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HomeFeaturesDead Island 2 Dead Island 2 is looking refreshingly bloody and unpretentiousA five hour build and a chat with game director David Stenton A five hour build and a chat with game director David Stenton Walking around the deserted streets of Los Angeles - and you can take your leisure, inDead Island 2, because most zombies are quite shambly - I encountered many a rich-person decor. Last week, I was given a preview build of the upcoming first-person zombie-smasher and played about the first five hours of it in single-player, taking in sights like a community of gated millionaire mansions, a slightly less palacious but still ridiculous neighbourhood, and an upmarket hotel styled after the famous Beverly Hills Hotel....

HomeDeals Get a Corsair 4000X PC case + H100i Elite Capellix 240mm AiO for £170That’s around £245 worth of equipment, both in gleaming white. That’s around £245 worth of equipment, both in gleaming white. Get the Corsair 4000X + H100i 240mm AiO for £170 (vs ~£245 separately) I’ve had the pleasure of using both Corsair PC cases and coolers over the last few years, with my current build using the larger (but nearly identically designed) 7000D Airflow and 360mm H150i Elite LCD....

HomeNews Homicidal All-Stars is now called Showgunners, releasing in MayThere’s also a new demo live right now with a built-in Twitch mode There’s also a new demo live right now with a built-in Twitch mode Homicidal All-Stars, the turn-based strategy game set inside a dystopian, Running Man-style TV show, has both a new name and a final release date, publishers Good Shepherd Entertainment have announced today. Releasing on May 2nd, Homicidal All-Stars will now be known asShowgunners, and… I dig it....

HomeNewsKerbal Space Program 2 Kerbal Space Program 2 is getting a performance patch this week, plus a fix for the “Kraken drive” bugPatch One is due to launch on Thursday March 16th Patch One is due to launch on Thursday March 16th You don’t need a degree in rocket science to know thatKerbal Space Program 2didn’t exactly launch in the best of states last month. From its astronomicallyhigh PC requirementsto the numerous bugs identified in ourearly access review, it’s been a rough ride for developers Intercept Games, but hope is on the horizon....

HomeNews Resident Evil 4’s demo mods include banana guns and panda LeonsGive the village a bit of pizazz Give the village a bit of pizazz Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom Resident Evil 4’s Chainsaw demo dropped last week, offering an early section of the game with zero time limit and lots of villagers who’d like to add your guts to their dinner. Modders have since taken to the demo, making it more in line with their, err, tastes....

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 devs hacked and threatened, asks fans to ignore leaks"Attempts to blackmail or intimidate us are completely futile" “Attempts to blackmail or intimidate us are completely futile” Image credit:GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World Announced via Twitter, GSC said that a “collective work-with-images application” was hacked and the information then used for “blackmail and intimidation”. GSC then urged that anyone who comes across leaked information doesn’t start sharing it across the web, as it would “dilute the impression of the final idea” that they’ve put into the game....

HomeNewsLightyear Frontier Space farming sim Lightyear Frontier delayed an unspecified amount of timeDon’t start the engines on your tractor mech just yet Don’t start the engines on your tractor mech just yet Lightyear Frontier, a sort ofStardew Valleybut in space, in which you bring agriculture to an alien planet with a big multipurpose mechatractor suit, has been delayed. It was supposed to come out, well, sometime around now (Spring 2023) but developers Frame Break announced the delay witha statement on Twitter- including that they “can’t commit to a launch window right now”....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hint and answer (#631): How to solve the Sunday March 12 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for Mar 12? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Mar 12? 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 part of the daily routine of so many people around the world....

HomeNewsForspoken Forspoken’s reviews “challenging” and sales “lackluster”, says Square EnixIt never was cuffing season It never was cuffing season “It already seems inevitable that there will be stories two weeks from now about howForspokenfailed to meet Square Enix’s sales expectations,“I wroteas the demo for the Isekai romp arrived on PC. How wrong I was! It took six and a half weeks.“Reviews of Forspoken… have been challenging,” says Square Enix’s latest financial report, and its sales have been “lackluster”....

HomeNews Resident Evil 4 remake’s demo contains a secret “extreme difficulty” modeAs if it wasn’t scary enough already As if it wasn’t scary enough already Resident Evil 4’s demo dropped on Thursday and in all likelihood its ganados-packed village is difficult and scary enough for me. If you’re made of stronger stuff, you might be interested in the demo’s secret ultra-hard “Mad Chainsaw Mode”, though. Resident Evil 4 Remake: 17 Exciting New DetailsWatch on YouTube...

HomeNewsLemnis Gate Time-loop online shooter Lemnis Gate will become unplayable in JulyNo do-overs No do-overs Lemnis Gateis a multiplayer shooter trapped within a turn-based timeloop, in which players work across turns to support their past selves and stymy their opponents. If that were possible in reality, this would be the perfect moment for a new iteration to appear and throw a shield aroundLemnis Gate, because its developers have announced that it will close down this summer....

HomeNewsThe Outlast Trials Co-op prequel The Outlast Trials releases into early access in MayRunning scared, hand-in-hand with a friend Running scared, hand-in-hand with a friend Last Halloween, developer Red Barrel ran aclosed betafor their co-op horror prequelThe Outlast Trials, letting players share their traumatic getaways in up to four-player co-op, or suffer the ordeal alone. After a successful beta and tons of fan feedback, Red Barrel are ready to unleashOutlastTrials into early access with a new release date of May 18th....

HomeNewsGhost Trick: Phantom Detective Hit paranormal puzzler Ghost Trick’s remaster finally arrives in JuneShu Takumi’s Nintendo DS banger is back from the dead Shu Takumi’s Nintendo DS banger is back from the dead Paranormal puzzlerGhost Trick: Phantom Detectivehas waited a long time for a revival, but Capcom have finally landed on a date for their remaster: June 30th. The game waspreviously leakedvia an age rating last year, before an official confirmation in last month’s surprisinglyPC-centric Nintendo Direct....