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HomeNewsTotal War: Pharaoh Total War’s next stop is Ancient Egypt with Total War: PharaohIt’s coming this October It’s coming this October Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega The next Total War game will be taking players to the Egyptian New Kingdom period, Sega and Creative Assembly have announced today, with the reveal ofTotal War: Pharaoh. Releasing in October 2023, Total War: Pharaoh will see the three great cultures of the people of Egypt, Canaan and Hittite battle it out as they determine who will be the next pharaoh....

HomeReviewsWarhammer 40,000: Boltgun Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun review: gloriously maximalist shooting and sawing in the 41st millenniumBOLTGUN! BOLTGUN! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Focus Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Focus Entertainment Warhammer 40,000: Boltgunis possibly one of the most perfectly named games in history. The first bit lets you know you’re playing a game set in the venerable Warhammer 40,000 tabletop universe, while the second bit tells you everything else you need to know....

HomeNewsAlan Wake 2 Alan Wake 2 is “supposed to come out in October” apparentlyAccording to Alan’s voice actor According to Alan’s voice actor Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Alan Wake 2has yet to receive an official release date from developers Remedy Entertainment, but according to the voice actor playing its titular, torch-bearing thriller writer, we can apparently expect it to arrive sometime this October. So far, Remedy have only committed to ageneral 2023 releasefor Alan Wake 2, but voice actor Matthew Porretta told the Monsters, Madness And Magic podcast that it’s “supposed to come out in October”....

HomeNews China has approved Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision BlizzardWell if China are onboard with it… Well if China are onboard with it… China’s antitrust regulator has approved Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The decision follows the EU’s approval of the deallast week. Top 12 Best Multiplayer Games to Play on PCWatch on YouTube Top 12 Best Multiplayer Games to Play on PC “China’s unconditional clearance of our acquisition of Activision Blizzard follows clearance decisions from jurisdictions such as the European Union and Japan, bringing the total to 37 countries representing more than two billion people,” says a Microsoft statement on the approval providedto Eurogamer....

HomeNewsForza Horizon 5 Forza Horizon 5 update adds new cars, overlanding modifications and photo mode features"Explore the Horizon" arrives May 23rd “Explore the Horizon” arrives May 23rd Image credit:Playground Games Image credit:Playground Games In today’sForza Horizon 5livestream, developers Playground Games offered details of the open-world racer’s free “Explore The Horizon” update. It’ll launch tomorrow and includes six new cars, new photo mode features, and new pathfinder challenges.You can watch the archive of the full stream below....

HomeDeals Get Logitech’s perfect starter racing wheel and pedals for 50% off in the UKTwo models are discounted, so choose from PC + Xbox or PC + PS4/PS5. Two models are discounted, so choose from PC + Xbox or PC + PS4/PS5. Logitech’s G920 and G29 wheel and pedals sets are my go-to recommendations for aspiring racing fans, offering a noticeable improvement in control and feedback over a gamepad while costingfarless than more advanced direct drive alternatives from the likes of Fanatec....

HomeNewsInkbound Inkbound, from Monster Train’s developers, is in early access nowA turn-based roguelike A turn-based roguelike Inkboundis a co-op turn-based roguelike, a jumble of genres I’ve seen so many times in the past decade they no longer conjure any feelings for me. It’s also from the developers ofMonster Train, however, the uncommonly good card game about stopping an onslaught aboard a multi-storey train to hell. That pedigree means it’s worth noting that Inkbound is now in early access....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Neon nights and horrible squiggly beastsAdmiring more attractive and interesting indie games Admiring more attractive and interesting indie games Image credit:LCB Game Studio Image credit:LCB Game Studio An intense little teaser for the next game from the studio behind Steel Assault: Another small teaser of our next game. Our protagonist Angelo blazes across the highway in pursuit of his mark, deftly dodging both the corrupt NYPD and the ruthless Yakuza…#wip#screenshotsaturday#pixelart#ドット絵pic....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#701): How to solve the Sunday May 21 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for May 21? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for May 21? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis back again with another little brainteaser, storming past that 700 marker with no signs of stopping....

HomeNewsAmerican Truck Simulator American Truck Simulator will soon receive its third California revampSanta Cruzin' Santa Cruzin' American Truck Simulator’s first released version included only the state of California, and its developers have been working their way eastward with each new state added via DLC. Work is currently ongoing on bothOklahoma and Kansas. SCS Software have got better at replicating the long roads and countryside of the United States, however, so they’ve also been going back periodically and revamping their very first....

HomeNewsOverdungeon Overdungeon just got its first update in 4 years as developer blames issues with publishing contractRights to the game have returned to its developer Rights to the game have returned to its developer I have a soft spot forOverdungeon, a maximalist real-time mashup of tower defense and collectible card game, and Isang its praises three years ago. Its developers, Pocketpair, haven’t updated it since, instead pouring their work into similarly expansive “everything game"Craftopiaand the Pokémon-alike (but with guns)Palworld....

HomeReviewsHrot REHREATED Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Spytihněv Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Spytihněv “Does that pommel horse have a grenade launcher?” is one of many bizarre questions I found myself asking while playingHROT. This Slavic shooter revels in the strange, straddling the line between hyper-bleak Soviet satire and goofy memetic joke factory. This isn’t the best thing about HROT, we’ll get to that in a couple of paragraphs. But the balancing of these two personality strands is what defines HROT’s quality....

HomeNewsTeenage Demon Slayer Society Teenage Demon Slayer Society mixes turn-based demon-slaying with funny teen anticsFrom the studio behind Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator From the studio behind Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator Image credit:Strange Scaffold Image credit:Strange Scaffold Developer Strange Scaffold have announced another genre-blending adventure,Teenage Demon Slayer Society, this time mixing turn-based strategy combat with some character action flare. The game follows teen figurines, who are already struggling with the hellish world of high school crushes when an army of demons invades their world....