HomeNewsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s latest anti-cheat effort is Trusted modeCausing trouble for legit software too Causing trouble for legit software too Valve have expandedCounter-Strike: Global Offensive’s anti-cheat tech with new restrictions blocking third-party software which interacts with the game. ‘Trusted mode’ cuts off certain types of cheat, which is good. It also has the side-effect of blocking popular legitimate software including Nvidia Freestyle graphics filters and certain modes in OBS, the video capture & streaming tool....

HomeFeaturesRace For The Galaxy Roll For The Galaxy is a hard digo-board game to learn - but it’s worth it!Roll up for the stars Roll up for the stars Recently, I’ve been playing the upcoming digo-version ofRoll For The Galaxy. Race is a classic, and Roll is its funky sequel that spins up some of the same ideas in a way that is very nearly as good. I can see myself playing a lot of it, while also struggling to recommend it to anyone I know....

HomeHardwareNews Sennheiser’s gaming headset biz transforms with frankly terrifying trailerScarred for life Scarred for life Sennheiser have produced some fantastic gaming headsets over the years, including one of my current favourites, theGSP 370 Wireless. But alas, Sennheiser’s gaming division is no more, as their parent company Demant have now spun it out as a separate company called Epos. The name will continue to live on as Epos | Sennheiser on some of their gaming headsets, but we’ll also start seeing a new line of premium Epos-only headsets appearing over the next couple of months as well, the first of which is due to arrive this October....

HomeNews The Dark Pictures Anthology - Little Hope is due on October 30thWanna play it witchu Wanna play it witchu Light horror fans rejoice, forThe Dark Pictures Anthology - Little Hopecometh. The second game in a planned series of eight, this witchy tale is probably best thought of as a very fancy form of interactive fiction. Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Little Hope is set in one of those old American one-horse towns that are known only for an old legend about witches, and probably the one local who will stubbornly insist they’re best known for their speciality cheese until the day he dies....

HomeNewsValorant Valorant’s new $100 skins will turn your guns into dragonsThey’ll set you back a whopping £100 They’ll set you back a whopping £100 Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube There arefive tiersfor skins inValorant- Select, Deluxe, Premium, Ultra, and Exclusive. The Elderflame skins are part of the very first Ultra Edition set, witheach skin costing 2475 VP(Valorant Points). Now, if you want to buy just one skin, the lowest amount of VP you can buy to afford one is 3650 for $35 over in the US, or 4000 for £35 here in the UK....

HomeFeatures All 234 animals in Red Dead Redemption 2 reviewed (part 3)Western Chipmunk to White Cougar Western Chipmunk to White Cougar It’s been a little while since I did one of these, but those animals aren’t gonna review themselves, so I’d best crack on. And with 43 already given definitive ratings for all time, I’m nearly a quarter of the way through the list. Well, more like one sixth, actually, but who cares about fractions?...

HomeDeals Get Oxenfree, Heaven’s Vault and loads of Telltale games for $15 in Humble’s latest bundleA real adventure A real adventure Do you like adventure games? Then let me point you in the direction of the latest Humble Bundle. Announced yesterday, Humble’s newSummer Adventure Games Bundlegets you spooky teen dramaOxenfree, Inkle’s stylish archaeological translation mysteryHeaven’s Vaultand practically every Telltale game under the sun for just £12 / $15. If that sounds like a good decision, then click below to read more about how it all works....

HomeGuidesMinecraft: Dungeons Minecraft Dungeons crossplay: how to set up a Microsoft accountGetting ready for crossplay Getting ready for crossplay Minecraft Dungeons is more fun with friends, and one of the bigger questions that Minecraft Dungeons players have asked is: when is crossplay coming to the game? Sadly, not yet. But if you’re using the same PC we have all of the tips you need to get started. In thisMinecraft Dungeons crossplayguide, we will explain what the current deal is withMinecraft Dungeons crossplay, as well as give you instructions of how you can set up your Microsoft account which will be needed when crossplay arrives....

HomeGuidesMinecraft: Dungeons Minecraft Dungeons multiplayer: coop modes explainedHow to set up local and online multiplayer How to set up local and online multiplayer Minecraft Dungeons is a lot more fun, albeit a lot more challenging, when you’re playing with friends. Teaming up with another player is rather simple to set up, whether you’re playing with friends online or family members in the same household. In thisMinecraft Dungeons multiplayerguide, we will be teaching you how to set uplocal multiplayerand how to set uponline multiplayer, as well as explaininghow the multiplayer mode works....

HomeFeaturesStardew Valley New cactus mod for Stardew Valley has saved my chickens from a life of miseryTread gently, for you tread on my cactus Tread gently, for you tread on my cactus Fear not, readers: I am still planning to turn myStardew Valleyfarminto a battery chicken farmbut progress has been slow on that front. Partly because I want to make it into a column called “Mother Cluckers” (which I, like your embarrassing uncle at every Sunday roast dinner, think is an extremely funny pun), but mostly because there are too many mods....

HomeDeals The Steam Summer Sale ends tomorrow, in case you forgotIt’s the final countdown It’s the final countdown Did you forget the Steam Summer Sale was on? I did, because there are a lot of other things on right now too. The world generally, you know. It’s alright though, you’ve still got a bit of time left to nab the sweet summer deals before the road trip ends tomorrow on Thursday, July 9th....

HomeFeaturesJet Set Radio 20 years on, Jet Set Radio is still influencing developersSpreading the concept of love Spreading the concept of love Okay, so technically it wasn’t until 2012 that PC players got to skate, tag and grind for themselves, but June 29th marked the 20th anniversary of the original release ofJet Set Radio(or Jet Grind Radio, as it was known Stateside at the time). An anti-establishment skating action game with a killer soundtrack,Jet Set Radiowas the hippest thing ever to burst onto the scene of the Dreamcast’s short lifespan....

HomeNews Cyanide’s Rogue Lords is a gothic fantasy roguelike where you play as the DevilIt takes lots of inspiration from Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow It takes lots of inspiration from Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow A beautifully drawn gothic fantasy roguelike where you get to play as demons fighting hordes of good guys? Sign me right up. During the Nacon Connect stream, Cyanide (makers ofBlood Bowland Styx) just gave us another look at their upcoming game,Rogue Lords, which is on track to release next year....