The Secret of Monkey Island developed by Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts) was originally released in 1990 and created by now industry legends Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, and Dave Grossman. It was a game that has lived on the hearts of many with its fantastic pirate charm. Well if you remember that fine game, you’ll be…
Category: Games July 2, 2026 Free Play Days – Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Diablo IV, Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure, and More Kyle OceanMarketing Manager, XBOX Looking for an excuse to stay in this weekend? We’ve got plenty to play with Free Play Days! Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure is available this weekend…
Time’s (not) up. “Can time not be stopped?” That’s the question Hades II asks you every time you clear a run. The stakes are bigger in Supergiant Games’ first-ever sequel: This is no longer just about family drama, it’s about a dysfunctional family defending all they have against the clutches of the Titan of Time….
The excellent and not-very-old racing game Forza Horizon 4 will disappear from Steam in just two days, so if you want it, you’d best make your move now. Luckily, “now” is a good time, because it’s currently 80% off the regular price, meaning you can snag it for just $12/£11/€14. You might naturally wonder why…
Jaz Rignall, Gary Harrod, Paul Davies, Paul Glancey and Radion Automatic are all involved. UK gamers of a certain age will no doubt fondly recall EMAP’s Mean Machines magazine. First published in 1990 after being a console-focused section in CVG, the mag would often sell hundreds of thousands of copies each month and ran for…
Uses the Saturn’s XBAND modem. One of the key people behind the excellent Shining Force III translation project is currently in the process of hacking the game so it can be played online. Knight0fdragon is responsible for bringing the whole Shining Force III saga to English-speaking audiences, as, back in the day, only the first…
Buried in a dark corner of a 2021 Krafton financial report was a mention of something called Project Windless, an adaptation of a Korean fantasy novel series called The Bird That Drinks Tears. We’ve had a few glimpses of it since then, and there’s a handful of concept art posted on developer Krafton Montreal’s website,…
There is a conflict brewing in Battlefield 6, a secret underground war spanning generations. The fledgling Zoomer Rebellion rallies its forces against the House of Battledads over a crucial resource that will decide the fate of the FPS genre for years to come: Movement mechanics. That is, if the community’s to be believed. See, during…
Nvidia and AI firm Anthropic are currently embroiled in a back-and-forth around claims the former’s chips are being smuggled into China, and the concerns that smuggling raises. Where Anthropic cites a systemic problem, Nvidia argues Anthropic is telling “tall tales”. In a recent blog post, Anthropic warned of the ‘major threat’ that is chip smuggling….
One thing which caused a little bit of confusion earlier today is how Super Mario Galaxy pointer controls will be handled for Switch Lite players. Some people thought that Switch Lite players would have to purchase additional Joy-Cons to use with the game for the pointer functionality. That’s thankfully not true. Polygon reached out to…