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There is no such thing as a free lunch. Or, so the saying goes, but I’m pretty sure the ham sandwich I had at my friend’s house when I…

Well, the time has finally come. After releasing almost a decade ago, The Long Dark finally wraps things up today with today’s release of Wintermute’s fifth and final episode,…

Pros Cloud streaming brings games to you without a console Stream your own games across multiple tiers Huge catalog of games Cons Games leave the service monthly Day 1 releases…

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies – the much-anticipated espionage RPG from some of the developers behind Disco Elysuim – finally has a release date. It launches for PC on 21st…

While It: Welcome to Derry season 2 was already exciting, the Stephen King show’s period setting means it can finally lean into one trope that the movies and season 1…

A capacious and speedy power bank is a tech essential in my book for keeping all your stuff charged, be it a phone, headphones or a handheld games console such…

It feels like we’ve, or at least, I’ve been waiting ages for Super Meat Boy 3D to finally materialise. I don’t know, apparently the game was only announced in the…

Seattle-based VR developer Polyarc Games has announced company-wide layoffs, though the number of affected workers was not disclosed. Polyarc, known for the adventure-puzzle game Moss, stated it was unable to…

If you thought the ASUS Crosshair Hero motherboards were as extreme as it gets, the latest ultra high-end motherboard from ASUS takes things to another level. The ROG Crosshair X870E…

Eidos Montreal, developers of the most recent two Deus Ex entries, have laid off 124 staff. At the same time, they’ve announced that they’re “parting ways” with veteran studio head…

A Middle-of-the Pack Game That Would Benefit from Varied Cats For my sins, I am an enjoyer of hidden object games, and I try to play them all on the…

When James and I published our impressions of anime racer Screamer the other week, I mentioned I was keen to give its online races a go once it’d pulled out…

Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 finally gave Matt Murdock a red suit far more in line with the comic books than what we’d seen on Netflix. However, it was still…

I currently spend more of my time playing games on my PlayStation Portal than I do on my actual PlayStation 5. I’m sure that wasn’t Sony’s end goal with the…

Play your cards right in JokerJack There’s a moment in JokerJack where you realise this isn’t really about Blackjack anymore. What starts as a familiar game of 21 quickly spirals…

Some people like to ease into the week, as though dipping toes into a frigid northern sea, and some people Monday Hard by wrapping their arms around an iceberg. Are…

SHAUN PRESCOTT, AUSTRALIAN EDITOR (Image credit: Future) This week: In addition to playing through Super Meat Boy 3D, Shaun is also playing the new game by the creators of Chasm,…

Mark it in your calendars, Xbox Games Showcase 2026 has been confirmed for June 7, 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK. Right now, we don’t know exactly what’s…

The Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL first launched back in mid-2024 as a more affordable alternative to the Swiss brand’s all-conquering G915 TKL. It retained enough of the fundamentals – solid…

At Sidelines, we get “The Best of Both Worlds” with writers like these and readers like you. This week, there was a nice balance of the past and the future…

Microsoft recently revealed that Xbox Project Helix would be its next-gen gaming console and that it would play both PC and Xbox games, however, previous leaks tipped a rather high…

Much of the time, using social media is like fondling a wasp’s nest, but sometimes, sometimes, social media is Nice. For example, Firaxis narrative director Cat Manning recently started a…

It’s safe to say Crimson Desert is a success with 3 million copies sold (so far) and substantial patches coming in hot. But it’s hard to fix a narrative and…

Can We Kill The Raid Boss BEFORE It Releases? – YouTube Watch On Nothing is more of a tease than dangling an upcoming raid boss in front of players a…

Amazon’s Spring Sale rumbles on, and in its final days in the ‘States, it’s knocked a staggering 37% off one of the beefier processors in AMD’s current lineup – the…

It’s been almost two years since E-Day was first revealed, and developer The Coalition has been very quiet on the game since. In June though, we’ll get a proper deep…

Pixelberry Studios, the developer of the hugely-successful episodic Choices mobile series, has allegedly laid off staff. Though the studio has not made any public statements at the time of writing,…

The Xbox Store finally has a feature that PS5 users have been enjoying via the PlayStation Store for a while. In terms of features, design, sales, and more, both the…

An ancient, work-in-progress version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV has reportedly been discovered on an Xbox 360 development kit at a car boot sale, somewhere up Edinburgh way. Dating…