HomeNewsFactorio The fantastic Factorio has launched out of early accessWas already great in early access Was already great in early access After seven years in early access, factory-building management simFactoriois finally finished enough to launch properly. Update 1.0 arrived today and developers Wube Software have removed that “early access” label, though they’re not done with patches yet.Factoriowas already great in early access, plopping players on an alien planet to slowly build a vast network of mines, conveyor belts, processors, assemblers, defences, trains, cranes, pylons, and drones, until we’ve gone from chopping trees down manually to launching a rocket into space....

HomeNews 4A Games acquisition hints at a multiplayer future for Metro Embracer are, as far as I can tell at least, the parent company of THQ Nordic and Deep Silver - the latter having published the Metro series following THQ’s collapse in 2013. To expand that web even further, their purchase of 4A comes through subsidiary Saber Interactive, who’ll be taking on all of 4A’s staff, the Metro IP, and the studio’s in-house FPS development tech....

HomeNewsParkasaurus Adorable dino tycoon Parkasaurus has left early accessVelociraptor vogue Velociraptor vogue Parkasaurus, unfortunately, does not follow the rampant escapades of a ten-story jacket. Be well gid though, wouldn’t it? Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Assuming the name didn’t give it away, Parkasaurus pits you in the chair ofJurassic Park’s John Hammond, overseeing your own prehistoric theme park. Only, Parkasaurus is a whole lot more colourful than Spielberg’s monster island, a Goldbloom-free resort that’s as much about decorating your dinosaurs as it is ensuring they don’t hop a fence and start munching on your visitors....

HomeNews Young and restless Matt joined RPS a little under three years ago, and he’s become part of the furniture since. We hired him primarily so he could fill our pages with words about multiplayer games, and he’s done that most directly withPlaystyle Royale, his irregular diary series in which he plays battle royale games with his own made-up rules. For example, playing PUBGbut only being allowed to use grenades....

Murder your friends regardless of platform Accordingan FAQ, players will be able to turn off cross-play if they don’t want to match with other platforms, which is a nice thing to have. As Call Of Duty: Warzone showed,rubbish PC cheaters have a tendency to scare off console players. The devs also mention in that post that console players won’t be able to see or use the in-game chat, though PC players still will....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Dragon Druid deck list guide - Scholomance Academy - Hearthstone (August 2020)Your games shouldn’t be Dragon on. Your games shouldn’t be Dragon on. Your Dragon minions are the main focus of this deck, obviously. FromBreath of Dreamsgiving you early ramp toYsera, Unleashedoffering enormous late-game value, Dragon Druid is a fantastic midrange deck to play.This deck plays quite similarly toSpell Druid, in that you have access to a lot of cheap spells used to summon tokens in addition to your Dragon synergies....

HomeNews Fall Guys Fans are already drawing loads of great skin conceptsAn actual TF2 Scout arrived today too An actual TF2 Scout arrived today too It’s been but a single week sinceFall Guyscame out, and the internet is filled with all kinds of delightful fan art of those wobbly racing jelly beans. One of the fun things about Mediatonic’s colourful battle royale, is that you’re able to dress up your little player characters in all kinds of silly outfits, so a lot of this fan art has brought us some wonderful concepts for potential skins, including crossovers with other games....

HomeNewsFall Guys Fall Guys stop existing when they stop competing, says senior designerFall forward Fall forward “The first one pager we put together forFall Guyswas basically gifs of Takeshi’s Castle, and basically it was like ‘Gang Beasts+ Mario Party + Battle Royale’. I’m not joking, it wasn’t really much more than that that got the game signed”. I’m watching an interview withFall Guyssenior designer Joe Walsh, and it’s almost as lovely as the game wot he helped make....

HomeNews Fortnite’s V-Bucks are now permanently a bit cheaperA recession on murder island. A recession on murder island. Fortnite’s V-Bucks may have dropped 20% against the dollar, but economists need not fret. Unlike the real world, Epic’s murder island isn’t suffering an economic downturn. Instead, the blockbuster battle royale has decided to permanently cut the price of its virtual currency to spite tech giants Apple and Google, in an app store feud that’s quietly benefiting those of us who prefer to parachute into Fortnite on PC....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Highlander Dragon Hunter deck list guide - Scholomance Academy - Hearthstone (August 2020)We’ve chucked some Dragons into Highlander Hunter. Give it a go if you’ve got the cards! We’ve chucked some Dragons into Highlander Hunter. Give it a go if you’ve got the cards! Highlander Dragon Hunter is a deck built around reaping the benefits of cards that work best when your deck contains no duplicates. A midrange build focused around gettingDinotamer BrannsummoningKing Krushto hit your opponent’s face on turn 7, your gameplan is to contest the board early and overwhelm your opponent when the opportunity arrives....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Highlander Galakrond Priest deck list guide - Scholomance Academy - Hearthstone (August 2020)Our guide to playing the latest Scholomance Academy version of Highlander Priest. Our guide to playing the latest Scholomance Academy version of Highlander Priest. Highlander Priest is looking like it’ll make a pretty solid choice in Scholomance Academy. However, it’s completely different to the previous archetype featuring the likes ofRaza the Chained. Instead, it’s a Galakrond-focused control deck that takes advantage ofZephrys the GreatandDragonqueen Alexstrasza’s super-strong Battlecries....

HomeHardwareNews Intel’s first Xe graphics card is still on track for release in 2020But the Big Navi and RTX competitors aren’t likely to arrive until next year. But the Big Navi and RTX competitors aren’t likely to arrive until next year. Intel have confirmed that their first discreteXe GPUis still on track to release before the end of 2020. Code-named DG1, the graphics card is currently in production and will begin shipping before the end of the year, just in time for an almighty showdown between the upcomingNvidia Amperecards and the next-generation ofBig NaviGPUs....

HomeFeaturesRisk of Rain 2 Risk Of Rain 2 reviewA bit damp A bit damp I was ready to give up onRisk Of Rain 2. On the face of it that doesn’t make much sense, because it’s a 3D followup to an excellent platforming roguelike where possibility spills from cascading item combos. It’s like ifThe Binding Of Isaacwas a third-person shooter set on an alien planet where dinosaurs, ghosts and automatons team up to kill you....