You might not think it from its cutesy miniaturised setting and charming characters, but Grounded 2 can be a hard game, especially at the start when you've got bugger all to fend off the park's most fearsome critters. And to start getting better equipment and materials, you need to somehow overcome those threats, like poisonous scorpions, hordes of spiders, gigantic cockroach queens, wolf spiders—the (horrifying) list goes on.To have any...
If you've braved the intense chill of the Ice Cream Cart in Grounded 2, then you might have stumbled upon either the Frostbitten Key or the locked chest itself that requires it. No matter which one you find first, it's not immediately obvious what you actually need to do with them.It doesn't help that the ice cream truck is freezing cold, causing you to be slowed and occasionally seize up...
The Katamari Damacy franchise is back with its first brand-new entry on consoles in 14 years. Once Upon A Katamari, announced Thursday during the latest Nintendo Direct, will send the Prince of Cosmos back to Earth for a new roll-’em-up action adventure with a time-travel twist. Once Upon A Katamari is the first original entry in the franchise since 2011’s Touch My Katamari. Between that game and today, there have...
The time of Baldur's Gate 3 patches is ended; now is the time of Baldur's Gate 3 hotfixes. God bless 'em, I don't think Larian will ever manage to stop tinkering with its masterpiece—today it returned to Faerûn with BG3's hotfix 33, bringing a smattering of fixes for bugs as diverse as crashes, broken game invites, the Dark Urge accidentally spoiling their whole deal, and weird character portraits. Maybe. That...
There's a lot to be said for the simple things in life. For a start, they're often cheap—and hardware doesn't come much cheaper than this Amazon Basics USB condenser microphone. You can pick up one of these teeny-tiny little units for a mere $26/£23 at Amazon, although it must be said, that's the sort of price that makes me eye any piece of audio gear with suspicion.Opening the packaging, however,...
If you know your noise rock from your industrial, your ambient noise from harsh noise wall, there's a good chance you'll enjoy the chaotic screeches of an ethernet cable plugged into a Eurorack module. If not, you might find it a little cool anyway, like I do.As spotted by Hackaday, creator Wenzellabs recently showed off their NSA Selector, a Eurorack module with two Ethernet ports and an audio output. Effectively,...
During the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, a new Square Enix HD-2D action-JRPG game was announced, called The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. According to the trailer, the game takes place in a land called Philabieldia that’s overrun by beasts, where humans must use a spell of safekeeping to keep their only remaining city, the Kingdom of Huther, safe from invasion. The titular Elliot is tasked with exploring a set...
The Octopath franchise is getting a new title, Octopath Traveler 0, as announced in the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase this morning. Rather than playing as eight heroes who start their journeys in different places, you’ll be following the story of your own customizable protagonist, who has a whole ton of party members to help them out. From the trailer alone, there are quite a few other noticeable differences from the...
Nintendo didn’t have a lot to show at the latest Nintendo Direct, but its third-party partners sure did! During a new Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase broadcast on Thursday, major publishers and indie developers revealed what they’re bringing to Nintendo Switch 2 (and the original Switch) in 2025 and beyond. That includes a new Monster Hunter game from Capcom for Switch 2, two new HD-2D role-playing games from Square Enix, a...
Capcom’s Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will be released on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. The new entry into the Monster Hunter Stories franchise was revealed on Thursday, July 31, during Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. The game trailer showed off a glimpse of a kingdom at war, with the story centered around a mysterious ginormous monster egg that is on the verge of hatching. The trailer also mentions something...