HomeNewsTeardown Teardown’s wild west expansion will arrive next weekYeehaw Yeehaw Image credit:Tuxedo Labs Image credit:Tuxedo Labs Teardown’s first DLC will launch on November 15th. It’s called Time Campers, and it seems to be about taking a time travelling caravan back to the wild west so you can dynamite your way through saloons, bridges, and steam trains. Also there’s a horse. Find all of the above in the release date trailer below....
HomeHardwareNews The Steam Deck OLED is here, but Valve say not to expect a true next-gen Steam Deck “for a long time"Why it “didn’t make sense” to give the OLED model higher performance Why it “didn’t make sense” to give the OLED model higher performance Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve While theSteam Deck OLEDisawash with upgradesover the original handheld PC, it’s not a full replacement, and Valve still reckon that anyone wanting a proper Steam Deck 2 will be waiting a while....
HomeHardwareNews Valve announce the Steam Deck OLED with an upgraded screen and longer battery lifeOut next week, alongside price drops for original Steam Deck models Out next week, alongside price drops for original Steam Deck models Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve Valve love their surprise hardware announcements, and there’s just been a doozy in theSteam Deck OLED. It’s a “definitive” refresh of the existing Steam Deck handheld PC that swaps the underwhelming IPS display for a brighter, more vibrant OLED panel, while making numerousbattery lifeimprovements – up to and including a new, more efficient AMD APU – that promise significantly more time away from the mains....
HomeHardwareFeatures With the Steam Deck OLED and its “awesome” rivals, Valve see a bright future for handheld PCsThe Steam Deck OLED devs on its speedy turnaround and why a more powerful Deck wouldn’t make sense – yet The Steam Deck OLED devs on its speedy turnaround and why a more powerful Deck wouldn’t make sense – yet Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun To quickly recap mySteam Deck OLED review, Valve’s refreshed handheld is brilliant, serving up major improvements to screen quality and battery life while making loads of little quality-of-life tweaks....
HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#873): How to solve the Thursday November 9 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for November 9? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 9? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...
HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed Assassin’s Creed makers Ubisoft continue 2023’s gutting of the games industry as they lay off over 100 staffVFX and IT teams hit, months after customer service redundancies at the publisher VFX and IT teams hit, months after customer service redundancies at the publisher Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Ubisoft has laid off more than 100 staff, continuing what feels like an unending wave of layoffs across the video games industry....
HomeNewsBeyond Sunset Beyond Sunset is a gloriously cyberpunk mix of classic Doom and Deus Ex soaked in blood and neonBuilt on the Doom II engine Built on the Doom II engine Image credit:Movie Games Image credit:Movie Games Deus ExandDoomhave two of the most iconic aesthetics in video games. Chuck the satanic hellspawn shooter and cyberpunk immersive sim together in a pot, season with a banging soundtrack and you’ll findBeyond Sunset....
HomeNewsRoman Sands RE:Build Bright and breezy horror hotel thingy Roman Sands RE:Build gets an intoxicating demoParatopic developers head to the tropics Paratopic developers head to the tropics Image credit:Serenity Forge Image credit:Serenity Forge Paratopicwas a muddy, blood-filled VHS cassette of a game, a game of midnight highways, pinched, pixellated faces and acidic service station lighting. The next game from developer Arbitrary Metric,Roman Sands RE:Build, is… very different, at least on the surface....
HomeNews Five years after it took on Steam, Epic Games Store is yet to make a penny of profitEpic hoped to scoop up half of all PC gaming revenue back in 2021 Epic hoped to scoop up half of all PC gaming revenue back in 2021 Image credit:Epic Games Image credit:Epic Games Almost five years since it launched - and two years after Epic revealed they hoped to gobble up half of all PC gaming revenue - the Epic Games Store is still yet to turn a profit....
HomeDeals That’s 55% of the price of the 13600KF while delivering around 85% of the performance. Intel’s Core i5 12600KF is one of the company’s best value gaming CPUs, and today it’s down to $155 at Walmart (fulfilled via Newegg) versus its standard price of $220. This chip offers solid gaming performance in modern AAA games plus PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 support (with the correct motherboard) all while costing significantly less than competing CPUs like the later 13600KF ($285) or AMD’s Ryzen 5 7600 ($229) which offer only marginally better performance at 1080p and are basically the same speed at 1440p or 4K....
HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, November 8)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #150 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #150 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...
HomeFeaturesThe 7th Guest Guest Room Image credit:Vertigo Games Image credit:Vertigo Games Hallowe’en may be over (just), but for this month’s Reality Frights, I’ve got a wonderfully seasonal game for you. It’s the brand-new remake of the grand old mystery puzzlerThe 7th Guest, a game which Bill Gates notably referred to as “The new standard of interactive entertainment.” In fairness to ol’ William, he said this seven months before Doom blew out the new standard’s insides with a 12-gauge shotgun, shunting PC gamers’ tastes away from kitschadventure gamesand toward grisly murder-fests....
HomeFeatures What’s better: auto-level up, or auto-detect graphics settings?Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Image credit:BioWare Image credit:BioWare Auto-level up Look, I’m just not that fussed about this character. It’s a miracle that their awful puns about Dwarves have only got us into one fight. All of their armour sets look bad. Rather than try to save the world to resolve their ‘tragic’ backstory, honestly like two therapy sessions would’ve done it....
