Firstly, Atari is to acquire AtariAge, which you could call a retro forum though that would vastly undersell what it is: over time this has grown into the best repository for everything Atari (as well as some other companies), both hardware and software, as well as being a major publisher for homebrew software....
Over the weekend, following the game's full release, it hit a peak of 330,723 concurrent players. That's bigger than Skyrim's 287,411 concurrent player record, though still a way behind Fallout 4, which has a concurrent Steam player count of 472,962
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games for September will be NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., Star Ocean The Divine Force, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 and Unpacking.
So a user on Reddit (ed: u/Yoraxx ) posted on the Starfield subreddit that there was a problem in Starfield when running the game on an AMD Radeon GPU. The issue is very simple, the game just won't render a star in any solar system when you are at the dayside of a moon or even any planetary object. The issue only occurs on AMD...
Corden made the claim in the latest edition of his podcast, The Xbox Two Podcast, in a broader conversation about the pros of established studios sticking to the development blueprint that made their games so special versus the cons of taking risks and innovating, only for it to instantly crash and burn....
Blizzard says it's taking "big steps" to discourage cheating, and has banned over 250,000 players since Overwatch 2 launched as part of its "zero-tolerance policy toward cheating and botting"....
Voice and motion capture actor Neil Newbon, known to fans of Baldur's Gate 3 as Astarion, is streaming a co-op let's play of Baldur's Gate 3 alongside friend and horror writer-director Tom de Ville. As they stream they laugh along to the game, and yeah, Newbon does The Astarion Voice a lot when he's in control of, you know, the...
Diablo 4, Path of Exile, and the rest of the ARPG genre has competition in the mega-ambitious Last Epoch, built by its Reddit community and heading towards 1.0....
Saturnalia, the acclaimed survival horror from MirrorMoon EP developer Santa Ragione, is shaking off the shackles of Epic Games Store exclusivity and coming to Steam this October - and ahead of its launch, a 40-minute demo is now available on Valve's platform....
Handheld gaming device specialist Ayaneo has finalized its highly anticipated RGB keyboard-packing portable device. On its Discord channel, the firm confirms the Ayaneo Slide is now in trial production....
Our review of the ASUS ROG Ally (with Z1 Extreme) handheld gaming PC tests it primarily against the Steam Deck, including gaming performance, frametimes, thermals, acoustics, battery life and charging, noise samples, and impressions of hardware and software. This is a showcase review for us -- it's detailed, but a fun excuse for...
Huge thanks to Bethesda for trusting me to be goofy in your world and for letting me make whatever I want. Once again I was tasked with making a four minute animation and we wound up going way overboard. Yet again it's my most detailed animation yet. Excited to dive into Starfield and you can too!
Sheldon was a trailblazer in the Magic community, helping to shape the judge program from its earliest days and serving as a level 5 competitive Magic judge until retiring from the program in 2011. A prolific writer and content creator, he shared his insights and expertise through articles, videos, and podcasts....
Today, 2K announced that NBA 2K24, the latest iteration of the top-rated NBA video game simulation series, is now available worldwide on PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch family of systems, and PC. Players can experience the past, present, and future of hoops culture with...
This easter egg is nestled in Act 1 of the game and highlighted by Reddit user Sapowski_Casts_Quen. They discovered that Auntie Ethel, everyone's favourite hag and charming lass, may actually owe their name to a specific bit of Dungeons and Dragons writing....
Focus Entertainment and Dream Powered Games are thrilled to announce that Warstride Challenges v1.0 is now available on PC, as well as on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series! The high-octane fast-FPS in which you blast demons in satisfying one-minute massacres has left early access after over a year of continuous improvement. The...
One of the best of the many first-person puzzlers that followed in Portal's wake, The Talos Principle offered what felt like a complete experience. The possibility space of its puzzles—tools that you'd move around to overcome environmental obstacles—was thoroughly explored. And its story—a kind of meditation on the nature...
Over the summer, a new Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 story trailer revealed even more Venom and Symbiote action. Now, thanks to some new character posters from Insomniac Games, we get another look at Venom and others like Kraven and Lizard.
Several days ago, ahead of the global launch of Starfield, Intel released its new Arc GPU driver, which resolved a lot of game-breaking bugs within Bethesda's new hit title. While the new driver set addresses various issues, some PC players using an Intel Arc GPU are still reporting some crashing issues within Starfield....
