Konnichiwa, everyone! We’re kicking off Golden Week the PlayStation way — with deals on Japan-inspired games, movies, and TV shows. Starting right now, we’re celebrating Japan’s national holiday week with up to 66 percent off Japanese titles. PlayStation Plus members enjoy an additional discount, receiving up to 75 percent off. During the Golden Week Sale,…
Pokémon in Japan is a big deal and one of the latest pieces of merchandise from the popular franchise doubles up not just as an adorable squishy toy, it also acts as a sleeping mat. Yes, this Gengar sleeping companion/cushion/mat is a real thing and pre-orders have gone live in Japan. It’s understandably already sold…
Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone can’t help himself. The long and glorious journey of Stardew Valley development was supposed to be capped off with the major 1.6 update, which in Barone’s words this April left the game in “a good place“—so good he wouldn’t be “working on Stardew Valley until I’m done with Haunted Chocolatier.” But then…
After playing the Easy Delivery Co. demo back in May, its lovable little kei truck had slalomed its way down an eerie, snowdrift-laden mountain road and skidded to a stop in my heart. I’m a simple man with a simple past as a simple delivery driver in a simply depressing town—when a game’s able to…
Hi everybody! I’m swapping in for our old pal Ryan Clements this week. There are some stellar games, too, like the highly regarded adventure game Oxenfree, voice-controlled strategy game There Came an Echo, and even a new PS2 classic you can play on your PS4. Not too shabby! Have a great weekend everybody! New Releases:…
Blink and you’ll miss it. Big discounts on quality physical titles are such a rarity these days that, much like us, you may have got a little excited this morning if you clocked that Argos had delivered deep discounts on some of Switch 2’s best games. Alas, we should have known that it was too…
When Broadwell and mini ITX converge Looking for a high end small form factor (SFF) system that uses the latest parts? If so, you may be interested in what Maingear has to offer. Maingear unveiled what it claims is the world’s first lineup of high-performance compact mini ITX gaming rigs built around Intel’s X99 chipset…
Because $548 million wasn’t enough After much legal kicking and screaming, Apple scored a $548 million payday from Samsung as part of a partial judgement that was decided by an appeals court earlier this year. Though not an insignificant sum, Apple wants more — $180 million more. According to Reuters, Apple filed papers with a…
The Dutch company ASML is the only company to make the world’s most advanced chipmaking machines. Those machines have only ever gone to US or US-friendly companies such as TSMC, Intel, Samsung, and so on. The Chinese chipmaking market hasn’t had access to them—perhaps until now, that is. According to the US Commerce Secretary Howard…
The wait is almost over If you’ve been champing at the bit (or chomping, if you want to get loosey-goosey with the original idiom) for Intel’s Skylake-S launch, you can rest easy knowing that you’re in the homestretch. Well, probably, While nothing is yet official, we’ve been hearing for some time now that Skylake-S chips…