HomePodcasts The Weekspot podcast: what would a new Dead Space look like?The Clarke side The Clarke side After eight years on the shelf, many are saying the smart money is on EA announcing a newDead Spacegame at the upcoming EA Play in July. Given the fact that EA have gone back toMirror’s Edgeand they’re in the process of revivingSkate, it’s not a bad shout. So, obviously enough, this week’s Headlines & Hot Takes contains some chatter on whether we’ll see a new Dead Space pop up at EA’s notE3 event....

HomeNews You can download the first Windows 11 preview build right nowIf you’re a Windows Insider, which isn’t as exclusive as it sounds If you’re a Windows Insider, which isn’t as exclusive as it sounds Windows 11is still in the workshop as engineers tinker with its rounded corners andAndroid app support, but if you’re a Windows Insider, you can give the preview build a whirl right now.The Windows 11 preview build is affectionately titled Build 22000....

Anyone else want games of those Usborne Puzzle Adventure books from the 80s and 90s?Those things were absolute bangers Those things were absolute bangers This weekend I have been playing and absolutely lovingLaybrinth City: Pierre The Maze Detective. It’s an animated, interactive puzzle game that’s sort of a cross between Where’s Wally andHidden Folks. In it, you (Pierre, the Maze Detective) must hunt down the mysterious Mr. X, who has stolen the Maze Stone from the local museum and is using it to turn everything into a maze....

HomeFeaturesFar Cry: New Dawn Have You Played… Far Cry New Dawn?‘Tis a far cry from malaria shots ‘Tis a far cry from malaria shots After the events ofFar Cry 5, Ubisoft rightly turned up the volume for its regularly scheduled stopgap game. Rather than place you in the role of gun-wielding saviour, it allows you to become a superhero… who also happens to be quite handy with firearms. Far Cry New Dawnis all about little tweaks: weapons feel earned because you craft them using scrap you scavenge; liberated outposts can be relinquished and liberated once more for sweeter rewards; and there’s two charismatic villians instead of one....

HomeNewsDark Souls Huge Dark Souls mod Nightfall arriving this DecemberThis fan-made “sequel” promises a new map and all This fan-made “sequel” promises a new map and all It’s been a while sincewe last heardfrom a group of modders who decided they’d make their ownDark Souls"sequel", Nightfall. But they’ve re-emerged with more details on the project, as well as a release date. I am ready to return to Lordran, but I am scared....

HomeNewsLegend of Mana PS1-era RPG Legend Of Mana has been remastered and re-releasedA secret no more A secret no more Square Enix’s historical re-enactment (remaster) of their 1999 RPGLegend of Manahas been released. It was actually released last week, so though we’re a little bit late with letting you know, there are a lot of good vibes and happy thoughts out there for the Mana series. Besides, I told a friend it was out and he was surprised that he’d missed its release, and was delighted he could play it, so now I’m tellingyou....

HomeNewsTeam Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2’s bot fighting update resulted in record player numbersAlmost four months without a patch made the game terrible Almost four months without a patch made the game terrible Team Fortress 2 TrailerWatch on YouTube Team Fortress 2 Trailer These specific tweaks won’t stop the bots in their tracks, but they do enable servers to give real players some space, and to let them deal with the disruptions more easily....

HomeDeals This RTX 3060 PC with Ryzen 5600X and 1TB SSD costs £1150Prebuilt gaming desktops remain one of the best ways to get a graphics card at RRP Prebuilt gaming desktops remain one of the best ways to get a graphics card at RRP Graphics card prices remain sky-high, so the best way to pick one up near RRP is to buy a prebuilt system. Today we spotted this deal at Scan, where you can get a RTX 3060 PC with a Ryzen 5 5600X, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB NVMe SSD for £1150....

HomeDeals The Shadowrun trilogy is free via GOG until MondayThree great cyberpunk RPGs for nowt Three great cyberpunk RPGs for nowt GOG are giving away the Shadowrun Trilogy - which includes Returns, Dragonfall and Hong Kong - if yousignup to their newsletterbefore Monday. That’s a lot of quality cyberpunk RPGs for free. Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director’s Cut TrailerWatch on YouTube Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director’s Cut Trailer Jimliked the original Shadowrun Returns back in 2013, arguing that it felt “like a vindication of the ‘hey, let’s do nostalgia and turn-based RPGs’ thing on Kickstarter....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends takes players back to good old Skull Town next weekOG Kings Canyon makes a comeback OG Kings Canyon makes a comeback Just the other day I was chatting with a friend about how long it’d been since we’d roamed around Skull Town inApex Legends. The hottest of drop zones was removed (read: obliterated) last year in the battle royale’s fifth season, but next week Respawn are piecing it back together for a new event....

HomeFeatures Failbetter Games on how to not make a DLCSometimes the winning move is not to play Sometimes the winning move is not to play A couple of years ago, in 2019, Failbetter Games were thinking about a new DLC for their historical-gothic, RPG-with-a-flying-steam-trainSunless Skies. They were starting pre-production on their next game, but wouldn’t need a full team’s worth of resources on it. It would be, said CEO Adam Myers, “economically useful” to have something to work on that didn’t have a deadline....

HomeNewsGreedfall GreedFall’s story expansion and a Gold Edition are both launching this monthThe De Vespe Conspiracy takes you to a new part of the island The De Vespe Conspiracy takes you to a new part of the island Colonial sword and sorcery RPGGreedFallannounced plans for a story expansion last November and oh look, you can spot its sails on the horizon now. The De Vespe Conspiracy expansion will add a new area and new diplomatic tangles to the BioWare-alike action RPG....

HomeNewsHardspace: Shipbreaker Hardspace: Shipbreaker has radiation nowIt’s Pretty Rad It’s Pretty Rad As if dismantling a derelict spaceship wasn’t already hazardous enough, developers Blackbird Interactive have added radiation toHardspace: Shipbreaker. The Pretty Rad update dropped this week for the sci-fi ship scrapping sim, making it so players can find and extract Radiation Filters on their looting expeditions. This is easier said than done, however, as those Filters are rather fragile, and can drop radioactive particles if you so much as bump the thing....