Share of the Week – Red

Share of the Week – Red

Last week we asked players to paint the town red…or at least find red-hued moments from their favorite games. From neon lights to flame-colored cars, you shared red hot moments using #PS4share and #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: Nothing says red more than the Sith, like in this Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order share…

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The Talos Principle 2 review

Need to Know What is it? Portal-esque spatial puzzling wrapped in a grand philosophical sci-fi narrative Release date November 2, 2023 Expect to pay $30/£25 Developer Croteam Publisher Devolver Digital Reviewed on Windows 11, Nvidia RTX 4090, Intel i9 13900K, 64GB RAM Steam Deck Playable Link Official site A good puzzle game is a compelling…

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Switzerland trials ditching Microsoft and using free and open-source software, available for ‘around 3,000 employees’ from the end of 2027

Microsoft has benefited from its services being used by many different governments and state agencies around the world. In many places, it’s become ubiquitous. Some aren’t happy about that, however, not least because it keeps you locked into an ecosystem that Microsoft can dictate the price for. As such, some states around Europe have been…

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“We Heard You” – Retroid Pocket 6 Landing Page Pulled Following Complaints About Its “Ugly” Design

The company is now gathering feedback online. Barely two days have passed since Retroid revealed the Retroid Pocket 6 in a YouTube announcement, and it already looks like the company is set to make some changes to the device’s design following some negative feedback from commenters online. The landing page for pre-orders went live earlier…

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The creators of zombie survival hit Vein say its launch was ‘much larger than expected’ and there will be ‘a bit of a transition period’ as it looks toward future updates

Steam’s endless torrent of new games means that far too many of them go overlooked, but it also means that surprise hits are being created pretty much every week. Such is the case with Vein, an early access zombie survival sandbox that aspires to be a hybrid of DayZ and Project Zomboid, and has quietly…

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Todd Howard reveals that Fallout’s famous line ‘War never changes’ nearly didn’t make it into the TV show ‘because it can sound cliché’

The most iconic line in Fallout, the line that has kicked off every single Fallout game, usually spoken in the dulcet tones of the narrator Ron Perlman, almost didn’t make the cut for the Fallout TV show. This wasn’t for any insidious reason or because the showrunners didn’t like the sound of it—it was actually…

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The Fable reboot won’t have horns and haloes because of its ‘nuanced and complex’ take on morality, and also because you’re going to constantly reinvent yourself

Morality morphing was a big deal in the Fable games of old. Your character would, famously, actually change appearance to match how good or evil they were. Do a lot of murders and you’d grow horns and find yourself surrounded by flies. Help people out (or do a lot of murders but also donate loads…

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