The announcement of a new live service game frequently sends unpleasant shivers down my spine. “Oh no, here we go again,” I think, as I steel myself for the inevitable disappointment where potentially good ideas are once again sacrificed on the altar of trend-chasing by a creatively bankrupt publisher. As a treat, I might go…
Elma’s world. We got a little distracted with the Nintendo Direct yesterday and ran out of time to take a look at the latest Japanese charts — sorry! Fortunately, Famitsu‘s latest numbers paint a chart picture that’s worth the wait. There has been quite the shake-up this week, with a bunch of newbies arriving in…
It’s been almost one year since the launch of PlayStation VR! And in that time, PlayStation and its development partners have built a library of more than 100 games that cut across all genres… and created a few new ones in the process. To celebrate, we’re kicking off a new series of videos, the first…
In terms of complexity, anxiety, and sheer turbidity, launching a videogame seems roughly equivalent to planning a land war on Mars. It’s a constant, 5D chess game with thousands of players and no clear ruleset, where definite victories become humiliating defeats—and vice versa—according to no obvious ruleset. But at least one thing is clear: you’re…
Rayman Legends, an extremely solid platformer from 2013, is getting a fully-fledged remake with 3D graphics—as announced during tonight’s Playstation State of Play—dubbed Rayman Legends Retold. And, more to the point, a whole new soundtrack composed by both Rayman OG Christophe Héral, but also industry veteran Grant Kirkhope. You might know him from his work…
I have yet to play Stellar Blade, a game our Mollie says is about “a scantily-clad woman fighting to reclaim the planet”, and one that’s popped up in the headlines many times since its release for its incredible number of adult mods and overall… well, let’s face it, thirstiness. Now Samsung says it’s due to…
Welcome back, Yoshi’s Crafted World! Following on from a sample of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond‘s soundtrack last week, Nintendo Music has now followed this up with the 2019 Switch title Yoshi’s Crafted World. This follows on from other Yoshi-themed albums like Yoshi’s Story from the N64 era and Yoshi’s Island on the Super Nintendo. This…
Looking beyond 4K Ultra HD Consumers have yet to fully embrace 4K Ultra HD displays, but now that the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has published the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.4a standard, it will only be a matter of time before 8K resolution panels end up on all-in-one PCs, laptops, and even mobile devices like…
Category: Games Blue Prince Is Like Nothing You’ve Played Before Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published April 7, 2025 It’s not every day that you turn on a game and realize you can’t even describe its genre. Blue Prince – arriving on April 10 for Xbox Series X|S, PC and Game Pass – is a…
In a record-breaking year for the retro community, developers Norakomi and Wolf have entered a fantastic looking game in the MSX dev competition. Titled as ‘Neon Horizon’. This high-octane 3D scrolling racer has just been registered as the landmark 40th entry in the MSXdev25 contest, setting a new standard for the long-running homebrew competition. Set…