Gaming

By Andrew Hayward Best PS4 accessories While you can have plenty of fun with the PlayStation 4 right out of the box – and some games, of course – a few smart enhancements can really amplify your enjoyment. We’re talking about accessories, of course, and they vary widely in purpose, price, and value. Look, we…

By Hugh Langley The protagonist of Watch Dogs 2 might have had an early reveal on Instagram. The picture was uploaded by performance artist King, who posted the picture of the new character. “Had a blast doing motion capture work as the lead character work as the in a new video game series,” he wrote…

By Jon Porter During a recent episode of his Pachter Factor show on Siftd, popular video game industry analyst Michael Pachter indicated he didn’t think the Nintendo NX would see much support from third-party developers in the West. He remarked, “[With] the NX, I think you are going to see very low third-party support outside…

By Parker Wilhelm The Uncharted 4 release date is next week, and that’s exactly when you can stop paying for the game, downloadable content and all. All future maps and modes for its multiplayer mode will be free, and all in-game items can be unlocked via credits earned by playing the game, announced lead designer…

By Parker Wilhelm The crowdfunded platformer Mighty No. 9 is finally emerging from the flames of development hell. The gone-gold callback to classic Mega Man-style games hits digital and physical shelves on June 21 in North America and Asia, and June 24 worldwide. Created by Capcom alum Keiji Inafune and other veterans behind the original…

By Kevin Lee After teasing us with trailers and poop emojis, Activision and Infinity Ward has released the full trailer for Call of Duty: Infinity Warfare and surprise, we’re going to space. Once again, the world – Switzerland in this case – has been hit with a surprise attack. However, instead of a government force…

By Kate Gray I’ve recently been playing Yokai Watch, the 3DS’s new monster RPG from Level-5, and while I’m not completely sold on the game overall there are a couple of neat little mechanics I’ve come to appreciate. One is that you always take your shoes off when entering a house – a cute little…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln It might sound a little disingenuous to lop Sony’s current-gen powerhouse in with the likes of an old Microsoft console, but that’s exactly what Xbox 360 was for the better part of a decade. It shifted superior numbers, offered a more robust online infrastructure and had a public profile the PS3 could…

By SJ Azar A new Tomb Raider movie has been announced, and will star Alicia Vikander – known for playing Ava in Ex-Machina and an oscar-winning turn in the Danish Girl. Speculation that Daisy Ridley of Star Wars fame had been tipped for the part lent a buzz to the film’s reboot since it was…

By Parker Wilhelm The next time you screw up playing Flappy Bird, remember: It’s not you, it’s science. Professor Antti Oulasvirta and Dr. Byungjoo Lee, researchers at Finland’s Aalto University, put touchscreen controls to the test and found them lacking when it comes to reflex-intensive games that require precise timing. This comes as no surprise…

By Jon Porter Square Enix has today revealed another trailer for its upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The trailer showcases new locations which the game will take place in, including Prague, as well as showing off some of the improved augmentations which will be available to protagonist Adam Jensen. Fans have had to wait for…

By Hugh Langley Virtual reality still has a few practical problems to work through, such as what to do about pets that get in the way while you’re violently flailing like an upturned beetle. It’s especially problematic for the HTC Vive and its room scale technology, which lets you walk around a small space. Ray…

By Hugh Langley What’s it really like to shoot a gun on Mars? Big news: SpaceX just announced that it plans to send its Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018. It will be an uncrewed mission but one that could help pave the way for putting humans and eventually settlements on the Red…

By Hugh Langley It’s the most wonderful time of the year – financials – where numbers and currencies are tossed about and we try to decipher what it all means. We’ve had Apple, Nintendo and Facebook, now it’s Sony’s turn. Unsurprisingly, the PS4 is Sony’s big hitter right now: the Sony’s Game and Network Services…

By Parker Wilhelm The Wii U‘s successor – Nintendo NX – is still nearly a year away. But, the current console-meets-handheld hybrid could be in for an early retirement. Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima announced that the company could halt production on the Wii U by March 2018, Reuters reports, dropping that bomb while discussing earnings…