As promised, Starfield’s big DLSS update is now live in beta testing on Steam, which means Nvidia owners can finally take advantage of the higher frame rates their GPUs are capable of. It seemed weird that Starfield did not support DLSS at launch, given that more than 80% of PC gamers have Nvidia graphics cards…
Live service games are evolving. The major multiplayer shooters of the 2010s are starting to show their age in the 2020s, leaving their stewards to answer an interesting question: How do you move a service game into the future without disrupting its active player base, or starting completely fresh? In the cases of Overwatch 2…
Ah, so relaxing. GameChops and music artist Funk Fiction have released Sonic & Chill, a relaxing new addition to the ‘& Chill’ album series featuring multiple tunes from classic Sonic games. Comprised of 14 tracks in total, you’ve got the likes of Chemical Plant Zone, Welcome to Station Square, and Hydrocity Zone to accompany you…
Age of Wonders 4, easily Triumph’s best 4X, received a meaty free update alongside its premium expansion this week. The expansion itself is pretty tantalising, introducing a new form with the Avians, the Reaver culture, new tomes and a whole lot more, but the free update feels almost as significant. The Golem update, which is…
Dario Casali, who started working at Valve in 1996, has started his own playthrough of the original 1998 Half-Life on YouTube (thanks, Gamesradar). The episodes are coming out at a blistering pace, with Chapters 1 through 8 already released, but the Chapter 1 walkthrough comes front-loaded with a fascinating glimpse into the classic’s early development….
Winner of numerous game awards, Persona 5 has grown into many forms: action-RPG (Persona 5 Strikers), dungeon crawler (Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth), and rhythm game (Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight), as well as the original JRPG. Now, Persona 5 Tactica, the first strategy-RPG in the series, is coming on November 17. This new game…
The search for the Diablo 4 cow level is much more than a cowspiracy (apologies) at this point. IGN spoke to the game’s production developer Tiffany Wat, and associate game director Joe Piepiora at BlizzCon 2023 where hints were dropped, adding more fuel to the fire. It’s not much to go on, but Wat may…
Another casualty of Embracer’s restructuring. In yet another blow to the gaming industry, VGC has reported that Embracer Group may soon be closing the Nottingham-based UK studio Free Radical Design. The team was reformed back in 2021 to revive the classic FPS franchise Timesplitters, but it looks like that may now be under threat as…
What a wonderful year to be a soulslike fan! I’ve enjoyed hours of being beaten to death in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Lies of P, and Lords of the Fallen. All three have interesting ideas and generally solid execution. But they also have flaws that are fast becoming tiresome soulslike staples. So here’s a wishlist…
Baldur’s Gate 3 has voiced narration—a lot of it, as I’ve personally confirmed by playing the dang thing while having the sound turned on. I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the voice behind the game’s reams and reams of narration, Amelia Tyler, earlier this week. While Tyler’s dulcet tones do stay largely consistent,…