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The ‘player count’ debate is, perhaps, my least favorite thing to come out of 2026. Marathon. Highguard. 1348 Ex Voto. A game’s success is now, apparently, purely measured by its launch player count: if that number doesn’t match some arbitrary value made up on the spot, your videogame is a certified ‘flop.’ While SteamDB is perfect for tracking the natural ups and downs of online multiplayer games, it isn’t dogma: something that Waframe itself proves. By modern standards, Warframe would have been a ‘dead game.’ Releasing to a peak of just 22k players back in 2024, it’s grown to become…
Now that Sony has raised the prices of the PlayStation 5, the starting points for the next generation of consoles have just gotten higher, analysts believe. As they see it, be prepared to potentially drop $1,000 on the PlayStation 6 and the Xbox Project Helix, based on current projections.Nobody’s surprised by Sony’s move, as multiple economic and political factors have necessitated higher price tags, although veteran Circana games industry analyst Mat Piscatella tells GamesRadar+ that “this one is a bigger price jump than I had been anticipating.””The relentless effort by the US administration to disrupt the global economy is backfiring…
A prominent Nintendo leaker has dropped a boatload of Nintendo Switch 2 games news, including claims of a Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake and a new Star Fox… just don’t expect 3D Mario this year.Leaker NateTheHate has been a big name in the Nintendo community for some time, but being the one to accurately break the random afternoon that Nintendo would be revealing the Switch 2 on – as well as subsequent Nintendo Direct reveals – has made him a somewhat trustworthy source. And, off the back of Nintendo surprisingly announcing Star Fox lead Fox McCloud for The…
There is a significant danger that this article will have aged terribly. You see, I asked everyone what they were playing this weekend on Thursday, rather than the usual post-lunch scramble on a Friday. You see, I took Friday off to travel to Wales to spend a long weekend with my family. Who knows what happened between my polling of the team on Thursday and Friday? Perhaps Valve surprise released Half-Life 3 and everyone is playing that instead. Maybe they all went off videogames in the interim. I can only hope they thought to go into the CMS and update…
I’m not one to download mods on a first playthrough. It feels like heresy. Even if a game is dreadful, it feels like I’m insulting the developers by downloading a mod and trampling all over their intentions with third-party alterations. Crimson Desert in its native form isn’t going to make many lists of the best RPGs, but I gave it my all, and after a few hours, I got so frustrated that I broke my rules – and I’m glad I did. Crimson Desert has received a mixed reception from critics and general audiences alike, but in reality. It’s not…
I love PlayStation’s games, but in a portfolio dominated by cinematic adventures there’s something refreshing about Saros being staunchly “gameplay first”. That’s how Housemarque introduces me to its Returnal spiritual successor after I’m ushered into a cinema-room and blasted with some of the prettiest, scariest particle effect bullets I’ve seen in my gaming career. Thee hours later, having devoured the game’s opening for myself, I’m blown away. Oozing confidence, Saros is so far one of the best PS5 games yet, and a first-party triumph. It feels poised to stick the landing.Described to me as a “a dream project by a…
The Minecraft community has seen a bit of a divide over the past week or so, as the arrival of update 26.1 hasn’t exactly impressed everyone – nor has Mojang’s recent sneak peek at future content.That might be a bit of an understatement, too. In case you’re unaware, update 26.1 – dubbed the Tiny Takeover drop – arrived earlier this week with new baby and adult sound variants for animals like the cat and wolf (and more), baby mobs, the Golden Dandelion – a flower that stops mobs from aging, and more. That’s not all, though. Mojang also lifted the…
Turns out we did have a Nintendo Direct this week, except it was in the form of the ESRB and the Taiwan ratings board publishing a bunch of listings for Switch 2 games – seemingly including a new version of Capcom’s Devil May Cry 5.Ratings board leaks are nothing new – in the last 12 months alone we’ve had the likes of Life is Strange Reunion, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero on the Nintendo Switch 2, and Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition all come to fruition after ratings leaked early. Earlier this week, the Korean ratings board seemingly leaked Sonic Frontiers Definitive…
Last year, my social media feeds seemed to ignite with targeted ads and forum posts about a gaming chair that was going viral on Kickstarter. Beyond the gimmicky headline of “this chair has a bionic backrest”, the spotlights that were shone on this chair ended up being more than warranted. In my over three years of reviewing the best gaming chairs, I’ve never found one that’s better than the LiberNovo Omni.But like other absolute luxury chairs before it from brands like Herman Miller, it is horrifically expensive. For reassurance, let me tell you that you do not need to spend…
Fan developers behind the gargantuan Fallout: London expansion used to fear IP holder Bethesda’s wrath, though project manager Dean Carter (Prilladog) also thinks mainstream studios keep using fan-made content to keep their AAA series healthy.Bethesda might need Fallout: London as much as the mods’ volunteer development team needs Fallout, Carter suggests while speaking to Edge magazine for its issue #422, out now. The modder says, “I do feel that the publishers increasingly rely on user-generated content, because it keeps their games alive for longer.”But, even though that may be true, and Fallout: London wouldn’t even exist without the Creation Engine…