HomeFeaturesFinal Fantasy IX Final Fantasy IX is 20 years old today and its soundtrack is still absolutely bangin’Melodies of Life Melodies of Life It’sFinal Fantasy IX’s 20th anniversary today and what better way to celebrate one of thebest Final Fantasy gamesever made than to have a good old-fashioned sing-song? I’m not just talking about bellowing out the game’s celebrated end credits theme “Melodies Of Life” either. I mean a proper celebration of one ofFinal Fantasy IX’s enduring legacies: its superb, nay, one might almost say legendary soundtrack....

HomeHardwareNewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Get Assassin’s Creed Valhalla for free with select AMD Ryzen CPUsRyzen up to Valhalla Ryzen up to Valhalla Thinking about upgrading your PC this year to playAssassin’s Creed Valhalla? Then AMD have a new free game bundle just for you. From now until October 3rd 2020, anyone who buys a select 3rd Gen Ryzen processor or Ryzen-equipped PC or laptop will get Ubisoft’s upcoming Viking ‘em up for absolutely nothing when it launches at the end of this year....

HomeNews Halo 3 finally arrives on PC next weekFight ain’t finished yet, pal Fight ain’t finished yet, pal As history would prove,Halo 3didn’t quite finish the fight. For better or worse, they sure did keep making Halo games long after the reigns were handed over to now-caretakers 343 Industries. But us lot on PC will soon be able to close out Bungie’s original trilogy, as the stellar closing act finally joinsHalo: The Master Chief Collectionon Steam and the Windows Store next Tuesday, July 14th....

HomeNews Hollow Knight: Silksong reveals a fourth and final new characterThis time their riddles have led us to a boss This time their riddles have led us to a boss Over the past few weeks, the developers of the excellent metroidvaniaHollow Knighthave been revealing new characters that players will meet in the upcoming sequel,Hollow Knight: Silksong. To uncover these NPCs, fans have had to answer riddles, and so far, we’ve seenthe rather creepy Huntressandthe sneak-thief Grindle....

HomeGuidesMount & Blade II: Bannerlord Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord character creation: How to choose and upgrade skillsLearn how to unlock and upgrade skills, select perks, develop your character’s culture and background Learn how to unlock and upgrade skills, select perks, develop your character’s culture and background What is the best character build in Bannerlord? I’ve seen complicated skill systems in the past, but I’ve never seen anything quite like the one found inMount & Blade II: Bannerlord....

HomeNews Robots come to revolutionary France in action-RPG SteelrisingLiberté, égalité, automate Liberté, égalité, automate Games don’thaveto open with a wild premise, but it doesn’t hurt. Spiders, the makers ofGreedfall, have just announcedSteelrising, an action-RPG set in an alternative version of revolutionary France in which King Louis XVI is a massacre-happy tyrant. That’s enough to catch my interest a little. But they went on to explain that he also has an army of automatons, and I had to pause to laugh with joy....

HomeFeaturesHardspace: Shipbreaker The joy of stripping armour in Hardspace: ShipbreakerHot shuts EXPOSED Hot shuts EXPOSED VINDICATION. That’s whatHardspace: Shipbreakersays to me. I havehintedseveraltimesthat salvage is grossly under-represented in games. And now here’s a game all about it, and it as excellent as I’d hoped. Despite being an estimate year from release, Hardspace Colon Shipbreaker already gets a lot of things right. But my favourite thing about it is one I didn’t even expect to feel so good: peeling the armour off a ship....

HomeNews Ubisoft executive Maxime Béland resigns following assault allegationsFormerly creative director at Ubisoft Toronto Formerly creative director at Ubisoft Toronto Maxime Béland, vice president of Ubisoft’s Editorial department, has resigned following allegations that he assaulted a female employee while he was creative director at Ubisoft Toronto. Ubisoft’s Editorial team oversee a vision and overall direction for the company’s games. Béland was one of the people named during the recent weeks of public sexual harassment and abuse accusations against Ubisoft employees as well as across the industry....

HomeNewsVampire: The Masquerade - Swansong Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong conspires towards a 2021 releaseVamp’ing in Boston Vamp’ing in Boston Bloody hell, I’m starting to lose track of all these World Of Darkness gigs. Taking the spotlight with a new trailer during tonight’s Nacon Connect showcase,Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansongis a blood-sucking RPG from Big Bad Wolf that follows three unlikely (and undead) friends teaming up to investigate blood-curdling conspiracies in the heart of Boston....

HomeNewsWerewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood is coming out next yearGet a load of its very first gameplay trailer Get a load of its very first gameplay trailer The creators of Bloodbowl, Cyanide Studio, have released the first “gameplay trailer” for their upcoming action RPG,Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood. Based on the World Of Darkness tabletop RPG, the video game’s a lot going on - freaky creatures, guns, gore, a bit too much punctuation, and now it’s even got a release date....

HomeFeatures Have You Played… Blood Bowl 2?RIP Slamadeus Grozart RIP Slamadeus Grozart FuckingBlood Bowl 2. Ah, that’s better. You know the thing elder siblings do to younger siblings, where they use the weaker child’s arms to slap the face of the body they are attached to, while mockingly asking “why are you hitting yourself?”. That’s Blood Bowl 2. That’s the entire game’s worth of code, expressed in five cruel, puerile words....

HomeFeaturesThe Sims 4 Interview: the art and inspiration of Paralives, the indie game set to take on The SimsFrom the ground up From the ground up Simthusiasts like myself have been quietly aware ofParalivesfor a small while now, mostly because of the very cool nature of the in-progress video clips that surface on a fairly regular basis. A few weeks back, though, there was a flurry of new interest when a new character creation video was released....

HomeNews Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase is on July 23rdMessage received, Master Chief Message received, Master Chief June is over, but we’re not free from FakE3 just yet, folks. Two of the ‘softs, Micro and Ubi, are planning showcases of their upcoming games for July. We’ve already got adate for Ubisoft Forward, and now Microsoft have announced the date for their big announcement bonanza as well. They’ll be showing off all manner of Xbox (and likely PC) games on Thursday, July 23rd....