If you’re playing a game on PC using an Xbox controller connected wirelessly using the Xbox Wireless Adapter dongle, and then plugging a headphone from the audio jack, have you found the audio skips and cuts out? If you’re having this issue there’s possibly one solution to the pr … | Continue reading
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"If the ideas are there and the game is fun to play, then are we really losing that much?" The post Triple-A Publishers Are Dooming Themselves, But Maybe That’s Not Such A Bad Thing appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
"Static recompilation" is "the difference between weeks of work and years of work." | Continue reading
A few days ago, I came across this tweet from antirez, author of Redis: A soccer player can have a great idea of the game tactic and strategy, the sense of her/his buddies in the field of game, but anyway to be able to kick the ball well is absolutely required. It’s the same for … | Continue reading
When you devote even one second to thinking about the premise of Tales of the Shire – a cozy, gentle… Continue reading Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game: Everything we know so far The post Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game: Everything we know so far appeared … | Continue reading
Epic Games Store’s Epic Mega Sale is back for 2024, from now until June 13. And as usual, the Steam competitor is courting PC gamers with not only great deals and discounts but also freebie games. To kick things off, Epic is offering Dragon Age Inquisition, Bioware’s last good ga … | Continue reading
Sega and Amplitude Studios are offering Endless Legend, the brilliant 4X game that’s part of the wider Endless universe, for free. Again. This is the second time this year Endless Legend is being offered for the low, low price of free. But this time, it’s less of a hassle. All yo … | Continue reading
The latest iPads are strange beasts. Beyond the cheaper base iPad, you have the iPad Air and the iPad Pro. They’re both at the top of their game. They’re more powerful than ever, and the more expensive version has processing capabilities nearly equivalent to that of a MacBook. An … | Continue reading
Acquire Corp., developer of the Octopath Traveler games amongst others, has a new self-published indie title coming out next week. And it’s called C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield. This game with its rather long title follows Vel, the commander of the Clausewitz Battalion in … | Continue reading
Industrialist and fans of factory builders and/or automation games, here’s a new flavour for your favourite treat. Indie developer Tbjbu2 revealed their next game, Chocolate Factory, and it’s exactly what the name says. But what you might not expect is that is a first-person fact … | Continue reading
Newsletters are all the rage now. In recognition of that, I blogged here two years ago about the idea of writing a solo newsletter. Since then I’ve been co-producing this one with Katherine Druckman at Reality 2.o. It’s a Substack one, so I know how that game works on the product … | Continue reading
So this is how it ends. Award-winning rhythm action game Hi-Fi Rush, played by more than 3 million players worldwide, gets one final update as developer Tango Gameworks shuts down. The update, Update 9, are minor bug fixes, mostly fixing text bugs and issues related to the first … | Continue reading
Kaiju brawler game GigaBash is getting bigger with the release of its third paid DLC pack, Godzilla: Nemesis. Godzilla: Nemesis adds two more playable characters, both being adversaries to Godzilla, King Ghidorah and Hedorah. Both characters have unique playstyles based on Godzil … | Continue reading
Reposted blinry (@blinry@chaos.social) Post details Attached: 1 image Presenting: Regexle, a wordle-like game for nerds 🤓 Guess the secret regular expression by testing strings against it! @piko and I might be two years late with this project, but here we go! :yayblob: ht … | Continue reading
Video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s proved unstoppable at both the box office and on Peacock, and its follow-up hopes to repeat that success when it arrives December 5, 2025. The release date for Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is the biggest calendar addition for a slew of u … | Continue reading
The Epic Games Store has announced that it is giving away the 2014 Game of the Year winner Dragon Age:… Continue reading Dragon Age: Inquisition GOTY edition is Epic Games Store’s free mystery game The post Dragon Age: Inquisition GOTY edition is Epic Games Store’s free mystery g … | Continue reading
Steve Nadis in Quanta: Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” would get one answer, and “Is Lima the capital of Peru?” would get another. You’d probably be a little worried about your … | Continue reading
The Division Heartland, the free-to-play The Division game has been cancelled, according to Ubisoft’s financial year 2024 earnings report. “In line with the increased selectivity of investments, Ubisoft has decided to stop development of The Division Heartland and has redeployed … | Continue reading
The Sims 4 is getting ready for summer a little bit early as it adds new swimsuits, as well as new colours for existing ones, to the base game as a free update. The update is delivered via the Sims Delivery Express, so when you boot up the game, expect to reboot it again before [ … | Continue reading
Ubisoft has unveiled the game previously referred to as Assassin’s Creed Red or Assassin’s Creed Codename Red. The game, now called Assassin’s Creed Shadows, now has a new name and a reveal trailer. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the long-anticipated AC game set in medieval Japan. T … | Continue reading
I’ve been critical of Apple’s ability to make the Mac a viable gaming platform, but credit where it’s due, getting the new Assassin’s Creed game releasing on the same day on PC, consoles, and Mac is a big win, and basically unheard | Continue reading
There's a black samurai in the new Assassin's Creed game, and it has made some people mad. You simply don't have to argue about it. The post Stop Trying To Defeat Racism With Logic appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Minecraft is a game that will seemingly be popular until the end of days, with new players still discovering it… Continue reading Minecraft celebrates 15th anniversary with a slew of free cosmetics The post Minecraft celebrates 15th anniversary with a slew of free cosmetics appea … | Continue reading
