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HomeNewsPineapple On Pizza Pineapple On Pizza asks an important question: can a video game convey flavour?It’s short, free and ten minutes long, give it a try It’s short, free and ten minutes long, give it a try Indie studio Majorariatto have released small, experimental games every March since 2017 - barring the cursed year of 2020 - and now they’re back with another thought-provoking adventure calledPineapple On Pizza, this time asking the profound question: can video games convey such a complex flavour?...

HomeNews Ten years on, Owlboy developers are remastering their first shoot-em-upSavant - Ascent Anniversary Edition is coming this summer Savant - Ascent Anniversary Edition is coming this summer Savant - Ascent Anniversary Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube Savant - Ascent Anniversary Reveal Trailer Savant Ascent is a kind of reverse-Downwellwhere you ascend (duh) to reclaim your lost tower, spraying deadly projectiles to slay enemies. The left stick is used to dodge damage and jump between two preset positions on the screen, while the right stick is reserved for aiming and firing - a proper twin-sticker....

HomeFeaturesHi-Fi Rush The joy of feeling like a guitar-thrashing rockstar in Hi-Fi RushGuitar hero Guitar hero Man, do I love the feeling of jamming out a guitar riff in games. Sure, in reality, I’m slumped on my couch in a position that my body will give me payback for when I’m thirty, but in my fantasy, I’m a musical prodigy whose guitar licks are so epic it would make Slash cry....

HomeNewsAtlas Fallen Atlas Fallen gets a three-month delay, now launching in AugustSand in their eyes Sand in their eyes The folks behind The Surge games - Deck13 - had only announced a release date for their next action RPGearlier this month, but it seemsAtlas Fallenneeds more time to cook. Publisher Focus Entertainment today announced a three-month delay to August 10th - an appropriately summery window for a game set in sandy fantasy deserts....

HomeNews Australian government cracks down on loot boxes and in-game gambling with new age rating proposals"Such games are not appropriate for children" “Such games are not appropriate for children” The federal government in Australia have today proposed a number of changes to their National Classification Scheme as they seek to crack down on digital gambling and video games that promote it. The proposed changes would apply an R18+ (over 18s) rating to any game with simulated gambling, and an M for “mature” (over 15s) rating to any games with paid loot boxes, potentially changing the classification for games such asFIFAwhich were previously G-rated (for everyone)....

HomeGuidesCounter-Strike 2 Counter Strike 2 beta: How to get into the Limited Test betaLearn how to get into the Counter Strike 2 beta Learn how to get into the Counter Strike 2 beta Want to get into the Counter Strike 2 beta?Counter-Strike 2is live in beta, but it’s unfortunately closed to the majority of the public. The surpriseCS:GOreplacement will bring plenty of changes, with new smoke grenade tech, revamped maps, and a sub-tick system that, according to Valve, means “tick rate no longer matters for moving, shooting, or throwing”....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft is getting an ambitious Dungeons & Dragons crossoverPut down the shovel, pick up the staff Put down the shovel, pick up the staff Just in time for the upcoming film, Mojang announced thatMinecraftis getting an ambitious Dungeons & Dragons crossover. Like any D&D campaign, the crossover begins around a blocky table with an open pizza box, and then it escalates into a roughly ten-hour, action-RPG take on Minecraft as you trek through the classic tabletop’s fantasy world....

HomeHardwareDeals The bleeding-edge WD SN850x 2TB SSD w/ heatsink is down to £140.94A great choice for PC - and PS5. A great choice for PC - and PS5. The WD SN850x is something of a favourite around these parts, capturing our ‘best PCIe 4.0 SSD for gaming’ crown, and today it’s also one of the bestvalueSSDs thanks to a heavy discount as part ofAmazon’s Spring Sale.Get the WD_Black SN850X 2TB w/ heatsink for £140....

HomeDeals This £150 Samsung gaming monitor is crazy-good for the moneyPerhaps the best monitor deal we’ve seen in Amazon’s Spring Sale. Perhaps the best monitor deal we’ve seen in Amazon’s Spring Sale. Normally we expect to pay around £200 for a mid-range gaming monitor, but today you can pick one up for just £149 after a significant discount in Amazon’s Spring Sale. This is a great price for the Samsung Odyssey G3, a 27-in flat VA panel monitor that boasts a 165Hz refresh rate, 1080p resolution and excellent adjustability....

HomeNews Bingeing CS:GO won’t get you into Counter-Strike 2’s test faster, Valve sayOld-timers win Old-timers win After weeks of teases and rumours,Counter-Strike 2invaded the internet to confirm that, yes, it was areal thingand not a figment of the community’s shared imagination. It’s fully launching this summer, and Valve have been holding a limited access test since the pseudo-sequel’s announcement. They’ve been inviting select players based on factors that are important to the dev team, such as trust factor, Steam account standing, and recent playtime on Valve servers....

HomeNewsCompany Of Heroes 3 Company Of Heroes 3’s first major update brings bug fixes and cosmeticsPlus daily and weekly challenges Plus daily and weekly challenges Company Of Heroes 3had rough beach landing, garnering mostly positive reviews from critics (like us) and mixed-to-negative reviews from players on Steam. Today’s release of its first major update, titled Operation Sapphire Jackal, may help address that disparity given that it promises to fix “hundreds” of bugs in the base game....

HomeReviewsCrime Boss: Rockay City Crime Boss: Rockay City review: a baffling and incoherent PaydaylikePlease, let’s end 90s nostalgia now Please, let’s end 90s nostalgia now A few hours later, after numerous short cutscenes in which Michael Rooker has to shout nonsensical American Football metaphors every so often, to justify the fact that his character is called Touchdown, and Michael Madsen growls about “candy” in a hard-living 65-year-old’s voice coming out of an uncanny-vallyy 35-year-old’s face, I text him an update: “It’s also like that tweet that goes ‘Bames Nond’s having a stronk, call a bondulance’....

HomeNews Steam is ending support for Windows 7 and 8 next yearThe operating systems will no longer run Steam come 2024 The operating systems will no longer run Steam come 2024 Steam will no longer support Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems starting from January 1st, 2024, Valve have announced. To continue playing games or using apps through Steam, you’ll need to update to a more recent version of Windows....