Last Thursday, UL Solutions celebrated the 25th birthday of 3DMark, the evergreen game graphics benchmarking tool. Since the early days of DirectX 6, there’s been a version of the tool, showing off the latest graphics features and technology, and although it’s not quite as ubiquitous as it was, you can’t deny that two-and-a-half decades is…
Nobody was hurt in their confusion. Pokémon scalpers going to insane lengths just to secure a new card collection isn’t anything new, but this story might just be the craziest we’ve heard for a while (thanks for the heads up, Polygon). Reddit user Expensive_Age_3406 took to the r/GameStop group last weekend to share their experience…
Baldur’s Gate 3 really is an astonishing game—and I don’t just mean in the sense that it’s quite good (it is). Rather, it’s astonishing because of its sheer longevity. Traditionally-speaking, single player RPGs have their moment in the sun, sure. But they usually only stay there for a handful of months, after which their player…
Developer Illfonic last month announced a game based on 1978 horror classic Halloween, and now we’ve got a look at it. The game looks a lot like the studio’s own (excellent) Friday the 13th adaptation and is set in the small town of Haddonfield, recreated with real period style. It’s primarily an asymmetrical multiplayer horror…
A new story has been added. Following an update in February, Nintendo has today rolled out a new update for Super Mario Galaxy 2 on the Switch. Surprisingly, this patch includes not just fixes but also a “new story” has been added to the game’s storybook. You can see how to access it in the…
As we speak, countless modders are currently buzzing away in the file system for the Oblivion Remaster, trying to figure out how to make the original game’s library of 30,000+ mods make the leap to the new version and its thick Unreal Engine 5 wrapper. Or, at the very least, how to create brand new…
The ability to play in multiplayer mode is a defining feature in The Dark Pictures Anthology — a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games from the creators of Until Dawn. The first installment in the anthology, Man of Medan, follows the story of five friends who have embarked on what should have been a…
A long time ago, I realized that aging was all in the mind. Fortunately, I’d lost mine earlier… I still don’t trust Mario, though… Mario, Schmario! I’m getting so fed up with that little Italian plumber that every time he blurts out ‘Hey, it’s-a-me, Mario!’ my stomach blurts out something that tastes like two-day-old pepperoni…
80 hours into Baldur’s Gate 3, and I’ve just completed Act Two. I’ve battled through goblin camps, explored the Underdark, and braved the cursed shadowlands around Moonrise Tower. I’ve saved countless lives, and taken almost as many. I’ve broken my Paladin oath and had it restored. I’m even halfway to becoming a psychic squid man….
The shores of Bell. Over four years since Update 2.0.0 — which was billed as the “last major free content” — Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 3.0.0 has arrived, alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Given the wealth of additions, we’re republishing our review with an extra section detailing those features – scroll down and…