A reader offers his views on the Backbone One controller grip for smartphones, as he uses it to play xCloud and Game Pass online. Handheld gaming is something that I’ve always loved, but mostly I play games on Xbox. When the Switch came out I thought it was the ideal device and countless times I’ve […]
Metroid Dread devs cut from credits for not working on the game enough
Metroid Dread developers who left MercurySteam before its launch are upset and confused by their omission from the game’s credits. The long-awaited Metroid Prime 4 is still MIA, but Metroid Dread has more than made up for its absence. Coinciding with the series’ 35th anniversary, it’s easily one of the best Metroid games ever made […]
EA may end FIFA video game series as they threaten to ditch name
In shock news, EA says it is ‘reviewing its naming rights agreement with FIFA’, implying the series could be renamed as something else. Ever since EA started making football games, with 1993 Mega Drive game FIFA International Soccer, they’ve used the name of governing body the Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Given how successful the […]
Top 10 Action Games To Play Right Now
Over the years, what defines a game as the “action” category has gotten more ambiguous than ever, as many games now include aspects of multiple core genres. However, one thing remains certain – games in this category give the player a polished, exciting experience. So, what is this list all about? This isn’t a Top […]
Rhythm Of The Universe: Ionia Review – Empty Adventure
Rhythm Of The Universe’s first episode has moments of wonder, but it’s far too short and simple to make much impact. Read on for our Rhythm Of The Universe: Ionia review. For both better and worse, Rhythm Of The Universe: Ionia feels like a launch-window VR game. On the one hand, it’s so clearly in […]
AmplifAI’s data-powered people enablement platform gets a $18.5M investment
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Can artificial intelligence and data inspire employees to perform at their very best? If you ask Sean Minter, CEO and founder of the data-driven people enablement platform AmplifAI, the answer is an unequivocal yes. And as of today, the six-year-old […]
Facebook's First Glasses Pave The Way For Public AR
Ray-Ban Stories are $299 sunglasses powered by Facebook’s technology that can capture the wearer’s perspective up to 30 seconds at a time. They also take calls and stream music from your phone. When Stories are out of power or turned off they’re just a pair of regular Ray-Ban sunglasses that look pretty good on anyone. […]
Dragon Quest composer Koichi Sugiyama dead at 90
Composer Koichi Sugiyama, known for his contributions to the music of Dragon Quest, died at the age of 90, publisher Square Enix confirmed on the series’ Japanese website. Sugiyama died on Sept. 30, Square Enix said, from septic shock. Sugiyama contributed music, including the main theme, for every mainline Dragon Quest role-playing game, dating back […]
Elastic acquires continuous profiling company Optimyze to improve cloud efficiency
Elastic has announced plans to acquire Optimyze, the company behind the continuous profiling platform Prodfiler. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The news follows less than two months after Elastic, the company behind the Elasticsearch big data analytics and search engine, acquired two cloud security companies called Cmd and Build.Security. With Optimyze under its […]
Horizon Forbidden West’s Aloy Is More Dynamic And Life-Like Than Ever Before
I remember watching that extensive Horizon Forbidden West trailer that premiered during May’s Sony State of Play. There were a ton of new mechanics and equipment that made an appearance during Aloy’s intense neo-San Francisco trek. The sequel to Zero Dawn looks to be a next-gen visual milestone, and Guerrilla Games’ various designers – from […]