Skate 4 is now just skate. and will be free-to-play with microtransactions

HomeNews Skate 4 is now just skate. and will be free-to-play with microtransactionsMaster of pop shove-its Master of pop shove-its It’s been more than two years since EA announced their nextSkategame, but the devs at Full Circle have sat down to share some more info on what to expect from it. Annoyingly for folks like us who have to write about it, they’ve decided to drop the capital S and add a completely unnecessary full stop to its new name....

July 15, 2022 · 7 min · 1357 words · Donald Obrien

Warner Bros. brawler MultiVersus targets its open beta for July 26th

HomeNewsMultiVersus Warner Bros. brawler MultiVersus targets its open beta for July 26thAnyone who played the closed alpha will be invited to start playing July 19th Anyone who played the closed alpha will be invited to start playing July 19th Multiplayer free-to-play brawlerMultiVersusis barrelling into open beta on July 26th, with an early access period beginning July 15th for those who played the closed alpha. Warner Bros. Interactive confirmed that progression and unlocks earned in the beta will carry forward when the game launches, so that’s nice....

July 15, 2022 · 2 min · 362 words · Denise Flores

Wordle answer (Saturday 16 July): Wordle word of the day #392 and hints

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Saturday 16 July): Wordle word of the day #392 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Saturday 16 July 2022?Ah,Wordle: one of the few reliable constants in an ever-changing world. We might be living through some very interesting times right now, but at least you can rely on opening up this daily word puzzle game and taking your six guesses to figure out that five-letter solution....

July 15, 2022 · 6 min · 1174 words · Joseph Luna

Wordle's official board game gives me the fear

HomeNewsWordle Wordle’s official board game gives me the fearThe best Christmas present to ruin all future Christmases The best Christmas present to ruin all future Christmases My family is obsessed withWordle. Their love for the five-letter-word guessing game has become so strong that we’ve had to create a separate family Whatsapp group for it. Now, Wordle owner The New York Times has partnered with Hasbro to make it into areal-world tabletop game- and I think I might have excuse myself from every family gathering going forward, because I know that someone’s inevitably going to buy this for someone’s Christmas or birthday present in the future, and it’s going to be all they ever want to do and talk about....

July 15, 2022 · 2 min · 354 words · Lisa Wheeler

Battle royale brawler Rumbleverse launches from its cannon on August 11th

HomeNewsRumbleverse Battle royale brawler Rumbleverse launches from its cannon on August 11thIt’s a free-to-play free-for-all It’s a free-to-play free-for-all Fresh off the back of last weekend’s final network stress test, 40-person brawler battle royaleRumbleversehas revealed it will finally be going live on August 11th. Devs Iron Galaxy say that season one will begin a week later on August 18th. Put up your dukes and get ready to go toe-to-toe when you watch the trailer below....

July 14, 2022 · 5 min · 1046 words · Adam Hughes

Get a top-spec all-AMD gaming laptop for $1250 at Best Buy after $400 off

HomeDeals Get a top-spec all-AMD gaming laptop for $1250 at Best Buy after $400 offThis Asus ROG laptop has a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and RX 6800M GPU. This Asus ROG laptop has a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and RX 6800M GPU. One of the fastest gaming laptops is a solid $400 off at Best Buy, bringing an Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition to just $1250. That’s an awesome price* for a laptop that comes with top-end AMD components, including a Ryzen 9 5900HX processor and RX 6800M graphics card, which for context should equal the performance of a good RTX 3080 gaming laptop....

July 14, 2022 · 2 min · 308 words · Ariel Knapp

Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous’ next paid DLC adds a creepy pirate roguelike mode

HomeNewsPathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous’ next paid DLC adds a creepy pirate roguelike modeWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor… What shall we do with a drunken sailor… Fantasy RPG sequelPathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteousis going roguelike for its third paid DLC, the piratical The Treasure Of The Midnight Isles, setting sail on August 11th. Devs Owlcat Games are also launching an Enhanced Edition of the game as a free update for PC, coinciding with its arrival on console on September 29th....

July 14, 2022 · 5 min · 947 words · Eric Wilson

Pick up 16GB of DDR5 RAM for $70

HomeDeals Pick up 16GB of DDR5 RAM for $70The lowest price we’ve seen on a single DDR5 stick. The lowest price we’ve seen on a single DDR5 stick. DDR5 continues to drop in price, as more kits enter the market and supply increases. Today we spotted a 16GB stick of Crucial DDR5-4800 RAM going for just $70 at Amazon, nearly $20 below its original $89 MSRP set earlier this year. This is an awesome chance to build a new system with 32GB of DDR5....

July 14, 2022 · 1 min · 199 words · Douglas Mitchell

This ASMR cooking game has such great/horrible sounds

HomeNewsASMR Food Experience This ASMR cooking game has such great/horrible soundsPlayWay’s latest sim is restaurant game ASMR Food Experience PlayWay’s latest sim is restaurant game ASMR Food Experience ASMR Food Experience - Announcement Trailer | STEAMWatch on YouTube ASMR Food Experience - Announcement Trailer | STEAM ASMRis an effect where certain types of noises trip something weird in some people’s bodies, creating a pleasant tingly sensation running down the scalp and neck....

July 14, 2022 · 2 min · 376 words · Julie Wallace

Best Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals 2022 - Day 2

HomeHardwareFeatures Best Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals 2022 - Day 2Rounding up the best hardware deals for the UK and US Rounding up the best hardware deals for the UK and US Amazon Prime Day2022 is entering its final hours, so last chance to take advantage of the best Prime Day PC gaming deals. While some good discounts vanished overnight (Prime Day is in fact two days, July 12th and 13th), the majority will keep running until the clock strikes midnight....

July 13, 2022 · 10 min · 2043 words · Carolyn Mendez

Escape Academy review: a charming escape room sim that's even better with a bud

HomeReviewsEscape Academy Escape Academy review: a charming escape room sim that’s even better with a budMake room for this one Make room for this one Having graduated fromEscape Academy, I’m left with a notepad of strange scrawls scattered over two pages. A block of crosses, squares, and circles like a snippet of an old GTA cheats page. Wonky boxes filled with letters, like a shed that’s just about held itself together after a storm....

July 13, 2022 · 4 min · 819 words · Heather Hughes

Genshin Impact embraces the heat with today’s Summer Fantasia 2.8 update

HomeNewsGenshin Impact Genshin Impact embraces the heat with today’s Summer Fantasia 2.8 updateDetective Shikanoin Heizou reports for duty too Detective Shikanoin Heizou reports for duty too Online fantasy action-RPGGenshin Impactis taking to the seas with a time-limited area to explore and a new detective character in its 2.8 update, out today. Called Summer Fantasia, the update lets players sail around an oceanic place called the Golden Apple Archipelago, which is only sticking around until update 2....

July 13, 2022 · 6 min · 1224 words · Nathaniel Bennett

Gwent: Rogue Mage review: a solid expansion of an already enticing minigame

HomeReviews Gwent: Rogue Mage review: a solid expansion of an already enticing minigameFollow suit Follow suit The better part of a decade ago, I got really into Gwent. Like, ‘stay up till 3 a.m. scouring The Witcher 3’s vast lands for new cards’ into Gwent. WithGwent: Rogue Mage, I can feel that drive slowly creeping in again. Gwent functions largely the same here as it did in The Witcher 3. You and your opponent take turns playing cards, dropping units onto one of two rows on your own side of the board until your hands run out....

July 13, 2022 · 4 min · 824 words · Scott Nicholson