When I was a kid, I used to boot-up multiplayer maps in games like Counter-Strike and Unreal Tournament and wander around them alone. I loved exploring the design of spaces like Facing Worlds and de_dust2, but was less enthused by the other people trying to kill me in them. I like my FPS enemies to…
Microsoft has announced that it is getting out of the Kill-O-Vision headset business, more formally known as the US Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program. While the company’s “advanced cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities will continue to provide a robust backbone for the program,” responsibility for actually making the headsets and the software that…
While better known for making some of the best gaming keyboards around, Keychron has also been steadily moving up the charts with its mice, such as its excellent M5 vertical or its gaming-focused Lemokey G1. For the past few weeks, I’ve been heavily using the 8K polling rate version of the Keychron M7 Wireless, and…
If puzzles and magic, and even more magic and even more puzzles are your thing, Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times has you covered. This comical adventure from the developers at SlugGlove is one of intrigue and friendship—with regular NPCS, but also with rocks. Yep, you can animate rocks and befriend them which is honestly…
A liquid-cooled Raspberry Pi—sounds like a tasty dessert but it’s a real possibility thanks to this cooling kit from Seeed Studio and 52Pi. Inclusive of radiator, reservoir, fan, and pump, this water cooling kit is intended to keep a Raspberry Pi 5 nice and cool (via Overclock3D.net). According to the product page, it’ll get a…
The latest UK video game software charts are now in and it has been a slow week for new releases. The top game this week was once again Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch system. The adorable game was followed by the invincible Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which as we know, is the…
But for me, it was Tuesday. 30 years ago today, Steven E. de Souza’s live-action adaptation of Capcom’s Street Fighter series hit movie theatres in North America and became part of video game folklore. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen and Kylie Minogue, the movie cost $35 million to shoot and earned just…
“We will continue to push the boundaries of entertainment, sports, and technology”. Electronic Arts has announced that it has entered an agreement to be purchased by the PIF (Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for a staggering USD $55 billion. The deal, which is expected to close in Q1 FY 2027,…
Thanks to homebrew modder, Frogbull. Frogbull, the talented developer behind Sega Saturn proof-of-concept ports such as Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII and Crash Bandicoot, has just released “another wild little project” in the form of a Saturn version of Minecraft. “Minecraft reminds me a bit of Doom,” says the developer, “It’s one of those…
Given Remedy’s preoccupation with looping stories in Alan Wake 2, it feels particularly fitting that the game now has a New Game Plus mode. Just as Alan himself is trapped experiencing the same events over and over, now you too can pretend you’re in the Dark Place by turning the year’s best horror game into…