Team Ico titles — that’s Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, to date — are among the few games out there to have genuinely made gamers shed a tear thanks to their emotional, impactful narratives. And that’s an approach that The Last Guardian is looking to continue, as it tells the story of a young…
Rumours of its resurrection rumbled away for months, but Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB graphics card has indeed been churned out from fresh runs of GPU production lines, with models hitting retailers’ shelves in Germany. However, if you were hoping to pick up a cheap, older-generation card with lots of VRAM, then you’re going…
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin on PS4 adds the expected technical improvements, but also remixes core gameplay elements to give veterans a reason to dive back in. The jump to PS4 has given developer FromSoftware an opportunity to paint a more pleasing picture. The native 1080p resolution, upgraded lighting effects, and cinematic…
The Iron & Steel Pack, an exciting new pinball two-pack featuring a table based on our hit CastleStorm franchise as well as a Western-inspired table dubbed Wild West Rampage, is launching today for Zen Pinball 2, representing our first original Zen tables in three years! <img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8607/16627343061_a038e0bb7c_n.jpg" width="312" height="175" alt="Zen Pinball …read more
We’ve been asked a more than a few times why there aren’t any gaming laptops with mechanical keyboards, and up until now our response has always been, “Because that would be stupid.” MSI has thrown traditional laptop conventions out of the window by introducing its GT80 Titan, the world’s first gaming laptop with an integrated…
No, the ROG Kithara is not the gaming headset to solve the cost of living crisis. It is a joy to listen to your games and music with, though, and a genuine curiosity in a crowded market. You don’t need one, and neither do I, but let’s sit awhile anyway and enjoy what ROG and…
Building an IoT development platform The fast growing Internet of Things (IoT) market is ripe with opportunities for developers, though several of the solutions are based on ARM’s architecture, like the Raspberry Pi. That’s not inherently a bad thing, but for developers needing more power and not wanting to venture out of their comfort zones,…
“The Lenovo G02 is officially dead”. Not very long ago, our friends over at Retro Dodo reported on the news that Lenovo had released an emulation handheld that was being sold pre-loaded with copyrighted ROMs, including games owned by the likes of Nintendo and Sega. The company initially argued that, as the device was intended…
Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow (Image credit: Wadjet Eye) Developer: Cloak and DaggerYear: 20122 The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow isn’t the scariest horror game I’ve ever played, but it might be the most disarming. The most powerful tool in its…
It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. In June, creepy, empty spaces took over the charts as Escape the Backrooms topped the charts in both the US and EU, while other backroom-themed games appeared in the PS VR2 rankings. Check out the full listings below….