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Pasokon Retro is our regular look back at the early years of Japanese PC gaming, encompassing everything from specialist '80s computers to the happy days of Windows XP.Seven floppy disks. Seven. Seven.Illusion City(Image credit: Micro Cabin)Dev: Micro Cabin Released: 1991 PCs: PC-98, MSX Turbo R, PC-88VA, X68000, FM-TownsThat's a lot in any era, but it's an especially thick stack for a game that debuted in 1991. That was the year...
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Fast travel remains out of your reach for the first several hours of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, so you’ll have to tip over, fall down cliffs, and travel around Mexico and Australia on foot for the first dozen missions. When you do unlock fast travel, it also comes with a caveat that’s worth bearing in mind if you want to get the best ratings possible for every delivery....
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The “pretend you won” option in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a small, but radical little choice. It pops after you fail a boss fight and lets you skip the encounter entirely with a brief text explainer telling you how things would’ve unfolded if you won. You might get a lower ranking or miss one or two non-essential scenes for choosing this option, but there’s no judgment, no...
Borderlands 3 is 95% off on Steam right now, dropping it to just $3—its lowest price ever, and one of the best deals in the 2025 Steam Summer Sale. And somehow, that screamingly good price has turned into yet another opportunity for Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford to annoy Borderlands fans on social media."Sales like this and Borderlands 3 showing up on console subscription programs took over 5 years from the...
Helldivers 2 has, generally speaking, been a massive success for Arrowhead Game Studios and publisher Sony. But it did have one early and notable misstep. Shortly after release Sony made a PSN account a requirement to play, and removed Helldivers 2 from sale in 177 countries and territories that didn't have access to PSN: sparking a review bombing campaign that saw the game receive over 200,000 negative Steam reviews.The then-CEO...
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Helldivers 2 launched in February 2024 to critical acclaim, winning a multitude of awards, including Best Ongoing Game and Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards. Aside from some server issues resulting from the sheer number of players attempting to access the game, Helldivers 2 launched without a hitch… until May 2024, when it was announced that, going forward, PC players accessing the game via Steam would be required to...
Dark Souls 2 is the black sheep of the Fromsoft herd, beloved only by those rare, intelligent, and cultured individuals who understand that, as Miyazaki himself says, much of what made Elden Ring so great can be traced back to changes the ill-loved sequel made to the Dark Souls formula. But even its most devoted defender probably wouldn't disagree that its DLC bosses were like, stupid hard.But not hard enough...
Last week, we asked you to share maximalist moments from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: JarrinWasHere shares Jesse from Control standing in a sea of yellow sticky notes. call_me_xavii shares the humans of Humanity all bunched together JULY_AA_0510 went all out with the sticker pack for Cyberpunk 2077. secondcapture shares a giant finger-shaped building in Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess Fabricioevm shares...
Jonathan Bailey, who catapulted to fame in Bridgerton, wooed musical theater fans everywhere in 2024’s Wicked and this June checks a prerequisite heartthrob box of playing a nerdy paleontologist in Jurassic World Rebirth, will only earn more nerd cred with the release of a new behind-the-scenes look at his dino sequel. Loyalists and skeptics will likely melt over the just-like-us dorkiness on display in the video titled “Jonathan Bailey Joins...
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Resident Evil Requiem will be a game that “pushes the Resident Evil series forward,” says its director, as Capcom focuses on the concept of “addictive fear” for next year’s survival horror game. And if you believe the people making Resident Evil Requiem, a superhero protagonist and clear fan favorite like Leon S. Kennedy is just not a good fit for that kind of experience. But whether that actually disqualifies Leon...