Don’t be jelly. Back in 1995, just as the gaming world was moving into the 32-bit realm with the PlayStation and Saturn, Ocean released Jelly Boy on the SNES and Game Boy. Developed by Probe and only released in Europe, this platformer placed the player in the role of a transforming jelly bean. A Genesis…
Bloomberg is reporting today that Nintendo has apparently decided against big new mobile gaming projects after disappointing results financially from the crowded market. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said this month that “We are not necessarily looking to continue releasing many new applications for the mobile market.” While other companies mobile games were blooming during the…
Dapophet Pods are a handy type of fruit that can be used to heal yourself to full health if you get into a scrape in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. You can only carry a very limited amount to start off with, though you can increase this by investing skill points into the Survivor tree later…
With so many titles available to play on the iPhone, there’s always a chance there are games you simply just missed out on. Mega addictive hits the likes of “Angry Birds” and “Candy Crush” don’t make it any easier to try new games either. Check out this list to find out what thumb-crunchers passed you…
Whether you’re hoping to find a bit of a helping hand, or you’d really just like to make sure you win your daily Wordle, we’ve got something here for you. Get yourself in the right frame of mind with our general tips and tricks, move onto our hint for the January 5 (1926) game if…
A spiritual successor 2017’s Shadows of Adam. Back in 1986, Sega released Quartet in arcades. A moderate success, it took its title from the fact that up to four players could take part, and would later be ported to the Master System (minus the four-player option) and other home formats (on a side note, the…
World of Warcraft senior game director Ion Hazzikostas recently warned players that add-ons and mods that predict or help players respond to things happening in combat will be disabled in the future. We caught up with him in a far-ranging interview to find out what, specifically, would be affected and why. “You have your quest…
Howdy! I just wanted to take a second to give you all a Heads up that you may want to put your Phones Down for this Edition of Xbox Wire – because Heads Up! Phones Down Edition is available today! What is Heads Up! Phones Down Edition? Heads Up! Phones Down Edition is an adaptation…
Remember when a computer meant something that used traditional, familiar algorithms? Ah, simple times. Now we not only have machine learning—aka, supposed “artificial intelligence”—but also quantum computing, which uses microwaves to get qubits to do wacky and seemingly impossible things. Regarding the latter kinds of computers, though, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang reckons we’re quite far…
A guide to interpreting game settings PC gamers have been fiddling with graphics settings since the dawn of time, but it takes a special kind of know-how to understand what each of those settings actually does. It doesn’t help that there aren’t any standard naming conventions, which means that options like “model” and “object” quality…