We have watched the Void stretch across the galaxy for too long. The threat posed to our Liberty is too great and we can no longer stand by as the Illuminate gain ground. Helldivers, you are needed on the battlefield of a new frontier–one more wild and uncertain than any we have faced prior. We…
If you’ve ever felt anxious about the security of your machine while you wait for a solution to some vulnerability, a proposed change to the Linux kernel may interest you. Pitched by Nvidia staff Sasha Levin, it’s effectively a killswitch that could shut down some functions while waiting for a more official solution. As spotted…
Includes a $100 eShop card. Nintendo’s 40th anniversary celebrations for Super Mario continue, with a new item now available on its store in the US. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
If you ask me, an RPG isn’t complete unless it features a bit near the end where the conflict has escalated to the point where you’re battling against the fundamental forces underpinning the metaphysics of reality. Luckily, Empyreal—an upcoming action RPG that just got its full reveal during our PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted—seems like…
“This was not a decision made lightly”. The free-to-play MOBA game Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra celebrates its second anniversary in September, and to mark this occasion, Bandai Namco has provided a development update. The big news is the game will be getting a major update, “or rather overhaul” that makes significant gameplay changes, steering it…
The child of prophecy returns. After years of development and anticipation, The Last Guardian is launching next week on PS4. Directed by acclaimed developer Fumito Ueda, The Last Guardian tells the story of a young boy and a mysterious creature, bound together by a singular fate. Following in the mighty footsteps of Ico and Shadow…
After literal decades of middling-to-terrible 3D Sonic games, it seemed like an actual honest-to-god miracle that the Sonic movie and its sequel were so successful. Both movies got largely positive reviews, were praised for the performances of Ben Schwartz as Sonic and Jim Carrey as Robotnik, and made $300 million and $400 million, respectively. I…
The action-packed and visually attractive Astral Chain has performed better than the developers over at Platinum Games expected. The news comes from an interview with Platinum Games, Takahisa Taura, in the latest edition of Weekly Famitsu. Here’s what was said by Mr. Taura: “Fortunately, Astral Chain has sold more copies than we initially expected.” Source…
At their core, sims are hedonistic little squirrels constantly meeting their needs one moment at a time without any ability to think through a sequence of actions. That’s by design, one Sims 4 developer says, but he always wanted sims to have a more thoughtful approach to their own lives when left to their own…
I have a couple of pinball odds and ends for everyone this afternoon. Let’s start in the world of digital pinball. First off, I had no idea that Netflix includes 112 free phone apps with subscriptions to its video service. Apparently, one of these subscriptions is an app by Zen Studios called “Pinball Masters.”…