2022’s Horizon Forbidden West is one of the most technically accomplished games produced for PS5, and today it gets a full release on PC with the Complete Edition that aims to add in new features and scale gracefully across a wide range of CPU and GPU hardware. Porting specialists Nixxes created this new edition of […]
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Today’s Connections hint and answer on 23rd May for 347
Instead of thinking about the Throwback Thursday post you might do, you should check the Connections answer for today, 23rd May. If you haven’t played it before, Connections challenges you to sort a group of 16 words into four groups where all of the words are well… connected. This connection could come from them sharing […]
Game of the Week: Play WarioWare, it’s what Danny DeVito would want
There’s a lot of good stuff out this week. For starters, Indika looks weird and fascinating, while Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the latest from the geniuses at Simogo, promises to tie my brain into bows for the next few months: more on that game soon. Either of these would be an ideal game of […]
Pac-Man getting the Picross treatment in Namco Legendary Edition for Switch
Sublime grid-filling puzzle series Picross is returning to Switch this month for another retro-themed collaboration, developer Jupiter this time teaming up with Bandai Namco to release Picross S: Namco Legendary Edition on 30th May. Much like 2021’s Picross S: Mega Drive & Master System Edition, Namco Legendary Edition takes Picross’ beloved puzzle action […]
Fallout 4’s next-gen upgrade: bugged on Series X/S, disappointing on PS5 and PC
In the wake of the massive success of the Fallout TV series, Fallout 4 has received a free next-gen upgrade for PC, PS5 and Series X/S that aims to bring the nine-year-old game up to modern standards. The prospect of native PS5 and Series games is tantalising but unfortunately the update arrives with a number […]
The big Larian interview: Swen Vincke on industry woes, optimism, and life after Baldur’s Gate 3
“Greed has been fucking this whole thing up for so long, since I started,” said Swen Vincke, founder and head of Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian, while collecting Game Developers’ Choice award for Best Narrative last week. “I’ve been fighting publishers my entire life and I keep on seeing the same, same, same mistakes over, […]
Elden Ring Caria Manor walkthrough
The Caria Manor in Elden Ring is a location in northern Liurnia. It’s the home of the Royal Knight Loretta, one of the optional bosses in Elden Ring, but one you’ll need to defeat if you want to get one of Elden Ring’s alternate endings and reach the Three Sisters area of the map. First, […]
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door – Is the drop to 30fps justified by the visual upgrades?
A beloved GameCube classic from 2004, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door has been deemed worthy of a new release on Nintendo Switch a full 20 years later. Original developer Intelligent Systems is at the helm here, substantially reworking its visuals, rearranging its soundtrack and adding a suite of bonus extras via a new gallery […]
Call of Duty 2024’s likely teaser site sets the mood by blindfolding Mount Rushmore
A new year means a new Call of Duty, meaning Activision Blizzard is going to have to get around to unveiling it at some point. Reports are suggesting that ‘some point’ will almost certainly be during Microsoft’s Xbox showcase this June, but before then, the first teaser has seemingly now been spotted in an […]
Final Fantasy 14’s long-awaited Xbox version has black screens and an overactive chat filter
Final Fantasy 14 has finally arrived on Xbox Series X/S consoles more than a decade after the MMO’s relaunch in 2013, joining players on PC and two generations of PlayStation consoles. With an ever-expanding free trial and plenty of positive buzz, how does the game fare on Microsoft’s current-gen consoles ahead of a big graphical […]