“If I had a sister, I’d sell her in a second”. Skyrim. Listen, mate. We need to talk. Back when I reviewed Skyrim’s 2022 Anniversary Edition update on Switch, I gave it a 7/10 and summarised that, whilst it was amusing that Todd Howard was still signing off on versions of this game, there were…
When Path of Exile first emerged on the ARPG scene, it was like an oasis in the desert. Diablo 2 had long reigned as the genre go-to and Diablo 3 was still shaking off the worst aspects of its notoriously rocky launch. Over 10 years later, it’s a very different story: Diablo 4 got a…
The UK’s controversial Online Safety Act (OSA) passed over a year ago, and ostensibly, it “puts a range of new duties on social media companies and search services, making them more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms.” But the ramifications of the bill are still being figured out, as are how to implement…
Sega, take note. It still bums us out that Sega released the Game Gear Micro and not a full-size replica of the original handheld packed with classic titles. While the Micro remains a cool little trinket, it wasn’t the ideal way to experience the system’s catalogue – and the fact that you had to buy…
The Cities: Skylines II launch has had quite the build up, with Paradox Interactive thinking up all kinds of wild PR stunts to drum up enthusiasm for the upcoming city builder—like suspending a bunch of content creators from a crane at GamesCom, for reasons. To add to the list of experimental ways the game studio…
Sean Martin, Senior Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: experiencing Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater for the first time. This week I’ve been: getting murdered by swarms of cave bugs in Helldivers 2 because I forgot to bring a flashlight. It’s easy to forget, but Helldivers 2 is supposed to be…
‘Bomb Bee’ released in 1979. Bomb Bee, Namco’s 1979 arcade sequel to its first in-house designed game, Gee Bee, is this week’s Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 release. Developed by the Pac-Man creator, Toru Iwatani, Bomb Bee, much like its predecessor, is a brick-breaking arcade game that incorporates elements of pinball. It plays similarly…
At TGS last week, Capcom president and CESA chairman Haruhiro Tsujimoto reignited everyone’s favourite discourse subject: the price of games. As Nikkei (via Switchsoku) reports, Tsujimoto was discussing the topic of rising development costs, where he claimed that “game prices are too low”. While games from a lot of major publishers have become more expensive…
DOOM Eternal is finally out on Nintendo’s hybrid console digitally, and the team over at GameXplain have come away impressed with Panic Button’s efforts in porting the title to Switch. André Segers from GameXplain expressed his surprise at how well the software ran and mentioned that Panic Button ‘”must be wizards” and said “It’s remarkable…
This year, the Call of Duty World League presented by PS4 provided many hours of intense gameplay. The CWL casters, Clint “Maven” Evans, Matt “Mr. X” Morello, Jack “Courage” Dunlop, and John “Revan” Boble have gone through and found the 10 best plays from the last 7 months of the CWL. These matches from the…