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HomeReviewsPsychonauts 2 Psychonauts 2 review: a single-minded delightHold on to your frontal lobes, kids Hold on to your frontal lobes, kids If only my own mind could be filtered through the creative processes at Double Fine Productions and emerge as a level inPsychonauts 2. In their hands, it would become a fabulous riot of colour and whimsy, with even the darkest corners seen as works of strange beauty. Diminutive psychic spy Raz Aquato would probably pinball around a giant rockpool that somehow represents my relationship with my grandparents....

HomeFeaturesQuake Quake Renaissance: a short history of 25 years of Quake moddingHow fans have kept the classic shooter alive in good times and bad How fans have kept the classic shooter alive in good times and bad Imagine an ancient monastery hidden away in the mountains, where aging monks and nuns carve these kitschy little demonic sandcastles that no one cares about. Every year their numbers dwindle. The world has forgotten them....

HomeNewsStardew Valley Eric Barone is putting up $40,000 in prizes There are plenty of ways to play farm inheritance simulatorStardew Valley—whether you like co-op or challenge runs or just want to do your best to make grandpa’s ghost proud. Or you could play competitively, which is exactly what a group of Stardew Valley livestreamers will be doing in the first Stardew Valley Cup. Not just that, but Stardew’s developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone will participating as a commentator....

HomeNewsFallout 4 Writer on impressive Fallout: London mod bags job at BethesdaA sign that the mod’s story is pretty decent? A sign that the mod’s story is pretty decent? Image credit:Team Folon / Microsoft Image credit:Team Folon / Microsoft A few months agowe reported on Fallout: London, an impressive-lookingFallout 4mod project that will bring the post-apocalyptic RPG to England. It looks like a huge undertaking, pulling parts out of the US-centric game to make a UK-based, DLC-sized mod campaign, and for one modder it’s led to a job at Bethesda....

HomeNewsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike Global Offensive is 9 years oldOld enough to drink, if it had terrible parents Old enough to drink, if it had terrible parents Valve’s competitive first-person shooterCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveturned nine years old today. It remainsthe most popular game on Steam- a little bigger thanDota 2, and around four times bigger than the 3rd and 4th placed games. Not bad, eh. Not bad considering that Valve aren’t exactly cramming Counter-Strike full of regular new maps and weapons....

HomeNews Don’t expect PlayStation games to launch simultaneously on PCIn case you had hoped In case you had hoped Was anyone really expecting Sony to start releasing their games simultaneously across PC and console? Panicked PlayStation 5 owners, perhaps - but even they should fret no longer. In aninterview with Game Informer, head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst committed to PC releases coming only after a period of exclusivity. On the subject of simultaneous releases, Hulst said that he “honestly can’t see us doing that with one of the platform-defining experiences that we’re making at PlayStation Studios....

HomeGuides Best Marshal loadout in Warzone, plus how to unlock the Marshal in WarzoneAkimbo, sawed-off, double-barrel shotguns? Akimbo, sawed-off, double-barrel shotguns. Akimbo, sawed-off, double-barrel shotguns? Akimbo, sawed-off, double-barrel shotguns. If you’re looking to optimise your Marshal, then read on…The Marshal is an early Season 5 addition toWarzone, and it’s a fun one. This handgun is really a tiny shotgun, with all the expected properties. It has options for Dragon’s Breath Rounds and Akimbo, so there’s a lot of fun to be had even if it won’t be meta....

HomeNewsBlack Myth: Wukong Black Myth: Wukong’s new trailer has an epic fight with a snowy dragonPlus an ape duel that’s giving me Sekiro flashbacks Plus an ape duel that’s giving me Sekiro flashbacks Image credit:Game Science Image credit:Game Science It’s been a few months since we last saw any newness for the upcoming soulslikeBlack Myth: Wukong, but it’s looking as gorgeous as ever in a new gameplay trailer that dropped today....

HomeNewsDeathloop Deathloop’s PvP invasions will put your tactics and mind games to the testArkane dish extra details on Deathloop’s PvP Arkane dish extra details on Deathloop’s PvP Murder puzzle sandboxDeathloop’s release date is approaching, and Arkane Lyon have turned up at QuakeCon to talk more about their next supernatural FPS adventure. Particularly PvP, which they’d yet to get deep into the details on. You can catch their panel right here with a good dive on how each side of the PvP coin is a bit different and why you’ll want to leave it enabled....

What’s better than one video game? Two video games! What’s better than two video games? Two video games for the price of one video game! What’s better than two video games for the price of one video game? Boost bars, but we’re contractually obligated to talk about video games on this show. For this week’sMystery Steam Reviewsboth myself and Matthew had to choose three games that have other real playable games in them....

HomeNewsZool Redimensioned Ancient action platformer returns in Zool Redimensioned, out nowThe Amiga revival continues The Amiga revival continues I’m squinting, but I don’t see a single Chupa Chup anywhere in the trailers or screenshots for Zool Redimensioned. Playing the original platformer back on the Amiga was the first time I encountered product placement in a videogame, but it seems Zool’s love for a particular brand of lollipops has been lost amid the switch to modern resolutions....

HomeNews Diablo 2: Resurrected beta open to everyone this weekendIt kicks off tomorrow letting players explore the game’s first two acts It kicks off tomorrow letting players explore the game’s first two acts If you pre-orderedDiablo 2: Resurrected, you might’ve already tried it out during the early access weekend just gone. But if not, good news! The open beta goes live tomorrow, so everyone can download the remastered action-RPG and give it a go for free....

HomeGuidesGenshin Impact Genshin Impact cooking: how to cook in Genshin ImpactHow and where to cook, where to find ingredients, and how to unlock new recipes in Genshin Impact How and where to cook, where to find ingredients, and how to unlock new recipes in Genshin Impact How do you cook in Genshin Impact?Genshin Impactis kind of obsessed with eating. There’s a suite of official game art wallpapers out there that just show various characters chowing down on meals, which is a pretty good indicator of this game’s relationship with food....