HomeNewsTable Manners Ruin a perfectly good Valentine’s date with Table Manners todayPlease don’t pass the salt Please don’t pass the salt “What ifQWOPbut Tinder?” is not a question I have ever asked and did not ever want the answer to but here we have it nevertheless. As if going on a first date with a stranger weren’t stressful enough,Table Mannersturns it into a full-on disaster with slapstick physics. I can imagine getting partway through one of these dates and pulling a full-on tableflip—on accident....

HomeFeaturesAmong Ripples: Shallow Waters Among Ripples is a tycoon game with a conscience - and pikeCompliments for fishing Compliments for fishing Set in Sweden, it’s a top-down, free-camera affair about repairing freshwater ecosystems. You’re an ecologist, working to stock polluted, depleted bodies of water with plants and animals, and get things working like they should do. Plants oxygenate and filter water, creatures breed, and predators eat prey. The more your ecosystems burgeon, the more arbitrary money you get, and the more organisms you can stock....

HomeNewsBlack Mesa Black Mesa can finally be completed in its entirety with a public 1.0 betaTime, Doctor Freeman? Time, Doctor Freeman? Ambitious and seemingly never-ending,Black Mesa’s long development has almost reached its completion. Developers Crowbar Collective released a content-complete version 1.0 beta of theHalf-Liferemake onSteamearlier this week - an uninterrupted journey throughBlack Mesa’s corridors and the Xen border world. Sixteen years after a group of dissatisfied modders sought to one-up Valve’s Source port of Half-Life, Gordon Freeman’s no good, very long day at work might finally be over....

HomeNews Kingdom Come Deliverance and Aztez are free on the Epic Store todayThis week’s freebies are full of battles and revenge This week’s freebies are full of battles and revenge It’s Thursday, and that means new free games on the Epic Store. Between now and February 20th there are two quite fight-y games up for grabs. The first isKingdom Come: Deliverance, a rare medieval RPG that focuses more on historical stuff rather than the fantastical....

HomeNewsTom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Rainbow Six Siege is introducing a human wrecking-ball and a lunar ghostSmash the stars Smash the stars It’s a romantic tale as old as time. He’s on the run, smashing through walls with his beefcake physique. She’s in space and might be a ghost. Can I make it any more obvious?Rainbow Six Siegeis preparing to take off with its first Season of the new year. Making its teaser debut today, Operation Void’s Edge is taking Ubisoft’s shooter high into orbit, before smashing it into tiny stone pieces....

HomeNewsMetro Exodus Help Spartan Ranger Sam find his way home in the new Metro Exodus expansionHe’s Russian to get back He’s Russian to get back Sam’s Story, the latest and last story expansion forMetro Exodushas launched, plonking you in the shoes of a former US Marine who’s trying to find a way home through the Russian wastelands. It has arrived just a few days beforeExodus’s year of Epic Games Store exclusivity ends and the game launches on Steam too....

HomeNewsMonster Hunter: World Monster Hunter: World is getting flame-y new monster variants on PC in AprilThe monsters are mad The monsters are mad We’re all sick of the cold at this point, right? You’ve all trekked through Iceborne in your oversized snowshoes and whatnot and we’re ready for something different? Great, becauseMonster Hunter: Worldis getting two monster variants on PC in April and they’re going to melt the boots right off you....

HomeNewsYes, Your Grace Narrative kingdom simulator Yes, Your Grace launches in MarchHeavy is the head that has an audience Heavy is the head that has an audience The kingdoms I play in most management games are doomed, though that’s most often a consequence of my poor management skills. InYes, Your Grace, I’m convinced that the kingdom of Davern is meant for the ashes either way. You’ll take over as king and spend part of your days approving or denying requests from your petitioners with your meager resources and the rest attempting to be a not too crappy dad to your three kids....

HomeNewsPUBG: Battlegrounds PUBG is adding an 8 on 8 team deathmatch modeRespawn’s on, folks Respawn’s on, folks Despite making its name as a last man standing game of 30-ish minute rounds,Playerunknown’s Battlegroundshas dabbled with speeding up its matches over the years. It hasn’t quite outrun the “running simulator” pejorative because apparently I’m one of the few folks that actually enjoys having sweaty palms and an elevated heart rate while tactically sneaking from bush to bush as the play area narrows....

HomeNewsSea of Thieves Sea Of Thieves will add pirate face changes and a flaming treasure chestBoth are getting a glow-up Both are getting a glow-up It’s nearly time for the monthlySea Of Thievescontent update and Rare have shared a few details on what to expect for February. In their commitment to everything being on fire all the time now, a new flaming variety of cursed chest will threaten your deck with flames....

HomeNewsOverwatch Someone made a tool that plays the Overwatch piano, so naturally I used it to play Toss A Coin To Your WitcherToss A Coin To Your Reinhardt Toss A Coin To Your Reinhardt Overwatch’s Workshop has birthed so many weird and wonderful game modes, and I hate to admit I’ve not messed around with it as much I’d like to. I did today though, because I discovered a brilliant Workshop tool that lets you play (almost) any song you like on the piano on the Paris map....

HomeGuidesTemtem Temtem Shuine: location, full move set, and why it’s a glass cannon Temtem Shuine guide ThisShuine Temtemguidewill show you the exact location for hunting down this incredibly rare Temtem. There will also be some descriptions about this creature’s base stats, and all of the Water and Crystal type moves it has access to. Be sure to check out the rest of theTemtem listto see what else is available. Shuine location This Temtem isn’t found until quite late in the Early Access build of the game....

HomeGuidesTemtem Temtem Valash: location, full move set, and why it is the best Crystal Temtem Do you want aTemtemthat’s a reliably hard-hitter, has access to great moves, and not too many glaring weaknesses? At some point in the game, you’re just given one of the best Temtem available in the Early Access build. It’s a Netural/Crystal type Temtem that sprints like a ninja from a certain popular anime show. Don’t let its silly run deceive you, this badger packs a punch....