Month: January 2025

The Walking Dead: 400 Days is a fascinating exercise in rapid-fire storytelling. This is not the saga of Lee and Clementine, two characters whose relationship grew and evolved over the course of five episodes in The Walking Dead proper. No, this downloadable content is something altogether different: a brief collection of snapshots portraying characters who experience very different, very harrowing stories within the zombie-infested American South. At 20 or so minutes per character, these vignettes are lean endeavors that attempt to find a harmony between implied subtext and quick, punchy action. While I wish I could say that each of these stories succeeds at that task–two of them fall a bit flat–the best ones carry the slack with aplomb, making 400 Days a worthwhile experience for any fan of The Walking Dead.

400 Days opens with a bulletin board overrun with notes and photographs, desperate pleas from those who’ve been separated from their loved ones amid the zombie apocalypse. More than just a means to pull at your heartstrings right from the get-go, this board is also the interface that allows you to choose whose story you play next. It’s a clever …

The next Nintendo Direct is coming up very soon, it seems. Reporter Jeff Grubb of GameSpot sister site Giant Bomb said on Twitter that the rumored September showcase will happen sometime during the week beginning September 12.

Plans could still change, but Grubb said that if it does shift, the change in timing would be reportedly “very minor.” Before this, GamesBeat reporter Mike Minotti said Nintendo might have considered delaying the unannounced event due to the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Nintendo operates a global business, with offices located around the world, including in the UK where events are being postponed and canceled out of respect for the National Mourning Guidance.

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The ROG Ally is celebrating its 1-year anniversary today, June 13, 2024. Below, we look back at how it overcame launch troubles to become a viable Steam Deck competitor, and a sign of how open the portable PC market can be.

Given how much the market for portable gaming PCs has exploded ever since Valve launched the Steam Deck in early 2022, it’s remarkable to remember that its closest competitor is just a year old. Over a year after the Steam Deck hit the market, Asus followed up with the ROG Ally, a Windows-based gaming handheld that, on paper, was a big step-up over Valve’s handheld. Not only was it more powerful (and potentially significantly so), it offered an experience that, at the time, was lacking on Valve’s Linux-based SteamOS when it came to game and launcher compatibility. It didn’t take long for the Ally’s biggest draw to also be considered its achilles heel, but even with the initial teething issues of adapting Windows to a device it was never intended to work smoothly with, the ROG Ally has proven that there’s more than enough consumer demand and variability for it to be incredibly successful.

Back in May 2023, Asu…