Month: July 2025

GLaDOS is going to be furious (Valve) For 14 years, there’s been no change in the most popular game on Steam, but Portal 2 has finally been dethroned – but not by a new title. Although user ratings on other websites are often subject to review bombing and general console-warring the ones on Steam are generally considered to be pretty accurate, in large part because they get far more votes than most other equivalents. Everyone can see the stats for … Continue reading “Portal 2 is no longer the highest rated video game on Steam”

Elden Ring Nightreign – another From hit (Bandai Namco) FromSoftware’s multiplayer Elden Ring spin-off has been a major hit, as Star Wars Battlefront 2 continues to see a resurgence in interest. One of the great difficulties of following the video games industry is working out whether individual games have been a hit or not. Especially in Europe, there’s almost no timely public data and while Japan lays everything bare the US info is all based around monthly charts – which … Continue reading “Elden Ring Nightreign was the best-selling video game in May in the US”

The games in question weren’t even Switch 2 titles (Nintendo) New concerns have arisen over Nintendo’s strict policies over how you use the Switch 2, although for the moment it does seem that there’s a solution. Nintendo gets away with a lot of negative consumer practices purely because their games and consoles are so popular, but there’s already been concern about their ability to put the Switch 2 permanently offline if you use mod carts, which are often used for … Continue reading “Switch 2 owner banned for playing second-hand Switch 1 games”

The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered – a new way to play (Sony Interactive Entertainment) The remastered version of The Last Of Us Part 2 has a whole new mode, as well as some unexpected new references to Uncharted. The Last Of Us Part 2 celebrated its fifth anniversary last month and there’s still no sign that there will ever be a third entry in the series, despite the ongoing success of the HBO show. Series creator Neil Druckmann … Continue reading “Play The Last Of Us Part 2 in chronological order thanks to a new update”

You could get away with a lot in Manhattan in 1984. You could write a bestselling novel, Bright Lights, Big City, in the second person, like Jay McInerney did, his brooding protagonist hoovering up “Bolivian marching powder” and hanging out at The Odeon. You could have a menial job, go out clubbing, eat for cheap at dawn at a 24-hour joint, survive on scant sleep and spend a few hours pursuing acting, music, photography or performance art before heading back … Continue reading “In 1984, It All Happened at These New York Restaurants”