“It was a bit hurtful”. In a recent interview with VGC, Mario + Rabbids director Davide Soliani recalled the moment when the team received word from Ubisoft regarding the sales performance of 2022’s Sparks of Hope. In short, the game didn’t meet Ubisoft’s internal expectations, with CEO Yves Guillemot even mentioning that Ubisoft should have…
Before John Carmack, Tom Hall, and John Romero unleashed the blistering corridors of Wolfenstein, they cut their teeth on smaller 3-D experiments: Hovertank 3-D for DOS and the Apple II’s Catacomb 3-D, the latter running on an embryonic version of the engine that would become Carmack’s signature. Those initial outings were the scaffolding for something…
at a glance (+) SereneHyper-quiet; fantastic design; easy to install; packaging is great. (-) NightmareLow TDP; not great at cooling the Core i7-4790K; large surface area. This article was published in the October 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Impressive design, but lacks cooling capacity Noctua is…
Seven years ago, we at Zen Studios introduced CastleStorm — our most popular non-pinball video game, well… ever. And today, we’re proud to finally bring CastleStorm II to your PS4. The new game includes all the crazy cartoon carnage you loved from the original (even more!… ‘cause that’s what sequels do!), adding to the mix…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to…
There are very few times in my life that I’ve had the chance to try out something as incredible as Sennheiser’s new Orpheus headphones. It’s really difficult to describe just how good these headphones sound. That’s $55,000 sitting on my head. To appreciate the fidelity being delivered by the Orpheus’s electro-static drivers, you’ll have to…
The next free character update arrives this week. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has already got a huge cast of characters and apparently Sega might not be done just yet. Speaking to Polygon at the Brasil Game Show recently, the series producer Takashi Iizuka mentioned how DLC could potentially stretch beyond a year. It all depends on…
Earlier this week we gave everyone a first look at a section of the remastered Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune on our Twitch stream. We played it live from our pre-release copy of the Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. But no, we’re not going to stop there. Just about every week up until launch on October 9th,…
Thanks to NocturneRecomp. If you’re a fan of classic Metroidvania titles, then listen up – the Xbox Live Arcade version of Konami’s legendary Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has been statically recompiled by Marco Andronaco / birabittoh (thanks, Video Game Esoterica). Built on the ReXGlue SDK, this recompilation works on Windows and Linux and converts…
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