If you’ve ever watched a game trailer in Europe, you’ve almost certainly heard Richard Wells’ voice. He is, in his own words, “the guy who says ‘PEGI 18’ on all of your video games,” which is to say he’s the smooth baritone that lets you know a game’s age rating right before its trailer plays;…
It was a long 12-year stretch between Dead Island—the one with the famous reveal trailer—and the sequel, Dead Island 2, which wasn’t particularly great but still managed to become “the biggest launch” in Deep Silver’s history. That much of a break between games isn’t ideal, although in hindsight it was clearly the right move: Former…
A Switch 2 version of Wilds is now in development. Back in June, Capcom officially confirmed Monster Hunter Wilds was in development for the Switch 2. Although there have been no updates about the release just yet, it’s also currently preparing to release the “massive expansion” Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance in 2027. Read the full…
Completing the Survival Directive contract comes immediately after you finish Introducing: NuCaloric and unlock the foodie faction in Marathon. This is the first contract that you actually do for them and it’ll give you a decent chunk of faction rep so you can start unlocking some of their best upgrades—I recommend the ones that give…
Back in December, San Bernadino county employee Salihin Kondoker was shot three times during the attack, and managed to survive. She, too, was assigned an iPhone by the county, but reportedly didn’t use it for personal communication. Now her husband, Anies Kondoker, is speaking out in the FBI versus Apple dispute, taking the company’s side…
News has recently emerged from The Pokemon Company that the Pokemon Global Link service will be closing on the 25th of February next year. The Pokemon Global Link service has been operating for over nine years and servicing such games as Pokemon Sun & Moon. This move means that players of those games and others…
I ain’t afraid of no ghost. After being announced for Switch earlier this year, publisher and developer Illfonic has now revealed the Switch eShop page for Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed – Ecto Edition which confirms that the creepy co-op ghost-hunter will be heading our way later this week on 19th October. The game originally launched on…
With the expected launch of Intel’s Meteor Lake architecture being just around the corner, benchmark scores are getting leaked left, right, and centre. A 3DMark Time Spy test for a Core 7 Ultra 155H puts it slightly faster than AMD’s Ryzen Z1 Extreme, which is used in lots of handheld gaming devices. Given that they…
“Get ready for a whole new ball game”. Last weekend, Nintendo held a special ‘Global Jam’ for the Switch 2 exclusive, Drag x Drive. This game is described as “the next generation” of 3-on-3 sports, where you use the mouse controls to speed around the court, and flick your wrists to perform tricks and shoot…
Dracula Hunter was the work of the Japanese developer Teknon Kogyo. A developer named Arlasoft has just announced it has recreated the “lost” 1979 arcade game Dracula Hunter from the Japanese developer Teknon Kogyo, for modern PCs. If you haven’t heard of Dracula Hunter before, we certainly won’t blame you, as we hadn’t heard of…