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Game review: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PC/Xbox Series X|S
Gaming

Game review: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PC/Xbox Series X|S

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is finally here, I played it and here are my thoughts.

By Darren Price • 7 min read • Mon, 22nd May 2023
New Knightfall update coming to MMORPG Albion Online
Gaming

New Knightfall update coming to MMORPG Albion Online

The new update has plenty of content for players and fans to dive into, including bringing new features to the Mists, a new dungeon called Knightfall Abbey,.

By Tom Raynel • 2 min read • Tue, 16th May 2023
Game review: Stranded: Alien Dawn (PC)
Gaming

Game review: Stranded: Alien Dawn (PC)

Stranded: Alien Dawn is a PC real-time strategy game from Haemimont Games, the developer of Surviving Mars. I checked it out, and here are my thoughts.

By Darren Price • 6 min read • Tue, 16th May 2023
Game Preview: Park Beyond (PC)
Gaming

Game Preview: Park Beyond (PC)

FutureFive got to spend some time with a preview version of Limbic Entertainment's upcoming theme park management game, Park Beyond.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Mon, 8th May 2023
Game review: Dead Island 2 (PC)
Gaming

Game review: Dead Island 2 (PC)

Dead Island 2's oft-delayed journey to release is over, with the game now available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.

By Darren Price • 7 min read • Fri, 28th Apr 2023
Game review: Dead Space (PC)
Gaming

Game review: Dead Space (PC)

EA's classic survival horror game, Dead Space, gets a complete overhaul, bringing chilling encounters to a new generation of gamers.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Thu, 20th Apr 2023
Game review: The Last of Us Part I (PC)
Gaming

Game review: The Last of Us Part I (PC)

Some ten years after its first release, the remake of the hit PlayStation game, The Last of Us Part I, is now available on PC.

By Darren Price • 7 min read • Wed, 12th Apr 2023
Game review: Omen of Sorrow (Switch)
Gaming

Game review: Omen of Sorrow (Switch)

Omen of Sorrow was originally released in 2018 as a PS4 exclusive. Now you can play the game in 2023 for the PC, Switch and PS5 platforms.

By Damian Seeto • 5 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2023
Theme park simulator Park Beyond opens its gates in June
Gaming

Theme park simulator Park Beyond opens its gates in June

Bandai Namco Europe and Limbic Entertainment have announced that Park Beyond will be released on 16th June, with pre-orders now available.

By Darren Price • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Mar 2023
Game Preview: Redfall
Gaming

Game Preview: Redfall

Bethesda ANZ recently invited Techday's Darren Price to a media-only preview session of Arkane Austin's upcoming vampire shooter, Redfall.

By Darren Price • 5 min read • Thu, 23rd Mar 2023
Early access impressions: Kerbal Space Program 2 (PC)
Gaming

Early access impressions: Kerbal Space Program 2 (PC)

Kerbal Space Program's developers gave me early access to its incoming sequel and a chance to test it out: here are my first impressions.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Thu, 16th Mar 2023
Hands-on Review: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Gaming

Hands-on Review: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

AMD sent over one of its Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards to test out. I tried it out, and here's what I thought.

By Darren Price • 7 min read • Tue, 28th Feb 2023
Hands-on preview: HTC VIVE XR Elite
Gaming

Hands-on preview: HTC VIVE XR Elite

HTC is set to release its new VR headset, the HTC VIVE XR Elite, featuring extended reality capabilities and inside-out tracking.

By Darren Price • 7 min read • Fri, 17th Feb 2023
Game review: Deliver Us Mars (PC)
Gaming

Game review: Deliver Us Mars (PC)

The follow-up to 2018's Deliver Us The Moon, Deliver Us Mars is more of the same sci-fi exploration and puzzle solving, this time on the red planet.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Feb 2023
Game review: Trek to Yomi (Nintendo Switch)
Gaming

Game review: Trek to Yomi (Nintendo Switch)

Trek to Yomi was released in 2022 for PC, PlayStation and Xbox platforms. Fast forward to 2023, and the game is finally available for the Nintendo Switch.

By Damian Seeto • 5 min read • Fri, 3rd Feb 2023
Hands-on Review: Corsair Katar Elite wireless mouse
Gaming

Hands-on Review: Corsair Katar Elite wireless mouse

Corsair sent over one of its Katar Elite wireless mice to test out. I tried it out, and here's what I thought.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Jan 2023
Lenovo unveils a powerful 16-inch AI-tuned gaming laptops
Gaming

Lenovo unveils a powerful 16-inch AI-tuned gaming laptops

Lenovo debuts the world's most powerful 16-inch gaming laptops with AI tuning that maintains maximum performance across gaming scenarios.

By Gaurav Sharma • 10 min read • Fri, 13th Jan 2023
New Intel offering the most powerful of its kind ever built
Gaming

New Intel offering the most powerful of its kind ever built

Intel has launched the NUC 13 Extreme Kit and NUC 13 Extreme Compute Element, which the company says combined, make the most powerful Intel NUC ever built.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Nov 2022
Game review: Gotham Knights
Gaming

Game review: Gotham Knights

Gotham Knights disappoints with clunky gameplay and outdated graphics, but offers an interesting story and likeable characters.

By Damian Seeto • 5 min read • Wed, 26th Oct 2022