Goku into…
I have a lot of fond memories about Arc Raiders’ release. The world was beautiful, terrifying, and expansive. It provided some of the best community interactions I’ve had in a game to date, and it was just a refreshingly good time to share with friends. But that didn’t last as long as I and many…
‘Hey, where’d Major Kong go?’. A more modest addition to Hamster’s Arcade Archives range this week, with the gentle, wafting arrival of Taito’s highly explosive Balloon Bomber, landing on console platforms tomorrow, October 1. Released in 1980, Balloon Bomber is among the earliest of Taito’s arcade output, as the developer ventured into the burgeoning world…
Deadlock players are eating just about better than anyone else right now, as Valve has finally dropped the huge update we’d been promised and oh boy, it’s a doozy. City Never Sleeps has brought six new characters who are waiting to be unlocked by community vote, a bunch of UI reworks, more voicelines, and a…
After the FBI data breach we reported on last week, in which a hacking group claimed it had stolen data on “all FBI employees”, a US defence official has confirmed that the Pentagon also fell victim to a cybersecurity breach. Except this one appears to be much larger, lasted for longer, and is potentially very…