Details thin on the ground, however. Once upon a time, Electronic Arts could make or break a system. Everyone remembers when the publisher declined to support the Dreamcast, an early sign that Sega’s final console might not be the commercial smash-hit the company needed to fight Sony. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. I wasn’t sure Bloober Team would stick…
Two shows, over 30 games. Today’s double-sized State of Play brings together creatives from the world over to debut new games, share deep gameplay dives and fresh insights, reveal release dates, and much more. We’ve wrapped up every single announcement into this recap, handily organised in alphabetical order. Watch the trailers, get up to speed…
Helldivers 2 players have exercised their democratic rights by choosing to re-name a destroyed city called York Supreme as New York Supreme. Yes it does sound like a pizza, which is kinda the point. The sad news, however, is they chose this nonsense over the far superior choice of “Bernard.” It does make you wonder…
I wish I could share my fellow PC Gamer writer Joshua Wolens’ optimism—in a piece he wrote earlier this week, Josh laid out a very clear example of how pushback from the people who actually create stuff can build safeguards around AI, using the recent Hollywood writer’s strike as an example. I think he’s right,…
Much as we all want it. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Gavin ponders his instinctual desire for backwards compatibility and why, perhaps, it’s really not needed this time around… First things first, I would love ‘Switch 2’…
“I’m hoping WavePhoenix gives a second life to WaveBirds”. Nintendo’s WaveBird wireless controller for the GameCube is considered to be one of the best pads ever made, but as time goes on, finding a controller with its all-important receiver is getting harder and harder—within a reasonable budget, at least. James Smith (AKA loopj) has created…
Forza Motorsport represents a fresh start for the racing series on PC, and it feels outstanding: while our review criticizes the career mode for playing it safe, it also praises the vehicle handling and “newfound sense of weight to FM’s cars.” “They let you know exactly how much their tires are complaining against the G-forces…
LittleBigPlanet is the home of creativity and we have always admired anyone that is able to pour their heart and soul into creating something of their very own. This couldn’t be truer of our own community and the vast range of indie developers that have released titles for PlayStation, so this entire month we are…
Available this August. SEGA is reviving its ninja classic Shinobi with the help of Lizardcube this August and in the lead up it’s sharing new details and footage. The latest update is a ‘stage introduction’ showing off the general design and flow of levels. While this is a 2D action platformer, there will be a…