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Steam Frame, Valve's latest entry in the VR hardware market, will cost AU$1,609 in Australia for the 256 GB model with included VR controllers. For the 1 TB Steam Frame model with included VR controllers, the Aussie price is AU$1,969.The price isn't super surprising: the entry level model costs the same as the entry level Steam Machine. There's also the not-insignificant problem of the ongoing memory crisis: Valve would have...
First reported by Phrasemaker, Lies of P publisher Neowiz has filed an EU trademark for something called "Wonders of O" categorized as, among other, similar things, a bit of "virtual reality game software." While not 100% confirmed, there's a strong possibility that this is the Lies of P sequel we know is in development.Similarly, it's difficult to see it being anything other than a Wizard of Oz adaptation in the...
The Witcher 3 is the perfect videogame. Is that hyperbolic? Maybe a bit. But it's unquestionably one of the greatest RPGs of all time, a game that arrived with a 92% review score and somehow got better through years of fixes, upgrades, and expansions, the last of which provided a perfectly satisfying conclusion to the epic of Geralt (and an even higher review score).In his review for that brilliant denouement,...
Aussie Broadband | NBN 500 | AU$79p/m with no lock-in contract (AU$99 after 6 month introductory offer)Aussie Broadband has a good reputation among Australian gamers, and the provider is careful to cultivate that prestige with live ping tracking, CGNAT opt-out and more. (You can check out their current ping times here.)Until November 15 you can enjoy AB's NBN 500 plan for AU$79 per month for six months, before the price...
Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer is catching heat from industry colleagues for his studio's stance on crunch. In the latest episode of The Game Business Show (as covered by Game Developer), Brammer and host Christopher Dring chatted about Bulkhead's journey as an indie studio and Wardogs' big success before the conversation turned to work culture and crunch.Brammer was upfront that crunch does happen at Bulkhead, and if you're not OK with...
The great AI debate has heated up in recent weeks, amid calls from some industry figures for a slowdown in development—although others, like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, seem keen to dismiss many of those calls as simple doomsaying. Now, former US president Barack Obama has posted his thoughts on X regarding the issue, and it's something of a balanced take."I was encouraged this week to see the leaders of the...
Need to knowWhat is it? Rule-breaking sci-fantasy 4XRelease date: September 17, 2026 (1.0 version)Expect to pay: $50/£45Developer: Amplitude StudiosPublisher: Hooded HorseReviewed on: Radeon RX 6800 XT, Ryzen 9 5900, 32GB RAMSteam Deck: VerifiedLink: Official siteThere has been no drought of good 4X games over the past decade. Part of that has been the steady work of Amplitude, whose Endless series has become a stalwart part of the strategy scene. Endless...
Heart Machine, the developer of the Hyper Light games and Possessor(s), has laid off "nearly everyone at the studio" following the collapse of a deal with an unnamed publisher for funding of its next project."I have very difficult news today," studio founder Alx Preston wrote on LinkedIn. "We had been working on an unannounced title, funded by a publisher. This week, they decided to no longer move forward with it....
Have you heard the rumor that Bungie is looking to somehow merge Destiny and Marathon into a single series? I'll admit that I hadn't, until Marathon creative director Julia Nardin took to X to say flat-out that it's not true."As someone who's worked on both Destiny and Marathon, I can confirm that the 'leak' about us merging the two IPs is fake," Nardin wrote. "They share a lot of the...
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie comes out this week on September 18, and the early reviews have just dropped. It's good news for games and horror fans: it sounds like just about everyone likes it, with more than one reviewer calling it the best videogame adaptation ever made.(That's a pretty low bar, but still.)Granted, early reviewers are hand-picked by studios, so it pays to take these first batch of glowing...