Vulkan has landed Remember AMD’s proprietary Mantle API? It died an unceremonious death a year ago, but large bits and pieces of it were picked up by The Khronos Group, a non-profit industry consortium that promotes and develops open standard APIs. Those pieces formed the foundation of Vulkan, which itself is the next iteration of…
Roguishly handsome or handsomely roguish? Bethesda has announced that Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition will launch on the Switch 2 on 24th February 2026. The original game released back in 2015 (Jesus wept), but this new release is essentially the definitive vision for the apocalyptic adventure. You’ve got the base game, six official expansions, and a…
The 29th annual DICE Awards, honoring game makers “whose work pushed the boundaries of interactive storytelling, technical innovation,” went down last night, and you’ll never guess who took home the big prize for game of the year. I’ll give you a hint: They’re French. No, not Ubisoft, I mean Sandfall Interactive, the team behind Clair…
We have unfortunately been barrelling towards a digitised future for some time now, but Sony’s latest news that PlayStation will be fully digital by 2028 has heightened fears that players have about ownership and the inability to preserve art. The fear is so palpable that even Hideo Kojima has commented on the situation now. “Eventually,…
It’s about time—Baldur’s Gate 3 has a lovely little character creator, giving you a wide range of choices to tickle your Tav’s fancy. But there’s been a lingering curse in the game since launch day: once you leave character creation, you’re stuck that way forever. Well, with the upcoming Patch 3 arriving September 22, no…
Valve co-founder and yacht-loving billionaire Gabe Newell has given a new interview to the YouTuber Zalkar Saliev (TikTok, IG). . It’s a wide-ranging chat that covers everything from Newell’s earliest jobs to his current daily routine (“get up, work, go scuba diving“) and at one point Newell, by any metric one of the most phenomenally…
Pre-orders have gone live on the official Nintendo UK online store for the Fortnite-themed Nintendo Switch. It launches on 30th October and fans of the battle royale game can get their special edition console for £279.99. Chances are stock will sell out quickly given the holiday season is creeping up on us, so if you’re…
In late 2023, Hello Games announced Light No Fire, a grand fantasy follow-up to sci-fi hit No Man’s Sky. The reveal promised a sprawling world—literally the size of our own Earth—to make your own in a survival adventure. It was a huge promise, perhaps too much for a studio with a history of overpromising. Since…
Is Crash finally back? Crash Bandicoot hasn’t been sighted for a while now, but Crash fans think they might have spotted something that could be tied to a new game project or at least a return in some way or form. This development comes from the official Beenox social media account. Beenox, in case you…
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is available now on the Nintendo Switch via the eShop and your favourite retailer. A day one patch has been released today bringing the action-packed game to Version 1.0.1. The new update features a number of bug fixes and also adds Spanish audio. You can read the full list of…