HomeHardwareDeals Get the Samsung 870 Qvo 2TB for £146 (was £170) Get the Crucial MX500 2TB for £159 (was £179) As Katharine points out in her seminal ‘Best SSD for gaming’ piece, the Crucial MX500 and Samsung 870 Qvo are both excellent choices when it comes to outfitting your gaming PC or laptop. The 870 Qvo provides better overall value, thanks to its 4-bit QLC NAND flash, which allows more capacity at a given cost; meanwhile the Crucial MX500 uses 3-bit MLC NAND that offers slightly better random write performance but in turn costs a bit more....

HomeNewsFinal Fantasy XVI Final Fantasy 16’s probably not going to be at Tokyo Game ShowBut development’s going swimmingly, so there’s that But development’s going swimmingly, so there’s that Final Fantasyfans, I have some news that’s both good and bad (and may in fact be both). You see, during a special 14 hourFinal Fantasy 14 livestream(how long?!), producer Naoki Yoshida slipped in some precious info about the other project he’s working on - the next mainline FF game,Final Fantasy 16....

HomeFeaturesPenko Park Have You Played… Penko Park?A cute but creepy Pokemon Snap-alike A cute but creepy Pokemon Snap-alike If you’ve been staring longingly at your Nintendo Switch lately and wishing there was something akin to a grown-up Pokemon Snap-alike to play on PC, then get thee toPenko Park. It’s a very similar deal. As a budding photographer, you trundle through the aforementioned park on-rails, snapping away at its peculiar wildlife. Some of its creatures are super cute....

HomeNews Study finds that Red Dead Redemption 2 players sure do know their animalsI’ve definitely chased enough Pronghorns to remember them I’ve definitely chased enough Pronghorns to remember them Posse up,Red Dead Redemption 2players. The results are in and science says that if you know your sturgeon from your steelhead trout you may have Rockstar’s surprisingly detailed cowboy ‘em up to thank for it. A published research study has found that RDR2 players, especially those who’ve played recently, are more likely to be able to visually identify 15 different species of animals that appear in the game....

HomeFeaturesThe Forest The best mods for The ForestTurn The Forest into an RPG, a building sim and more Turn The Forest into an RPG, a building sim and more The best mods for The Forest The Forest Trailer 4Watch on YouTube The Forest Trailer 4 How to mod The Forest The Forest’s modding platform is a sort of all-in-one mod downloader, loader, and updater. To start with, you select The Forest from the list of mods atat ModAPI....

HomeNewsMinecraft: Dungeons The next Minecraft Dungeons DLC and Ultimate Edition launch July 28The Echoing Void takes players to The End The Echoing Void takes players to The End After touring through jungles, oceans, mountains, winter itself, and the Nether,Minecraft Dungeonsis at last heading to The End. The next DLC for Mojang’s Diablo-like Minecraft spinoff is taking players to the final dimension this month alongside another free update. They’ve also revealed an Ultimate Edition of the game which will be available the same day, bundling the game with all six of its DLCs....

HomeNewsHunt: Showdown Hunt: Showdown’s new map is now available on test serversThe first in three years The first in three years Hunt: Showdownis getting its first new map in three years. Called DeSalle, it’s available on test servers now, and there’s a new trailer showing its various compounds below. DeSalle Awaits You - New Map Official TrailerWatch on YouTube DeSalle Awaits You - New Map Official Trailer DeSalle has an autumnal theme, and is set across a “decayed urban sprawl” including a prison, church, bank and a saloon, alongside industrial and farming regions....

HomeNewsWe Dwell In Possibility Robert Yang’s latest game is a queer crowd sim about gardeningPlay it for free in your browser Play it for free in your browser Robert Yang has released a new game in collaboration with illustrator Eleanor Davis and the Manchester International Festival. It’s called We Dwell In Possibility and it is a queer gardening game, which you canplay in your browser(possibly NSFW). It will take less than ten minutes, but if you need a little more context before diving in, I’ll endeavour to provide it below....

HomeNewsThe Witcher The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf teaser gives first look at anime prequelVesemir’s stud years Vesemir’s stud years Yesterday wasWitcherCon, which brought news ofThe Witcher 3 DLCand a release date and trailer forseason two of Netflix’s The Witcher TV show. But that’s not all Netflix are cooking. We also got a first look at The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf, an animated prequel film following Geralt’s mentor, Vesemir....

HomeNewsGrindstone Wonderful puzzler Grindstone gets new levels with free Lost Lair updatePlus new weekly challenges Plus new weekly challenges Grindstone, the match-three/smash-three grid-based puzzler, has received a free Lost Lair update. It adds 20 new levels with brand new hazards, a new mini-boss, a new full boss, and new weekly communited challenges.Here’s the lovely trailer:Grindstone - Lost Lair FREE update - New levels, gear, challenges & hats!!!Watch on YouTubeCompleting the weekly challenges grants players new cosmetics, such as “silly and stylish hats” that can be paired with any existing armor set....

HomeNewsHalf-Life A former Half-Life designer is showing off prototypes and rejected bloodbathsWould it have been a classic if it were called “Trip Hammer”? Would it have been a classic if it were called “Trip Hammer”? It’s always grand to get a peek behind the gamedev curtain at things that might have been. FormerHalf-Lifelevel designer Brett Johnson has been digging through his old work, and his memories, to share some early Half-Life prototypes and some ideas that never came to be....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3’s fifth update brings backstories and sneaky dice flicksThe die is cast, but you can nudge it a little The die is cast, but you can nudge it a little I didn’t have the time to watch thetwo-hour larpingsession that they themed last night’sBaldur’s Gate 3announcement around. Thankfully, developers Larian Studios have bundled the update’s changes into a mere 9-minute update video. July 13’s update will let you influence skill checks and role-play just a little bit more....

HomeNews Death Stranding Director’s Cut gets new story missions, a cargo catapult and… Mario Kart?Super Mario Fragile Circuit Super Mario Fragile Circuit Sony showed off a new trailer forDeath Stranding’s recently announcedDirector’s Cutlast night, giving us a better idea of what to expect from the upcoming expanded version of Hideo Kojima’s postal hiking sim. As well as new story missions, the Director’s Cut will have enhanced melee and shooting combat, new cargo bots and machines for the BB Boys to play around with (including that rather impressive catapult in the header there), and (of all things) a racing mode....