Speaking on X/Twitter, Necro Felipe, Universo Nintendo editor-in-chief who correctly revealed information regarding Nintendo products and games in the past before the official announcements, revealed that, according to their sources, the new console will be ray tracing capable and will come with 12 GB of RAM, which is a big step...
Speaking to lead designer Violet McVinnie at Gamescom, it's clear where the inspiration for the game has come from. McVinnie used to work for both BioWare, on the Mass Effect series, and Codemasters, known for its driving games. Resister, then, is Burnout meets Mass Effect....
At the start of the week, the Hero Pass was added to the MMORPG, which Jagex previously described as an "always-on reward system". However, the reaction from players was overwhelmingly negative, in particular for pay-to-win options like purchasing Underworld Emblems or levels in the Hero Pass. This is in addition to other...
The Steam Deck has kick-started a wave of handhelds from some of the big names in PC gaming. Asus has its Windows-powered ROG Ally, Lenovo just announced its own Legion Go handheld PC, and Logitech released a cloud-focused handheld. AMD has been quietly arming an entire new wave of Steam Deck competitors, and that got me...
The day has come. We are super happy to announce public beta testing for the iOS port of ScummVM in the store. Yes, you read it right! Since Lars Sundström, aka lman, joined our team as the iOS porter, we have made significant progress. Thus, you no longer need to compile ScummVM yourself in order to add it to your iOS or...
Some would say the best way to wind down after a rough day down the Content Reactors isn’t to play a grotty occult horror game, but I caught a trailer for Tenebris Somnia earlier, and couldn’t help myself. In this foetid offering from Argentinian devs Andrés Borghi and Tobías Rusjan of Saibot Studios, you play a young...
Islands of Insight, the upcoming puzzle game published by Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive, is making its first playable debut as a free Steam download. You’ll have a bit of time to try Islands of Insight out, but it will vanish just as soon as it appeared, so make sure you act fast....
Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe just shared his old music, some of which you'll find in-game, and said a few tracks could make it to Haunted Chocolatier....
Ed Boon is a video game programmer, voice actor, and director best known as the co-creator of the iconic Mortal Kombat fighting game series. His latest game,...
The latest iteration of Konami's free-to-play successor to Pro Evolution Soccer, eFootball 2024, is live now. It introduces a new season and a slew of baffling bonus unlockables and currencies to celebrate, but the real draw is that they've continued to try to improve its football simulation after the abysmal launch of eFootball...
IGN spoke with Creatures' Senior Creative Director Yasunori Yanagisawa about Detective Pikachu Returns, including how players can jump around in the main story, why the sequel took so many years to come out, and why Detective Pikachu is like a grumpy, middle-aged man.
One of the most succinct yet exciting announcements from last year’s D23 Expo was Gargoyles Remastered, a modernized facelift of the classic (and challenging) side-scrolling Sega Genesis title based on the popular ‘90s cartoon. A new trailer revealed the game’s new presentation and an October release date....
The owner of E3, the video game industry's most important annual showcase, has confirmed it currently has no organiser or location to hold the show in 2024....
Following YouTube’s pushes into music, television, gaming livestreams, and podcasts, the service has now begun public testing of its “Playables” initiative, which adds games to YouTube....
Absolutely, but video game designers actually amplify the issue by making so much useless shit able to be picked up and adding so many mechanics into a game, where as TTRPGs are often more focused. Starfield (or any bethesda game really) has hundreds of useless items that people can sell, random loot drops, and resources for multiple forms of crafting. It's a fantasy future where we could just let folks "teleport" to a private satellite storage facility or something similar to a bag of holding. Instead we just make gamers focus on inventory management which I doubt anyone finds "fun".
I think there's a delicate balance and I don't think we've hit it. I would love to see some data about how much time people spend doing inventory maintenance in the course of common RPGs. It's one of those modern things like making expansive worlds without fast travel that just feels unnecessary.
Absolutely, but you still have to learn that and it's still work. Early on I had no idea how many credits "a lot". Their defense/damage system is arguably unnecessarily complex in a way that adds to this. Do I need more corrosion protection, radiation, airborne, or thermal? Does it even matter?
Even with some of the advances, it still like an artificial problem that doesn't actually make the game any better. It doesn't really add any difficulty or challenge, and it's certainly not "fun". There's still a lot of streamlining they could do.
