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‘No Disc No Buy’ Comments Dominate Sony’s Phantom Blade Zero State of Play Livestream, as Planned PlayStation Boycott Nears
Sony held its planned Phantom Blade Zero State of Play livestream with — somewhat surprisingly — the comments turned on, and they went exactly how everyone thought they would.
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Al Jardine performs Beach Boys deep cut for first time since 1978
‘Back Home’ has a storied history. The post Al Jardine performs Beach Boys deep cut for first time since 1978 first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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10 Best Sci-Fi Books of the 1980s
Collider has published a ranking of the ten best science-fiction novels of the 1980s, a decade the outlet says pushed the genre toward darker, more paranoid territory as personal computing, biotechnology and Cold War anxieties reshaped what writers explored. The list highlights books that used speculative premises to interrogate technology’s risks alongside its promise, and…
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Chinese RAM hits 9000 MT/s and even matches the speed and latency of the memory in our western gaming PCs
A Chinese memory manufacturer has released consumer DDR5 RAM that reaches 9000 MT/s, putting it on par with the fastest gaming memory kits available from established Western brands. This is notable because Chinese chipmakers have historically lagged behind firms such as Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron in cutting-edge memory performance, so matching both the speed…
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‘The ultimate gamers’ mascot’: Sonic the Hedgehog at 35 – from 2D to 3D to a billion-dollar film franchise
Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating its 35th anniversary, having grown from a 1991 Sega Mega Drive mascot designed to rival Nintendo’s Mario into a multimedia franchise spanning games, television, comics and a film series worth more than $1bn at the global box office. The character’s speed, attitude and rebellious visual style captured the edgy spirit…
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New R-Rated Tom Cruise Movie Officially Gets a Major Update [Exclusive]
Screenwriter Erik Jendresen has confirmed that the script for Tom Cruise’s long-mooted R-rated film with director Christopher McQuarrie, nicknamed “The Gnarly Movie”, has now been completed. The update, shared exclusively with Collider at the Televerse festival, marks the first concrete progress on a project that has intrigued fans since it was first mentioned in 2023,…
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Stare at an imprisoned god to stop the apocalypse in Sarco, a no-saves horror game in which you’ll also, somehow, have to explore a gutted scientific base
Ukrainian studio Hello Andromeda has announced Sarco, an atmospheric horror game in which players are trapped in a scientific research base with a sarcophagus containing an imprisoned cosmic entity. The being slowly opens whenever it isn’t being watched, forcing players to balance staring it down with exploring the base’s corridors to find a lasting solution…
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Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered?
Nintendo Life is inviting readers to vote on their own review score for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered following its launch on Switch 2, which includes the game’s full open-world content with nothing cut. The site’s own review gave the remaster 8/10, praising its vast amount of content and new mouse and gyro control…
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Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Gets Surprise PS5 Patch, Hardcore Fans Celebrate Changes
PlayStation publisher GungHo has released a surprise patch for Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter on PS5, addressing long-standing complaints about the game’s English localisation. The remake had used more literal translations for terms already established in other games in the long-running Trails series, creating inconsistencies that annoyed dedicated fans; the update brings the terminology…
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In defence of Soviet bars, the great boozers of the world
One-stop for a drink and a history lesson. The post In defence of Soviet bars, the great boozers of the world first appeared on Far Out Magazine.