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Following BioWare’s recent announcement they have ‘let go’ of approximately 50 employees, including veterans of milestone franchises like Baldur’s Gate, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect, things are starting to look bad for the company’s upcoming projects. BioWare’s announcement reads like the typical babble you would expect from an industry giant publicly announcing bad news, where…

Keith David is one of the most beloved and well known voice actors in TV, film, and gaming history. Whether you know his name or not, it is likely you have heard his distinct voice in anything from Disney’s ‘The Princess and the Frog’ to John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’. Following the recent announcement that the…

Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that needs no introductions. If you’ve been paying attention to the gaming universe since December 2020, then you will be fully aware of the controversy surrounding the game upon its release – which made Cyberpunk one of the most hated and disappointing AAA game releases of all time, even more…

TesseracT are known for creating some of the most interesting and forward thinking progressive metal since the early 2000s. For the release of their new album, War of Being, the band decided to push the boundaries of their music into the world of VR games to create an interactive experience that offers a unique and…

We’ve just launched our first channel on YouTube! You can expect to find gameplay videos, news, reviews, and opinions all on our page. Our first video shows our impressions of the first few hours of Remnant 2, in particular, we explore how much of a good boy the dog is for the handler class. Check…

As the cost of electricity bills continue to skyrocket worldwide, there has never been a better time to understand how much electricity your favourite consoles are using on average. So how much are your games consoles costing you in electricity each year? Most modern consoles have multiple power functions such as fully on or rest…

If you are one of the 3 million people who have been enjoying Final Fantasy 16 for the last few weeks, you may have been slightly underwhelmed by the side quests on offer throughout the first few hours of the game. Many players have stated they are outright skipping side quests all together, but I…

The recent announcement of Bungie’s new game, Marathon, has some players worried for the future of Destiny 2 after The Final Shape – the last DLC in Destiny’s 10 year ‘Light & Dark’ saga. Announced during the 2023 Playstation Showcase, Marathon is an upcoming extraction shooter based on one of Bungie’s first ever games. This…

In one of the latest hearings between Microsoft and the FTC regarding the gaming giant’s controversial acquisition of Activision/Blizzard, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella seemed to blame Sony for the fact that console exclusives exist. During his recent testimony with the FTC, Satya Nadella was quoted as saying: “If it was up to me I would…

During their recent Playstation Showcase, Sony finally announced their long-rumoured Playstation handheld – Project Q. The new device features an 8-inch screen, with controller attachments on either side that look like a DualSense controller with a screen in the middle, and will allow players to stream games that are installed on their PS5 to the…

After over a year of deliberation between the powers at Microsoft and Activision regarding a potential $69 billion acquisition of the World of Warcraft and Call of Duty publisher, Activision Blizzard, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority have rendered their final decision to prevent the controversial merger of the two gaming giants. Microsoft and Activision…

Since moving to a season pass model in 2019, Bungie has hosted a range of private events detailing future content updates to a select group of streamers and gaming influencers. These highly secretive events allow Bungie to gauge the potential success of their future content plans, which include updates to the on-going storyline; changes to…

With the release of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster on the 19th of April 2023, publisher Square Enix have updated each of the 6 games in the collection with new trophies, along with some quality of life improvements to make your completionist journey a little easier. Some of these improvements include an updated XP system,…

Dark and Darker, the dungeon-crawling mediaeval looter from Korean developer Ironmace, has been gaining a lot of attention on Steam this year. When playtests for Dark and Darker began in early 2023, the game captured players’ interest with its dark and broody atmosphere reminiscent of Skyrim, King’s Field, and Legend of Grimrock; and its enjoyable…

Video games are uniquely positioned to pull at your heart strings. As a fully interactive experience, the right game will demand a more emotional response from the user than any other form of media thanks to the connections we make with a game’s characters, setting, history, and direct involvement in overcoming the challenges presented throughout…

There’s something weird going on with the ‘re-release’ of Kingdom Under Fire: War of Heroes on Steam. Fans of the long-running series by South Korean developer, Phantagram, have begun to notice some weird additions to the recently added version of this game on Steam; mainly that the game also runs a secondary application on your…