Category: Games March 18, 2026 Pragmata Loves Being a Video Game Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief The last time I played Pragmata, I came away delighted by how it was inserting a truly new idea into a very familiar genre, building a hacking minigame into the fabric of third-person shooter combat. Almost a year later,…
Ransomware is already a horrible blight on the tech world. These insidious programs are designed especially to hold your computer and its data hostage. Criminal hackers and the likes will then use this to extort money or further information from the victims. Of course security protections against things like ransomware are always being worked on,…
The free to play online multiplayer title Ninjala launches exclusively on Nintendo Switch this month and the marketing campaign for the game has begun. Today GungHo Online Entertainment uploaded a special tutorial video which showcases both basic and advanced techniques which you will need to use to master the fun game. Ninjala will be arriving…
Hollow Knight: Silksong has been out for—let’s see—19 hours and 43 minutes at the time of writing, so it’s time to absolutely snap the whole thing over our knees. The speedrunning community is already at it (via Eurogamer) with Silksong, rapidly uncovering a myriad of techniques that we’ll all one day gawp at during an…
Apparently, Nintendo wants to make one last pre-Christmas promotional push of the big Super Nintendo World area that is opening in Universal Studios Japan early next year. Despite the coronavirus pandemic delaying Super Nintendo World’s opening, and the pandemic even worsening so far this holiday season, Nintendo’s got some Super Nintendo World news to share….
Rematch is great—I’ve already sunk about 40 hours into the thing and have no intention of stopping anytime soon. Just one small problem, though: the desync issues are still rough. In any given match, there’s a chance you’ll make a dive towards a ball—only for the fabric of time to hiccup, subjecting you to an…
For gamers who prefer the classics, settling down for a session on a retro computer or opting to play a former favorite on a modern-day console appeals. While many games of today are hogging the limelight, there is still an appetite for some of yesteryear’s classics. In fact, the options are extensive these days. Although…
Priced 49,980 yen, which is around $333 USD. After the Switch 2 Direct wrapped up, Nintendo put out a press release announcing its pricing in different regions, including Japan. However, it appears that Japanese gamers will have an extra, cheaper option if they’re happy to have a Japanese-language-only Switch 2. “The Japanese-Language System” is priced…
Intel has been talking numbers this week with the announcement of some reasonably positive financials for the final quarter of 2024 (you can read the full transcript here). With that comes the usual chat around product and official confirmation that the Panther Lake mobile CPU is still due in the second half of 2024 using…
It must be incredibly weird to play a game and constantly hear your own voice popping off—especially when that game is as long as The Witcher 3. But that didn’t stop the best version of Geralt of Rivia, Doug Cockle, from playing through the entirety of the game and netting himself the best ending. Chatting…