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Sounds bananas to us. Sony has devised some cool new tech that could turn anything into a PlayStation controller. That’s going by an application with US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – as spotted by GamesIndustry.biz – which outlines how PlayStation reckons it could turn a regular non-electronic object into a game controller. In the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. One question that’s come up from time to time in gaming is whether older GPUs get slower over time. ExtremeTech has examined this question before with respect to software updates, meaning we checked whether older GPUs lost performance as a

Could anyone have predicted that Epic Games – developer of Fortnite and Gears of War, creator of the Unreal Engine, and powerhouse behind the Epic Games Store, Steam’s biggest rival – would buy up Mediatonic, the studio behind hit pandemic game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout? Not us, that’s for sure. HUGE NEWS!@Mediatonic are pleased to

Take on a colossal Tetrimino challenge with Mario in Tetris® 99 with a special Super Mario™ 3D World + Bowser’s Fury themed MAXIMUS CUP! This coming weekend’s Tetris 99 20th MAXIMUS CUP event allows you to earn an in-game theme based on the Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury game. Demonstrate your fur-midable puzzle

I think the best word to describe Horned Knight is ‘typical’. This is the same retro-style 2D action platformer you’ve seen countless times on the Xbox Store. There is nothing here that you won’t have seen before. There’s even the pixel art that seems to come as standard with pretty much any small indie game

Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! Here we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows 10 PC as well as upcoming Xbox Game Pass and soon-to-be released ID@Xbox titles! Get more details on the games below and click their profiles for pre-order details when available (release dates

Since seeing our first hands-on preview of Outriders last summer, I’ve been cautiously optimistic about People Can Fly’s new co-op shooter/RPG. I was disappointed by the latest delay, but as a consolation prize, Square Enix has released the first act on schedule as a demo for us to start forming impressions off of. After spending

While we all patiently await news about Dino Crisis, here’s another dinosaur game that you can enjoy in the meantime: open-world survival adventure Dinos Reborn. In development at indie studio HardCodeWay, Dinos Reborn transports players to a pre-historic sci-fi world where they have to “navigate between being predator and prey.” In a press release, the developer

Last week, we asked you to enter the world of Control: Ultimate Edition and share reality-bending peeks at the weirdest office ever, The Oldest House. From twisting walls to unusual decorations, you shared your weirdest environments using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:  Jesse floats through a hallway that takes quite a turn in

The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for patting your rice cooker on the lid and thanking it for its many years of service. While our rice warms, let’s read this week’s best writing about video games. For GAMINGbible, Dean Abdou addressed the

Hu Tao is the spooky 77th director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, presiding over all manner of funeral services in Liyue, and she’s coming to Genshin Impact soon. Hu Tao is a polearm wielder and pyro element, so she’ll likely take over a spot in your crew that’s currently being filled by Diluc or Xiangling. Of

After a bit of an issue, Re-Logic’s Terraria is back in development for Google Stadia. Earlier this month it was revealed that Terraria for Stadia has been canceled due to Google having disabled the studio head’s Google account without warning, and being unable to address the problem. Basically what happened was that for some reason,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google launched its Stadia cloud gaming service in late 2019, but already the bloom is off the rose. A series of increasingly concerning tales from Google’s game division has come to light in the weeks since Google killed its internal

It’s official, The Pokémon Company has announced Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are arriving this year. The PR describes how the Nintendo DS originals have been faithfully reproduced. There are also a number of updates, including easy-to-understand and player-friendly conveniences. All of this has got fans wondering if the content from the third version,

The latest Pokémon Presents video presentation has been and gone – check out all the announcements here – with an exciting new trailer for New Pokémon Snap for Nintendo Switch being aired early in the 20 minute showcase. The new trailer from Bandai Namco and The Pokémon Company shows a ton of new footage that

Video games have been around since the 1970s. One would think that now, in 2021, we would have seen a great number of incredibly original ideas. One would be correct, but one would also be disappointed to see games like Dungeons & Bombs. This unoriginal puzzler is fifty levels of frustration and tedium that will

Bringing Zeta Halo to life As is customary for these blogs, let’s get started with a quick round of introductions – who are you, what does your job entail, and what’s your history with Halo?   Justin Dinges – Hello, my name is Justin Dinges and I am the Campaign Art Lead on Halo Infinite. I’ve

I will admit that when I initially saw a top-down action roguelite called Curse of the Dead Gods, complete with swords, bows, environmental hazards, and semi-random rewards based on what room you choose to enter next, my first thought was “Hey, this seems a bit like a Hades knockoff.” It turns out, I was completely

PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan was busy recently with a boatload of new PlayStation announcements from an interview with GQ, and in it he tossed a bit of shade at CD Projekt RED and the messy Cyberpunk 2077 launch. When talking about launch dates for PS5 games and how the Covid pandemic has created a lot

Republic Commando is a fan favorite, and nobody knows that better than Aspyr. Trust me, we’ve read many, many, many tweets and comments requesting it. We’re happy to say that your requests will finally be answered. That’s right, Aspyr Media is bringing Star Wars Republic Commando to PlayStation 4 for the first time April 6

Deck-based turn-based spy-based tactical game Fights In Tight Spaces has gone and kicked down the door to early access. I’ve had my eye on this one for a while now and it sure does look as slick as ever, stylish spy suit and all. The strategic secret agent game has just launched in early access,

The Mass Effect trilogy remains one of the most incredible stories in gaming. The journey as Commander Shepard began with the first game, and from there, gamers were enthralled (but not indoctrinated) by the tale of uniting a galaxy at any cost. Ahead of the release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, we sat down with character and

By Alex Calvin, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 17:52 GMT Download Insomniac’s platformer and score 90 extra days of access of streaming services Funimation or Wakanim.Sony has brought its Play At Home initiative back for a second year. The PlayStation maker said in a blog post that it is giving away 2016’s Ratchet & Clank for

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It looks like the reports of PlayStation 5 controller drift are real and the problem isn’t going away. According to a new analysis of the DualSense, the problem is fundamental to the design of the joystick itself. Worse, it’s not

[embedded content] Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube To kick off last week’s Direct presentation, Nintendo revealed Pyra and Mythra as the latest fighters for Smash Bros. Ultimate. If this first-look trailer wasn’t already enough, the game’s director Masahiro Sakurai has been uploading photos of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 duo, along with Rex. This includes

Pokemon GO has been on a roll lately. The mobile game has still been doing well with downloads and revenue, and they have been on an impressive hot streak of various events and announcements. And now, Niantic has announced that the next in-game season, the Season of Legends is starting soon. It’ll be taking place

Codemasters may well now be under the wing of EA, and it may be a few months since they released their latest adrenaline-fuelled DIRT 5 racer to the masses, but today we see a brand new DLC pack hit the game, one that doesn’t just amp up DIRT 5 to new measures, but drops in

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you

Casey Donnellan Games and tinyBuild (Hello Neighbor) have announced that they’re bringing their first-person action game Kill It With Fire to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices on March 4th. Kill It With Fire has players hunting and exterminating spiders with a variety of weapons. The game boasts a “realistic” fire simulation

In the early 90s, times were simpler. The internet was a baby. Phones were only used for phone calls. “Cutting-edge graphics” meant “256 colors.” And back then, a little company that called itself Silicon & Synapse came together around the simple idea of making the types of games that the people at the company liked