In the special video message issued today, September 7, Miyamoto recalled when Martinet made his debut as the voice of Mario in 1996’s seminal 3D platformer, Super Mario 64, his penchant for calling the Nintendo legend “papa!”, as well as the many trips the pair had taken together promoting Mario and Nintendo across the...
Atari acquires massive Atari archive (AtariAge) after revealing a 'new' 2600 that takes cartridges (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
Firstly, Atari is to acquire AtariAge, which you could call a retro forum though that would vastly undersell what it is: over time this has grown into the best repository for everything Atari (as well as some other companies), both hardware and software, as well as being a major publisher for homebrew software....
Mario Kart Tour updates end next month (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Smartphone racer Mario Kart Tour will receive its final content update next month on 4th October, Nintendo has announced....
Starfield overtakes Skyrim with concurrent Steam players (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Over the weekend, following the game's full release, it hit a peak of 330,723 concurrent players. That's bigger than Skyrim's 287,411 concurrent player record, though still a way behind Fallout 4, which has a concurrent Steam player count of 472,962
[Rumor] Next batch of PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games leaked, following subscription price hike (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games for September will be NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., Star Ocean The Divine Force, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 and Unpacking.
Starfield Is Seemingly Missing Entire Stars (the local 'sun') When Running On AMD Radeon GPUs (wccftech.com) angielski
So a user on Reddit (ed: u/Yoraxx ) posted on the Starfield subreddit that there was a problem in Starfield when running the game on an AMD Radeon GPU. The issue is very simple, the game just won't render a star in any solar system when you are at the dayside of a moon or even any planetary object. The issue only occurs on AMD...
[Rumor] Mass Effect 4 will ditch an open world and return to its "classic format", insider teases (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Corden made the claim in the latest edition of his podcast, The Xbox Two Podcast, in a broader conversation about the pros of established studios sticking to the development blueprint that made their games so special versus the cons of taking risks and innovating, only for it to instantly crash and burn....
Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World's servers have been damaged by a fire at its Prague office (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
A fire has destroyed part of the offices of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl developer GSC Game World....
Tomorrow's Immortals of Aveum Update 3 Fixes DLSS 3 Issues, Improves PS5/Xbox Series Upscaling and More (wccftech.com) angielski
Ascendant Studios and EA have detailed tomorrow's Immortals of Aveum update 3 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S....
Overwatch 2 has banned 250,000+ cheaters since launch (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Blizzard says it's taking "big steps" to discourage cheating, and has banned over 250,000 players since Overwatch 2 launched as part of its "zero-tolerance policy toward cheating and botting"....
Astarion's voice actor (Neil Newbon) is doing a let's play of Baldur's Gate 3 (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
Voice and motion capture actor Neil Newbon, known to fans of Baldur's Gate 3 as Astarion, is streaming a co-op let's play of Baldur's Gate 3 alongside friend and horror writer-director Tom de Ville. As they stream they laugh along to the game, and yeah, Newbon does The Astarion Voice a lot when he's in control of, you know, the...
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition has been revealed by Singapore's rating board (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Singapore's rating board, the IMDA, has rated an unannounced version of Horizon Forbidden West....
Last Epoch - Meet Diablo 4 and Path of Exile's biggest rival, an ARPG designed and built by Redditors (www.pcgamesn.com) angielski
Diablo 4, Path of Exile, and the rest of the ARPG genre has competition in the mega-ambitious Last Epoch, built by its Reddit community and heading towards 1.0....
Blumhouse Games hires horror game specialist Louise Blain (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Journalist and radio host Louise Blain has joined Blumhouse Games as its creative lead....
Psychedelic survival horror Saturnalia now has a 40-minute demo on Steam (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Saturnalia, the acclaimed survival horror from MirrorMoon EP developer Santa Ragione, is shaking off the shackles of Epic Games Store exclusivity and coming to Steam this October - and ahead of its launch, a 40-minute demo is now available on Valve's platform....
AMD Phoenix-Powered PC Handheld With RGB Keyboard Is a Step Closer to Launch (www.tomshardware.com) angielski
Handheld gaming device specialist Ayaneo has finalized its highly anticipated RGB keyboard-packing portable device. On its Discord channel, the firm confirms the Ayaneo Slide is now in trial production....
