Gaming in Switzerland. Reviews, Walkthroughs, News

Yesterday (Tuesday, September 12), it was announced that the game engine Unity will soon begin charging developers a monthly fee based on the number of installs their games have, in a move that has left many indie studios upset and frustrated.

Apple is expanding its iPhone-based emergency services with Roadside Assistance via satellite, which will connect people experiencing car trouble in remote areas with AAA.

Meta has started rolling out its Meta Quest v57 update for its Quest virtual reality headsets. The update brings a range of new features and upgrades for Quest users such as unsending image messages, horizon feed, and more. But one of the most important feature upgrades to come from the update is an improvement to the avatar creator, as the company adds better customization options for users to fine-tune their appearance. Users will now be able to do a bunch of customization previously not possible such as adding highlights to hair, using a slider to pick a specific base hair color, and even choosing the color of your eyebrows. This was a feature many had asked for in the past and Meta has finally delivered.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.

Take a moment to imagine where you might have a better quality of life. Did France spring to mind? It does have universal healthcare, affordable childcare, a high level of civic and social engagement, good work-life balance, and of course it’s home to beautiful countryside and arguably the most desirable city on earth, so that would be a natural place to think of.

If you're after some legendary loot early on, you'll want to know how to get the Starfield Mantis quest.

Verizon’s new “Mobile Onsite Network-as-a-Service (NaaS)” trailer is no bigger than the average food truck but serves up a rich menu of connectivity: not just the 4G and 5G wireless that the carrier’s standard Cell on Wheels (COW) trailers provide, but also private 5G, SD-WAN, private mobile edge compute and satellite backhaul. 

The first years of my career in media were spent making photocopies, collecting faxes and filing papers. I also opened reader mail, took notes on meetings and ran errands for my bosses — picking up everything from skim lattes to control-top Donna Karan tights.

Embracer Group have announced that they're closing down Volition, the Illinois, US-based developer best known today for Saints Row and Red Faction. The announcement - which coincided with the predictably uproarious lifting of Starfield's review embargo, though I'm sure the timing is purely accidental - comes as part of broader restructuring at Embracer Group following a multiple-year acquisition spree, which Alice0 reported on in June.

Microsoft is unbundling Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscriptions for business customers in the European Union (EU). The announcement was made today by Nanna-Louise Linde, Vice President, Microsoft European Government Affairs.

Old is new again. This is the Atari 2600+, a newly revamped version of the original 1980 Atari 2600 home console with lots of new bells and whistles to bring it into the modern age.

Microsoft has ended its latest $1 Xbox Game Pass promotion, days before the release of its much-anticipated exclusive Starfield.

Bad news, Xbox fans – you won't be able to play Starfield for $1, because Xbox has withdrawn the $1 14-day Xbox Game Pass trial. Again.

NVIDIA has teamed up with Remedy Entertainment to give away a unique and rare Alan Wake II-inspired GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card.

11.6 million console and PC games were sold in July across Europe, up 34% over the same period in 2022.

AMD has recently declared that a concerning vulnerability, known as ‘Inception’, is affecting its Ryzen CPUs. Until now, we weren’t sure exactly how Inception might impact your gaming PC. But thanks to testing conducted by open source news site, Phoronix, we’ve got an idea of the performance degradation AMD Inception mitigations could cause, and it’s not pretty.

Recent findings reveal that researchers have uncovered an arrowhead that was actually crafted from a meteorite. According to NASA, Meteoroids are "space rocks," that vary in size from minuscule dust grains to small asteroids. They generally originate as fragments from larger celestial bodies that have been shattered or dislodged. These fragments can come from sources like comets, asteroids, and even the Moon or other planets. Meteoroids display a range of compositions; some are rocky, while others consist of metals, and some are combinations of both. When a meteoroid manages to withstand its journey through the atmosphere and lands on the surface, it's termed a meteorite.

The creator of the satirical Postal series Running With Scissors has permitted its fans to pirate its FPS games and even the remake of the isometric twin-stick shooter original until they have enough money to support them. This news comes during a sale of the entire Postal series on Steam during the weekend.

The Pokémon World Championships are taking place this weekend from Yokohama, Japan.

Norway's data protection agency said Tuesday it would start fining Facebook and Instagram owner Meta nearly $100,000 per day for defying a ban on using users' personal information to target ads.

Xbox has reportedly reduced the length of its $1 Game Pass trial, a month after it was reintroduced.

A movie theater in Switzerland is making the rounds online for its absolutely bonkers 'VIP' experience.

Social media giant Meta on Tuesday said it intends to ask EU-based users to give their consent before allowing targeted advertising on its networks including Facebook, bowing to pressure from European regulators.

Over the course of its 4.5 billion years of existence, Earth has encountered an untold number of extraterrestrial bodies hurtling through its atmosphere. Some have disintegrated before reaching the surface, while others have left indelible marks on our planet, with one historic impact event leading to the extinction of an entire species (cue: the dinosaurs).

Overwatch 2 voice actor Lucie Pohl wants to see a scene where Mercy, the character she voices, shaves her legs in the popular Blizzard FPS game. Speaking to PCGamesN about the impact the Swiss healer has had on the wider gaming community, the Overwatch 2 VA believes that her character can stand for so much more than just being a pretty, strong woman.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sold over 10 million units worldwide within 3 days of release and currently stands as the year’s highest rated game, so to say that it’s been a runaway success for Nintendo would be an understatement. In fact, more sales data has now emerged to further illustrate that point.