Take a nice long look at some Paralives gameplay ahead of its early access launch next week
Paralives, originally slated for release in 2025, is now right around the corner with an early access launch slated for May 25th next week. So what better a way to whet the appetite than with a nice lengthy look at the game in action, right from making your own Sims- sorry, Paras, through to…
Hands On: It's No GunCon, But I'm Having a Blast with Time Crisis' PS5 Gyro Controls
Clock off.I’ll be brutally honest, I was a Virtua Cop guy growing up.Don’t get me wrong, I had a lot of fun playing Time Crisis in the arcade, but I didn’t actually have it at home. I had the Virtua Gun for the SEGA Saturn y’see, so a lot of my youth was spent blasting through AM2’s rails…
Kickstarter Reverts Controversial Ban On ‘NSFW’ Projects But Says Stripe ‘Can Still Suspend’ Approved Campaigns
Kickstarter's COO stated that the now-reverted NSFW guidelines were put in place due to campaigns being 'suspended by Stripe mid-funding'
Troy Baker and Austin Wintory talk becoming Indiana Jones and writing death metal polkas for Counter-Strike
The key to a great artistic collaboration? Saying yes to every wild idea.
In Love And Deepspace, Intimacy Is The Ultimate Gooner Bait
The mortifying ordeal of being biblically known.
After A Year Of Waiting, Pokémon Has Finally Released One Of Its Best Anime Episodes In English
‘Dragonite and the Special Delivery’ was originally released in 2025 in other languages
'PS5 Is for the Payers': Just 18% Think PS Plus Essential Is Good Value for Money in 2026
Tough crowd.Later this week, Sony will make some small pricing adjustments to its one-month and three-month PS Plus Essential tiers, which will see the price increase marginally for new customers.As I noted in an article overnight, I think this move is designed to make the annual subscription look…
"Celebrate The Legacy Of Zool With Taste And Restraint" - Zool Is Getting A Physical Re-Release On The Sega Mega Drive
"Developed with authentic physical presentation, considered materials and collector-level detail".Gremlin's Zool was one of the many platform games to try to muscle in on the craze kicked off by Mario and Sonic, and was reasonably successful on the home computer formats and consoles of the…
Darksiders Warmastered Edition Upgrade Is Free For Existing Owners On Xbox
PS5 players have to pay $10!Right at the tail end of March, we covered the announcement of Darksiders Warmastered Edition for Xbox Series X|S — which is out today — and it's now been revealed that existing owners will get the current-gen upgrade completely free on Xbox.Yep, THQ Nordic has…
First Silksong, Now Mina The Hollower Is Causing Other Indie Devs To Delay Their Games
Make way for Mina!Just a few weeks ago, we learned that Devolver's throwback fantasy dungeon-scroller, Dark Scrolls, would be launching on Switch on 28th May. Well, it was later announced that another hotly anticipated retro-inspired indie would be launching the very same week, so Devolver and…
Assassin's Creed: Black Flag star Matt Ryan says the term 'voice actor' is outdated: 'You see the performances in the eyes, it blows me away'
"We need to rejig the vernacular."
Subnautica 2's EULA is causing a bit of a ruckus, but Unknown Worlds say they're "looking into" the current terms
It wouldn't be Subnautica 2 if there wasn't a little bit more controversy to be found, would it? This time it comes in the form of the game's EULA which, as roughly collated by a post over on the Stop Killing Games subreddit, includes some stipulations that certainly sound a bit sketchy on the face…
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Steam Players Rejoice As Lords Of The Fallen 2 Exclusivity Deal With Epic Games Store Goes In The Trash [Update]
CI Games' CEO previously stated that Epic had been 'an incredible partner' in helping to develop Lords Of The Fallen 2
Steam Players Rejoice As Lords Of The Fallen 2 Exclusivity Deal With Epic Games Store Goes In The Trash
CI Games' CEO previously stated that Epic had been 'an incredible partner' in helping to develop Lords Of The Fallen 2
These Photos Of Old Japanese Arcades Remind Me Of What We've Lost
Coining it.Once upon a time, the arcade was where you went if you wanted to sample the very latest in video game technology and design, but those days are sadly long gone.Home gaming tech has surpassed arcades in processing power for decades, and the market for coin-ops has been shrinking with each…
Hands On: The Adventures of Elliot Fixes My Biggest Problem with Square Enix's Modern RPGs
Pace race.A lot of you reading this won't agree, but I think almost every single 'smaller' RPG that Square Enix has released over the last decade or so suffers from the same problem: bad pacing.To be fair, this isn't just a Square Enix problem. Modern gaming in general seriously struggles to tell…
Review: Mobapad M12-HD Controllers For Switch 2 - A Clear Step Above Nintendo's Joy-Con 2
Handheld fans rejoice.As much as the Switch 2 improved upon its predecessor in terms of design and comfort, it’s still plagued by Joy-Con controllers that, for me at least, feel far too dinky when held. It might be my age talking, but using the console in handheld mode has caused occasional pain…
Microsoft says it's going to 'fundamentally raise the bar' on driver quality, reliability and security across Windows
Start your engines.
Paralives looks packed with tiny features I've been desperately wanting in The Sims for years
I'm giddy for all these features I could never get from an unmodded Sims.
The Mass Effect sci-fi RPG subgenre "hasn't had a good game in a long time", says Hasbro, and it believes Exodus can change that
The boss of toy giant Hasbro believes the sci-fi role-playing game space, which famously counts BioWare's Mass Effect trilogy among it, "hasn't had a good game in a long time". Moreover he - Chris Cocks - believes Hasbro's new game Exodus will change that. Read more