I remember when Quantic Dream first introduced us to Kara back in 2012. Originally just a tech demo, the short about an erroneously sentient android begging not to be disassembled was haunting and beautiful. The tech itself was gorgeous and lifelike beyond anything I had seen before, but hearing Kara cry out, “I’m scared!” was…
Jess Kinghorn, hardware writer, amateur artist (Image credit: Future) This week: Besides levelling up my horse girls in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, I asked my best friend to draw me as one of the expeditioners in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (because that RPG really has become my entire personality). On account of my truly abysmal handwriting,…
Arrives September 28th. During Hamster’s weekly livestream earlier today, the publisher announced that it will be bringing Namco’s side-scrolling action game Finest Hour to both the Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of its ongoing Arcade Archives series (thanks Famitsu!). The arcade title will be released digitally on September 28th and will (as far as…
Sadly, it doesn’t look like controller standardisation is ever going to happen. Each of the major players have insisted on keeping their face button layouts no matter how confusing it might be. 8BitDo has just offered us another solution. Instead of being sensible and making all face buttons the same, instead it suggests we simply…
“It was really expensive to do all this s**t in those days”. When people think about The Beatles in relation to the world of games, the 2009 rhythm title The Beatles: Rock Band is usually the first thing to spring to mind — and for pretty understandable reasons. Not only was it the most successful…
Valve has announced the full roster of Steam sale dates and Next Fests for the second half of 2025, and it’s made one big change: This year’s Steam Autumn Sale is going to kick off nearly two full months earlier than it has in past years. In practical terms, the advance list of Steam sale…
“Comes complete with the Grand Upper Cut effect accessory”. Sega has announced it is teaming up with Jakks Pacific to release an action figure based on Axel from the iconic Streets of Rage series. “No-One is Safe,” reads the tweet. “Axel Stone from Streets of Rage is the ultimate solution to punk pollution. This action…
Here at PCG towers we’ve recently been unearthing a bunch of classic interview material from our publishing company Future’s decades-long history in print media. Earlier today I wrote about a 2014 interview in which the design lead on the first Elder Scrolls fondly recalled the days when Bethesda would finish a game, then the team…
Need to Know What is it? Top-down cooperative roguelite with gunslinging wizards. Release date October 17, 2023 Expect to pay $25/£21 Developer Galvanic Games Publisher Devolver Digital Reviewed on Radeon RX 6600, Ryzen 7 5700G, 32GB DDR4 RAM Link Official site Wizard with a Gun is surprisingly moody, though I imagine any wizard would be…
Last minute gift options Whether you scored an actual holiday bonus (and not a Jelly of the Month Club membership) and want to splurge on yourself or are scrambling around for last minute gift ideas, you have some digital options. Lots, actually. First, Valve’s annual Steam Winter Sale is going on now. Yes, right now….