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HomeNewsNo Man’s Sky No Man’s Sky teases its 17th major update called FrontiersHello Games is celebrating the game’s fifth anniversary Hello Games is celebrating the game’s fifth anniversary At what milestone do we begin contextualizing the age of a game with “do you want to feel old?” If it’s five years, well, do you? BecauseNo Man’s Skylaunched five years ago today. The space exploration sim has celebrated its anniversary with a look back on all its prior major updates and expansions as well as a tiny peek into the future....

HomeNewsKerbal Space Program Kerbal Space Program development has ended after ten yearsAs attention turns to KSP2 As attention turns to KSP2 Kerbal Space Programupdate 1.12.2 is live. It’s a relatively minor set of fixes, but it marks the completion of the 1.12 update - and, in turn, the end of “sustained development” of KSP. It’s been a fun ten years, but its development team are now turning their full attention to work on Kerbal Space Program 2....

HomeNewsPistol Whip Pistol Whip is getting a free cowboy update and new modifiersOne of the best VR games One of the best VR games Glorious VR rhythm shooterPistol Whipis getting a free Western-themed update later this week. On August 12th, the Smoke & Thunder update will add a new set of levels in which you will fight through a train, shoot cowboys, and dodge explosive barrels.It also adds “Styles”, a substantial change to how modifiers work....

HomeNewsDreamscaper Action roguelike Dreamscaper has awoken its full launchDefeat your inner demons with lucid dreaming powers Defeat your inner demons with lucid dreaming powers Battling your nightmares may not be so fun as whacking ‘em with yo-yos in real life, but it sure is inDreamscaper. This action roguelike about defeating your inner demons every night has just escaped from early access into a full launch. It’s still rather pretty, and has gotten some decent-sized updates since the last time we took a good look at it....

HomeNews Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s next update will include an Among Us style deduction modeDouble Agent is all about uncovering the traitors in your midst Double Agent is all about uncovering the traitors in your midst Double Agent: New Game Mode Trailer | Season Five | Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold WarWatch on YouTube Double Agent: New Game Mode Trailer | Season Five | Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War...

HomeNewsDodgeball Academia Dodgeball Academia’s school sports battle RPG is now in sessionDodgebrawl your way to the top of the class Dodgebrawl your way to the top of the class School is back in session at last. Normal school, depending on whereabouts you’re from, and also dodgeball school if you happen to like sporty themed RPGs.Dodgeball Academiais a silly sports action game about a world where dodgeball is life and you’re taking young hopeful Otto on a mission to be the best there ever was....

HomeFeaturesHaven Park Haven Park really is A Short Hike meets Animal Crossing, and it’s cute, cosy funAn island worth exploring An island worth exploring As someone who both adores Adam Robinson-Yu’s wholesome adventure gameA Short Hikeand has spent many hundreds of hours playingAnimal Crossingover the years, Fabien Weibel’s new camping indie gameHaven Parkseems like the perfect cross-section of my personal gaming tastes. It’s set on a colourful island paradise-cum-outdoors adventure park, much like A Short Hike, and your task is to make this place a nice, cosy hangout for prospective campers, building and crafting new facilities to fulfil their needs, which is very much in the same vein as Nintendo’s animal life sim....

HomeFeaturesRimWorld I played RimWorld’s Ideologies DLC and forced drifters to smoke crack and knife-fight a unicornIt’s always sunny in the outer rim It’s always sunny in the outer rim It’s a story about betrayal, foresight, and knife fights. Also, the industrial production of crack. RimWorld - Ideology trailerWatch on YouTube RimWorld - Ideology trailer The big idea in Rimworld’s Ideologies expansion In the expansion, you have a lot of factors at your disposal to customise your colony’s ideologies....

HomeDeals LG’s stunning 27GN800 monitor is on sale - in the US and UKA ‘Fast IPS’ monitor with sweet spot specs: 27-in, 1440p, 144Hz. A ‘Fast IPS’ monitor with sweet spot specs: 27-in, 1440p, 144Hz. The LG 27GN800, one of my personal top monitor recommendations right now, is down to $300 in the US and £279 in the UK. These are great prices for a 27-in monitor with a Fast IPS panel, 1440p resolution and 144Hz refresh rate....

HomeNewsSplitgate Portal shooter Splitgate’s servers problems have been solved for nowShooting with portals Shooting with portals Splitgate’s twist on the arena shooter, where players can cast portals around the levels and pull off impossible shots, saw a spike in the free FPS’ popularity when it released into beta on consoles (PC has had it since 2019). It was so popular that it basicallykilled the gamefor a few weeks because the servers were overwhelmed....

HomeNewsRust Rust now has submarines, sharks, and underwater dungeonsForget fun in the sun. We need to go deeper. Forget fun in the sun. We need to go deeper. Every major update toRusthas me questioning whether or not I actually know what kind of game Rust is. It’s the survival one, yeah? The one where you start out naked and bash other folks with rocks, right? Perhaps it is, but now it’s also the one where you can buy a functional submarine, slay sharks, and visit underwater lairs....

HomeFeatures Rustler’s “medieval GTA 2” formula could have been a real dark horseSo neigh-ly there So neigh-ly there Rustlerhas such a great, great concept behind it. It’s MedievalGrand Theft Auto2. That’s it. That’s the game. I wish I could finish this post there. I wish there was no more for you to read than that. Because the theoreticalRustlerwhich exists inside your head, after reading the phrase “medieval GTA 2”, is probably a complete riot of delight....

HomeNewsStar Hunter DX Star Hunter DX is a colourful old school shoot ‘em up, out nowYou can try a free demo on Steam too You can try a free demo on Steam too Space pirates, bounty hunters, a badass woman named Luna Starr and more colours that I think I’m capable of seeing - that’s what to expect fromStar Hunter DX, a neo-retro sci-fi bullet hell game that’s out right now....