Today, December 3 – Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) held the PlayStation Partner Awards Japan/Asia to celebrate some of the best PlayStation 5 titles that debuted through the year, made by creators in Japan and Asia. Read on for a rundown of all the games that received awards at this event. For the 2025 PlayStation Partner…
The Blue Bomber is Mega Man’s nickname – but that iconic color is only one of many in his arsenal. Diehard fans know that the intrepid little robot can steal enemies’ powers and become every color of the rainbow in the process. Today we’re excited to reveal vivid, gorgeous new artwork by Udon Entertainment showcasing…
Let the games begin Gigabyte is tapping into NVIDIA’s newest mobile Maxwell GPUs to power its P55K, a 15.6-inch notebook that’s the first of a new generation of “powerful gaming laptops.” In this instance, Gigabyte chose the GeForce GTX 965M with 2GB of GDDR5 video memory. Combined with the other parts, including an Intel Core…
Surviving Mars: Relaunched is an unusual remaster, though this is not particularly clear at a glance. Remasters tend to fall into two categories: gussied up classics that take advantage of technological improvements, new consoles and a new audience, or cynical attempts at double dipping. Surviving Mars comfortably slots into the first group, but given the…
Lunar landing. Switch 2 is tantalisingly close – at least, more details about Switch 2 are tantalisingly close, with the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct coming on 2nd April. We’re hoping for a date, a price, a huge slate of games, the works! But even with all the info and excitement, there’s a good chance the…
When you’ve been playing Rainbow Six Siege as long as I have, it’s hard not to reflexively snarl at your first round of Dual Front: a new permanent, 6v6 mode coming in Year 10 Season 2. In development for years as part of Siege X, the tactical FPS’s “not quite a sequel” refresh coinciding with…
“A sort of ‘all-in-one’ cosmos where you feel comfortable as a video gamer”. Retroplace co-founder Christian Corre Let’s not mince words here; classic games are serious business. A few years ago, it was possible to make real bargains when hunting for games from bygone eras; nowadays, everyone and their dog seems to think that their…
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“For me, in a way, he’s the best music teacher there is”. I first heard Nobuo Uematsu’s music in 1997, when I was only five. To give you some background, I was standing in the hallway of my childhood home when my older brothers excitedly darted down the stairs, about to head to the nearest…
It is rare that I sit down and write one of these ‘CEO has spoken’ articles with a charitable mind, mostly because I have this irritating habit of punching up, but also because they are, typically, a little divorced from reality. Like the head of Amazon Games saying videogames don’t really have voice acting, or…