You can’t throw a stone without hitting a new city builder these days. They come in all flavours, sizes, scopes, and genres. How do you stand out? Is it by adding novel mechanics that go well with the classic setup? Or by refining and improving what we already know? Fabledom seems to think the answer […]

As Mario's fame grew throughout the 1980s, Sega knew it needed a major mascot of its own if it was ever going to compete with Nintendo. Sega would go on to nail that assignment, creating Sonic. However, the hedgehog was only chosen because his opposing finalist in an internal contest to design a new mascot […]

The house that Mark Zuckerberg built is losing mega bucks. The company formerly known as Facebook was rebranded to Meta a couple years ago to reflect Zuckerberg's passion in the metaverse concept and the company's shift in focus to building VR products and experiences, but this shift has been hugely expensive. CNBC reports that Meta […]

Overwatch 2 has announced that it's further clamping down on cheaters and abusive communication with its new Defense Matrix Initiative, which will involve monitoring voice chat and punishing players who associate with hackers. As reported by VG247, Blizzard will punish those who frequently team up with cheaters, even if they themselves are not using any […]

The Resident Evil 4 remake appears to be adding new enemies that are based on cut concepts from the original game, such as the goat-head-wearing villager and the "Female Zealot". As pointed out by AestheticGamer on Twitter, the Resident Evil 4 remake appears to be adding new enemies based on cut concepts from the original […]

You'd be forgiven for thinking Among Us launched in 2020 as that's when just about everyone started playing it. The hit game had actually been around for two years at that point, and while its renewed popularity during the pandemic was largely welcomed by Innersloth, it did also land them in hot water for violating […]

It's now February as 2023 continues to whizz by, and in video game terms that usually means a couple of things. That the launch slate is about to get very busy, and Nintendo is probably planning a Direct. Although nothing official has been announced just yet, it now seems very likely that the first Direct […]

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware announcements. The company’s revived interest in the VR/AR […]

Quick Links Activating Launch Tubes Finding Dallas' RIG Sending Out An SOS Launch Day If you've been following along with our Dead Space (remake) coverage across the site's full walkthrough, you've just sent a massive space-beast out into the stars. Good riddance. In true 'new chapter' fashion, that means Chapter Seven: Into the Void opens […]

Hi-Fi Rush, the new Xbox title that has frequently been compared to PS2 games, is bizarrely unavailable on last-gen consoles. Technically, it is. You can play Hi-Fi Rush on Xbox One (or your iPhone, for that matter) via cloud streaming. But for a game where exact timing and rhythmic button presses are required, playing a […]