It seems like the penny has finally dropped for some Arc Raiders players, as a new store update has come out, fueling the fire of discontent over cosmetic prices and the quality of the skins on offer. From the get-go, Arc Raiders has had expensive skins, with some going as high as $24/£20 and the…
Duck Detective! Monster Train 2! Onimusha 2! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop –…
Includes new MIDI audio fixes and options, among other features. Origin System’s 1992 release Ultima VII is frequently cited online as one of the best RPGs of all time. So it’s understandable that there is a large contingent of players who might still want to revisit it in the modern day. However, as the game…
As someone who’s been playing tabletop RPGs entirely online ever since the first pandemic lockdown, I’m fascinated by the growth of new platforms and technologies to support that style of play. Digital game aids (such as D&D Beyond) and shared virtual table spaces (such as Roll20) have been around for a while now, but increasingly…
Sherlock Ho-Oholmes. It’s been over seven years since we got our first helping of the wise-cracking, coffee-addicted Detective Pikachu on 3DS and, in the time since, the gruff private investigator has gone on to star in his very own big-screen adaptation voiced by the one and only Ryan Reynolds. Well, excuse us, Mr Hollywood! The…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Allen Staal who currently is displayed on card number 392, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. You can also see Allen on card numbers 1754, 2139, 2173, 2467, and 2597. Allen is a huge Donkey Kong fan, as well as a competitive player. He has traveled a couple times from his home…
Yum. Peter Pepper deserves better. The star of Data East’s BurgerTime isn’t a household name in the same way that Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and Bub & Bob are, which is a shame when you consider that the original 1982 arcade game was a truly groundbreaking release that remains eminently playable, even by modern standards. The…
Pocket Bravery is coming to Sega’s 16-bit platform. In a live stream last night, Statera Studio, the creator of Pocket Bravery, announced that it was partnering with the homebrew developer @RheoGamer to bring the 2D-retro fighting game to the Sega Mega Drive. Originally released for PC in 2023, Pocket Bravery is designed to be a…
AMD R9 Nano: Small but Powerful The initial launch of AMD’s Fiji architecture has been a bit rough: The R9 Fury X failed to claim the performance crown from GTX 980 Ti, though it puts up a good fight. Stepping down a notch is the R9 Fury, an air-cooled take on Fiji with eight of…
First reported by Ars Technica, the copyright case against Facebook parent company Meta over its use of authors’ work to train large language models has unearthed some embarrassing dirty laundry in discovery. Dozens of emails, allegedly between Meta employees, discuss torrenting massive amounts of pirated material—and seeding those torrents to boot—in order to train the…