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I can’t imagine that Core Design, the original creators of Tomb Raider could have foreseen that Lara Croft and her adventures would have become such a global phenomenon. Since 1996, there have been twenty games and three major Hollywood films based on our favourite […]
Embracer Group Loses Major Deal In December 2022, Amazon announced that it had struck a deal with Crystal Dynamics to develop and publish the next Tomb Raider game. Since then, we haven’t heard anything more about the game except that it is currently in early
Yes, you read that correctly. Some genius actually thought it was a good idea to launch a game where players could buy, sell and torture slaves. In 2023 no less. Trade your slaves, buy and sell them. Extract profit from their work, prevent rebellions and
There’s a big difference between a total game remake and a remaster. A remake is just what it says – a video game is rebuilt from scratch from the ground up. A prime example and one of the most successful in recent times, is Black
I recently swapped some hard drives around and installed a new 4TB drive which is purely for Steam games and the first thing I did was to move games from the old drive to the new one before finally removing the old drive for use
HBO’s The Last Of Us series premiered to a rapturous welcome last Sunday, which must be a huge relief to the producers. Video games to film and TV are notorious for flops, but The Last Of Us breaks that taboo with flying colours. The Game
It’s a known fact that when you buy software and games, you’re paying for a license to access them. But most people don’t expect said software and games to be pulled from the market indefinitely, even though you, as the customer, paid good money for
Similar to rolling back Windows device drivers, it’s entirely possible to roll back or downgrade a game on Steam – a handy feature that I used yesterday. Last week I bought Uncharted, a recent Sony release, very similar to the Tomb Raider series. Anyway, after
Steam has just made some dramatic adjustments to its pricing recommendations to developers which have seen some games in Argentina and Turkey increase by nearly 500%. Regional pricing is a significant factor in Steam games pricing with many countries enjoying rock-bottom prices when earning power
Windows Screen Recording Screen recording can be used for areas of your desktop or fullscreen game recording and over the years, screen recording programs have not only multiplied but also improved enormously. I have several recorders installed, so here’s a brief summary of what each
Why Improve My Game Recordings? Because when you upload videos to YouTube, there’s a noticeable difference in the quality you see on your PC and what YouTube shows you. This is due to the AVC1 compression that YouTube uses when your video is published. One
It’s been about a year since I last played Microsoft Flight Simulator and after I had downloaded the massive 45GB update, I came across the Top Gun Maverick FREE expansion and just had to dive into it. Now, I don’t profess to be a
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Ludonarrative Dissonance This morning I was reading a gaming article and these two words literally jumped off the page and into my mind. I love different ways of forming words and terms, so I needed to discover what this meant. But before hitting Google I
Tomb Raider Is Back! After nearly four years of silence from Crystal Dynamics, the company has finally confirmed that a new Tomb Raider game is being developed. And that’s not all, because Lara’s new adventure will run on the brand new Unreal Engine 5 (UE5)
