Talking about my generation. I’m fully aware that some people get a bit jumpy when the notion of ‘console generations’ is mentioned, but in the context of Bitmap Books’ latest tome, this kind of terminology makes sense. Leaps + Bounds: a Visual Guide to Nine Console Generations is a book dedicated to charting the various…
There’s a new mobile Monster Hunter game coming to both iOS and Android devices in Japan and it is titled Monster Hunter Riders. You will notice it looks very similar to the fun Nintendo 3DS spin-off title, Monster Hunter Stories. Pre-registration for the mobile Monster Hunter game begins now on both the App Store and…
Final Fantasy 14 isn’t the only Final Fantasy-related MMO. Its ancient ancestor, Final Fantasy 11, which released all the way back in 2002 before World of Warcraft reshaped the landscape for massively multiplayer games, is still trucking along. It’s not exactly bustling next to the likes of FF14, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, but it…
There’s a scene in Andor—the show that asks what if Star Wars read Gramsci—where the main character observes of the imperial ruling class that all you need is “a uniform, some dirty hands, and an imperial toolkit” to slip beneath the notice of the world’s most powerful people. “They’re so proud of themselves, they don’t…
Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024 coverage. I may not have mentioned this yet (I’m pretty sure I mentioned it in one of my first PC Gamer articles) but I have a law degree. That has made me love…
My housemates played The Sims over our local network back in the day, which became an issue when one of them decided to become a homewrecker. She’d wander around our shared neighborhood, flirt with everyone, start some fights, and move on. Marriages didn’t last long with her around, and pretty soon everyone’s relationship history started…
Honeycomb is the only way you’ll be able to wax your copper crafts and prevent them from oxidising in Minecraft, so knowing where to find honeycomb is pretty important. Especially if you have copper golems sorting out your base, or you’ve decorated floor to ceiling with various copper items. Luckily, it’s not too challenging to…
The hardworking Masahiro Sakurai has taken to his Famitsu column to proclaim that the Fighter Pass Vol.2 will be the final batch of downloadable content for the excellent Super Smash Bros Ultimate. He also went on to say that the characters themselves are chosen by the team at Nintendo and that he has no plans…
“It’s good to have our games reach more places”. Xbox has shifted to a new strategy where it’s now bringing more first-party IP to other platforms including Nintendo’s devices. We’ve already heard from Phil Spencer how the plan is to support the ‘Switch 2’ when it arrives, and now Xbox Game Studios’ head Craig Duncan…
As is the case with so many survivalcraft games, Palworld is great for chilling, grinding, and crafting with your pals. The human ones, I mean, but also your Chikipis and Lamballs. Basic Palworld multiplayer allows up to 4-player co-op but community servers and dedicated servers can host up to 32 players. And although there is…