I didn’t love Mafia: The Old Country. Where previous games in the series had compensated for their lows with some truly high highs, I felt like Hangar 13’s more linear world and more traditional mob story reduced its Sicilian series entry to a uniform level of predictability and blandness, and said as much in our…
There is a saying, somewhat applicable to our current circumstances, that is spoken only as a curse: “May you live in interesting times.” Helldivers 2 is a triumph by most metrics, but it also happens to be the perfect distillation of that sentiment: “May you develop an interesting game.” Looking back over 2024, I wouldn’t…
HD-hyah! Folks, I am not a graphics or frame rate snob. I grew up playing 50hz games and my main system of choice is an eight-year-old tablet. I love style and art over visuals, and sometimes I even tolerate rough framerates. I might be a little more unforgiving in 2025 than I was a few…
Got a pinch of salt ready? An employee of a “small specialist electronics manufacturer” has posted on Reddit that they suspect Sega might be looking to release a low-cost handheld games console. SeraphHS reveals that the company they work for received a quotation request from “a company that’s done licensed Sega hardware before,” citing the…
In Tokyo, a man has been arrested for stalking a woman using social media sites like LINE (a popular app in Japan) and Twitter—as well as the MMORPG Final Fantasy 14. As reported by Kobe News (and translated by Siliconera), the man reportedly sent over 22 messages via those apps trying to re-establish contact, while…
Treat your family, friends, and (maybe) yourself to PlayStation this holiday season. We’ve got you covered during Black Friday week, November 18-26 (November 22-30 in Canada). As Black Friday rolls in, we are giving everyone more reasons to stay inside and play. This new commercial playfully welcomes the arrival of winter, celebrating this time of…
Hi everyone. I’m really happy to let you know that Prison Architect is coming to PS4 on June 28! Not only that, it’s also available to pre-order today through select retailers and as a special offer we’re including the “All Day and a Night” DLC for free! If you’re familiar with our million-selling, BAFTA-winning title…
The first game revealed at The Game Awards tonight is Ninja Gaiden: Deathbound, which marks the series’ return to its 2D platformer roots and the first entry in the series since 2014’s poorly received spin-off Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. Ragebound has an impressive pedigree: Blasphemous creators The Game Kitchen is developing in conjunction with Teenage…
While us mere Earth-dwellers are stuck in the middle of the RAMpocalypse, those bourgeoise folks up on the International Space Station have no such worries. The current crew are reviewing plans to replace network servers on the gigantic floating tin can—and discussing when they can activate their new laptops. And what magnificent machines they appear…
Stalker 2 studio GSC Game World has joined with Ukrainian charity United24 on a new fundraising initiative that aims to raise $100,000 to help fund efforts to remove mines and other explosive devices from the real-world Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. The Zone—the real one—was established in 1986 following the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant….