Relaxing simulator games have been my go-to genre since I started gaming. It all started with Animal Crossing: Wild World and basically escalated from there. Before I knew it, I’d spent thousands of hours rebuilding communities, cultivating crops, and generally pouring more energy than I realised into these stereotypically cosy and comforting games. Over the…
According to Nintendo’s Tetsuya Sasaki. Nintendo is launching a new physical game option for the Switch 2 (known as “game-key cards”) that don’t contain the “full game data” and are instead used as a “key” to download the game onto your system via the internet. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Epic Games upended Fortnite’s Battle Royale meta this season when, without warning, they brought back two fan-favorite assault rifles and a powerful shotgun from previous seasons. Fans were stumped: none of them fit the season’s bug-infested theme. One of the rifles instantly became—in my opinion—the best weapon in the game, with the other close behind….
After over 22 years of being in service, Skype will be finally closing down on May 5, this year. Its replacement? That’ll be Microsoft Teams, a much more business-oriented social app. As spotted by XDA, the latest Skype preview has a single line of code saying “Starting in May, Skype will no longer be available”….
There are several ways to unlock Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 operators, though only a handful will be available initially. You won’t be completely without choice if you played Modern Warfare 2, however, as you’ll have access to any operators you acquired while playing it. Modern Warfare 3 is adding 25 operators into the…
The beta for the PlayStation 4 system’s next major system software update 5.50 (codenamed KEIJI) rolls out today. If you signed up and were selected for the beta program, you’ll receive an email with instructions on how to download and get started. Even if you are not in the beta program, we wanted to give…
The 16-inch gaming laptop is a wonderful invention. The slightly larger screen over a 15.6-inch model, made even wider thanks to modern slim bezels, looks great, and allows for a chassis that’s just that tiny bit roomier, so we get full-size keys, numpads, even speakers. They’re not as ridiculous as 18-inch laptops—those silly machines—and you…
Hades 2, as is Supergiant’s wont with these sorts of roguelikes, had a long and extended early access period—which also means that it had a lot of patches, updates, and fiddling in its guts that might’ve soured players who were falling into comfy rhythms. After all, if you’re getting cosy with certain boons in one…
But what was in second and third place? Prior to its release on Steam earlier this year, Mossmouth’s UFO 50 had been in development for what seemed like forever – but it was well worth the wait. Presented as 50 games for a fictional video game system, UFO 50 is bursting with ideas. You’ve got…
Hi there, it’s Tommaso from Housemarque again. At the beginning of July, Alienation saw the addition of two widely requested features: local co-op and ranked leagues, among a variety of novelties such as extra weapons, bullet colors, and other minor improvements. The next update hitting PS4 today unleashes an array of new, exciting features. Let’s…