One of Grand Theft Auto 4’s biggest and most ambitious mods just launched its first major update in almost 11 years. Icenhancer 4.0 from Hayssam Keilany is finally live, adding physics-based lighting and more compatibility options between other GTA 4 mods in what sounds like a helluva undertaking. The lighting overhaul mod first launched back…
Roguelikes are fun because of the random elements that vary from run to run, and the coin-pushing roguelike Raccoin is no exception. Still, sometimes you just want to have the best items handed to you on a silver platter. That’s where seeds come in. Every Raccoin run has a randomly generated seed tied to it,…
We first reported on rumors of a new Witcher 3 DLC back at the tail end of 2025, after a Polish financial analyst and a known leaker said separately that a surprise new expansion is in the works. And while that DLC remains firmly in the realm of hopes and dreams for now, with a…
Not a moment too soon, AMD has finally put a release date on the much anticipated Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT GPUs. They go on sale in March. Yeah, just March, no specific day in March has yet been indentified by AMD. Still, cue much rejoicing from gamers after a high-value graphics card, right?…
Region-free access, region-locked perks. Since its launch in 2018, the Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) has been a lightning rod for debate among players. Fans have argued over whether its two-tier price structure constitutes good value, questioned the quality of emulation — sometimes patchy at first with certain N64 games but steadily improved — and grumbled…
Oh, Thomas the Tank Engine, you delightful locomotive: How we love you and your haunting homunculi visage, your community of animate rail engines, your diligent adherence to the tasks of Sir Topham Hatt, your habit of getting launched with incredible violence by an inscrutable malfunction of physical law. Okay, so that last bit is a…
Skylake sans graphics Maybe someday Intel and AMD will build integrated graphics into their processors that will rival discrete solutions in terms of performance. Until then, integrated graphics will continue to go largely unused by power users, assuming they’re even present. While most of today’s chips do sport integrated graphics, there are two new desktop…
We wants it. While it hasn’t been officially announced for Switch (or, indeed, any specific platform at the moment), we’re getting ourselves all excited about Tales of the Shire, an upcoming “heart-warming” Lord of the Rings game from Wētā Workshop and Private Division, due out on “consoles” in 2024. Now, we don’t actually know all…
The survival game that simply refuses to stop is pushing its next major update back just a bit further. Terraria 1.4.5 has been in the works for over two years, and in a recent State of the Game update, developer Re-Logic said it’s almost complete, but won’t release in 2024. “The work on the final…
It sure is a good time to be a fan of ye-olde FPS Blood. Following Nightdive’s release of its second overhaul of Monolith’s debut gunfest, the developer has been quietly updating it with enhanced versions of some of the shooter’s best mods. The first of these arrived in January, in the form of Marrow: Episode…