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HomeNewsVampire Survivors Squirm around a tiny bridge in the Tiny Vampire Survivors updateVampire de-sizers Vampire de-sizers A tiny bridge makes so much sense as a late-gameVampire Survivorschallenge stage. The game’s arguably at its most captivating when the hordes start clogging up your death machinery, squeezing you into tighter and tighter corridors as you pray for a power-up or multi-item chest. It’s pleasantly squirmy, but will the bridge added in yesterday’s appropriately titled “The Tiny One” update betoosquirmy?...

HomeHardwareDeals The best cheap SSD is even cheaper with these Black Friday dealsThe fast and thrifty WD Blue SN570 strikes again The fast and thrifty WD Blue SN570 strikes again I’ve been recommending the WD Blue SN570 to anyone who’ll listen for over a year, and now it’s not just one of thebest gaming SSDsyou can buy, but the star of several of thebest Black Friday SSD deals. Multiple capacities of this cheap but deceptively speedy solid state drive are on sale today, with savings of up to 44%....

HomeHardwareDeals The best wireless gaming mouse has one of the best Black Friday deals this yearSave £70 / $40 on the Logitech G Pro Wireless Save £70 / $40 on the Logitech G Pro Wireless Back when our guide to thebest Black Friday gaming mouse dealswas but a wee list of early offers, I’d check every few days whether theLogitech G Pro Wirelesshad a compelling sale going for it. Every time, nada, at least in the UK....

HomeNewsHalf-Life: Alyx This chunky Half-Life: Alyx mod might sate your desire for more Half-LifeOut today after two years in the pipes Out today after two years in the pipes Half-LifeAlyx: Levitation is the most compelling reason to dust off my VR goggles I’ve seen sinceHalf-Life: Alyx. Out today after two years of development, the ambitious mod promises 3-4 hours of barrel-chucking, window-breaking, train-dodging, combine-blasting fun.Perhaps the full package will pale in comparison to Valve’s polish, but the bit in this trailer where the player scurries down a train while contorting around manhacks looks oh-so appetisingly transportative....

HomeNews TikTokers have created a player-generated RPG full of money-dealing cats, and it’s absolutely wildI’m now on the run for my dabloon crimes I’m now on the run for my dabloon crimes We Bought Five Unusual Steam Deck Accessories From EtsyJames recently bought a load of unusual Steam Deck accessories from Etsy before asking Liam to review them.Watch on YouTube We Bought Five Unusual Steam Deck Accessories From Etsy There’s been all kinds of trending nonsense on TikTok lately, many of which have come and gone without comment....

HomeFeatures Urban legends and modern myths: Supermassive on how The Dark Pictures Anthology ties togetherAnd a few hints on what to expect now that Season One is done And a few hints on what to expect now that Season One is done A few weeks ago, I got the chance to visit Supermassive HQ for a hands-on with The Devil In Me, the fourth game in — and season one finale of —The Dark PicturesAnthology....

HomeNewsTotal War: Warhammer III You can customise Total War: Warhammer 3’s endgame scenarios in multiplayer nowCreative Assembly aiming to keep single-player and multiplayer in step Creative Assembly aiming to keep single-player and multiplayer in step Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Fantasy strategy gameTotal War: Warhammer 3has got its final patch of 2022, update 2.3.0, which brings the single-player customisable endgame scenarios to its multiplayer mode. This change allows whoever is setting up one of the game’s Immortal Empires campaigns in multiplayer to fiddle with the endgame how they please....

HomeNewsTom Clancy’s Splinter Cell BBC Radio 4 are producing a Splinter Cell seriesThe 8-part drama will release next month The 8-part drama will release next month It’s been a long while since there was a newSplinter Cellgame, but you’ll soon be able to listen to Splinter Cell on the radio. BBC Radio 4 are producing an eight-part drama series calledTom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Firewall which will broadcast this December. Splinter Cell Remake: Stepping Out of the Shadows | Ubisoft [NA]Watch on YouTube...

HomeNewsNo Man’s Sky Erect your own giant Christmas tree on a distant world No Man’s Sky Waypoint (4.0) Update TrailerNo Man’s Sky’s recent Waypoint 4.0 update was the biggest the game’s seen yet.Watch on YouTube No Man’s Sky Waypoint (4.0) Update Trailer The base-building app supports both importing and exporting, so you can fiddle with your existing No Man’s Sky bases as well as knocking together some creative new ones. My favourite example that Banks gives is a humongous Christmas tree, complete with lights, right slap bang in the middle of a hillside base....

HomeNews Star Wars: Squadrons is free on the Epic Games Store for a week from todayThe next free Epic Games Store games are RPG In A Box and Fort Triumph The next free Epic Games Store games are RPG In A Box and Fort Triumph It’s that time of the week again, when the Epic Games Store reveal what new games they’ll be giving away for free next Thursday. If you haven’t jumped on it straight away, then you can nab EA Motive’s decent sci-fi dogfighting simStar Wars: Squadronsfor precisely nowt until December 1st....

HomeNewsThe Callisto Protocol Striking Distance insist they haven’t cut death animations from The Callisto Protocol to sell as DLCThe game’s season pass will feature extra animations The game’s season pass will feature extra animations Image credit:Krafton Image credit:Krafton Upcoming sci-fi horror gameThe Callisto Protocolwill have 25 death animations locked behind its season pass, but developers Striking Distance Studios have insisted these aren’t being held back for DLC. Striking Distance CEO Glen A....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show episode 209: the best fantasy video game dinner party specialMatthew The Giant We Hardly Knew Ye Matthew The Giant We Hardly Knew Ye As it’s his last day, Matthew also does a fiendishly difficult Cavern Of Lies themed around secret endings. Which of us will end up dead and loaded onto the cocaine boat while the others beat a retreat? Return to Monkey Island | PS5 and XB S/X | November 8Watch on YouTube...

HomeDeals This Dell 165Hz FreeSync/G-Sync gaming monitor for £116 is a cracking Black Friday dealAn ideal first gaming monitor, or a cheap second screen to take to LAN parties. An ideal first gaming monitor, or a cheap second screen to take to LAN parties. The best budget gaming monitor just got cheaper. Dell have knocked the price of their G2722HS 27-in 1080p 165Hz gaming monitor down to £129, but when you use the code BFUKG2722HS it gets even cheaper: just £116....