Shenmue III releases on PS4 on November 19 — that’s less than three weeks! — continuing the story of one of gaming’s most influential series. We had a chance to speak with Yu Suzuki, the legendary designer whose name is attached to dozens of titles including Virtua Fighter, Out Run, Daytona USA, and After Burner…
A new report suggests motherboard manufacturers are in a bad state right now, with the memory crisis and the Iran war affecting all kinds of PC hardware. As PC builders are disincentivised from, well, building PCs, the motherboards needed for them also get left behind. The report, from Digitimes, notes a “collapse” for many motherboard…
Waiting on refunds There’s good news for nine out of 10 people expecting a refund after filing taxes—you’ll likely receive it within the 21-day window the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) quotes. And if you’re the unlucky sap in a group of 10? Well, who knows when it will come. The IRS is currently experiencing computer…
A new patch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now live on Steam, making dozens of bug fixes and a number of quality-of-life changes, including the long-overdue ability to use the arrow keys instead of WASD for movement. This might sound like a relatively small thing, but for some people it’s a big deal. The…
One of several codecs coming to Edge Microsoft this week announced that it’s planning to support the open source VP9 codec first developed by Google and the WebM container in its Edge browser for Windows 10. Initial support will roll out to Windows Insider Preview builds sometime “soon,” and we suspect general availability won’t be…
According to Gun-Dog’s Steam page, this sci-fi adventure is trying to capture the look and feel of the PC-98, a popular Japanese computer that played host to a huge selection of incredible games decades ago. Many of its best and most impressive adventure games featured a lavish combination of exquisitely detailed pixel art framed by…
Some dude with a mighty ‘tache once said, “there are lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The latter is what we’ve been presented with by Nvidia and its claims of doubling the sales of its RTX Blackwell cards over its previous generation cards in the same time frame certainly look good on paper, but absolutely deserve…
Assassins, overlords, rock stars, and heroes — this week’s lineup of new games is brimming with all sorts of characters, and you’ve come to the right place for details. Ubisoft’s massive stealth series continues this week with Assassin’s Creed Syndicate on PS4. Travel to London during the Industrial Revolution and lead a desperate working class…
If those green letters just aren’t turning up as often as you’d like, or if they are and they’re not half as useful as you hoped, we can help. Our hints for the August 23 (1526) Wordle can give you a fresh angle and new ideas, quickly getting your game back on track. Too close…
Our hands-on preview of Star Wars Zero Company might’ve left us convinced that it’s more than just Star Wars XCOM, but just like with clone troopers and bounty hunters, there’s clearly some crucial DNA being shared. As with XCOM, Zero Company’s rogue padawans and plucky astromechs will risk permadeath whenever they take the field. While…