Lmnop, BBC, omg When most people think of PC storage, they think of the jolly ol’ mechanical hard-drive. Whap it into your computer, save all your stuff on it, and have a grand time. Plenty of people also think of the faster, quieter, and currently more expensive little brother of the hard drive, the SSD. I somehow managed to miss until only a couple of weeks ago that there’s a third alternative these days: the NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) SSD....

Secret exclusive wars Spider-Man is much more than Peter Parker. Sometimes,he’s Doc Ock. As folks saw inSpider-Verse, “Spider-Man” can sometimes be a symbol for others or something else entirely. There’s decades of history baked into the character typically known as a brainiac high schooler, and in the wake of Spider-Man PS4’s launch last year, Sony is breaking some of it down ina new blog postand video. Sure,Spider-ManPS4 is a year old this week but the ripples of this fantastic open world action romp are still felt today, and the exclusivity of the inevitable sequel is all but confirmed by the purchase of Insomniac Games by Sony....

Europa Universalis IV follow up Paradox’s space-is-the-place grand strategy gameStellarishas a firm release date, announced last night during the company’s live-streamed event. It’s beatingHearts of Iron IVout the gate by about a month, which apparently is not as big of a cannibalization risk as I, a not-businessman (I’m a business, man), would imagine. Though a lot of Paradox fans dig all the titles, I get going wider, World War II and space exploration have distinct enough appeal....

Japan sales double since last report Everyone’s favorite podcast (creditAnimal Crossingwith that joke)Splatoonsold one million danged copies in Japan and Nintendo is celebrating the success of its original Wii U game with a newlyannouncedSquid Sisters concert on July 12, 2025. “Splatoon Squid Sisters Live 2016” will be held at the Makuhari Messe convention center, the same place where Tokyo Game Show lives. Now, for a brief breakdown.Splatoonhit 1.6 million worldwide sales by the end of July, or in its first two months of availability....

Once you reach the character creation stage ofStarfield’s intro, you’ll have to pick three traits for your character. Many of these typically give you a perk alongside some kind of catch. For example, the Alien DNA trait will give you increased max health at the cost of making HP recovery less effective. So what the heck is going on inStarfieldwith the Hero Worshipped trait? Does it really just give you a fan who won’t shut up?...

It’s no secret thatBethesda games are notorious for being pretty broken.Starfieldis no exception and while we wait around for Todd Howard and his crew to unleash an update for its latest IP, the fan base has things covered for now. As spotted byDSO Gaming,Starfield‘s Community Patch is now ready to download if you have the game on PC. The mod is the result of a series of people working together to make improvements to Bethesda’s space-faring RPG....

AfterStellar Blade’skerfluffle involving theaccidental release of its demo, developer Shift Up has announced the actual release date for the action title’s demo. It’s taken several long years of only a couple of trailers with little information in the lead up to its debut, but players will finally be able to step into Eve’s wedges to take on fleshy monstrosities this month. When is the Stellar Blade demo coming out? The news came via a post on the PlayStation Blog for Director Kim Hyung Tae....

People are talking aboutDark Souls, saying that it’s all hard and stuff. While I don’t disagree with that claim, the kind of difficulty thatDark Soulsoffers isn’t the kind I can easily appreciate. Though I’m far from an expert on the title, from what I’ve played, the game is about staying smart with your combat and level up strategies, while taking the time to grind, and deal with plenty of “gotcha” deaths....

Annapurna is making moves Flowerwasn’t thatgamecompany’s first release, but it did put the studio on the map for a lot of folks. It’s a beautiful, calming experience about gliding across fields and picking up flower petals, and I dug it. The team’s new gameSkyis coming to iOS, butfirst we’ve got a surpriseFlowerport. The artsy adventure isnow availablefor iPhone and iPad ($4.99) courtesy of Annapurna Interactive, who has really begun making a name for itself in the indie game space with great titles likeWhat Remains of Edith Finch,Wattam,Donut Country, and the console ports ofKentucky Route Zero....

9,999,999 Rupees inHyrule Warriors. Yeah, I could go for that. The game’s community has beenworking tirelesslyto figure out a newly discovered glitch that involves slaying a giant boss (King Dodongo, Gohma, etc.) with a weapon that has the Rupees+ skill attached. The goal is to lower the monster’s weak point gauge and then kill it, usually from a distance, without activating the weak point smash attack you’d normally use as the finishing blow....

Don’t move, it’s looking right at us Nintendo can’t unveil its NX system soon enough. Another rumored controller leak has surfaced, and it looks much more convincing thanthe last one. According toperkele37, the person who posted these shots on reddit: The design resembles one of Nintendo’s patents closely (too closely?), which has some people skeptical. We also don’t know how far along this design is — it’s almost certainly not final — or how it might fit into the larger context of the NX, which has beendescribedas a console/mobile hybrid....

It’s a me, horrible difficulty curve! As Ireported last week,Vs. Super Mario Bros.came out today on the Switch eShop. We weren’t sure if the title would be coming to the US, but Nintendo surprised us all and released it for everyone to enjoy! I use that word liberally, because I rememberVs.being hard as hell in the arcade. To mitigate some of that difficulty, this new port features customizable controls, save states and even a digital manual....

Blocks on blocks For the upcoming Ludum Dare Game Jam, developer benpurdyproduced a demakefor the originalLegend of Zeldatitled “Zelda in 16×16 pixels.” This is more or less the entire game here, with all eight pieces of the Triforce in tow. You’ll use the arrow keys to move, and after you enter the cave you’ll grab your sword, which can be used with the “A” key. Bombs can also be aquired and used with “S....