“We got invited just on the fact that I got a bit arsey with Nintendo. And rightly so!”. The Manchester games studio Software Creations is primarily known as the developer of games like Solstice, Plok, and a number of licensed titles based on popular films and comic books. However, what you might not know is…
Star Wars Battlefront II has grand ambitions: a deeper and more engaging online competitive mode, battles that will wage across all Star Wars film time periods, and robust new vehicle combat. But it’s the new single-player campaign that’s sure to catch the eye of series devotees, particularly in its promise to explore that shadowy period…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…
PC Gamer contributor Noah Smith declared near the end of 2023 that it was another great year for boomer shooters, but he had one request: Can we call them something else now? The answer appears to be a firm no, as “boomer shooter” has now officially taken its place as a tagged genre on Steam….
The next major system software update for PS4, version 4.00 (codenamed Shingen), will be available tomorrow. This update brings a refreshed system UI, Folder organization, updates to the Quick Menu and Share Menu, Library improvements, and much more! We detailed a number of the new features making their way to PS4 prior to the beta…
When I posted the first Dread Nautical trailer, one of the initial comments was, “that’s not pinball.” And they couldn’t have been more on point there. Over the past few years, new teams have formed at Zen, focused on making games entirely different from pinball. While we will always love pinball, we also love story-driven…
The use of generative AI, machine learning algorithms that can produce images, text, or even sound, is rapidly spread across the software industry. The likes of Photoshop and Windows, plus countless others, all now sport a simple button that claims to magically do things that we simply couldn’t do before. And now it’s the turn…
PAX West kicks off today! With publisher exhibits, panels, tournaments and more, PAX celebrates everything gaming. If you’re attending this weekend, PlayStation is bringing a small mountain of playable VR and PS4 games. The PS PAX team is set up in booths 100, 103, 109, 203, and 209 – stop by! Whether you’re gaming on…
The first update of 2024 has arrived. Although the Switch is getting on, Nintendo is still busy rolling out regular firmware updates. Following a minor update at the end of last year, it’s now released the big Version 18.0.0 update. It’s added in an extra auto-sleep option, added Korean as a supported language for potential…
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its new president is Johanna Faries, who previously spent nearly three years as the general manager of Activision’s Call of Duty franchise. Faries will replace Mike Ybarra, who unexpectedly announced his departure when Microsoft laid off 1,900 employees from its gaming division last week. In an email sent to Blizzard…