ASUS ROG Ally Deep-Dive Review: Thermals, Gaming, Power, SD Card, & More vs. Steam Deck (youtu.be) angielski
Our review of the ASUS ROG Ally (with Z1 Extreme) handheld gaming PC tests it primarily against the Steam Deck, including gaming performance, frametimes, thermals, acoustics, battery life and charging, noise samples, and impressions of hardware and software. This is a showcase review for us -- it's detailed, but a fun excuse for...
Starfield from the NPC's Perspective (youtu.be) angielski
Huge thanks to Bethesda for trusting me to be goofy in your world and for letting me make whatever I want. Once again I was tasked with making a four minute animation and we wound up going way overboard. Yet again it's my most detailed animation yet. Excited to dive into Starfield and you can too!
Sheldon Menery, Magic Great, Passes (magic.wizards.com) angielski
Sheldon was a trailblazer in the Magic community, helping to shape the judge program from its earliest days and serving as a level 5 competitive Magic judge until retiring from the program in 2011. A prolific writer and content creator, he shared his insights and expertise through articles, videos, and podcasts....
See You on the Court: NBA 2K24 Now Available Worldwide (www.techpowerup.com) angielski
Today, 2K announced that NBA 2K24, the latest iteration of the top-rated NBA video game simulation series, is now available worldwide on PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch family of systems, and PC. Players can experience the past, present, and future of hoops culture with...
Baldur's Gate 3 players discover easter egg for classic DnD fans (www.vg247.com) angielski
This easter egg is nestled in Act 1 of the game and highlighted by Reddit user Sapowski_Casts_Quen. They discovered that Auntie Ethel, everyone's favourite hag and charming lass, may actually owe their name to a specific bit of Dungeons and Dragons writing....
Warstride Challenges Out Now on PC & Consoles (www.techpowerup.com) angielski
Focus Entertainment and Dream Powered Games are thrilled to announce that Warstride Challenges v1.0 is now available on PC, as well as on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series! The high-octane fast-FPS in which you blast demons in satisfying one-minute massacres has left early access after over a year of continuous improvement. The...
The Talos Principle didn't need a sequel, but now that I've seen it in action I'm glad that it's getting one (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
One of the best of the many first-person puzzlers that followed in Portal's wake, The Talos Principle offered what felt like a complete experience. The possibility space of its puzzles—tools that you'd move around to overcome environmental obstacles—was thoroughly explored. And its story—a kind of meditation on the nature...
Insomniac Releases Best Look Yet At Lizard, Kraven, And Venom In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (www.gameinformer.com) angielski
Over the summer, a new Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 story trailer revealed even more Venom and Symbiote action. Now, thanks to some new character posters from Insomniac Games, we get another look at Venom and others like Kraven and Lizard.
Ghostrunner 2 Preview - More Ghost and More Running (wccftech.com) angielski
Recently, we were able to go hands-on with Ghostrunner 2. The sequel is faster, bigger, and offers more options to kill than the original....
Bethesda Support: Intel ARC GPUs (A770) Don't Meet Starfield's Minimum System Requirements (wccftech.com) angielski
Several days ago, ahead of the global launch of Starfield, Intel released its new Arc GPU driver, which resolved a lot of game-breaking bugs within Bethesda's new hit title. While the new driver set addresses various issues, some PC players using an Intel Arc GPU are still reporting some crashing issues within Starfield....
[Rumor] Nintendo Switch 2 Will Come With 12 GB RAM, Ray Tracing Capabilities; Unreal Engine 5 Demo Ran With DLSS 3.1 (wccftech.com) angielski
Speaking on X/Twitter, Necro Felipe, Universo Nintendo editor-in-chief who correctly revealed information regarding Nintendo products and games in the past before the official announcements, revealed that, according to their sources, the new console will be ray tracing capable and will come with 12 GB of RAM, which is a big step...
Resistor is an incredibly ambitious CaRPG that's Burnout meets Mass Effect (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Speaking to lead designer Violet McVinnie at Gamescom, it's clear where the inspiration for the game has come from. McVinnie used to work for both BioWare, on the Mass Effect series, and Codemasters, known for its driving games. Resister, then, is Burnout meets Mass Effect....
RuneScape rolls back controversial pay-to-win Hero Pass in new update (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
At the start of the week, the Hero Pass was added to the MMORPG, which Jagex previously described as an "always-on reward system". However, the reaction from players was overwhelmingly negative, in particular for pay-to-win options like purchasing Underworld Emblems or levels in the Hero Pass. This is in addition to other...
