I’m sure we all get that sudden, seemingly random urge to boot up Minecraft every now and then. And like any game as intensely moddable as the venerable voxel sandbox, each revisit is bound to become further divorced from the intended experience than the last. But here’s something really different: as if to explore the…
We learned last week that the realm of Fortnite, the real ‘everything app,’ will be expanding its borders even further through the adoption of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill—specifically an “unfilmed scene” entitled The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge. A colorful videogame filled with cartoonish characters struck me as an odd thing to mash up with Tarantino’s…
The ZX Spectrum is easily one of the most iconic PCs of all time, and it’s fondly remembered by British gamers as a 1980s powerhouse. Although long gone, it’s far from forgotten, as can be gathered from this Lego Ideas project. Made by lem.designs, the project is a faithful replica of the ZX Sinclair, all…
Ricksy business. We are back with another look at the Japanese physical software sales chart, courtesy of Famitsu, and we can’t even be surprised by this week’s champion. Kirby has proven his absolute dominance in the region once again, with Kirby Air Riders getting off the start line in style with a sweet 195,594 sales…
Captain Wayne – Vacation Desperation is a funky, offbeat shooter made in the Doom engine that I’ve been looking forward to since trying it’s demo over two and a half years ago. Its launch has come with an added pleasant surprise as well: The full game, including a campaign and endless horde mode, is available…
“Rainbow Six Siege has Steam achievements” may not immediately strike you as the most interesting news ever, but it is interesting for one simple reason: It took 10 years—an entire decade—to happen. The big news was announced in a very low-key fashion: “We are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Rainbow…
The Final Masterpiece. Well, here’s a welcome surprise! Hot off the back of Silent Hill 2 and Cronos: The New Dawn, Bloober Team has shared with us the next project that it’s working on for Switch 2, and it’s none other than an all-new Layers of Fear package. Layers of Fear: Final Masterpiece Edition will…
Dell revealed that we’ve fallen behind schedule on Windows 10 to Windows 11 upgrades. Cue the surprised gasps, folks. In its most recent Q3 earnings call, Dell revealed that the Windows 11 transition is still underway, and it’s actually a lot slower than the shift to Windows 10 was back in the day. Dell’s COO…
Rory Norris, Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: teaming up with players in Arc Raiders, and blasting the mean ones. This week I’ve been: clearing out my stash and filling it up just as quickly by engaging in more PvP, and now I’m thinking I’m the bad guy. Arc Raiders already has…
Have I ever mentioned that I, for one, welcome our new LLM overlords? No? Well, now I have and with that sentiment of self-serving surrender comes news from the researchers at MIT. They have a new way to measure how AI is going to impact the labour market, you see, and this “Iceberg Index” now…