AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 9060 XT is meant to be about accessible gaming performance when it arrives, probably within a few weeks. But if a couple of listings that currently appear on Amazon (via Videocardz) are anything to go by, we may have to adjust expectations. The 8 GB variant of the GPU is listed…
You might think you know what you’re getting from a title featuring the world’s most iconic heroes. But following Marvel’s Avengers showing at Gamescom 2019 it’s time to think again; these are unique and original versions of the characters with new powers, new abilities and, crucially for the wider storyline, a world that sees them…
If you’re a fan of 1990s disaster movies, you’ll know all about the potential damage that an undetected asteroid could wreak if it impacted Earth. While finding massive metallic rocks in space is relatively easy, asteroids that are just ten metres in size are far harder to spot. A team of physicists at MIT, however,…
As ardent fans of Fumito Ueda’s past games can attest, the audio component of his projects – both sound and music – play a vital role in immersing the player in a rich fantasy world. Many gamers who hear the theme from the 13th boss in Shadow of the Colossus, for example, will immediately recall…
Here we go again. Rumours of the Switch successor are hotting up by the day, though Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa seems keen to challenge the accuracy of the claims (thanks, Nintendo Everything). In a recent financial call, the contents of which were written up on the Japanese site Mainichi, Furukawa dug into some of the…
We seriously dug 2022’s headbanging shooter Metal: Hellsinger, and that rhythm based FPS just got some love from its boomer shooter brethren by way of a free DLC featuring nine tracks from Andrew Hulshult’s excellent Dusk soundtrack. A musical DLC is a much bigger deal than it might sound given Metal: Hellsinger’s rhythm-based gameplay. Similar…
When my manager told me I had to put down Disgaea 5 to start looking into some new tactical RPG called Grand Kingdom, I told him “No.” Turns out that doesn’t fly (Who knew?). I sidled over to our localization team and asked for a build of this game on PS4 and PS Vita, and…
Turning the page. Pen & Sword Books imprint White Owl is preparing to launch two new video game-themed books this month. The Dreamcast Encyclopedia is the fifth book from acclaimed journalist and Hookshot Media contributor Chris Scullion, who has previously penned similar tomes on the catalogues of the NES, SNES, Mega Drive and N64. Read…
A gaming TikTok creator claims they flew over to Edinburgh, Scotland to demand answers regarding GTA 6 from random Rockstar North employees outside of the studio’s offices in the Scottish capital. It looks like it was a wasted trip, unsurprisingly. The TikTok video was spotted on X by Gameroll (cheers, VideoGamer), and it does indeed…
Die-hard Windows XP fans rejoice, your footwear of choice has arrived. Microsoft has launched special anniversary edition Windows XP-themed Crocs. Yes, that’s Crocs as in the famously ugly foam clogs. And, yes, these special edition versions have been plastered liberally with an XP-inspired colourway. That, of course, means they’ve been fitted up with the iconic…