Autumn/Fall in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is arguably the best season. Maybe that’s just me being nostalgic, but there’s so much buzz around events, recipes, and even island aesthetic overhauls that I can’t help but feel excited! Starting off with the best event in the whole game, second to Toy Day, I’m talking Hallowe’en! Hallowe’en […]
Searching for Strangetown — and everything else The Sims 4 is missing
With the recent release of The Sims 4: Highschool Years, I couldn’t help but think of what else the developers could bring into the gameplay to spice things up. This is what I found was lacking while playing the base game that I think should be included in the Sims 4 from the get-go without […]
Stardew Crossing- The crossover we’ve been waiting for!
A crossover between Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing: New Horizons seems far-fetched but user @acnh_kaylee on TikTok does just that by giving us an exciting 3-min tour of the beautiful recreation of her Stardew Valley farm in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. She starts with a little jog over to Pierre’s, a cozy little shop for […]
Escape From Tarkov Twitch Rivals May 2021: How to get FREE drops
Free drops for Escape From Tarkov are now live for the next 6 hours! Drops can be earned by watching the Twitch Rivals channel along with the Twitch channels of all tournament competitors. Items earned from the Twitch Drops campaign will be available to claim for just 7 days so make sure to collect them […]
OneTapLAN V, Ireland’s CS:GO LAN tournament, possibly taking place in Feburary
OneTapLAN, the popular Irish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament organisers, have hinted at a 5th generation of their much-loved event. The One Tap LAN twitter tweeted 2 days ago, looking for people expressing interest in their last-minute event in Belfast. The preliminary date is February 9th and 10th, in the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Belfast. In […]
Irish Collegiate Esports Winter Challenge announced – What you need to know
The Irish Collegiate Esports organisation has announced the second season of its inter-university tournament that plays host to a number of games online. Last year’s event proved a success, with both the League of Legends and the Counter Strike: Global Offensive tournaments drawing in a number of the most popular universities from across Ireland. This […]
Dublin Games Festival 2018 – Games, Entertainment and More!
Dublin Games Festival 2018 Since our report last week on the Dublin Games Festival in November 2018, we have received more information from Graeme Moore (COO and Co-Founder of Aeonspark Events). So, here’s what to expect from Dublin Games Festival on the 24th of November. Primarily, it has become quite apparent that DGF has created […]
Microsoft attempts to revolutionise the console market with a hardware-as-a-service model
Noble roots We’re all familiar with the concept of Games as a service. As inflation increases and margins fall, companies are trying to steer consumers away from once-off purchases. The development of micro-transactions, games as a service and — gasp — lootboxes have all been instrumental in securing new revenue streams for game developers and […]
Geocaching in Ireland – A Beginner’s Guide
After the success of Pokémon Go, Augmented Reality (AR) has been growing in popularity, and more and more people are looking for new games to play using this technology. This has also led to the revival of Niantic’s first AR game, Ingress. However, although these games got people out and about, there is one older […]
How to get Fortnite on your Android smartphone
I’m sure many of you have heard of Fortnite. It’s an extremely popular game taking the world by storm, and there’s one particular reason why – it’s entirely free. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but it’s one of the biggest games out at the moment. It took off as a global phenomenon on PC, […]