HomeNewsQuake Quake gets a new expansion, enhanced graphics and splitscreen multiplayer for its birthdayThe free update is huge and out now The free update is huge and out now It’s out now to mark Quake’s 25th anniversary and available for free to all existing owners of the game. Here’s the trailer, which was broadcast during this evening’s (ongoing)Quakecon streams: Quake - Official Trailer (2021)Watch on YouTube Quake - Official Trailer (2021)...

HomeReviewsRecompile Recompile review: a hacking adventure worth installingLet this one past your firewall Let this one past your firewall Ever since I watched that gif of the bloke going around smashing keyboards in what looks like a PC World and pretending to hack things, I’ve thought how cool it would be to become a hacker person. I always thought coding was basically magic and I wouldn’t be cut out for it....

HomeNewsSplitgate Splitgate will stay in beta indefinitely so the devs can continue improving it"We never dreamed of having to scale this big this quickly" “We never dreamed of having to scale this big this quickly” Splitgate Open Beta Trailer | PlayStation, Xbox, and PC July 13th with Cross-Play!Watch on YouTube Splitgate Open Beta Trailer | PlayStation, Xbox, and PC July 13th with Cross-Play! In a press release, the devs explain they’ve continued working hard to increase server capacity and reduce player queue times, and have more improvements and upgrades on the way....

HomeDeals The GOG Games Festival begins with 1200 deals and up to 90% offMetro Exodus Gold, Cyberpunk 2077 and free Quake 2 RTX. Metro Exodus Gold, Cyberpunk 2077 and free Quake 2 RTX. GOG has kicked off their 2021 Games Festival, which runs from today (August 19th) until September 2nd. GOG is promising “releases, announcements, 1200+ deals”, and so far all three components appear to be in place - including 20 demos of recent or upcoming indie titles - nice!...

HomeHardwareNews “There isn’t something secret embedded in the Steam Deck” like the Steam Controller, says ValveBut it will receive plenty of feature updates post-launch But it will receive plenty of feature updates post-launch When Valve first released theSteam Controller, it had a hidden, latent gyroscope inside it that Valve switched on later to get it extra hardware functionality. Alas, anyone hoping for similar technological surprises inside their upcoming portableSteam DeckPC are going to be disappointed, as Valve designer Greg Coomer has assured me there “isn’t something secret embedded in the Steam Deck that we’re going to turn on later” (if only because italready has a gyro built-in)....

HomeNewsAmbition: A Minuet in Power Diplomacy and dating sim Ambition: A Minuet In Power has entered the partyNavigate your social scene without visiting the guillotine Navigate your social scene without visiting the guillotine I can barely survive a two hour dinner party on most occasions, which is how I know I’d not survive life in the 1700’s aristocracy—especially not right before the French Revolution. I do enjoy a good read though, so perhaps I’ll stand a chance leaving with my head attached in the diplomacy and dating simulationAmbition: A Minuet In Power....

HomeFeaturesDreamscaper Dreamscaper is a roguelike that’s a bit like Hades meets Life Is StrangeA nightmare I’d revisit A nightmare I’d revisit Continuing my recent trend of “Ed tries an indie game andrealises he quite likes it”, I have another one for you. It’s calledDreamscaperand it’s a bit like if Hades and Life Is Strange had a child that’s both murderous and heartfelt. So if you’re up for adopting a new roguelike, then this might be worth taking a look at....

HomeNews Here’s 13 minutes of new Life Is Strange: True Colors gameplayGet your bants on with Ryan and Steph Get your bants on with Ryan and Steph Deck Nine’s next supernatural drama ‘em upLife Is Strange: True Colorsis just about to land in September and Square Enix have now queued up a longer look at an early part of the game while you wait. The new 13 minutes of gameplay show off protagonist Alex Chen’s first meeting with two other main characters—and potential romantic interests—at the local record store....

HomeDealsYakuza: Like a Dragon Highlights from Gamesplanet’s biggest sale of the yearWith 24 hour flash sales plus a bevvy of week-long discounts. With 24 hour flash sales plus a bevvy of week-long discounts. UK and European retailer Gamesplanet is running their biggest sale of the year right now, offering deep discounts on a range of PC games from classic titles to modern marvels until August 23rd. Here are our some of our favourites from the sale, including from today’s Flash Deals and options from the promotion proper....

HomeNewsCloud Gardens Pretty apocalypse puzzler Cloud Gardens is outgrowing early accessFull launch is coming on September 1 Full launch is coming on September 1 Urban decay and environment puzzlerCloud Gardensemerged in early access last September and has now announced that it’s blooming into full release nearly a year to the day later. These little post-apocalyptic dioramas have levels with challenges for you to complete campaign style and a creative mode for sandbox building creations....

HomeNewsmyst The Myst remake brings its classic puzzling to PC next weekOld Mysteries made new Old Mysteries made new Oft re-released classic adventureMystis getting re-released yet again, this time as a remake with snazzy modern updates. Cyan Worlds launched a VR remake late last year but mentioned plans to bring the new version to us regular “flat screen” PC folks as well. The time is nearly upon us at last, because Cyan say that you’ll be venturing back into Myst next week on August 26th....

HomeReviewsTwelve Minutes Twelve Minutes review: not quite enough timeSynchronise watches Synchronise watches Our experience of time isn’t fixed. If you’re told you’ve got two minutes to put away the washing then it doesn’t feel like any time at all. If a stranger is staring at you on a train, however, unblinking and silent, then you realise that two minutes is, in fact, an eternity. 12 minutes would seem like a luxurious amount of time in many contexts, but when you have that amount of time to incapacitate a cop, untangle a murder and escape a time loop, all from your one-bedroom flat, it turns out it’s quite short....

HomeGuidesGenshin Impact Genshin Impact processing: how to turn raw ingredients into processed materialsHow to process your foraged foods into high-quality health restoring ingredients. How to process your foraged foods into high-quality health restoring ingredients. Looking to learn how to process ingredients in Genshin Impact?The world of Teyvat inGenshin Impactis, in many ways, a dream of self-sufficient living: it seems like you can’t take half a dozen steps outdoors without seeing the telltale gleam of a collectible and receiving a button prompt to forage some tasty-sounding ingredients....