The next live-action Star Wars series, The Acolyte, arrives in less than a month—and a new video released today shares fresh footage from the much-anticipated show, with a focus on key character Master Sol, played by Emmy-winning Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae. Read more... | Continue reading
The executive producer of Riot Games’ Valorant has posted about harassment in the game via social media. Anna Donlon took… Continue reading Valorant executive producer responds to streamer’s harassment allegations The post Valorant executive producer responds to streamer’s harass … | Continue reading
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is a day-and-date launch for Xbox Game Pass on May 21. Subscribers will get it at… Continue reading Hellblade II: Senua’s Sacrifice launch times revealed The post Hellblade II: Senua’s Sacrifice launch times revealed appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Kuro Games much-anticipated gacha game, aiming to take on the likes of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail launches soon… Continue reading Wuthering Waves – Everything we know about the PC version before launch The post Wuthering Waves – Everything we know about the PC version be … | Continue reading
The Nintendo Switch Online subscription library has been expanded once again with the introduction of three classic Game Boy titles.… Continue reading Super Mario Land, Alleyway and Baseball join Nintendo Switch membership The post Super Mario Land, Alleyway and Baseball join Nin … | Continue reading
This week on AppStories, we examine iPadOS and the ways it has failed to get the basics right. Sponsored by: Concepts – Sketch, Note, Draw. Celtreos – The shoot-em-up game with tiny ships, big weapons, waves of foes, power-ups and obstacles. AppStories+ Pre-Show MacStories’ ‘Let … | Continue reading
We heard this week that Assassin’s Creed Red – the latest upcoming game in the series had finally had its… Continue reading Single-player game Assassin’s Creed Shadows will have mini Battle Passes, fans unhappy The post Single-player game Assassin’s Creed Shadows will have mini B … | Continue reading
Picture the scene, AIs have taken over the world and we are deep into a dystopian sci-fi nightmare. No, this… Continue reading Stellaris devs using AI-generated voices to voice AI characters in-game – it’s the circle of life The post Stellaris devs using AI-generated voices to vo … | Continue reading
I have spent the past couple of days making my own game covers for PS1 and SNES games to display on my Miyoo Mini Plus, so I wrote about it. | Continue reading
Jake Solomon, previously of Firaxis and the game director behind the rebooted XCOM series as well as underrated strategy-RPG Marvel’s Midnight Suns, has announced his new development studio, Midsummer Studios. And their first game will be a The Sims-esque life simulator. Solomon … | Continue reading
Digital Happiness is teaming up with publisher Soft Source Publishing to release DreadOut Remastered Collection for consoles. This collection includes the survival horror title DreadOut and DreadOut: Keepers Of The Dark. This is announced just as the original DreadOut game hits i … | Continue reading
I’d love to see a game similar to Ironsworn or Starforged, both Powered by the Apocalypse systems, set in the Fallout universe. The combination of the rich narrative of PbtA mechanics with the iconic post-apocalyptic world of Fallout could lead to a compelling and immersive role- … | Continue reading
While Xbox has been going through some structural changes at the company with layoffs aplenty, one thing remains the same… Continue reading Xbox reveals second wave of Game Pass additions for May and beyond The post Xbox reveals second wave of Game Pass additions for May and beyo … | Continue reading
We’ve known for over a year that Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge was working on a television series adaption of the popular video game and movie franchise Tomb Raider, and today we got confirmation that Amazon MGM Studios has officially greenlit the show. “Phoebe has a lifel … | Continue reading
In last week's episode of the Game Scoop podcast an idea was floated that modern computer game names are uninspiring and that better ones could be made by picking random words from existing NES titles. This felt like a fun programming challenge so I went and implemented it. Code … | Continue reading
Like all of Bethesda’s massive open-world games, Fallout 4 has a huge variety of approaches a player can take when… Continue reading The best armor in Fallout 4 for exploration, combat, stealth and early-game The post The best armor in Fallout 4 for exploration, combat, stealth a … | Continue reading
How do you make a diorama of a text adventure? | Continue reading
Helldivers 2 has sold over 12 million copies within 12 weeks of release. It is now the fastest selling PlayStation game, surpassing previous record holder God Of War Ragnarok. Helldivers 2 is also PlayStation’s biggest PC game to date. This was revealed in the financial year 2023 … | Continue reading
The debut season of Amazon’s lavish Lord of the Rings prequel, Rings of Power, played a long game to get to whole bunch of questions it left off for season two. Well, now our first look at the sophomore season is here, and at least one of those questions is being pretty resoundin … | Continue reading
It's all just a (numerical) misunderstanding The post Today In Excellent Video Game Patch Notes: ‘Xenophobic Mushrooms’ appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Apex Legends, the free-to-play game released by Electronic Arts (EA) and Respawn Entertainment in 2019 has earned the company an… Continue reading EA revealed how much Apex Legends has made and…it’s a lot The post EA revealed how much Apex Legends has made and…it’s a lot appeared … | Continue reading
Fallout 4 has had another update as Bethesda Game Studios releases next-gen update 2, bringing upgraded performance options, bug fixes,… Continue reading Fallout 4 Releases Next-Gen Update 2 The post Fallout 4 Releases Next-Gen Update 2 appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
A group of American parents is seeking to sue several video game companies, alleging their children have been harmed by… Continue reading Parents are suing these video game giants over addiction fears The post Parents are suing these video game giants over addiction fears appeare … | Continue reading
Sega and Atlus revealed some more info for its upcoming RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, the new game from Studio Zero comprised of veterans of the Persona series. Metaphor: ReFantazio is taking a page from Persona in that there’s a calendar and time system. The protagonist enlist thems … | Continue reading