Zombie hunter Juliet is back. More Switch titles are slowly beginning to receive Switch 2 game upgrades, and Dragami Games has now announced its own plans for Juliet’s zombie hack-and-slash Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. The title will be getting a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition featuring “high frame rate”, “high resolution”, and it will be made available…
New book from Lost in Cult arrives in July. Our friends over at Lost in Cult have another retro gaming book launching this year, entitled From Joysticks to Haptics. Billed as “the ultimate compendium of gaming controllers and retro peripherals from the world of gaming,” the book launches in July and will catalogue the incredible…
I hope everyone is getting excited for the trial weekend* starting March 27! As you are getting ready to join the hunt, the team here at IllFonic wanted to share some tips and tricks that will help you in the jungle. Playing alone as the Predator or as part of a 4-person Fireteam will have…
“There’s practically nothing to work on”. When the director of Square Enix’s recent Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles remaster, Kazutoyo Maehiro, admitted that the company no longer had the source code for the original PlayStation version, it keenly illustrated how preservation wasn’t a key concern for many developers in the ’90s. Now, Naoki…
You’ll remember, of course, the drift events in classic Need for Speed. During that noughties era when the games were soundtracked by crunk songs, told quasi-Fast and Furious tales, and reached Christmas number one in the charts with the certainty of an X Factor winner, NFS introduced drifting as a sort of side-show. There was…
Would you look at the time! We’re just one week away from PlayStation Experience 2017! As we inch closer to this year’s big community show, this essential guide will help you make the most of your experience, whether you’re joining us at the Anaheim Convention Center or tuning in from home. Show Hours PlayStation Presents…
It’s always interesting to see what patents Nintendo file. Some get used in the consoles and accessories we’re enjoying today – some never see the light of day – but the latest was made public on 16th January which shows an intriguing variation of the Joy-Con wrist strap. According to the patent, when this special…
As a 31 year old, I think constantly about my imminent death. After being assassinated by terrorists while rescuing a baby who is also the president from a burning building, how do I want people to remember me? Fortunately, my contract stipulates that I will be embalmed and lie in state like Lenin in the…
Phoenix Labs, developer of Dauntless and Fae Farm, has laid off “the majority of the studio” according to announcements made earlier today on Reddit and LinkedIn, as part of what the studio called “unfortunate but necessary changes to our operations.” “We recognize and deeply appreciate the contributions of every individual impacted,” Phoenix Labs said. “Their…
Computer chips are undoubtedly one the great wonders of the modern world, incredible feats of engineering. And just when you thought they couldn’t get any more complex and intriguing, here comes Inverse Lithography Technology, or ILT, a weird and alien technology that promises to push chip design to yet higher levels of performance. ILT is…