Parrot launched its 4K Anafi drone last year with the view to balancing a decent camera and plenty of features with a price tag that wasn't prohibitively expensive. Its latest model, the Anafi FPV, does the same, but with a heap more fun, focusing on...9/9/99 was a pretty special day. I distinctly remember going to my local EBX (an offshoot of Electronics Boutique, a GameStop division) to not only pick up a Dreamcast, but a copy of Final Fantasy VIII.
And the thing is, while a new system is cause for celebration, I didn't touch it until I was finished with VIII. I basically played it in a vacuum, and it wasn't until after I had finished its postgame activities that I started to hear rabbling that it "wasn't as good as Final Fantasy VII."
After years of its suspicious absence from Square Enix’s unstoppable barrage of ports and re-releases, Final Fantasy VIII has emerged remastered for all consoles (and PC). This is the best version of the game that has ever existed. Watch me play it for 47 minutes, while discussing 20 years’ worth of crystallized…
It's all change in the UK Charts this week, as a run of big releases has finally shaken up a very stagnant Top Ten. When the dust settled, Platinum's futuristic hack 'n' slash adventure Astral Chain stood proudly in the number one spot, usurping Nintendo's Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Following up Platinum's latest release is the console port of THQ Nordic chaotic racer Wreckfest, which landed at number two. Bandai Namco came in third with their latest Dark Pictures horror title Man of Medan, while Remedy's highly-acclaimed sci-fi actioner Control debuted at number four. This is slightly lower than I had been expecting, but it should be noted that placings between number one and number four are separated by, at most, around 1500 copies or less, so it was a close call for all concerned.
Elsewhere in the charts, the launch of a Game of the Year edition for Marvel's Spider-Man saw discounts which allowed the web-crawler to leap all the way from number 34 to number eight, while retro RPG compendium Collection of Mana made a quiet debut at number 22, which is to be expected for a more niche retro release.
Yet another AI-powered face-swapping app has gone viral, and it's introducing the usual privacy concerns in record time. The iOS app Zao quickly topped China's edition of the App Store since its August 30th launch thanks to its uncanny ability to pu...
It seems like every week there's news of a new piece of malware being used to steal user data or to take control of devices. For once, though, there's some good news in the war on intrusive software: A botnet which was spreading crypto-mining malware...
Welcome to your Monday morning! It's the first week of those US tech tariffs, and while you might not feel the effect right now, you might in the future. This week's Bad Password outlines how the Apple Card may not be as private as you think, and we...
