Last year, Spanish game studio Tequila Works announced it was insolvent, and closing, even after prior staff cuts and the cancellation of an unannounced project. This month a page appeared on the European auction site Escrapalia that lists the various intangible assets of Tequila Works—its videogame IPs, in-development titles, and the studio’s brand. The high…
PC gaming can be an expensive hobby, so it’s understandable that many players want to give their big black graphics machine a surrounding setup it deserves. I get the appeal of having the neatest, smartest desk, or colour-coordinating your room with your peripherals’ RGB settings. I totally see why you might want all your merch…
Live broadcast and sale have also taken place. Japanese company City Connection turns 20 this year, and has a series of releases and events planned to mark the occasion. Taking its name from a Jaleco title, City Connection managed to pick up Jaleco’s IP when its parent company Game Yarou declared bankruptcy in 2014. Since…
Say the name “Havok,” and I instantly picture the yellow sawblade in the company’s logo. For PC gamers of the 2000s, that logo was a promise: Wonderful things await. But do younger PC gamers know what the name signifies? And do the rest know that the Irish middleware company, made famous through its use in…
By very precisely shooting lasers directly into the eye (do no try this at home), researchers claim it’s possible to experience a color never previously experienced. The five people who have seen the color, which the team calls “olo,” say that it’s a blue-green hue, but more saturated than any blue-green ever seen before. As…
Fret not, Baldur’s Gate 3 fans, because your favorite bug is still in the game even after Larian’s “final” big patch. That’s right: The thing where your character portraits can render misaligned, or with the wrong background, or shirtless, is still around and still really funny. Not long after the patch released one fan that…
Once upon a time I happily handed over $170 (plus shipping and import taxes) for a brand new copy of Ys: The Oath in Felghana for my trusty Windows XP machine. Does that sound like a lot? It certainly felt like a lot at the time, but I didn’t regret my purchase. That was just…
Nintendo has already confirmed an increase on accessory prices. The price of Switch 2 accessories in the US has officially been adjusted by Nintendo “due to changes in market conditions” and there are now claims this could impact amiibo next. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
We still don’t know the real name of Gloomwood‘s doctor protagonist, but I’m beginning to suspect it might be ‘Jekyll’ given what he gets up to in the game’s new Research update. This latest addition to New Blood’s Thief-inspired immersive sim folds in some game-changing abilities, which you essentially steal from Gloomwood’s enemies in the…
Free faller. Falling. It hurts, right? We’ve all tripped up over nothing while walking and scraped our knees, or tripped up the stairs and landed face-first. It’s not fun. It’s embarrassing, it’s painful, and it stands as a persistent reminder that I am the most clumsy of human beings. There’s a reason we can’t jump…