HomeFeatures Victoria 3 will be Paradox’s next strategy game, and it’s not mucking aboutThe important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of Austrian dairy import tariffs The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of Austrian dairy import tariffs But while Crusader,Europaand Hearts have all had new versions in the last few years, their poor idustrial age cousin has been languishing since the release of Victoria 2 in 2010, without even any DLC since 2013....

HomeNewsNBA 2K21 Epic Mega sale underway, and NBA2k21 is free to keepThere’s lots of interesting deals if you dig There’s lots of interesting deals if you dig If you don’t want to spend anything at all, NBA2k21 isfree to keep for the next week. I feel like if you weren’t going to buyCyberpunk 2077, it’s unlikely you’re going to buy it when it’s reduced down to £40, but maybe I’m wrong....

HomeFeaturesBefore Your Eyes Hayfever enhanced my experience with Before Your EyesThe only good thing to come out of forgetting my eyedrops The only good thing to come out of forgetting my eyedrops Image credit:Skybound Games Image credit:Skybound Games I developed this new allergic reaction this year, namely that my eyes feel like they’re being blowtorched if I don’t plop some miracle liquid into them regularly. They water and itch and I spend a lot of time blinking, which sort of feels like how a rusty shop grate sounds as it lowers....

HomeNews Meddle with brains in Mind Scanners todayIt’s like a dystopian (and arguably even more sinister) Papers, Please It’s like a dystopian (and arguably even more sinister) Papers, Please If you fancy some dystopian brain-meddling that’s considerably more in-depth thanCyberpunk 2077’s braindances, you might want to take a look atMind Scanners. Released today, Mind Scanners is a colourful, yet oh-so dark, sim about diagnosing and treating “insanity” in the citizens of a retro-futuristic city....

HomeDeals MSI creator laptops are $300 off at Newegg right nowPlus a week of deals from Newegg’s Nasdaq sale Plus a week of deals from Newegg’s Nasdaq sale MSI makes some of the slimmest gaming and content creation laptops around, and today several creator-focused models with light designs and discrete graphics cards have been discounted heavily at Newegg in the US. The standout deal is the MSI Laptop Prestige 14, which has dropped from $1200 to $900 - with an instant savings of $200 and a $100 rebate....

HomeNewsGrindstone Murderous match-3 game Grindstone has arrived on PCAn Apple Arcade favourite An Apple Arcade favourite WhenGrindstonefirst came out in 2019, it was exclusive to Apple’s gaming subscription service Apple Arcade, and all the iPhone users I know absolutely raved about it. It’s a match-3 puzzler (with a little more to it than your typical match-3 game) full of characterful cartoons who hack and slash their way through each other as you climb up Grindstone mountain....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show Podcast episode 140: the best mysteries in games special+1 to little grey cells +1 to little grey cells It seems, after weeks of investigation, we have uncovered the truth: it wasyou,podcastlistener, who was the culprit all along. Well, well, well. Don’t bother trying to defend yourself. We can’t hear you. It’s all recorded ahead of time. Yes, this week the Electronic Wireless Show delves into our favourite mysteries....

HomeNews The Sims 4 Dream Home Decorator will make designing sim homes your jobIn the game, I mean In the game, I mean The next game pack forThe Sims 4might get me to actually unpause the game. The Dream Home Decorator expansion adds interior decorator as a new in-game career, letting you design rooms and homes for other sims to meet their requests. Since designing rooms and homes is what I typically playThe Simsfor, rather than all that interpresonal drama, this looks fun....

HomeNewsTimesplitters TimeSplitters studio Free Radical reformed to make a new gameTwo of the original founders are returning to “bring the franchise back to life” Two of the original founders are returning to “bring the franchise back to life” After 16 years, we’re finally going to see a newTimeSplittersgame. This morning, publisher Deep Silver announced they’re reforming TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design, with “key original members” returning to work on a new entry in the time-travelling shooter series....

HomeFeatures Why do you all want to hump Garrus so much?Friends through eternity, loyalty, honesty Friends through eternity, loyalty, honesty For those unaware, Garrus Vakarian is a kind of space-cop who joins your squad in theMass Effectseries. He’s a Turian, a race of aliens who look like spindly mummified cats made of pummice. The recentMass Effect Legendary Editionmeans you can play the first Mass Effect and look at the mandibles on his face in higher definition....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Call Of Duty: Warzone adds Rambo and Nakatomi PlazaSir, do we get to win this time? Sir, do we get to win this time? It’s been a while sinceCall Of Duty: Warzonewas blasted into the 1980s, and there’s no letting up with the theme. To mark the game’s Season 3 Reloaded update, grizzled 80s action heroes Rambo and John McClane are dropping into Verdansk tonight, along with some new map locations too....

HomeNews Divinity: Original Sin 2’s iPad launch means roping in even more co-op palsAnother cross-play platform joins the mix at last Another cross-play platform joins the mix at last As an enjoyer of co-op campaigns, an enjoyer of RPGs, and specifically an enjoyer of co-op RPG rompDivinity: Original Sin 2, here’s a nice bit of news. It may seem like Larian Studios' last big game had gotten a release on just about every platform you could think of, but no....

HomeDeals Get up to 40% off PC peripherals at the SteelSeries Member Madness SaleHeavily discounted headsets, mice and keyboards at their global store Heavily discounted headsets, mice and keyboards at their global store SteelSeries is currently running one of their seasonal Member Madness Sales, which offer up to 40% off their rather excellent peripherals in exchange for signing up for an account on their site. We’ve done just that to bring you word of the best sale items available inside…...