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HomeNews Plants Vs Zombies creator’s new game is about stacking wombat pooHardhat Wombat gamifies one of nature’s greatest oddities Hardhat Wombat gamifies one of nature’s greatest oddities Knowing that wombats' dump is little stackable cubes was one of the fun facts I learned at school (it was either a rhetorical proof for or against the existence of God; I forget which). This knowledge comes in handy for understanding the gameHardhat Wombat, coming from George Fan (ofPlants Vs....

HomeDeals Recharge your Steam Deck, laptop, smartphone and watch with this GaN USB-C charger from Amazon UKFour ports, 65W, 15% off its usual price, UK only. Four ports, 65W, 15% off its usual price, UK only. The Steam Deck is a handy device, but its 45W charger isn’t the most convenient to lug around as it only charges one thing at a time and takes up a fair amount of space....

HomeReviewsStranded: Alien Dawn Stranded: Alien Dawn review: a survival sim that nails the crashlandingGood thing you can build a wedding arch because I’m in love Good thing you can build a wedding arch because I’m in love Image credit:Frontier Foundry Image credit:Frontier Foundry As our shuttle hits the ground, the world erupts into smoke, chaos, and confusion. Samantha, one among my ragged band of survivors, breaks down sobbing on the ground and I direct Maki, a veterinarian, to do something about it....

HomeFeaturesBetrayal At Club Low Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Betrayal At Club Low - Official TrailerWatch on YouTube Betrayal At Club Low - Official Trailer For starters, it feels like a very apt description of how most of us are probably living our lives right now - our hapless pizzaiolo included. Without wanting to catapult this conversation into a spiral of existential dread, nothing in the world is going particularly well right now, but in our everyday lives, we can at least rest assured that most things are fine, probably, and not on fire....

HomeNewsGrave Seasons This murder mystery Stardew-like lets you accidently romance the killerJust another day of growing crops and solving a homicide in Grave Seasons Just another day of growing crops and solving a homicide in Grave Seasons Image credit:Son M Image credit:Son M 14 Indie Games We Can’t Wait To Play In 2023Watch on YouTube 14 Indie Games We Can’t Wait To Play In 2023 You can also romance anyone in town in Grave Seasons, and even accidentally romance the killer, which is wild....

HomeNews Four more Ubisoft games are heading to Steam.Far Cry 6,Riders Republic, Rainbow Six Extraction and Monopoly Madness were all previously available via the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft’s own storefront, but will be released on Steam across May and June.All four games are now listed as upcoming onUbisoft’s Steam publisher page. The release dates for each are:Far Cry 6 - May 11thRiders Republic - June 8thTom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction - June 15thMonopoly Madness - June 22ndFar Cry 6 Is At Its Best When You Just Explore | My Fav Thing In… (Far Cry 6 Review)Watch on YouTubeUbisoft announced their intention to release games exclusively via the Epic Games Store (as well as their own storefront), starting with The Division 2back in 2019....

HomeHardwareFeaturesDead Island 2 Dead Island 2 PC performance and the best settings to useBeverly Hills chop Beverly Hills chop Can you imagine ifDead Island 2didn’tarrive with actually-quite-good PC performance? All those years, all those developers, and it turned out rubbish? Perish the thought. But nah, Dambuster Studios have ensured it finally hits shelves in a solid technical state; a welcome return to standards for the big-name gamesmaking biz, which has largely spent 2023 chucking out sub-par PC ports....

HomeGuidesOxygen Oxygen tips: A beginner’s guide to surviving your first few wind daysSimple Oxygen tips to help you survive the energy crisis Simple Oxygen tips to help you survive the energy crisis Looking for some Oxygen tips and tricks?Surviving inOxygenis not easy. The harsh weather, toxic air, and earth cracks can all make survival very challenging. And this is precisely where the fun of this newly released city builder game lies - leading the survivors to establish a home in such an environment....

HomeNewsSquare Enix AI Tech Preview: The Portopia Serial Murder Case Square Enix turns Dragon Quest creator’s classic visual novel into an odd “AI Tech Preview"If only The Portopia Serial Murder Case came out a year later, the 1984 jokes would write themselves If only The Portopia Serial Murder Case came out a year later, the 1984 jokes would write themselves SQUARE ENIX AI Tech Preview: THE PORTOPIA SERIAL MURDER CASE【English】Watch on YouTube...

HomeNews The Division Heartland’s free-to-play survival shooting goes rural, while The Division 2 goes back to New YorkYou can also dress up as Leon Kennedy You can also dress up as Leon Kennedy Ubisoft held alivestreamlast night to lay out the future of their MMO shooter franchise. The stream covered a roadmap forThe Division 2’sfifth year of support and a deep dive into the upcomingThe Division Heartland, a free-to-play spin-off that’s more focused on the series’ survival aspects....

HomeFeaturesTotal War: Warhammer III Total War: Warhammer 3’s AI playing smart in Forge Of The Chaos Dwarfs is as miserable as it is brilliantOld World Problems Old World Problems “In a rare display of AI genius, Grimgor has spent the last 4 turns camping outside Zharr-Naggrund killing every caravan I try to send. I’d be furious if it wasn’t so funny,” reads the Discord message I sent to a friend - roughly another four turns before the orcish warboss’s occasional smash-and-grab turned into an entire racket that nearly crippled my burgeoning military industrial complex....

HomeNewsVictoria 3 Victoria 3’s new DLC brings revolutionaries, reformers, and rebels next monthVoice Of The People is all about the political agitators Voice Of The People is all about the political agitators Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Paradox’s grand strategyVictoria 3is getting its first DLC next month, bringing along some of history’s great political agitators who worked to change social and economic systems with their new ideas. The pack’s called Voice of The People and it’s coming on May 22nd....

HomeNewsStreet Fighter 6 You can try Street Fighter 6’s open world mode in next week’s demoUPDATE: The demo is available on PC now! UPDATE: The demo is available on PC now! Update: PC friends, the Street Fighter 6 demo is availableon Steamnow, meaning you can roam the streets of Metro City and beat up strangers to your heart’s content. Street Fighter 6 - World Tour Gameplay & Avatar Battle TrailerWatch on YouTube...