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“I got to shag his wife and kill him, so let’s see what happens in the game”: 26 years before becoming David Bateson’s target in Hitman, Mads Mikkelsen worked with the Agent 47 actor on a Danish short film
He’s not returning for Death Stranding 2, but Mads Mikkelsen’s latest video game role sees him play James Bond villain Le Chiffre as a new target for Agent 47 in Hitman: World of Assassination. In a recent Q&A following Hitman studio IO Interactive’s big 2025 showcase, Mikkelsen and Agent 47 actor David Bateson discussed the…
I lost all my progress in a single catastrophic fall in this impossibly hard open-world Steam Next Fest demo, and I’m not even a tiny bit mad about it
I’ve been climbing a hill in Baby Steps, a physics-based open-world Steam Next Fest demo, for 30 minutes. Suddenly, I put a foot wrong, fall from the rickety bridge I’m trying to cross, and spend the next 20 to 30 seconds sliding slowly, inevitably, back into the muddy hole right at the bottom of the…
SMBs are fretting about rising costs ahead of a difficult year
Rising costs across the board leave SMBs concerned about the future.
Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon is better than I expected it to be, and piggybacks on the small-team RPG momentum of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
There’s a strong and immediate sense of Elder Scrolls to Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon. In so many ways it feels like the exact same experience. First-person: check. Fantasy: check. Begins in a prison cell: check. Skills increase as you use them: check. Stealth works the same (even the icon is identical), combat and dialogue…
Don’t feel bad if you fell for Final Fantasy Tactics’ viral “penalty for a crime” meme, the OG strategy RPG’s director says “it certainly sounds like something I would have written”
Following the arrival of Sony‘s hotly anticipated PlayStation State of Play showcase earlier this week and the first look it provided of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, OG director Yasumi Matsuno has finally addressed a fan-edited quote that’s been fooling us all for years. “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then…
Astell & Kern’s new titanium earbuds with planar magnetic drivers are the portable music upgrade of my dreams – but my wallet’s nightmare
Astell & Kern’s luxury IEMs are inspired by the moon and priced like a space rocket
007 First Light is “a distinct and separate universe,” says IO Interactive, despite Mads Mikkelsen’s Le Chiffre coming to Hitman
007 First Light isn’t the only James Bond-related project IO Interactive had been keeping under wraps, as the studio has also brought Mads Mikkelsen’s iconic Casino Royale villain Le Chiffre in for Hitman’s latest Elusive Target. Just don’t expect this to be the start of a larger connected universe bringing the two franchises together. “What…
Switch 2 PSA: Set Up Auto-Uploads To The Switch Mobile App Now
The Nintendo Switch 2 allows players to auto-upload screenshots and videos taken in-game to their mobile device via the Nintendo Switch App–but this handy feature isn’t enabled by default. Here’s how to make sure you’re getting the most out of the app. First things first, make sure you have the Nintendo Switch App downloaded on…
How to rewind in Mario Kart World
Mario Kart World‘s rewind feature is quietly one of the racing game’s most useful features for learning how its new tricks, jumps, and grinds work. The Nintendo Switch 2 launch game sets you loose to discover rewind on your own, though, with no tutorial or anything explaining how the tool works or when you might…
