Players who swapped Game Boy Advance cartridges as kids will remember the thrill of returning to Hyrule for the final time in 2004. That was the year The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap was released, a game that many people overlooked but provided one of the series’ most original ideas to date. Fast forward to now: an unofficial native port allows you to run the game natively on Windows or Linux, without the need for an emulator or the hassle of an odd setup.
Over the past two weeks, those of us who spent hours mulling over the Strogg combat from Quake 4 have been in for a treat, a 10-minute clip of the previously unfinished expansion. The Awakening has appeared on the internet. That’s right, Justin Marshall has now produced a clean version free of the obvious watermarks that were muddying up prior versions of the footage. Anyone viewing can now see a truly raw early prototype build straight from the creators, with all of the bells and whistles intact as they were when the team ceased working on it.
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Gamers around the world had been waiting months for this moment, May 4 at 10 a.m. Pacific time, when the Steam Controller would finally be available for purchase at Valve’s store for $99.99. Instantly, online carts were filled to the brim, and the wait, along with all of the irritation, began. The supply lasted for around 30 minutes before running out.
Gamers who spent their childhood rocking on the original SEGA hardware have a new opportunity to acquire a piece of history. That’s right, a new way to relive the good old days, courtesy to the LEGO SEGA Genesis Console 40926 set, which will hit shop shelves on June 1st and includes 479 pieces in a display model that won’t break the bank at $39.99.
Fans of survival horror and classic shooters now have a unique way to experience the latest Resident Evil title. A fresh mod called Requiem for Ravenholm arrived in early access and it transforms Resident Evil Requiem using assets pulled straight from the Half-Life series. Created by FlamingosPeak Workshop the project replaces key elements throughout the game.
Modders shrank a normal Wii motherboard to a fraction of its original size while retaining all functionality, allowing you to play games exactly like the original. Tito from Macho Nacho Productions just posted a detailed look at the Nintendo Kawaii project.
Gamers everywhere just gained a cleaner path to play on their Windows 11 machines. Microsoft started pushing out Xbox Mode on April 30 in select markets, with the update spreading to more users over the coming weeks. This full-screen interface draws straight from the console playbook yet runs on everything from laptops and desktops to tablets and handhelds. Players flip into it when they want games front and center and slip back to the regular desktop whenever they need to check email or open another app.
Grand Theft Auto V can run with ray tracing enabled at a silky smooth 60 frames per second on a PlayStation 5, and this is not your typical PS5 experience, since it is taking place on a Linux desktop via Steam. Andy Nguyen, often known on the internet as TheFlow, is a security specialist who created an open source loader that he released into the public domain.
Gamers in the 1990s sat through plenty of marathon sessions on consoles like the Super Nintendo as well as SEGA Genesis, and their thumbs suffered as a result of continual pressure on rigid directional pads. Triax had a solution for the problem in the Turbo Touch 360. They abandoned the traditional movable plastic directional pad in favor of a flat octagonal plate with capacitive sensors underneath. So all you had to do was lightly lay your thumb on the surface, and it would register the direction you were attempting to go in.
Zach Cregger had been playing Resident Evil games for years before he considered directing a cinematic version, and it was that deep familiarity that drew him into the franchise following his recent work on Weapons. He collaborated with Shay Hatten to create an original storyline that fit well into the insanity of Resident Evil 2.