The first several months after Nintendo released the Switch in 2017 have been described as a âgold rushâ for independent game developers. The Switchâs eShop wasnât exactly barren, but early on there was a lot of room for new releases. To put it into perspective, Nintendo announced in 2018 that around 1,000 games were added…
Iâve been writing about Appleâs newfound gaming ambitions for years now, but Iâm still waiting for the company to come to grips with what todayâs gamer actually wants. My halting enthusiasm is often tempered by what the company regularly shows off at both its private and public events. As if to put a pin on that…
Iâm feeling a strange sense of pressure as I set up my first bus route in City Bus Manager. I want to get things right for the public transportation users of this city, probably because itâs the city I actually live in. City Bus Manager uses OpenStreetMap (OSM) data to populate its maps, so I…
Now in its third year, the Access-Ability Summer Showcase is back to redress the lack of meaningful accessibility information across the ongoing video game showcase season. As we see progress broadly slow down, itâs also a timely reminder of the good work thatâs still happening in pursuit of greater accessibility in gaming.âAt a time where…
Media caption, England beat West Indies to complete ODI series clean sweep – highlightsFfion WynneBBC Sport journalist at TauntonCharlotte Edwards was tasked with rebuilding England after a brutal Ashes drubbing which resulted in heavy criticism of the team’s attitude, culture and on-field performances. The legendary former captain has started her era as head coach with…
Practical Magic 2 is beginning to cast its next generation. The Backrooms movie adaptation may have found some serious stars. Fear Street: Prom Queenâs director talks killer inspirations. Plus, whatâs coming on Lazarus. Spoilers now! Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Oscar winner Kieran Culkin is the latest star to join the Hunger Games prequelâs expansive cast. The Hollywood…
In usual Nintendo fashion, the Switch 2 isnât making online play easier to access; itâs making it stranger by far. GameChat, the online video chat functionality for Switch 2, lets you stream your friendsâ gameplay and friendsâ faces to your own game system while you play. Nintendo is devoting a hefty amount of system power…
Finnish studio Remedy is best known for its single-player action games, like the survival horror of Alan Wake and the supernatural thriller Control. With FBC: Firebreak, the developer is going in a different direction. Itâs the studioâs first multiplayer release: a three-player co-op shooter set in the universe of Control. But while it wonât have…
A busy week of gaming news continues. One day after Epicâs State of Unreal showcase, and just ahead of the Nintendo Switch 2 launch (and Summer Game Fest Live and the Xbox Games Showcase) Sony got in on the action with its latest State of Play stream, which was surprise-announced just a day ahead of…
After a long wait filled with leaks, reveals, preorder stress, and hands-on events, the Nintendo Switch 2âs launch day has finally arrived around the world, including launch events at retailers like Walmart, GameStop, Best Buy, and Target.Nintendoâs next console looks like a worthy successor to the original Switch, and it has a lot of games…
Nintendo is entering a new era. While most everyone associates the company with video games, for the last few years the brand behind Mario has been steadily expanding itself into something much larger.âI think people view Nintendo as a gaming company, but we have always thought of ourselves as an entertainment company,â Nintendoâs senior managing…
Microsoft and Asus have just announced two ROG Xbox Ally devices that include a new full-screen Xbox experience for handhelds. After promising to combine âthe best of Xbox and Windows togetherâ for handhelds earlier this year, Microsoft is now revealing exactly how it is overhauling the Xbox app, Game Bar, and Windows itself to better…
Microsoft and Asus have been working together over the past year to create not one, but two new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. Both of these Xbox Ally devices, part of the Project Kennan effort I reported on earlier this year, include a new full-screen Xbox experience on Windows thatâs designed to be more handheld-friendly and…
I donât want gaming to become another streaming subscription service that keeps going up in price. I donât want to put even more power in Nvidiaâs hands, particularly not right now.But I canât deny that the companyâs $20-a-month* GeForce Now is a near-perfect fit for the Steam Deck. Iâve been covering cloud gaming for 15…
Nintendo did not offer a price for its Switch 2 during its hour-long showcase. Instead, customers found out through the grapevine that the console would cost $450. But for many, the real eye-watering surprise was the price of launch title Mario Kart World at $80. Itâs the most Nintendo has ever asked customers to pay,…
Tom GerkenTechnology reporterNintendoNintendo has been the talk of the gaming world this week after it finally unveiled details of the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, the sequel to the third-best selling console ever made.Despite excitement over its upcoming launch in June, fan conversations have been dominated by one topic – the price of its games.The console…
The official unveiling of the Switch 2 was an incredibly confident moment for Nintendo. It was brief and lacking almost entirely in details. There was no price, no release date, and no confirmed games outside of a Mario Kart tease. The 2 in the name implied a bigger and better Switch, but when it came…
Search for âSimCity 4â on YouTube, and youâll see players constructing multilevel highway interchanges and intricate railroad networks, or maybe even a swooping flyby of a sprawling metropolis. None of these features came with the original game, which was released just after the turn of the millennium. Theyâve been developed slowly and painstakingly over the…
One of Sonyâs best-ever PlayStation ads is a 21-second video titled, âOfficial PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video.â Itâs a âstep-by-stepâ guide about how to lend your PS4 games to your friends. It has one step: one person hands another person a game box.The ad succinctly clowns on Microsoftâs original and convoluted game sharing policy for…
Before the countdown to the Switch 2 direct officially ends April 2nd, Nintendo has some games to get off its plate before we can begin the companyâs next generation feast. Nintendo will host a 30-minute Direct showcase featuring games that will keep the vanilla Switch warm in the twilight of its last days as Nintendoâs…
This week, on April 4th, Microsoft turns 50 years old. The company has gone through sweeping changes over that time â from two guys in New Mexico to more than a quarter-million employees worldwide, from making text-based operating systems to holographic video games â but through the decades, itâs remained a foundation of the tech…
Alex KebleFootball tactics writerHome games against the low blocks of nations ranked 65th and 140th in the world are always going to be a bit of a slog.The Premier League intensity Thomas Tuchel hopes to implement won’t happen overnight, nor will it happen in draining matches against ultra-defensive opposition.But while England’s competent if unspectacular wins…
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer warned in November that the mythical Xbox handheld is a few years away and only at the prototype stage right now. But if you read the headlines this week, you might think itâs actually arriving later this year.A new report from Windows Central claims that âXboxâs new hardware plans begin…
The Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering that brings thousands of game developers to San Francisco, has just wrapped up. While most of the event is about networking and interesting talks about game design and technology, there were also a bunch of unreleased indie games that we got to check out. Yes, much of video…
Steam Next Fest is going on until March 3rd, and Iâve spent a considerable amount of time wading through a seemingly endless carousel of games, filling up my Steam Deckâs internal and external memory looking for the Good Shitâ˘. Iâve landed on four standout game demos that are worth your time now and whenever their…