As a console interloper hailing from the PlayStation side of the tracks, I have a soft spot for controller rumble and haptics. It would appear I’m in good company, as a wild Sony patent exploring a fresh avenue for tactile feedback right there in your gamepad has just been published. The patent in question concerns…
Love is in the air. Having trouble deciding who to romance in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma? Well fear not, as Marvelous has a solution for you — timeline and world hopping (thanks Siliconera!). No, we’re not joking; the official Rune Factory PR account announced that you can date and marry multiple different characters in…
And the pre-installed Densha de GO!: Going Round in Yamanote Line. As you’ve probably been able to tell from the abundance of news articles lately, the feature phone preservation community has been extremely active in recent months, dumping a ton of old Japanese mobile titles that were previously believed to be lost to time. Because…
It’s been nearly four years since Nvidia’s original GeForce RTX 3060 first launched and despite the extra technology advancements brought in by the Ada Lovelace architecture, the evergreen mid-range card is still a popular choice. And now it looks like third-party vendors will keep on churning out new RTX 3060 models, with lower prices, thanks…
Leaked confession As consumers, we’ve always been told that data caps exist for our own good. Just think, without them, Internet users who consume a lot of data with reckless abandon will congest the network and the rest of us will suffer because of it. Oh no! We certainly don’t want that to happen, right?…
Side-talkin’ for two decades. Nokia’s N-Gage is now 20 years old. Released in 2003, the device was seen as a rival to the Game Boy Advance. Boasting powerful hardware and the ability to make phone calls, send text messages and access the internet, many predicted that it would steal away market share from Nintendo thanks…
With just a month to go until Pragmata launches on PlayStation 5 on April 17, I had the chance to spend a few hours trying out the game at a recent press event. Diana’s hacking abilities and Hugh’s arsenal This hands-on preview was set in the New York-like cityscape shown during February’s State of Play,…
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is retiring, effective immediately. The company boss that sought to lead the company’s resurgence in the ever challenging chip market has stepped down and a permanent successor has yet to be found. “Leading Intel has been the honor of my lifetime—this group of people is among the best and the brightest…
Developer Iron Gate Studios released Valheim into early access almost exactly five years ago, and the finish line may finally now be in sight: work on the survival game’s final biome is underway and the launch on PlayStation and Switch 2 is planned for 2026. While there’s been no official word, I wouldn’t be surprised…
We’re long past the days of assuming the Steam Deck can comfortably handle the new big-budget action game of the moment, but here’s a nice surprise: Valve’s handheld is not a bad way to play Onimusha: Way of the Sword. It’s not quite the optimization darling that Resident Evil Requiem was earlier this year, but…