Hey everyone, today we’re announcing Absolute Drift: Zen Edition for PS4, a collaboration between Flippfly and Funselektor Labs. For those of you who are familiar with Flippfly’s Race The Sun, you’ll understand why we were really attracted to Absolute Drift’s minimal aesthetic, and why we wanted to help bring the game to PS4. I mean,…
To celebrate last year’s 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy 9, Famitsu (via Automaton) spoke with its creators about the lasting impact of FF9’s return to more traditional fantasy. Looking back on its production, legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu said FF9 features some of his favorite compositions—even if he’s convinced it’s more popular outside of…
Zvitor comes up with the goods yet again. Zvitor has produced a vast array of free-to-download fan games in recent years, with superhero titles being a particular focus. He’s just updated Data East’s 1991 brawler Captain America and The Avengers, and you can sample the results right now. “Tell me the truth, if you played…
Tech specs wreck’d. For those interested in how Donkey Kong Bananza holds up on the Switch 2 in terms of its technical presentation, the chaps over at Digital Foundry have presented their latest analysis for your persual. It’s mostly positive stuff, with John Linneman praising the destructive nature of the environment, noting how it can…
The fourth and final episode of Conversations with Creators, hosted by Wil Wheaton, is now out and in the wild on PlayStation Store and on YouTube. For some strange reason they asked us to be on it. This action-packed, verbal free-for-all includes long time Santa Monica Studio greats; Creative Director Nate Gary, Lead Combat Designer…
When it comes to picking out your next GPU there are always many factors to consider, and for most of us this requires some serious thought. Likely this involves some benchmark comparisons, an assessment of your gaming requirements, perhaps a consideration towards power draw if you’re one of those people that is determined to cling…
No smashing please, we’re Nintendo. We’re not sure we’ve reported on the fact that an unofficial Smash Bros.-themed dating app is a thing that exists in this world, but it is (or was), and we all know now. Yes, ‘SmashTogether’, which according to its social media strapline is “The premium dating app for smashers”, had…
When I said I wanted FBC: Firebreak to be a chaotic and confusing experience I meant in the sense of wacky antics to enjoy with friends, not a progression system which was slow and full of phrases that weren’t very well explained or intuitive. “Our statistics show that slightly less than 5% of our player…
Attention all Guardians of PlayStation. DeeJ from Bungie here, with some important news for all Crucible warriors. Iron Banner returns today. When Lord Saladin appears in the Tower, he’ll have something extra to entice you to join the battle. On PlayStation, champions of the competitive event will have a chance to earn an exclusive gear…
One look at Dragon’s Crown or Odin Sphere and it’s obvious that the defining characteristic behind Vanillaware’s games is the painterly art style, beautiful backgrounds, and characters so realistically animated that they feel like they’re breathing on screen. Vanillaware’s upcoming sci-fi epic, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, is no different! So, how does Vanillaware do it?…