Walk into an online casino and you may expect a futuristic display. Something like a science fiction set, blinking panels, smooth chrome. Instead you often find a screen that could have been lifted from 1987. Squared edges, simple colours, music that sounds like a kettle boiling in rhythm. What ought to be obsolete has been…
Basketball was one sport I loved playing as a kid—not only to compete or spectate, but just for fun. I was not good at it. So I stopped playing, partially because I hated feeling like my teammates were stuck with me. When I got benched, that bummed me out. But when I got put in,…
Last week, we asked you head out into the Farewell Wilderness and fend off some Freakers in Days Gone. While fighting for your life as Deacon St. John, you sent us some intense moments using #PS4share and #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: @ahmedzafar99 shared this detailed portrait of our hero Deacon. @ItsDVP focused in…
Speaking to Automaton, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi assured fans that sales of the game have improved since a 2024 Square Enix financial report showed it underperforming, while work on a third game in the Remake trilogy continues apace. “The second entry, FFVII Rebirth, has been doing very well on both PS5 and…
With prizes, too! Nintendo has announced that Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be hosting a limited Valentine’s Day event in Japan. Available from 1st – 14th February 2025, the event will introduce new ‘Heart Chocolate’ and ‘Heart Rose Bouquet’ in-game items to be gifted to your fellow residents. Not only that, but 1000 players who…
Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. Despite a lacklustre GPU generation and the RAMpocalypse, this year’s PC gaming hardware has made me very happy. That’s because 2025 has seen some meaningful, non-gimmicky leaps forward in competitive FPS gaming…
The best gaming mouse on the market right now is the Razer Viper V4 Pro. It’s the best because it’s light, very well-built, performant, and has great battery life. This last quality—its battery life—is largely thanks to Razer’s new FrameSync tech, which is kind of like G-Sync but for a mouse sensor rather than a…
European video game festival Gamescom has announced its plans for its digital event in light of the traditional event being cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The digital version of Gamescom 2020 runs from 27th August to 30th August. The opening night celebrations will be hosted by Geoff Keighley on the 27th August. Here’s…
The Steam Controller has been available to purchase for barely a day and it’s already sold out. That’s a familiar occurrence around major hardware launches but even Valve is surprised by the sales fervour for the new pad, which mostly sold out in minutes, not hours. In a post on Bluesky, it promises more are…
In the skies of Project Wingman, players get into the pilot’s seat of advanced fighter jets, taking on missions over the seas and ground of a war-scorched alternate Earth timeline known as After Calamity. Today, PlayStation players can experience Project Wingman’s thrilling aerial combat from a whole new perspective in Frontline 59—an enhanced version of…