Prepare for Monster Hunter Stories 3 on March 13 with a recap of the RPG series so far

Bluepoint tech boss suggests Sony’s scared of Valve, not Microsoft, and that’s why it’s pulling back from PC: ‘It would be quite ironic if Valve ultimately ended up winning the console war’

Our six-year stint of feeling very smug about getting pretty much every game on PC (excluding Nintendo, which will forever be Nintendo about it) came to an end last week, when a report from Bloomberg said that Sony has decided to pull back from its strategy of releasing its console exclusives—after a suitable delay—on PC….

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Asus thinks ‘high-end brand value and high-end product mix’ will help it weather the memory crisis alongside AI

The memory crisis appears to be hitting almost everyone, from PC gamers to PC suppliers, but Asus doesn’t seem too worried. Addressing concerns in its latest financial earnings report, Asus reckons it is uniquely positioned to survive it. Opening the topic, Asus CFO Nick Wu says, “I would like to briefly add that as investors…

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Ever complained about Overwatch matchmaking? There’s a chance Jeff Kaplan checked your account and all he has to say is: ‘There’s gotta be winners and there’s gotta be losers’

Matchmaking in Overwatch, the boulder to my Sisyphus. This is something that haunts me and every other poor sod still clambering to get out of Elo-hell. It may at times seem like a horrid place to be but ex-Overwatch boss Jeff Kaplan still assures players that it was the best it could be. “The matchmaking…

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