Nintendo Switch OLED price and pre-order: what to expect and where to buy

Nintendo Switch OLED pre-orders are getting underway in the UK and Australia, just one day after the surprise reveal this week. That means you can already put your name down for the new console in certain stores, and we expect to see more Nintendo Switch OLED pre-orders creeping in in the US very shortly.  At […]

Battlegrounds Mobile India hits 40 million pre-registrations, claims Krafton

Krafton has finally managed to launch Battlegrounds Mobile India in India after the ban of PUBG Mobile last September. The game is now available for download on Android devices with no mention of when it might come to iOS devices yet. The game was launched without any fanfare but Krafton has announced in a new blog-post that the […]

Bad food and bands I’ve never heard of: The Sims 4 music festival is almost the real thing

I’ve never attended a proper music festival. Sure, I’ve attended one-off days of live outdoor concerts but nothing that comes close to the likes of Glastonbury or Shambhala. According to friends, the true “festival experience” is an entirely different affair than what I’ve partaken in. Their tales paint the picture of a weekend of debauchery, […]

Krafton invests $9 million in the livestreaming startup Loco

Battlegrounds Mobile India developer Krafton has just announced an investment of $9 million (approximately Rs 66,81,15,000) in the Indian live streaming startup Loco. In the initial funding round the live streaming service will be spun off from parent company Pocket Aces which is a digital content creation studio. According to a tweet from Krafton’s Head […]

Sonic boom: Sega designer tells the origin story of a gaming legend

In nature, the top speed of a hedgehog is 4mph. In video games, Sonic the Hedgehog’s velocity is estimated at anywhere between 767 and 3,840mph. The fact that such debates exist and continue to surround Sega’s pixelated whirling dervish confirms the creation of one of popular culture’s most distinctive icons. His is a tale of […]