Sweet (roll). Bethesda closed out today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase with a trio of announcements, but it was the final surprise that really got us excited. Yes, you read that headline correctly, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is making its way to Switch 2 at some point this year. We don’t have a precise…
We’re all trapped in launcher hell. Right now, as I write this, my taskbar trembles with apps: Steam, Battle.net, Ubisoft Connect, the Epic Game Store. In my start menu lurks another nest: GOG Galaxy, Xbox, EA, the Paradox Launcher. To add insult to injury, pretty much every one of them bar Steam will intermittently forget…
Intel has announced the new Core Ultra 200HX and 200H laptop chips here at CES 2025. The HX parts are the most interesting to PC gamers, as the chips most likely to power your next gaming laptop, so let’s get into those first. There are six new HX models, with the top Intel Core Ultra…
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered speeds its way onto Nintendo Switch on 13th of November and other platforms on the 6th of November and EA has outlined some of the neat gameplay additions that are being added to the game. As well as six hours worth of extra gameplay, five DLC packs will be…
“These are all things you can only experience with VR”. Konami has given Contra a real boost lately via the release of Contra: Operation Galuga, and the famous run-and-gun franchise is getting more exposure thanks to an upcoming collaboration with Japanese studio Thirdverse’s free-to-play VR hero shooter X8 called Contra: Super Wall Storm. “As someone…
A podcast by Embark Studios—creators of the upcoming FPS The Finals—has hinted that the game will be using AI voice lines for the foreseeable future. The explanation, however, has left some voice actors feeling confused, at best. Andreas Glad and Carl Tamleht, audio designers for The Finals, were asked: “who did the voiceovers? They sound…
The hidden gems of Game Pass (Image credit: Microsoft) We’re checking out the hidden gems of Game Pass over the next few weeks, digging up all the obscure and esoteric games secreted away in our subscription and seeing how they play. We’re continuing our rundown of some of the obscure delights that you can find…
Very busy and exciting times for Telltale this month! Tales from the Borderlands Episode 2 — Atlas Mugged launched just last week, and today we can announce a HUGE surprise… This week, you’ll be able to play Game of Thrones Episode 3 — The Sword in the Darkness! The episode is out tomorrow, Tuesday March…
Stability is back, baby. Nintendo has rolled out another firmware update for the Switch 2 and it’s first one for the month of July this year. According to the official patch notes on the customer support page, it resolves some fixes tied to the Parental Controls and also includes general system stability improvements, which are…