HomeNewsThe Medium The Medium is an otherworldly Polish thriller from the makers of ObserverI’ll take a large, thanks. I’ll take a large, thanks. After jumpscares and cyberpunk affairs, perhaps it’s time to go home. Announced earlier today, Bloober Team’s latest isThe Medium, a supernatural spook ‘em concerned with parallel worlds, otherworldly perspectives, and an abandoned hotel in the developers’ home town of Krakow, Poland. I’ll assume their commute doesn’t feature nearly as much blood or ghostly ill-doings, mind....

HomeNews Total War: Warhammer 2’s next DLC pits hungry Orcs against a grouchy Elf copFancy a snack before battle? Fancy a snack before battle? Somehow, against all odds,Total War: Warhammer 2has found more fantasy heroes and villains to stuff into its gargantuan roster. The next Legendary Lords DLC grudge match,The Warden & The Paunch, pits ill-tempered High Elf Eltharion The Grim against Grom, a warmongering greenskin who’s looking for a light snack....

HomeGuidesValorant Valorant ranked guide: all ranks and badges explainedLearn how skill-based matchmaking works in Riot’s new tactical shooter Learn how skill-based matchmaking works in Riot’s new tactical shooter Valorant’s colourful array of ranks and badges are the game’s way of rewarding you for your actions - or punishing you for being terrible. OurValorant ranks and badges guidewill walk you through each of the ranks in turn and how ranked play actually works in Valorant....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends Season 5 trailer shows hundreds of killer robots hiding beneath World’s EdgeAnd a first look at what Loba’s abilities might be And a first look at what Loba’s abilities might be Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube The first potential ability we see is Loba’s translocator. I say potential, butdatamines suggestedshe’d be able to teleport, so it’s not a huge surprise. It seems like her translocating device could work similar to Sombra’s inOverwatch, where you throw it where you want to end up, then warp to it....

HomeNews Call Of Duty: Warzone has quietly removed helicopters and it is a travestyThey’ve chopped choppers They’ve chopped choppers Should I just, like, stop posting about the parts ofCall Of Duty: WarzoneI enjoy? First,they took my Bounty Contracts(though they’ve since put them back). Now they’ve taken away the bloody helicopters. Infinity Ward haven’t said why, but it’s probably because people were exploiting a glitch that let them buzz about beneath the map, killing people....

HomeNewsCombat Mission: Fortress Italy Colonel Croesus: Turn 5 The infantry assault at LEAD makes Big Joe proud (not that he shows it, of course). One grenade neutralises what remains of the Pak crew… At the other end of the column ff tunnel, things don’t go quite as smoothly. Remember the foe spotted last turn near the ZINC shack, moments after Crabmeat 2’s close shave with a Panzerfaust? Corporal Wood glimpses him through the murk at T+8, fires, and misses....

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077 will let you customise yer bum, according to ESRB ratingIt’s rated “mature” of course It’s rated “mature” of course It comes as no surprise, of course. Are you surprised? I wager that no, you are not. The first big48 minute demo of Cyberpunk 2077that we saw had V pulling a naked person out of a tub of ice with a closeup view of their breasts so like, I think we all knew this was not an E for everyone, nor even Teen-rated situation....

HomeNews Evil Genius can be yours for free right nowI expect you to play I expect you to play Evil Genius, the 2004 minion-gathering, Bond-defying base-builder is free right now, if you link your Rebellion account to Steam. This is of course to whet appetites for the upcomingEvil Genius 2, which is expected out this year.You’ll need a Steam account and a Rebellion account, and to answer a few questions, but then it will be yours to keep for free....

HomeNewsFallout 76 Fallout 76 players donate thousands to help kind roleplayerYou’ve gained karma! You’ve gained karma! Brent Fairchild is better known as his character “CJ Martin”, a doctor who wanders the wasteland giving food and medicine to needy strangers. His generosity has inspired many players to help out, first in game, and now during his offline moment of need. Fairchild was at home in Philadelphia last Saturday when the fire broke out....

HomeFeaturesPhantom Doctrine Have You Played… Phantom Doctrine?Do you trust me? Do you trust me? I like to use Have You Played to highlight games that are interesting, even if they don’t always meet the mark.Phantom Doctrineis a flawed tactics game, true, but it has a very fun premise. You use your spy network to compromise enemy operations, through decisions made on a world map and XCOM-style battles. You’re always trying to get ahead of the enemy via surveillance, intelligence, and espionage, just like every other spy thriller....

HomeFeaturesRaft How Raft’s shark feeds its survival gameSometimes that shark looks right at ya Sometimes that shark looks right at ya Few survival games feature such a personal relationship with their core threats. Outside their customary hunger bars, most employ endlessly spawning enemies and environmental conditions to keep you on your toes, whether night-borne zombies and skeletons, ice storms and fucking wolves, or ridiculous dinosaurs. But in Raft, the main thing which limits what you can do and where you can go is a single scary fish....

HomeReviewsLegends of Runeterra Legends Of Runeterra reviewTasty jerky Tasty jerky “Games are a series of interesting decisions”.That Sid Meier quotehas been floating around for nearly a decade, and writing it out nowadays can seem pat. “Of course they are!”, you might say, or possibly “of course they’re not!”. Personally, I find it a helpful way of thinking about why I enjoy most of the games I play. Generally speaking, the more interesting the decisions, and the more densely they’re packed together, the more I enjoy myself....

HomeFeaturesStardew Valley Local man becomes Harvey from Stardew Valley to get his wife’s attention"She and I will be together again." “She and I will be together again.” I’ll cop to the fact that Peter Chiykowski is only a local man if you, like him, live somewhere in Scotland, and on top of that, I actually suspect Peter may be having a little joke with us. But still, I found this tale of love and loss inStardew Valleyquite heartwarming....