In 1996, id Software smashed through to another dimension – in one sense of the word, pioneering first-person shooters in the third dimension with the release of Quake, and in another, hurtling players feet-first into Quake’s otherworldly realm – a place beyond our reality where kinetic combat and a moody eldritch setting took FPS players…
Also known as ‘kross-play’. Mortal Kombat 1 didn’t have the best start on the Nintendo Switch, but it’s slowly improved over time with some patches fixing up all areas of the game. It seems Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon also wants to enhance the game’s online mode, with the industry veteran recently sharing a poll…
“I’m returning to the original promise with four decades of different experience”. Michael Cranford is a true legend of the video game industry. He’s most famous for designing and programming 1985’s The Bard’s Tale and its 1986 sequel The Bard’s Tale II: The Destiny Knight, and his other credits include Maze Master, Dark Seed and…
Many of you took notice when Gleamlight took the limelight in the Indie World presentation. The similarities to the acclaimed adventure title Hollow Knight were hard to ignore. Polygon contacted the publisher behind Gleamlight and expressed the opinion that they and legions of other felt the game borrowed too heavily on Hollow Knight. Here’s the…
It’s been almost seven months since it was first announced, but at long last, AMD’s much-vaunted machine learning-powered update to FSR is finally here. With the AMD Adrenalin 25.12.1 driver releasing today, you too can get on the new FSR bandwagon. So long as you have an RDNA 4 card, that is. Better known as…
Let’s face it: many of us grew up sneaking a peek at Dad’s stock of Playboy magazines or stole them outright from his library (cough). The magazine, partially known for its articles, was the flagship of light pornography. But the Internet now provides everything you need for your nudie fix with a simple search on…
I’ll be honest with you, I’ve never been the kind of person to get organised—that’s partially because I have a pesky disorder that gets in the way of such things, but it’s also just a personality flaw. I don’t do home decoration, and all my important paperwork sits in a loose jumble in a draw…
A “first look” at the patch has just been released. A PS2 on-rails shooter game based on the popular manga/anime series Gunslinger Girl is set to get a fan translation from the translation team at Hilltop Works, allowing players to experience the title with English subtitles. Gunslinger Girl, in case you’re unfamiliar with it, originally…
On this day, 10 years ago a little studio called Media Molecule was founded by a group of friends who went on to have some pretty incredible adventures together. Mark Healey, Alex Evans, Kareem Ettouney and David Smith all met whilst they were working at Lionhead Studios. Along with help from Chris Lee, the man…
Compulsion’s award-winning title ‘South of Midnight’. It’s been a busy week for Xbox, but it’s not done just yet! Following the announcement of its next generation console, it’s now locked in a release date for the Switch 2 version of the “award-winning” title South of Midnight. This third-person action-adventure title by Compulsion Games was announced…