We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info GTA Online summer update is just a few days from launching. The Los Santos Tuners […]
Weekend Hot Topic, part 2: Classic games you don’t get
Readers discuss games they’ve always wanted to get into but never managed to enjoy, from Monster Hunter to Horizon Zero Dawn. The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was inspired by Futterman, who asked if there are any games or franchises that you’ve tried to play but you just couldn’t get into? What exactly was […]
Steam Deck just made consoles obsolete and good riddance to them
A reader is very enthusiastic about Valve’s new Steam Deck portable and hopes that it will sound the death knell for consoles. I’ve been a PC gamer for around 10 years now. Like most people I started out with a console, the N64 in my case, and for a long time was very happy with […]
Pokemon Go Fest 2021 date, start time, schedule, tickets and Collection Challenge
We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Niantic is getting ready to host the latest Pokemon Go Fest for 2021. Pokemon Go […]
Oath Is One Of The Strangest (And Best) Board Games Of The Year
When we speak of games, genres and playstyles become an easy shorthand to relay information; if you enjoy this game, you’ll probably like this other game that is like it. That can be a powerful way to communicate recommendations, but it can also be a dangerous crutch when encountering something new. That’s the case with […]
DeepMind open-sources AlphaFold 2 for protein structure predictions
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. DeepMind this week open-sourced AlphaFold 2, its AI system that predicts the shape of proteins, to accompany the publication of a paper in the journal Nature. With the codebase now available, DeepMind says it hopes to broaden access for researchers and organizations in […]
Fortnite update: Epic Games promising big change in next Fortnite update
We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info We don’t have a set date or time for when the next Fortnite patch will […]
Brushwork VR Offers Free Browser-based WebXR Painting
A new app called Brushwork VR offers a way for users to simulate painting on a canvas in VR with any headset that supports immersive WebXR browser experiences. The experience can be launched from your headset at BrushworkVR.com and should work on any WebXR-support headset browser, including Quest 2 and many PC VR headsets. It’s […]
Rainbow Six Extraction Delayed To 2022
In October 2020, Rainbow Six Extraction (originally called Rainbow Six Quarantine) was pushed back due to COVID-19. Now the upcoming co-op experience is getting a new release window alongside the new name by being hit one with more pushback. Ubisoft has confirmed that Rainbow Six Extraction is delayed until 2022. The Ubisoft Extraction team took […]
Over 60s play 400+ hours of video games a year – GTA and COD amongst favourites
A survey has found that over 60s spend almost as much time playing video games as teenagers, with many saying it’s become their main hobby. Things are a lot better now than they used to be, but it doesn’t take much for mainstream media to fall back on the old cliché about video games only […]