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Mario Day is here, and Turtle Beach is taking advantage of today in the most opportune way possible by adorning one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 headsets with a new Mario look.Today of all days, the accessories brand has announced it’s releasing a new version of the Turtle Beach Airlite Fit wired headset, swapping its black, blue, and red color palette for a new ‘Mario Star’ design which includes a translucent black and red color combo. The best part is undoubtedly the inclusion of Mario on the earcups, who’s sporting that iconic and classic Yōichi Kotabe art style.Despite its…
Tis the season for taking Steam to court, apparently. A new class action lawsuit has been filed in Washington, USA accusing Valve of running an unlawful gambling operation through lootbox mechanics in Counter-Strike 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2. Acting specifically on behalf of two individuals, Alexander Flauto and Jackson Meyer, but with extension to affected consumers at large, legal firm Hagens Berman are seeking “full disgorgement and restitution” of the billions of dollars they say Valve have illicitly made from gambling. Published yesterday, 9th March, the full 32-page text of the complaint will make familiar…
What are all the Ascension levels in Slay the Spire 2? Upon completing the game for the first time, you unlock Ascension levels – difficulty modifiers that introduce challenging mechanics. Each Ascension level offers a new way to hinder you, and the effects stack as you progress through the levels. The number of Ascension levels varies depending on how far you’ve managed to progress as each of the Slay the Spire 2 characters. For example, if you’ve completed the card game several times as The Regent, your unlocked Ascension levels are tied to that specific character, meaning you’ll need to…
Bloober Team says it will officially reveal several of its in-development projects this year, including an “ambitious” title codenamed Project H.As reported by Inwestycje.pl, the Polish team is promising a “very intense communication year”, where it will finally announce a number of projects that have been in the works in recent years.“This year should be a very intense year for us in terms of communication,” Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno reportedly said (via machine translation). “We plan to be present at several important industry events, during which we will gradually unveil subsequent elements of our project pipeline.“You can expect information…
Evangelion studio Khara has issued an apology after leaking its own 30th anniversary short – but then released it officially to the public anyway.Previously, the short – a playful trip down memory lane for Asuka and her Rebuild counterpart – was only available to attendees of the 30th anniversary Evangelion celebration event.The video was (predictably) filmed behind-closed-doors, which led to Khara undertaking actions to remove it. You may like In doing so, however, Khara allegedly emailed a high-quality copy of the short to the user, who then spread it around social media.From there, the damage was done – and Khara…
Verdict The normal switch-replacing inductive, haptic trigger technology in the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike truly feels like the future of gaming mice. However, its benefits only stretch so far, so isn’t yet the ultimate choice for all gamers. Pros HITS technology is much faster than normal switches Independent control over speed and feel of left and right buttons Comfortable, familiar design No more expensive than Logitech’s previous flagship Cons HITS isn’t of much benefit in many games Much lighter mice are better for shooters Expensive It’s not often that PC gaming tech takes a huge stride these days. So…
Ballistic Moon, the studio behind the Until Dawn remake, has officially been shut down.The studio was founded in 2020 by production director Duncan Kershaw, creative director Neil McEwan and technology director Chris Lamb, and its first major game was the 2024 remake of Supermassive’s PS4 horror game Until Dawn.While the remake was praised for its graphical upgrades and extra scenes, it was also criticised for its performance and the suggestion that its $60 price point didn’t offer enough for fans of the original 2015 version.In September 2024, just one month before the release of the Until Dawn remake, Ballistic Moon…
Despite being pulled from theatrical release and destined to premiere on streaming, upcoming animated sequel movie Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is still moving forward and has finally wrapped production.The news was confirmed by director Lauren Montgomery on Instagram, writing, “Aang movie is officially wrapped. We screened the final film for the crew and celebrated the end of a 4 year journey. Now it waits in limbo until its release in October. I’ve never worked on an Avatar project that was easy and this was no different. But it was worth it. I’m so proud of everyone who was a…
“Jurassic parkour!” I bellowed to myself in pure delight, when first I read the trailer blurb for Terrible Lizards, announced yesterday. I can only applaud the immense willpower required to not make that the game’s actual title. In this new first-person horror platformer from WDR Studios LLC, your car has broken down somewhere in the deserts of New Mexico. It’s 1992, so you can’t just Whatsapp your mate who works at the garage to ask which cacti fluids make good engine oil. Instead, you must venture into a nearby abandoned roadside museum, Dalton’s Dinos, which is full…
WarioWare series director Goro Abe has said his decision to leave Nintendo doesn’t mean he’ll no longer be making games.On Monday, Abe posted a message on X announcing that he had resigned from Nintendo last month, and would be leaving the commercial games industry altogether.Abe will be joining Osaka Electro-Communication University, a private university, where he will be working as a professor at its Department of Digital Games.Despite his move from commercial games development to academia, however, Abe still intends to keep making games, albeit smaller and less traditional ones.“Becoming a professor doesn’t mean retiring from game creation,” he wrote…