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Articles 2 years ago
VR Is Becoming a Luxury – It Shouldn’t Be
VR was going to be the next big thing, but it has never happened. Cost became prohibitive, “must-have” software is limited. And with the announcement of the Meta Quest Pro, it seems the best is becoming increasingly out of reach. This is not good. This tech isn’t cheap, and the Quest Pro is not aimed at your average gamer. But it’s not a good look for an area of the industry that has been on the edge of greatness for…
Articles 2 years ago
This Way Madness Lies Trailer
Zeboyd Games, the creators of Cosmic Star Heroine and Cthulhu Saves Christmas, have a new game coming soon to PC. The game is called This Way Madness Lies. Check out the trailer below and then please come back here for our thoughts on the game. This Way Madness Lies is coming out on STEAM on November 10th. It will cost $9.99 (USD). The game a turn-based jrpg by the creators of Cosmic Star Heroine and Cthulhu Saves Christmas! We liked…
Articles 2 years ago
Simpsons Hit & Run Shows Problem with Apu
It’s one of the most requested remasters today – and yet The Simpson’s Hit & Run remains mysteriously absent from the modern gaming scene. Playing it for the first time in almost 15 years reveals why. It must be, at least partly, because of Apu. Yes, PS2 achievements are here, and The Simpsons Hit & Run was one of the first games I booted up to revisit. In many ways it stands up. Hit & Run was the children’s alternative…
News 2 years ago
FIFA 23 Ultimate Team Overview
It’s another year and that means another FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) is ready to be put together. All that card collecting you loved to do as a kid now has a purpose, as you open packs of virtual cards to attempt and create the best FUT team possible. I’ve been at the game for about two weeks now, and have immensely enjoyed my time with FUT. What’s changed? Let’s take a look! The biggest change you will see this year…
Articles 2 years ago
What’s Going On With Overwatch 2?
New free-to-play games must put their best foot forward to compete with the big boys. Overwatch 2 is simply not doing that. A good friend of mine is a huge Blizzard fan, but had managed to miss Overwatch. He is exactly the target audience for a free-to-play re-release. Remove the barrier of entry and he had downloaded it within minutes. And yet his experience so far has been so poor as to put him off completely. When he is in…
Articles 2 years ago
RIP Stadia – We Hardly Knew Ye
Stadia is dead. Google will refund the cost of hardware, games and DLC, and by January 18th the service will be completely wound down. I know what you’re thinking: wasn’t it already closed down? And that is the tragedy of Stadia. Because it wasn’t a bad idea. Like OnLive wasn’t a bad idea, or PlayStation Now. But they held such a strange position in the industry that they would never be able to find success. Why play something via the…
Articles, News 2 years ago
Skull and Bones delayed again by Ubisoft
For the fifth time in it’s development cycle, Skull and Bones has yet again been delayed by Ubisoft. The game is now posed to launch on March 9th, 2023 on Xbox Series, Playstation 5 and PC. An Open Beta will be held ahead of the game’s worldwide launch to ensure players get a firsthand look at the dangerous world of Skull and Bones. Players will have the opportunity to discover the game’s unique take on the piracy fantasy, its gritty…
Articles 2 years ago
RTX is Reviving Your Favourite Games
Just look at this picture of Portal. Just… look at it. Finally – an official way of bringing these games into the modern era, and it’s shocking how well it works. And even more exciting, this will be part of a free tool which modders will be able to use to make other previously unmoddable games look just as good. I’m skeptical of just how well that will work – the proof is in the pudding – but for now…
Articles 2 years ago
What’s New With the Activision Purchase?
Nine months ago Microsoft announced it was purchasing Activision. Here we are, in September, and things seem hardly any closer. There’s plenty of drama, and not much else it seems. So just what’s happening with this acquisition, and are we any closer to understanding what it means? There’s no doubt about it that plenty of work will be going on behind the scenes, and we’re getting the occasional snippet of that work too. But now the acquisition has hit a…
Articles 2 years ago
Xbox Doesn’t Have a Japanese Problem
It’s age-old, and muttered in concerned tones whenever the topic gets brought up: Xbox just doesn’t do well in Japan. This week, Microsoft proved that chestnut wrong. There was an inevitability about this topic, thanks partly to Sony’s massive success in the PS3 era and the Xbox One’s lack of success in the east last generation. Now that is changing. Thanks to hard work behind the scenes and the addition of the Series S, Xbox is on its way to…