It took Mars After Midnight six seconds to make me laugh. Before starting a new save file I checked the settings menu—always check the settings menu—to find only a single option with a check box: “Mirth.” Uncheck it, and Mars After Midnight’s playful squiggly text stops shaking about so much. I wouldn’t dare, to be…
Valve announced Counter-Strike 2 at the start of this year and has been running it in a limited beta ever since, swapping 1-2 maps at a time, adding isolated features, and generally withholding the full package that it unveiled yesterday. That limited rollout made it hard to get a handle on just how different it’s…
Eternal Strands, the new game from Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw’s Yellow Brick Games, is set to launch on January 28—and today Laidlaw announced that a week before that happens, a playable demo will be released to give curious gamers a taste of what it’s all about. “It’s January, so I’m pleased we can…
The key to success. Accessory maker 8BitDo is releasing another mechanical keyboard, this time based on the iconic C64. The second in the company’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard series, which includes a NES / Famicom version, which we reviewed not so long ago. It’s essentially the same deal here, just with design flourishes which mimic Commodore’s…
Use this code while you can. Pokémon Pokopia only just arrived on the Switch 2, but it’s already dishing out plenty of free goodies for trainers to claim. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Enix’s Dragon Quest is one of the most important Japanese RPGs, as it establishes many of the genre conventions that are used to this day. But it certainly wasn’t the first of its type, as Japanese gamers had been experimenting with their own ideas on computers. Before getting into its history, it’s important to define…
Hey everyone! We are happy to announce two huge pieces of news for the upcoming Street Fighter V on PS4… the return of Nash, and the online beta program! Charlie Nash has been a fan favorite character in the Street Fighter series for years and finally makes his comeback in Street Fighter V, although noticeably…
Enhanced for a new generation. Nintendo previously announced it would be rolling out free Switch 2 upgrades for select Switch titles – with improved gameplay, visual enhancements, frame rate improvements, resolution bumps and additional feature support. The Pokemon games already got updated and now the rest follow – this includes titlew from the Zelda and…
Email us at blogcast@sony.com! Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download here Welcome back! It’s a Sid and Justin show this week, and we’ve got some fun stuff to talk about: Sid has played Mortal Kombat 11, Justin is playing Kingdom Hearts III, and you — yes, you! — can play Capcom’s stunning…
As if 2023’s historic volume of gaming layoffs wasn’t enough, 2024 is starting in the exact same vein—studios including CI Games, Behaviour Interactive, and Riot Games have all let people go in January, and now it’s Microsoft’s turn. A message from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer to employees (via The Verge) says 1,900 employees are…