Donate to the CDC Foundation By Playing Xbox

by HendrikWiese - April 4, 20200

Supporting organizations that are making a difference amidst today’s coronavirus pandemic is more important right now than ever. Many people are seeking ways to help through the activities and passions they’re doing from home, and gamers have a new and easy way to contribute with big results. Starting today, Xbox

Alienware Reveals Switch-Like Device Capable Of Playing PC Games

by HendrikWiese - January 8, 20200

Update: See its reveal at CES.Update (Wed 8 Jan, 2020 10:00 GMT): As promised, Dell dedicated a small part of its CES show to the Concept UFO device (you can watch it from the 38:30 mark above). The way in which the presenters talk about a hybrid gaming experience as

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 4th)

by HendrikWiese - January 4, 20200

Here are our picks, but what are yours?Not only has another week passed us by, but an entire year has been and gone quicker than a Toad with a Golden Mushroom. We've been celebrating in style with a look back at Nintendo's 2019 - and Nintendo's whole decade - as

Playing Fortnite With My Kid Is One Of My Favorite Things About 2019

by Jeff Cork - December 24, 20190

As parents of 10- and 12-year-old boys, we’ve been easing into a strange transitional space. Our kids don’t cling to my wife and I the way they did when they were little guys. And that’s great! It’s important that they learn how to be independent and figure out how to

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Christmas? (Special Edition 2019)

by HendrikWiese - December 21, 20190

Here are our picks, but what are yours?As regular visitors will know, every weekend, we share our gaming plans for the next couple of days and read through all of your entries in the comments. This time, though, we're switching things up a bit, getting together to chat about our

Random: Nintendo Posts 30-Minute Video Of Someone Playing Switch By A Fire And Making A Sandwich

by HendrikWiese - December 20, 20190

Ads really have gone downhill.If you've been keeping an eye on our lovingly-crafted site recently, you'll have spotted that Nintendo Australia shared an ASMR video of someone building a Nintendo Labo fishing rod yesterday. Now, things are getting even weirder still, with this 30-minute Nintendo of America video of someone

Everything You Need To Know About Resident Evil 3 Before Playing The Remake

by Nick Straub - December 16, 20190

Yesterday we finally got confirmation on the Resident Evil 3 remake. While leaks spoiled the surprise announcement last week, it's now official and only a few months away. So, to make sure everyone is appropriately hyped, we have collected important information that will answer some of

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 14th)

by HendrikWiese - December 14, 20190

Here are our picks, but what are yours?Another week has come and gone as we tumble inexorably towards 2020, and this one gifted Nintendo a few choice gongs at The Game Awards and all 10 spots in the Japanese All-Format game charts. We also saw the announcement of a raft

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 7th)

by HendrikWiese - December 7, 20190

Here are our picks, but what are yours?So, yet another week has been and gone, this time bringing with it a new Nintendo Switch system update, an announcement for new NES and SNES titles on Switch - just days after we moaned about it, no less - and even the

This 16-game arcade for AIs tests their playing prowess

by Devin Coldewey - December 4, 20190

Figuring out just what an AI is good at is one of the hardest thing about understanding them. To help determine this, OpenAI has designed a set of games that can help researchers tell whether their machine learning agent is actually learning basic skills or, what is equally likely,