Category: Technology

Embrace the bucolic life as a grad student tracking some squirrels across a forest in this unique narrative puzzler. I’m pretty sure there’s a line somewhere in Melville where he suddenly announces he’s not that keen on penguins. In my head I really think it’s Melville – maybe Moby-Dick or The Encantadas. The line, as […]

RuneScape developer Jagex has been bought again. This time it’s US private equity giant Carlyle Group that’s snapped up a majority stake in the Cambridge games studio. The Carlyle Group did not disclose the terms of the transaction, but The Daily Telegraph reported the value of the deal is expected to be more than the […]

BioWare’s fourth big Dragon Age game will be mainly set in Tevinter, an as-yet-unvisited land within the franchise’s world of Thedas. That’s according to the studio’s hulking BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development book, which I picked up over the weekend. For fans of the Dragon Age series, this confirmation will […]

Behind bars. A prominent GTA Online cheat website has shut down after “discussions” with publisher Take-Two. LunaCheats, a popular site that sold GTA Online hacks, now contains a single message notifying visitors it had pulled its cheat menu services and ceased all maintenance and development. The website said it will donate its proceeds to a […]

Netflix has announced the first cast for The Witcher prequel series Blood Origin. Jodie Turner-Smith, who starred in Queen & Slim and Nightflyers, plays Éile, “a fierce warrior with the voice of a goddess”. The six-part live action limited series is a prequel story set 1200 years before Geralt and the events we’re familiar with […]

After pledging to improve the offering within its pricy £9.99-a-month Fortnite Crew subscription, Epic Games has now announced an eye-catching new skin for February and wrapped it up in the game’s ongoing lore. February’s members-only character is Vi, a member of the Fox Clan – Fortnite’s new name for its various Kitsune mask-wearing characters such […]

Pokémon Go’s new level 50 cap has now been reached – by not one but two players. After last night’s shenanigans (see below), Australian player Laurenlolly hit level 50 at 3.29am local time (4.30pm UK here). However, she was not the first to do so. Fellow Australian FleeceKing – known in the community for playing […]