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HomeNews BlizzConline will live on but BlizzConInPerson is cancelled againBlizzard say they won’t be able to host a November convention Blizzard say they won’t be able to host a November convention We may be well into pandemic act two, but cancellations of in-person events are probably going to keep rolling in for a while yet. To that tune, Blizzard have announced that, as with last year, they won’t be hosting an in-personBlizzConevent....

HomeNewsWarhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground Here’s a last-minute first look at Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Storm GroundThe roguelike’s small battles and positional pummelling are out tomorrow The roguelike’s small battles and positional pummelling are out tomorrow There’s less than 24 hours to go beforeWarhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Groundhits Steam, but you can now watch about 16 mins worth of new footage from the game thanks to a new, last-minute developer video....

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin Monster Hunter Stories 2 is going to let me do gene science on giant bearsHello Arzuros I love you already Hello Arzuros I love you already What is better than battles between giant bears? Obviously it’s battles between giant bears that I have bred specifically to shoot giant plasma beams out of their giant mouths. Also the bear is my bestie because this is Monster Hunter series spinoffMonster Hunter Stories 2where mega deadly creatures are also my best pals....

HomeNews Piratical action RPG King Of Seas sets sail onto storesLandlubbers beware Landlubbers beware Ahoy maties!King Of Seas, the action RPG set in a procedurally generated pirate world, is out now. Hoist your anchor and pour your grog, as you traverse rock-infested waters en route to legendary pirate status. Think a bitSea Of Thieves-y, but top down. After playing the free 60-minute demo, I thought that King Of Seas provides a colourful world, but the fundamentals of its sea battles are tedious....

HomeNews He’s stalking Leon and Jill through Raccoon City’s Police Dept. A new stalking ground, based on the Raccoon City Police Department from the recent Resident 2 remake, rounds off the new add-on. You can see that below if you skip to “50:49 Resident Evil Chapter Reveal”. Though Capcom are working onRe:Verse, an upcoming deathmatch mode for the recently releasedResident Evil Village, this is probably going to be the best way to play Resi with friends or foes....

HomeNewsGraven Throwback fantasy FPS Graven has launched in early accessThe aughts have entered the quest log The aughts have entered the quest log GRAVEN - Early Access Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube GRAVEN - Early Access Launch Trailer The early access launch trailer up there is plenty action packed with slinging spells and swords and bolts at all its fantasy baddies. Oh and there’s door-kicking and dog-petting as well. Alongside the action there sounds to be plenty of exploration and some puzzling too....

HomeHardwareNews Valve could be making a Switch-like handheld called “SteamPal”The portable PC is rumored to have a touchscreen and thumbpads The portable PC is rumored to have a touchscreen and thumbpads Ars Technica claims “multiple sources”have confirmedthat SteamPal will be a “Switch-like portable PC designed to run a large number of games on the Steam PC platform via Linux”. Ars says one prototype is “quite wide compared to the Nintendo Switch....

HomeHardwareNews WD’s Black SN750 SSD is getting a PCIe 4.0 versionThe SN750 SE will be arriving this June, but I also don’t really know why it exists The SN750 SE will be arriving this June, but I also don’t really know why it exists Western Digital have announced they’ve got a new gaming-focused NVMe SSD on the way, the WD Black SN750 SE. Rather confusingly, it’s a PCIe 4.0 version of their flagship PCIe 3....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends now punishes players who leave Arenas matches earlyWin as a team, lose as a team, or face a penalty Win as a team, lose as a team, or face a penalty Earlier this month,Apex Legendsadded a new permanent 3v3 deathmatch mode, Arenas. It’s brilliant, with one glaring problem: leavers. It’s never fun to lose a few rounds in a row, and it’s even worse a teammate outright gives up and abandons you, rather than sticking around to try and pull it back....

HomeNewsCloudpunk Cloudpunk’s “sequel-sized” City Of Ghosts DLC is out nowReturn to one of gaming’s best cities Return to one of gaming’s best cities Cloudpunkhas changed dramatically since its release last year, with updates that let you explore its neon voxel cityscapein first-person, and then drive its cabs fromthe cockpit. Now its “sequel-sized” DLC City Of Ghosts is out, adding a second protagonist to the game. Here’s the announcement trailer from two months ago:...

HomeNews Mini Motorways will finally arrive on Steam on July 20thThe sequel to the wonderful Mini Metro The sequel to the wonderful Mini Metro Mini Motorwayswas announcedback in 2019, but the road vehicle successor to the puzzling trains ofMini Metrohas been in Apple Arcade jail ever since. It now has a release date for its launch on Steam: July 20th. There’s a new trailer below, too. Mini Motorways Steam Release Date Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube...

HomeNewsPhoenix Point Phoenix Point’s Festering Skies DLC and free Behemoth update are out nowGiant enemy crab and several quality-of-life tweaks Giant enemy crab and several quality-of-life tweaks Name aside, the Behemoth does seem cool. He stomps across the game’s Geoscape, launching aerial raids, and hides in the ocean between attacks. You, naturally, havenew tools and missionsthrough which you fight back. Phoenix Point: Festering Skies - Release Trailer | Available NowWatch on YouTube...

HomeNewsShin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster is out nowSega’s latest PC offering Sega’s latest PC offering What better way to start your week than to become a high school student who experiences an apocalyptic event that turns Tokyo into a demon world? Today, Atlus released theShin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster(which I will refer to as SMT3, because good lord that’s a long title), inviting PC players to try out the series that spawned Persona for the first time (alright fine, other Megami Tensei games have been on PC, but this is the first from themainseries)....