Some believe that when you die, that’s it. Lights out. Others believe there’s an afterlife, and sometimes that afterlife needs a cloaked cat to keep it clean. The latter theory holds water in Crypt Custodian, a top-down Metroidvania that hits PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC on August…
Get the Quaffle ready! Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is heading to PC, and you need to get your rig set up to compete in this magical game of bravery. Here are the Quidditch Champions PC requirements to be aware of. Image via WB Games Quidditch Champions PC requirements – minimum specs In order to feel…
Enlarge / One day, using pixellated fonts and images to represent that something is a video game will not be a trope. Today is not that day. SAG-AFTRA has called for a strike of all its members working in video games, with the union demanding that its next contract not allow “companies to abuse AI…
Image: Sony Sony has quietly announced the addition of the PSVR 2 PC app to Steam, set to launch on August 6, 2024. This new feature will allow PSVR 2 owners to play PC virtual reality titles, significantly expanding their game libraries. Release Details According to the Steam listing, players will need a PSVR 2…
The Lego Mario & Yoshi set is an homage to 1990’s Super Mario World. The Lego Group From the front, it looks like a fairly straightforward re-creation of the game’s 16-bit sprites. The Lego Group Behind the facade are complex mechanics that move Yoshi’s feet and arms and bob his body up and down, to…
Enlarge / Access to first-party games on launch day remains a major selling point for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier. Microsoft The FTC says the across-the-board price increases that Microsoft recently announced for its Xbox Game Pass subscription service tiers represent “exactly the sort of consumer harm from the merger the FTC has alleged”…
The Epic Games Store released two more free games for PC users this Thursday. The titles this time are Arcade Paradise e Maid of Skerwhich will be available for redemption until July 24th at 12:00 p.m. (Brasília time). Don’t miss out on the opportunity to add these games to your library without spending a dime….
Nintendo’s Joy-Con Charging Stand (Two-Way) seems useful, but it’s coming out at a strange time in the console’s lifecycle. Nintendo The stand can charge the Switch Online NES controllers, something that Nintendo’s charging grip can’t do because the handles get in the way. Nintendo The charging stand can be removed from the stand part to…
Enlarge / Get ready to repeat this ~25-second slice of Mario over and over… and over… and over. If you’ve ever seen a record-breaking video game speedrun or watched a Games Done Quick marathon, you may have entertained fantasies that you, too, could put up some decent times on your favorite old games. Sure, it…
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Valve’s micro-employees hard at work inside your Steam installation. Getty Images As a private and generally secretive company, Valve doesn’t offer much outside visibility into its inner workings. So when years’ worth of data on the company’s employee and aggregate payroll numbers leaked recently, we were eager to take a…