If you ask a gamer to name some popular shooter titles, they will tell you games like Call of Duty, Doom, Halo, Grand Theft Auto and Goldeneye. Before all of these hit the shelves, Nintendo had a vision of providing a shooter game with the new Nintendo Entertainment System launch in 1985. One of the…
I’m a fan of extraction shooters, sure, but I’ve never liked one as much as Arc Raiders. Now, Embark Studios has made the notoriously difficult sub-genre slightly easier with more forgiving death penalties, plentiful loot, and nicer lobbies, but the standout feature for me is undoubtedly the social element. I’ve encountered bloodthirsty raiders who’d fit…
We’re on week four of Fallout season 2, and what a ride it’s been so far. We’ve seen classified locations, some old-school Fallout spots, and finally found out one of Fallout’s oldest mysteries. But the episode brings something better: Deathclaws. Fans of the games have been waiting to see a Deathclaw in the series since…
Fallout 4 arrives on Switch 2 this year. Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition is on its way to the Switch 2 this year, and it might not be the only Fallout game returning in the future. This information comes from the same Windows Central report about “what to expect” from Xbox “this year, and beyond”. According…
Here’s a topic we all know and love: AI PCs. The often nebulous term refers primarily to PCs with dedicated NPUs built to perform local AI computing, which I know we in the PC gaming community are all very excited about. Ah, enough snark. It’s certainly represented a major change in the way the tech…
Sales success has motivated the team. Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles recently surpassed one million sales worldwide, and thanks to this success, future updates for the title are now being considered. This information comes from the game’s director Kazutoyo Maehiro in a press release (shared via Gematsu): Read the full article on…
The Asus ROG Xreal Micro-OLED gaming glasses are… weird. This is the conclusion I’ve drawn after spending ten minutes with them at CES 2026, so take that as you will. However, it was enough time to realise that, while on paper they seem like they might be a good idea, in practice, it’s… complicated. The…
It’ll be a little while yet before we get the Intel Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips on our test bench. However, as I’m on the ground at CES 2026, Intel gave me a chance earlier today to put the Arc B390 iGPU through its paces in a brief benchmarking session. I have to say,…
Decision apparently unrelated to recent unionisation. Ubisoft has started its new year with the closure of its Canada-based studio Ubisoft Halifax. According to a company spokesperson, more than 70 positions are impacted as part of cost-cutting and restructuring measures. Staff were informed about the closure on Wednesday. Here’s the official comment (via VGC): Read the…
Lorwyn Eclipsed is an upcoming Magic: The Gathering expansion that returns to the dual planes of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor—a pair of fairylands that used to switch pre-eminence in a 300-year cycle, in which the whimsical eternal-daylight realm of Lorwyn would trade places with the dark and spooky Shadowmoor. Now the two lands exist side by…