“I didn’t think about games as a career at all”. Shintaro Kanaoya has had one of the most remarkable careers you could possibly hope for. Born in Japan in the 1970s, he and his family relocated to the United Kingdom when he was still a baby, yet connections back home set him up as the…
This is the biggest season yet in the world of EA Sports. Whether you’re a veteran of the games or if you just love sports and want another way to express your fandom, this year’s lineup will offer something for everyone. From introducing all new ways to team up and play with friends to reinvented…
While I’ve carved through the ratman masses by the thousands in Vermintide, Total War, and other Warhammer-licensed games over the years, I’ve always been charmed by the Skaven. Maybe it’s that their villainy—borne out of the cannibalistic pressures of the clanrat’s innumerable gnawing peers and his proximity to radioactive hell-rocks—has a more material logic than…
The playtest was extended to Switch 2 in July. Another patent has been published for the Switch Online Playtest Program, which was extended to Switch 2 users in July. According to Nintendo Patents Watch on Bluesky, the patent was originally filed in Japan in April last year and in the US in April 2025. The…
At PlayStation, we strive to provide the best place to play. And with the holiday shopping season in full swing, we have the perfect item for those of you with PS4 on your shopping list. Starting today, we have a new PS4 bundle that will include a 500GB PS4 system and your choice of one…
World’s top PC maker installed software that left customers susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks It’s not too often that Lenovo gets dinged for making a bad decision. After all, Lenovo is the top supplier of PCs in the world, and it didn’t get there through a series of mishaps. Nevertheless, Lenovo has come under fire for…
Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek, who left the company in 2017 and whose credits include the Half-Life 2 episodes, Portal, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, has taken aim at Epic over the latest round of swingeing layoffs imposed by the company. Over 1000 people are out of a job, while…
Wi-Fi signal strength has always been a temperamental beast. One minute it’s a full five bars, yet merely taking a short walk into a different room can cause it to fall to a miserable one bar of stuttering frustration. However, devices using the new “HaLow” 802.11ah standard have just been demonstrated working at an astonishing…
At the far reaches of space lies a mysterious yet oddly familiar alien world … filled with cute creatures, hidden surprises and larger-than-life fun. Clear a landing zone, because the Pikmin 3 Deluxe game is headed to the Nintendo Switch family of systems on Oct. 30. Pikmin 3 originally launched on Wii U, and now…
Japanese Nintendo centric magazine Nintendo Dream is teasing an announcement of a new game for the Nintendo Switch system in the next edition of the magazine. The magazine states that it’s a game “that everyone will enjoy.” It should be noted that it is the Mario series 35th anniversary next month and there have been…