One of this year's most surprising Nintendo Switch 2 port announcements was Final Fantasy 14's back in April, and against all expectations, it was set to arrive in August. Now we know it's right around the corner, and the Evercold expansion has received a big teaser trailer, too. Read more Read Full Article read more
The backlash against Sony's proposed all-digital future continues apace this week. The company, which recently announced plans to end all physical media within the PlayStation ecosystem, has faced massive pushback on its plans to kill off the manufacture and sale of discs by 2028, with fan petitions gaining traction and negative comments swamping practically every… read more
Hello all! Welcome to another week of sordid digital diversions, aka new PC games, dumped upon the innocent wanderer like a chamberpot upended over your head by a Victorian maid, as you saunter down an alleyway in your finest crinoline and lobster tail bustle. How are you supposed to attend the Crown Prince's soirée in… read more
Last week, we reported on a dual-screen port of Morrowind for the AYN Thor handheld. Fans of the third Elder Scrolls aren't stopping there though, as someone has now made Morrowind fully playable in your browser. Read more Read Full Article read more
We've known for a while that the 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake has been one of Capcom's best-selling titles, but how does it stack up against all the other remakes released on the current console generation? Pretty well, it turns out. Read more Read Full Article read more
This weekend, Final Fantasy fans from around the world converged at an exhibition centre in Berlin, celebrating the massive Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest. It was an interesting celebration; not only was Final Fantasy 14's iconic lead, Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida, in attendance, but the show also brought Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead Naoki Hamaguchi back… read more
Mike Flanagan's latest Stephen King adaptation, Carrie (this will be his fourth), is slated to make its debut on Amazon Prime on October 7th. The new trailer dropped at Comic-Con 2026 and doesn't contain many surprises. If you're familiar with Carrie at all, it hits all the expected notes. Though it's clearly been updated for… read more
The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a "duress password" that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport on January 24th, 2025. Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, allegedly questioning him about child exploitation images. However, a motion filed by Tunick's lawyers… read more
According to Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to reveal its first smart glasses at WWDC next June, with an expectation that they'll launch by the end of 2027. Part of the hold-up may be around the company's efforts to get its privacy features and messaging in order. Smart glasses in general, and Meta's in particular,… read more
There's something about a movie like The Room, Troll 2, or Fateful Findings that I find irresistible. These sorts of "so bad they're good" films are marvelous curiosities where ambition far outstrips resources, ability, and self-awareness to become something much greater than the sum of their parts. Champagne and Bullets (also released as GetEven and… read more
Google's Vice President of Devices and Services, Shakil Barkat, all but confirmed in an interview with 9to5 Google that its next Pixel phone would cost more than the Pixel 10. Considering the ongoing RAM supply issues due to the explosion of AI data centers, the rumored price hike is not a complete surprise. Companies from… read more
If we ignore the many, many negatives that came with the late 90s/early 2000s era of video marketing, there was a certain charm to the edginess that I kind of wish was still around in some ways. I say that because of a recently revealed immersive action horror shooter named Ringwyrm, that, were it to… read more