Kickstart to your weekend? There’s something about side-scrolling BMX/motorbike games, don’t you agree? They promise big silly accidents, skill-based gameplay that’s easy to parse, violent falls from mid-air, fun stunts, incredibly painful crashes and… well, yeah, just loads of falling and people getting rag-dolled. Now, we’ve got some good BMX stuff on Switch already, and…
Admission: I’m a bona-fide horror nut. I love it. Can’t get enough. You name it, I’ll watch it: past-their-sell-by-date franchise sequels, grotty Eastern European video nasties, creepy found-footage indies, cliché-ridden teen slashers, and everything in between. So, PS4-exclusive interactive horror Until Dawn is right up my alley. Duly, last month I sat down with Jez…
For me, the most iconic element of Demon’s Souls is the way the title utilizes sound and music. Music is used sparingly, and fear builds within you from its absence, and a sense of loneliness and desperation creeps in. But the void left by the music is filled with sound, which surrounds you and envelops…
Performed by the ‘Persona 3’ singer Yumi Kawamura. Ahead of the release of Persona 3 Reload on the Switch 2 this week, Atlus has announced it will be distributing an update on launch day, adding eight songs to the game. This will include Yumi Kawamura’s vocal tracks from Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES as…
“Here’s a thread of things that are bad about it”. As we recently reported, Commodore (not that one, the other one) has just remade Taito’s iconic 1988 platformer The NewZealand Story for Steam, and now that the game is available, we’re seeing some early impressions hit the web – and they’re far from promising. Ant…
Another “rebootless” update has arrived. Following a firmware update for the Switch last month, bumping the system up to Version 17.0.0, Nintendo has now released another “rebootless” update. As explained by the dataminer and social media user ‘OatmealDome’, these updates do not actually require users to restart the console or download anything. As for the…
Today at Game Developers Conference, I gave a presentation discussing the challenges and lessons learned in reintroducing a classic samurai genre to a modern action audience. In my opinion, this would be a tough proposition for any developer. Target and Approach Team Ninja was chosen to take over development of Nioh in 2011. By 2014,…
Xbox Wireless Controller (2025) | Robot White or Black | Bluetooth | USB-C | 3.5mm jack | AA batteries | $64.99 $47.49 at Amazon (27% off)PC Gamer’s overall top controller pick is going for the best price we’ve ever seen (in white or black only, though some other colors are also discounted). Sturdy, comfortable, and…
Today marks a special day in the long history of PlayStation with the official formation of Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE). As you may remember from my last note, this new organization will combine the strengths of both Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and Sony Network Entertainment LLC into one global interactive entertainment powerhouse. So what…
Well this should be embarrassing. Typically media owners like movie studios and record labels cough up loads of IP addresses that lead to pirated versions of their content. These companies then request that the links be removed from Google’s search engine. The result is a little message at the bottom of search results stating that…