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Legendary Japanese shooter studio was skeptical of Sony's PS1, but not for the same reason as everybody else: "I don't want to work with them because they've got beards"
There are many reasons why I’ve decided to keep to myself instead of making a new friend out of a stranger, and while “I’m scared” is all the way at the top of the list, “they have a beard” sometimes comes in fifth, or like, 25th. So I can sort of relate to original Raiden studio lead Hitoshi Hamada, who found some Sony employees’ facial hair extraordinarily off-putting 30 years ago.Localization veteran Richard Honeywood shares the anecdote with Time Extension while recalling his time with defunct Raiden developer Seibu Kaihatsu around the time of the first PlayStation. Along with “pocketing…
What is the best gaming CPU? Your choice of processor will fundamentally affect your PC’s frame rates, so you want to make sure you buy the very best gaming CPU you can afford when building a new PC. It’s your CPU that sets up the frames for your GPU to render in games, making it the foundation of your gaming PC hardware. Our current top choice is the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D. It’s the fastest chip for gaming with enough power for other tasks too. Most gamers will probably want to opt for the nearly as fast but cheaper 9800X3D,…
Former Skyrim lead shares his own theory on how The Elder Scrolls 6 will continue the story: "I would say they will leave it undefined or leave it as neither side really won"
The Elder Scrolls 6 seems to still be pretty early in development, and thus we don’t know much (read: anything) about its story, but naturally, there’s plenty of theorizing and speculation. The latest to do so is none other than Bruce Nesmith, who was lead designer on Skyrim and who left Bethesda Game Studios in 2021.In an interview with Press Box PR, Nesmith was asked how he thinks Elder Scrolls 6 will handle the issue of continuity with Skyrim, which lets players choose sides in the civil war between the Imperial Legion and the Stormcloaks.”I don’t know but if I were…
AMD has just been directly accused of submitting AI-generated code that hasn’t been checked properly by a human to one of the longest-running open source software projects around. So unimpressed was the project with this submission that it took to X to complain about “your AI slop.” The project in question is FFmpeg, a video and audio processing tool and a related suite of libraries and programs. It’s used in various capacities to perform video and audio transcoding operations in apps such as Chrome, Handbrake, OBS Studio, and VLC Media Player. Suffice to say, it’s a high-profile project that AMD…
As Highguard claws its way up to "Mixed" Steam reviews, devs add 5v5 mode in response to player feedback about empty maps just 5 days after launch: "You asked, we listened"
Highguard’s unfortunate reveal at The Game Awards immediately made it a punching bag in the eyes of a big segment of the gaming community, and that negative sentiment carried into launch. But the Steam review score is starting to trend in a positive direction, and amid that shift developer Wildlight is addressing one of the biggest points of criticism with a new 5v5 raid mode.”You asked, we listened,” Wildlight says in a Twitter post offering a brief trailer of the 5v5 mode. In a longer Steam blog breaking down the update, the devs make clear that this is a limited-time…
What are the best Nioh 3 character creation codes? Character creators can be seen as a game in themselves. We pour hours and hours into tweaking even the tiniest features; the corners of mouths, the correct shade of lilac for the eyeshadow. In Nioh 3, Team Ninja has offered up a fabulous toolset capable of fulfilling our wildest machinations. Whether you want to show the denizens of 16th-century Japan a special Joker-style trick in Nioh 3, or swap fighting machines for yokai as 2B, there are some amazing creations floating around that will inject a healthy dose of whimsy into…
I'm in my happy place: a dark basement digging through a computer archive that may or may not be alive
As a journalist, even an entertainment journalist, there is an ingrained nostalgia for something like newspaper microfiche. You know, that storage method you’ve probably seen in movies or TV shows where the plucky protagonists are scrolling through brightly lit images of old newspapers until they suddenly discover the article or photo that blows the case wide open. The puzzle game TR-49 from developer inkle isn’t exactly that, but it absolutely scratches the same itch that crops up whenever I see those machines and think, “Boy, that sure would be satisfying.”And it is satisfying to do TR-49’s version of the same.…
What are the new Plant Brainrot Simulator codes? Blending all three of the biggest Roblox trends of the last couple of years, this bold amalgamation of blocky proportions is made all the better with the latest Plant Brainrot Simulator codes. Plant Brainrot Simulator codes can get you everything you need to simulate planting your Brainrots, including thousands of free gems and crystals. We’ll be keeping a close eye on new PBS codes to redeem, so slap the bookmark button and we’ll see you back here soon. Plant Brainrot Simulator codes Here are the latest Plant Brainrot Simulator codes for update…
Highguard studio CEO says "the toxicity is challenging," wonders if The Game Awards reveal was the right decision: "I'm going to continue to ask myself"
Wildlight CEO Dusty Welch is conflicted about whether Highguard’s peculiar and controversial reveal at The Game Awards 2025 was a good decision, especially as he struggles with toxicity in the wake of the game’s rocky launch this week.Originally planned to be shadow-dropped after about four years in development, Highguard was announced as the final reveal of last year’s Game Awards – a coveted spot usually reserved for much more high-profile projects – reportedly, after some convincing from host Geoff Keighley. The free-to-play shooter from Wildlight, a studio comprised of former Apex Legends and Titanfall developers, failed on the global stage…
As complaints mount, Fortnite has formed a new "strike team" of devs to tackle the battle royale's biggest problems
Fortnite is now in its seventh chapter and will turn nine years old in September. Nine. God, I’m getting old. Like any live service game, it’s had its fair share of controversies around cheaters, imbalance, buggy mechanics, and more. However, in a game as content-packed and regularly evolving as Fortnite, if you take your eye off the ball, those individual issues can snowball into a much bigger problem. No developer of a multiplayer game ever wants to hear the words “state of the game” muttered by a disgruntled YouTuber, but Fortnite’s dug itself into such a hole. Seeing the increase…