Gaming software

Nostalgia can sometimes be a dangerous thing. As I dive into Switch Sports, I have almost visceral visions of Christmas 2006, with my usually non-gamer parents brandishing Wii Remotes as they took another literal swing at Wii Sports tennis with dangerously full bellies. As vivid as those Wii Sports memories …

The Bugsnax Cinnasnail, as you may guess from their name (and definitely from their appearance), is a heady combination of a snail and a tasty iced cinnamon bun, which means they’re both very slow and very sticky. You’ll find them milling around in the Sugarpine Forest, and catching a Bugsnax …

The best Bloodhunt archetypes and classes are very much dependent on how you play Vampire The Masquerade, with each of their abilities serving different roles and being the best in different situations. It’s also worth mentioning that no archetype is so good that it clearly outclasses all other options – …

The wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong is so infamous that other games are now referencing it. Well, one game, to be precise. Earlier this week, a brand new indie adventure-exploration game called Haiku, the Robot (opens in new tab) launched on PC and Nintendo Switch. Within the game, one Hollow …

Share prices appear to suggest that financial analysts don’t think Microsoft will complete its purchase Activision-Blizzard. As pointed out by Bloomberg (opens in new tab), Microsoft has already agreed to pay $95 per share of the company in the deal, which was announced earlier this year. Back then, the Activision-Blizzard’s …

It’s golden hour at Ilios, and I’ve never seen it like this before. The low-hanging sun bathes the whitewashed buildings in a soft orange hue, the ancient ruins seem to emit their own glow of light – and I’m interrupted from admiring them by an Orisa spear through my gut. …

Fortnite Tanks are handy vehicles to get hold of, as they’re armed to the teeth and capable of delivering an explosive blast to anyone or anything that stands in your way. Delivered to the Fortnite island by the Imagined Order to strengthen their defences, these Titan tanks can destroy multiple …

Sims 4 fans are seeing the game’s strange Ring Ring Girl everywhere. Maxis recently released a new patch for the fourth instalment of its long-running social simulation series. Among the various changes and fixes was an update to the game’s main menu that confused some Sims 4 fans and horrified …

A new Elden Ring update has restored Malenia’s lifesteal ability to working as intended. Earlier today, Elden Ring update 1.04.1 was pushed live on all platforms. Chief among the changes was a note about the Malenia, Blade of Miquella boss encounter, namely that the new patch had fixed an issue …

A Rocket League rival could be coming from 2K Games, if a new report is to be believed. The report comes from Exputer (opens in new tab), which claims that the publisher is specifically developing a new game to target the Rocket League audience. This game, apparently called “Gravity Goal,” …