Hot tub streamers on Twitch continue to rise in popularity, but many are discovering that Twitch has banned the mention of hot tubs on their official channel. Mentioning hot tubs will result in the message not being posted because of “conflicts with the channel’s moderation settings.” Why did Twitch ban just one word though? The […]
THQ Nordic Has Released Unedited Gameplay Footage Of Biomutant For Hardware Comparisons
THQ Nordic has released a few unedited gameplay videos of its upcoming title Biomutant, showing people the differences between each hardware version. The release of THQ Nordic’s highly-anticipated open-world game Biomutant is just around the corner, and the publisher wants to make sure you know exactly what you’re getting with each version of the game. […]
Mass Effect Still Has The Best Opening In BioWare History
I underestimated my nostalgia for Mass Effect as I booted up the first game yesterday. Despite simply sporting a new coat of paint and several mechanical improvements in the Legendary Edition, Commander Shepard’s debut adventure somehow still carries the same weight and circumstance it did all those years ago. Upon creating my galactic hero, I’m […]
Resident Evil Village Has An Accessibility Problem
My excitement when booting up Resident Evil Village was palpable. It was one of my most anticipated games of 2021 as I’m sure it was for many of you reading this. But it had a glaring problem right off the bat that left a sour aftertaste in my mouth that, even a couple of hours […]
Nintendo Switch Has Surpassed The Lifetime Sales Of The Xbox 360
Nintendo has now sold more than 84 million Switches since the console launched in 2017 as it continues its journey up the all-time best-seller rankings. Nintendo’s numbers for the financial year ending March 31, 2021, are in and surprising pretty much nobody, they are very impressive. The Switch has now sold 84.59 million units worldwide […]
Oculus Quest 2 Now Has A Higher Quality Hand Tracking Mode
Oculus Quest 2 developers can now enable a new ‘High Frequency Hand Tracking’ mode in their apps, increasing the tracking rate from 30 Hz to 60 Hz. Facebook claims the mode increases hand tracking quality, as well as reducing its end-to-end latency by 10%. Its internal ‘Strike Team’ enabled the new mode in the Tiny […]
PlayStation Has Trademarked ‘Soho Engine’
Sony has further extended its trademark of the ‘Soho Engine’ to New Zealand and Switzerland. As spotted by Gematsu, the company had earlier trademarked the term in October 2020 for Europe. As of now, only the term ‘Soho Engine’ has been trademarked, so there really is no telling what it exactly is. It could be […]
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Has Now Outsold The Last Of Us 2
The best-selling games of the past 12 months in the US have been revealed, and the order of the entries might come as quite a shock to some people. In spite of the pandemic causing delays to game development and console availability, the video game industry has been spoiled over the past 12 months. That […]
It Takes Two Has Dethroned Outriders As Steam’s Best Seller
After two weeks of coming oh so close, It Takes Two has finally taken the number one spot away from Outriders on Steam. Four months into 2021 and new games are finally arriving thick and fast. Outriders and It Takes Two have been stealing headlines for the last few weeks, Nier Replicant and Pokemon Snap […]
The AI arms race has us on the road to Armageddon
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. It’s now a given that countries worldwide are battling for AI supremacy. To date, most of the public discussion surrounding this competition has focused on commercial gains flowing from the technology. But the AI arms race for military applications is racing […]