So here it is… And here we are once more! It’s Yule! Navidad! Xmas! Chrimbo! Rudolphtide! Grinchtingle! Erm… Richard Curtistime? Hmm. Merry Christmas, everyone. It’s been a big year for Nintendo fans and the wider gaming industry, with new hardware, a load of new games, even more new versions of old games, plus plenty of…
Game engine maker Unity has announced that CEO John Riccitiello will retire from his prominent positions at the company. Effective immediately, Riccitiello will retire as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. In short, Unity’s unpopular and controversial CEO is out. Which makes sense, given that Riccitiello is…
It’s been five years since Valheim revitalized the survival craft genre. At the time I remember thinking “why would anyone want to play a new game in this style when there’s already Minecraft, Ark and Rust?”. With the benefit of hindsight I know that two things worked in Valheim’s favour. One was its clever finetuning…
Australian composer Mick Gordon is one of the most widely-recognized composers in the videogame industry, with his signature propulsive, distorted, future-metal sound helping define id Software’s wildly successful Wolfenstein and Doom reboots. In the five years since a public falling out with longtime collaborator Bethesda, Gordon has contributed to metal projects, a large portion of…
Few creators enjoy so respected a status as Fumito Ueda. He has served as director on two titles: ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. They are magical adventures, tapping into the wellspring of wonderment that lives in us all. Both forever have a place in PlayStation’s proud history. When I reintroduced The Last Guardian at…
When it comes to Super Earth, you are the law–the final word on freedom and Managed Democracy in our streets. You are the keeper of the peace and the deliverer of justice, but you need to step up your gear before you go out on patrol. That’s why the Ministry of Defense has approved the…
Vizio has agreed to pay out $3 million to settle a 2018 California class action lawsuit that accused the company of misleading consumers over the refresh rates of its TVs. Vizio had been claiming that black frame insertion technology increased the “effective refresh rate” of its TVs from 60Hz to 120Hz. It also applied the…
Konami confirms. The studios behind the upcoming release Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse have made a name for themselves with releases such as Dead Cells and The Rogue Prince of Persia, but this new title based on Konami’s famous IP won’t be the same type of game. Speaking to The Verge, Konami’s head of communications for the…
A demo is out now. If you’ve had your finger on the pulse over the last few months, then you may have heard of Dave the Diver, a game all about catching fish and managing a sushi restaurant. it’s been a hit with fans and critics alike, and in today’s Nintendo Direct, Mintrocket’s indie hit…
Generative AI has gotten its deep learning tentacles into many parts of gaming life, and tabletop is no exception—take Dungeons & Dragons for example. While Wizards of the Coast has endured controversy after controversy for accidentally putting AI art in sourcebooks, and has a generally anti-AI stance, Hasbro’s CEO Chris Cocks has been on the…