Partnerships confirmed with Ubisoft, Atari, and Argonaut. Despite some well-founded concerns over the business practices of its founder Palmer Luckey, ModRetro appears to have enjoyed plenty of success with its FPGA-based Game Boy Color clone, the Chromatic. The handheld has been sold out for a while, but ModRetro has today revealed that it is “back…
As spotted by Japan’s IT Media News, a paper presented at Purdue University’s MFS Cultural AI Conference called AI Fiction in the Wild performed a fascinating study of half a million anonymous English-language ChatGPT-user conversations using WildChat, and found some real oddities. Well, one in particular. The study’s purpose was to analyze the significant number…
At first glance, our story earlier this week about the imminent RTX 4090 export ban seems like something only China has to worry about. But not so fast. It could have an impact closer to home. Tom’s Hardware reports that RTX 4090 prices are going haywire in China, with supplies drying up and the few…
Happy holidays! As the year comes to a close, we pick our Game of the Year contenders for 2014 before we roll out the official selections next year. Everything from indie darlings to the big, AAA shooters are up for consideration! And if you want to make your voice heard, go vote right now for…
“Delivers maximum energy and dreamy vibes”. Two leading lights in the world of modern electronic music have teamed up to produce a new album inspired by the classic WipEout series of video games. Anti Gravity Tournament (or ant1 6rav1ty tournament, if you prefer) is a six-track LP and collaboration between the UK DJ and producer…
$39.99 pad is now shipping. Like the rest of the retro gaming world, we’ve been waiting for Analogue’s FPGA take on the N64 with bated breath. Like the company’s other products, it promises to be one of the best ways to experience Nintendo’s 64-bit system in the modern era – it’s just a shame that…
This one is PC-only we’re afraid! Back in 2014, the developer Beamdog released Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, a well-received remake of the Black Isle Studios-developed RPG from the year 2000, which added new content, widescreen support, and other cool features to bring the experience up to date for modern audiences. So, inevitably, fans of the…
Alright, here’s something I barely clocked after 30 hours with Phantom Liberty and now can’t unsee: they gave Johnny Silverhand a got dang reverse facelift. Digital Keanu Reeves is just that much more craggy and aged now, looking less like a Keanu Reeves mannequin and more like the man himself. I thought I detected something…
Platinum Games have been on a roll lately with two previous announcements and the third is they are busy opening a new studio in Tokyo. The studios primary mission will be to create games as a service and they will begin operations April 2020. Games as a service isn’t a new thing as titles such…
Challenged to a supernatural game by the sultan, you have to fulfill the conditions of a mystical game that demands you commit dreadful sins: Carnality, Bloodshed, Conquest, and Extravagance. You’ll have to desperately scheme, manage your limited resources, and explore the depths and heights of society to win a stay of execution—and to survive the…