CRKD offers Switch and Switch OLED owners a robust alternative to the standard Nintendo Joy-Con controllers.
Regardless of its prowess as a portable gaming console, the physical design of the Nintendo Switch is a masterclass of form over function. The device’s flat, horizontal tablet design doesn’t ergonomically do it for me. That lovely screen is wedged between two flimsy plastic controllers that I always feel like I’m going to just snap off. Coming from any other gaming controller, the Joy-Cons feel, well, a bit rubbish. Continue reading CRKD Nitro Deck for Nintendo Switch review→
Tekken 8 sees the return of The King of Iron Fist Tournament. The world’s best fighters are pitted against each other, once more, this time in a bid to save their countries from the wraith of the demonic Kazuya Mishima. Continue reading Tekken 8 PC review→
I joined Intel at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. AI was very much the focus at the show and Intel was keen to show off the capabilities of the new Intel Meteor Lake Core Ultra mobile processor with its onboard neural processing unit (NPU). As a surprise, Intel revealed the Intel Core Ultra 7-powered MSI Claw A1M Windows-based handheld gaming device. Continue reading Hands-on with the new Intel Core Ultra 7-powered MSI Claw A1M→
The third incarnation of the Oculus Quest standalone consumer virtual reality headset is here. The Meta Quest 3 is smaller, lighter, and offers a higher fidelity virtual reality experience than its predecessors. With the addition of mixed reality via the device’s colour pass-through cameras, could this be the next generation of consumer VR headsets? Continue reading Meta Quest 3 VR headset review→
If ever there was a game that could be a hit or a miss it is Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. And, just like the movies it’s based on, it’s a game that’s dividing opinion.
Fourteen years ago, James Cameron’s Avatar presented filmgoers with a visual feast: a vibrant alien world, an exciting, familiar, but sombre tale with an ecological message, cutting-edge visual effects, and all this in 3D. Around the same time, Ubisoft released an Avatar game in 3D. Like the movie, the game all but disappeared into the mists of time. Continue reading Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora PC/Xbox Series X review→
Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available for Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro headsets.
I knew it was coming and it was just one of a dozen excuses I used to justify buying a new Meta Quest 3 at launch. Late last week, whilst gathering a bit more material for my long in gestation Meta Quest 3 review, I came across the freshly released Xbox Cloud Gaming App in the Meta Quest store. Continue reading Xbox Cloud Gaming comes to Meta Quest headsets→
