Space fans prepare yourselves, for I have some sad news: NASA’s Mars-based helicopter, Ingenuity, has flown its last, thanks to a broken rotor blade. It is now an ex-helicopter, or if you prefer, the little space helicopter that no longer could. Pour one out for a true original, and give mad respect to the first…
Back in September, Nintendo announced that they were going to be ending production of the 3DS family of handheld consoles. Prior to the announcement, Nintendo had been very sporadic with their 3DS support. In the last couple of years, all Nintendo has been doing is the occasional firmware update. Well, that occasional firmware update has…
Obsidian Entertainment, developer of Fallout: New Vegas, Avowed, and The Outer Worlds, is being sued in a class action lawsuit that alleges it “engaged in a systematic pattern of wage and hour violations under the California Labor Code and Industrial Welfare Commission (‘IWC’) Wage Orders.” As reported by GamesRadar, the case has been ongoing since…
Capcom’s had enough of all those players going around in Monster Hunter: Wilds, having fun, and not opening their wallets. It wants some microtransaction money and it wants it now. And so, dear reader, it has deployed the most dastardly tactic of all: swimwear. That sound you hear is millions of hunters groaning as, almost…
On Tuesday, Amped Wireless introduced a new addition to its family of touch-based Wi-Fi routers, the TAP-R3. This Wireless AC router features a 4-inch touch screen and promises whole-home coverage. The device will be made available to purchase from Amped Wireless next week for $199.99 followed by brick-and-mortar and online shops in the coming weeks….
Galactic plans. The weekend! Before we dive into what we’re playing, let’s do a little recap of this week, hm? First up, our review for Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Switch went live, so you should definitely check that out. Nightdive Studios announced yet another remaster coming to consoles, and…
Why Arcade Design Still Matters Today If you walked into an arcade in the 1990s, you didn’t need instructions. The screen told you everything with bright visuals, simple controls, and instant action. That same thinking sits behind many of today’s biggest mobile games. The technology has moved forward, but the core ideas haven’t changed. Developers…
Now including Mythical Island. One of the most complicated parts of a new card game, digital or otherwise, is knowing which cards to pursue en route to building a competitive deck. For Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, what decks you should run highly depends on which cards you’ve pulled as there are so many. To…
For gamers, one of the most alluring possibilities created by Microsoft’s finally-completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard is the prospect of games like Call of Duty, Diablo, and Overwatch on Game Pass. Microsoft’s subscription service is already a hell of a deal, and adding annualized iterations of Call of Duty plus everything Blizzard does makes it…
Baldur’s Gate 3 racked up six awards at The Game Awards today, including Game of the Year, a win Larian founder Swen Vincke tells PC Gamer he didn’t expect, even after leaving the recent Golden Joystick Awards with too many awards to carry. Kicking off the love early in the show was Neil Newbon, who…