Rust adds attack helicopters, homing missiles to blow up attack helicopters, parachutes to escape exploding attack helicopters (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
The new Rust update makes life in the sky a lot more interesting....
Where is Microsoft’s handheld Xbox? (www.theverge.com) angielski
The Steam Deck has kick-started a wave of handhelds from some of the big names in PC gaming. Asus has its Windows-powered ROG Ally, Lenovo just announced its own Legion Go handheld PC, and Logitech released a cloud-focused handheld. AMD has been quietly arming an entire new wave of Steam Deck competitors, and that got me...
ScummVM iOS public beta (corteximplant.com) angielski
The day has come. We are super happy to announce public beta testing for the iOS port of ScummVM in the store. Yes, you read it right! Since Lars Sundström, aka lman, joined our team as the iOS porter, we have made significant progress. Thus, you no longer need to compile ScummVM yourself in order to add it to your iOS or...
Tenebris Somnia is an 8-bit horror adventure with a flashy twist (www.rockpapershotgun.com) angielski
Some would say the best way to wind down after a rough day down the Content Reactors isn’t to play a grotty occult horror game, but I caught a trailer for Tenebris Somnia earlier, and couldn’t help myself. In this foetid offering from Argentinian devs Andrés Borghi and Tobías Rusjan of Saibot Studios, you play a young...
You can play the Dead by Daylight devs' new puzzle game right now, but not for long (www.pcgamesn.com) angielski
Islands of Insight, the upcoming puzzle game published by Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive, is making its first playable debut as a free Steam download. You’ll have a bit of time to try Islands of Insight out, but it will vanish just as soon as it appeared, so make sure you act fast....
Stardew Valley creator shares old music, says it may be in new game (www.pcgamesn.com) angielski
Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe just shared his old music, some of which you'll find in-game, and said a few tracks could make it to Haunted Chocolatier....
Hammerwatch 2 is just the right micro-RPG for the moment (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
There are some great 30 minute dungeon runs in your future if you've got tolerance for—or enjoy—old school tropes....
Mortal Kombat Co-Creator Ed Boon Feels Toasty While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones (youtu.be) angielski
Ed Boon is a video game programmer, voice actor, and director best known as the co-creator of the iconic Mortal Kombat fighting game series. His latest game,...
eFootball 2024 is live with updated team rosters and new animations (www.rockpapershotgun.com) angielski
The latest iteration of Konami's free-to-play successor to Pro Evolution Soccer, eFootball 2024, is live now. It introduces a new season and a slew of baffling bonus unlockables and currencies to celebrate, but the real draw is that they've continued to try to improve its football simulation after the abysmal launch of eFootball...
Detective Pikachu Returns Interview: How the Pokémon Spin-Off Is a Mystery Novel in Video Game Form (www.ign.com) angielski
IGN spoke with Creatures' Senior Creative Director Yasunori Yanagisawa about Detective Pikachu Returns, including how players can jump around in the main story, why the sequel took so many years to come out, and why Detective Pikachu is like a grumpy, middle-aged man.
The Stone Breaks On Gargoyles Remastered Next Month (www.gameinformer.com) angielski
One of the most succinct yet exciting announcements from last year’s D23 Expo was Gargoyles Remastered, a modernized facelift of the classic (and challenging) side-scrolling Sega Genesis title based on the popular ‘90s cartoon. A new trailer revealed the game’s new presentation and an October release date....
E3 2024 in doubt, as organiser exits and location abandoned (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
The owner of E3, the video game industry's most important annual showcase, has confirmed it currently has no organiser or location to hold the show in 2024....
YouTube begins public testing of 'Playables' gaming effort (9to5google.com) angielski
Following YouTube’s pushes into music, television, gaming livestreams, and podcasts, the service has now begun public testing of its “Playables” initiative, which adds games to YouTube....
Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 Revive Age-Old RPG Debate About Encumbrance - IGN (www.ign.com) angielski
It’s a debate as old as role-playing games themselves: should players have to deal with encumbrance?...
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto Issues Heartfelt Thanks to Former Voice of Mario, Charles Martinet - IGN (www.ign.com) angielski
In the special video message issued today, September 7, Miyamoto recalled when Martinet made his debut as the voice of Mario in 1996’s seminal 3D platformer, Super Mario 64, his penchant for calling the Nintendo legend “papa!”, as well as the many trips the pair had taken together promoting Mario and Nintendo across the...