WhatsApp has announced that, thanks to having a huge and captive audience, it’s getting ready to make the experience just a little bit shitter for everyone. So prepare thyself for three new ad features which are being rolled out globally across the popular messaging app (thanks, BBC). The messaging platform is owned by Meta, and…
What with all the doom and gloom of late over memory and SSD prices, not to mention the longer-term escalation of the cost of a GPU, you might think gaming PC sales are pretty stuffed. But according to Jon Peddie Research, gaming PC sales are “surging.” The catch for mere mortal gamers is that all…
Throughout my playthrough of Resident Evil Requiem, I came across a few items which I had absolutely no clue what to do with. I investigated some further, but didn’t dwell on it; I had a review to write after all. But after getting to the end, a checkbox for The Final Puzzle popped up in…
I can’t help but feel like a big fat stalker every time I open Discord these days. Yep, there’s Jeff on his 12th listen of the Arcane soundtrack this week. Classic Gabby, 14 hours deep into a World of Warcraft session even though it’s currently 8 am. Dan’s exactly three minutes and 48 seconds into…
Featuring dual wireless technology and Sixaxis support. Retro Fighters announced yesterday that it will be bringing out a new version of its PlayStation ‘Defender’ controller to celebrate the company’s 10th anniversary. The Defender Pro is described as “the next evolution of the Retro Fighters PS controller” and is said to be compatible with the PS1,…
Time was, the walls between console and PC games were hard and fast. PC had its strategy games and CRPGs, PlayStation had its Japanese bangers, Nintendo had Mario and Zelda, and Xbox had Blinx: The Time Sweeper (all the other companies were very jealous). But these days, not counting Nintendo, everything is everywhere. And everything…
MSI’s Lighting Z RTX 5090 is seemingly very impressive. With AIO liquid cooling and a huge screen, MSI says it is “Built to sustain 1000W loads with absolute stability.” I wouldn’t know personally, as I’m a mere mortal and not one of the 1,300 lucky enough to spend over $5,000 on one. However, we have…
Developers at CD Projekt Red—the Polish studio responsible for a trilogy of videogames about a worker who believes in negotiating a fair price for his labor and one game set in a dystopian future where corporate exploitation is the rule—have formed a union. The Polish Gamedev Workers Union (PGWU) is part of the national union…
If you pay attention to our running list of Steam sale dates you’ll already know this, but if you don’t then maybe you won’t—or maybe you just forgot, that happens too. Regardless, it’s that time of year again and here’s your reminder: The 2024 Steam Spring Sale is live. There’ve been multiple Steam sales and…
Close your eyes, take a deep breath and let yourself be carried away by the journey of Season, a third-person atmospheric adventure bicycle road trip game. The premise of Season is that you play a traveller recording the last moments of different cultures before they’re washed away. Through the eyes of a young woman from…