In 2025, Commodore was bought by retro YouTuber Chris “Peri Fractic” Simpson, who re-assembled some key execs and went into the hardware business. The main result so far has been the Commodore 64 Ultimate, the slimline 64C, and a line of merch including, er, a backpack holster? Until last month, that is, when Commodore unveiled…
Including “Performance” and “Quality” modes. Square Enix recently announced it would be releasing DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition for the Switch 2 this September. The official game site has already revealed certain information about this version of the game, and now it’s been updated again with the resolution…
As spotted by Japan’s IT Media News, a paper presented at Purdue University’s MFS Cultural AI Conference called AI Fiction in the Wild performed a fascinating study of half a million anonymous English-language ChatGPT-user conversations using WildChat, and found some real oddities. Well, one in particular. The study’s purpose was to analyze the significant number…
“We would like to continue exploring a variety of possibilities”. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has reiterated in a recent (and now translated) shareholders meeting how the Japanese firm will continue to “create opportunities” for people to experience Nintendo’s past with “initiatives” such as Switch Online. This was tied to a question asking about Nintendo’s views…
“Sony licensing couldn’t get their act together about the royalty terms”. Sony almost crammed a PlayStation inside a DualShock controller, it has been revealed. The unreleased hardware was shown off by former Sony and DMA Design staffer Brian ‘Biscuit’ Watson at an event hosted at The Retro Collective museum in the UK (thanks, GamesRadar). Read…
“The biggest moment in Commodore’s modern history”. Much has been said about Commodore International’s upcoming Callback 8020 “dumbphone”, but, according to the revived company, the device has already become its most successful product. “In just three days, Callback matched the first month’s sales of the Commodore 64 Ultimate,” says Commodore on social media. Read the…
Anytime you’re talking about the hottest game on Steam, there’s an evergreen unspoken caveat: ‘after Counter-Strike, of course.’ CS2 is unquestionably Steam’s killer app—it has well over a million concurrent players as I write this according to SteamDB, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. But don’t count out the game it once absorbed…
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…
A new Fallout 4 mod, Double Feature, is the fourth collaboration by modders Kinggath and co. with Elder Scrolls icon Wes Johnson—the man behind characters like Molag Bal, Sheogorath, and a whole lot more—as well as Fallout actors Jan Johns and Leer Leary. It’s part of Kinggath’s annual modding for charity project, which led to…
A tasty snack. There are so many leverless controllers on the market at this point, yet few come quite as small as the Snack Box Micro from Junkfood Arcades. This no-nonsense controller is a delightful option for you if you’re after something simple, stylish, and easily portable for all of your fighting game needs. Weighing…