Balan Wonderworld isn’t so wonderful
As an longtime Sonic fan, I was excited for Balan Wonderworld. This is Sonic creator Yuji Naka’s first project with Square Enix. I hoped...
Hitman 3 speedrun: How I beat the Dubai stage in 24 seconds
I consider my first time through a Hitman stage to be the canonical run. That’s the real thing. Discovering a location and all of...
Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021
No one has a bird’s eye view of the game industry like Amazon. The company’s Amazon Web Services division provides online services for 90%...
Hitman 3 review — A world made entirely out of Chekhov’s guns
Hitman works because developer IO Interactive builds the games as predictable and rigid machines. And as players, we control the key to this machine...
The D20 Beat: King’s Bounty II heralds what should be a fantastic year for RPGs
I find it amusing that a the resurrection of a beloved retro game is itself retro now. I’m talking about King’s Bounty: The Legend,...
AMD CEO Lisa Su talks core counts, console launches, and Apple relationship
During CES 2021, Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su spoke with a group of journalists about a wide range of issues, including AMD’s product...
Alienware launches Aurora Ryzen desktop and Nvidia-based 30 Series laptops
Dell’s Alienware division is refreshing its gaming computers with new Advanced Micro Devices, Nvidia, and Intel chips for the CES 2021 online-only tech trade...
Nvidia reveals mobile RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 GPUs for gaming laptops
Nvidia’s Ampere architecture is going mobile. The company revealed its plans and partnerships to bring GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs to more than 70 laptops...
Nvidia designed its new RTX 3060 GPU to get GTX 1060 owners to upgrade
Nvidia is launching the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU for $329. This is its most affordable RTX 30-series card so far, and the company is...
Hitman 3’s murder-mystery stage has a delightful ‘Knives Out’ reference
Hitman 3 includes a level that is a clear homage to murder-mystery stories from authors like Agatha Christie and the lady from Murder She...