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HomeNewsSlipways Slipways' open beta offers a pocket-sized grand strategy campaignPlay it before it closes on May 10th Play it before it closes on May 10th When I last wrote aboutSlipways, I called itthe best demo of the Steam festivaland lamented that it was no longer available. Good news! It’s back, and in expanded form. There’s now a public beta of this wonderful, pocket-sized grand strategy game which you can playvia Steamuntil May 10th....

HomeNews What’s your comfort game when you’re sick?ive got the sniffwes awnd i feew poowwy. ive got the sniffwes awnd i feew poowwy. I’ll be honest, friends: I’m thick with cold and I’d like this day to end. Maybe you can help me make that happen. Once I’m done here, I’m going to crawl under a blanket and play something comforting that will distract me until bedtime.So I’m here to ask: what’s your comfort gaming for when you’re sick?...

HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Assassin’s Creed Valhalla might be taking us to fiery MuspelheimThe spiciest Norse realm The spiciest Norse realm Concept art for some mythical doorways, the middle one is a design for the flaming entry to Muspelheim. Fromthis big AC Valhalla concept art gallery. Having said that, Valhalla already lets players explore a couple other mythical realms, Jotunheim and Asgard. Early concept art for the game showed the fiery worlds of Muspelheim too....

HomeNewsCross Blitz Be a burly lion pirate when RPG card battler Cross Blitz launches this yearLions and cards and hexes, oh my Lions and cards and hexes, oh my Tako Boy Studios call Cross Blitz a “deckbuilder/RPG hybrid designed to challenge a wide array of players.” You can spot the mashup down here in the announcement trailer. There are card-based battles paired with what looks to be a hex-based overworld....

HomeHardwareFeatures BenQ Zowie XL2546K reviewA 240Hz gaming monitor with an ultra premium price A 240Hz gaming monitor with an ultra premium price 240Hz gaming monitors remain some of the most expensive screens you can buy today, and the BenQ Zowie XL2546K is no exception. Costing a hefty£459/$499, this 240Hz, 1080p esports-focused display is probably one of the costliest monitors I’ve tested in some time. It’s a far cry from the £270 / $280 price of my current 240Hz pick in mybest budget gaming monitor round-up, theAOC C27G2ZU, and in terms of overall image quality, the AOC still has the BenQ beat (more on that in a sec)....

HomeDeals Get a prebuilt RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5600X gaming PC for £949Way easier than trying to find a standalone graphics card at RRP Way easier than trying to find a standalone graphics card at RRP Whenever I see a potentially good prebuilt gaming PC, I always put the parts into the fantastically useful PCPartPicker website to see how much it would cost me to make the same computer myself. Adding in theRyzen 5 5600X processor, MSI B550 motherboard, 16GB of RAM, 240GB SSD, white CM case and 550W power supply, the site reckons you’d be looking at anoutlay of around £636- and that’s without theRTX 3060graphics card, the single most expensive component....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera How to unlock the CARV 2 tactical rifle in Warzone and Cold WarCARV up your enemies. CARV up your enemies. This gun seems to be absolutely ridiculous. The CARV 2 tactical rifle is looking like it’ll dominate the Warzone meta until further notice, so we’ve put together a guide on how to unlock this thing ASAP. Here are all therequirements and best loadout to unlock the CARV 2 Tactical Rifle in Warzone and Cold War....

HomeNews Masochists can choose to keep the Mako’s rubbish handling in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition"For those people out there who do like pain" “For those people out there who do like pain” WhichMass Effecthas the best control scheme can be a pretty dividing topic. Now I don’t want to shame anyone who enjoyed how Mass Effect 1 controlled, but to be clear, Idothink you’re all masochists. I was delighted to find out that BioWare would be bringing the first game more in-line with the sequels with theMass Effect: Legendary Edition....

HomeGuidesResident Evil Village Resident Evil Village Statue Puzzle: How to solve the Statue PuzzleHere’s how to solve the statue puzzle Here’s how to solve the statue puzzle Resident Evil Village: How to solve the Statue Puzzle There’s a plaque on the wall which reads: “Women are blind to male advances, but the poor shall take their chances to give their lord their bounty sown, so that soon the wine may flow....

HomeHardwareFeaturesResident Evil Village Resident Evil Village: the best settings to improve your PC’s performanceKeep those frame rates high with our recommended setting tweaks Keep those frame rates high with our recommended setting tweaks You can read more about what we thought of the game over in ourResident Evil Village review, and you can also find out more about how it runs with its fancy ray tracing effects over in my dedicatedResident Evil Village ray tracing guide....

HomeFeaturesSay No! More Say No! More was way better for my wellness than company-sponsored mindfulnessThat’s a negatory, good buddy That’s a negatory, good buddy Welcome to spring/summer 2021, the year in which this endless hell enters its Thunderdome mode. We all stagger from our caves, blinking in the harsh daylight, to batter each other for the chance to order a pint and drink it in a freezing beer garden going “Yeah, it’s not actually that cold today, is it?...

HomeDealsResident Evil Village The cheapest places to find Resident Evil Village for PC, in the US and UKSave up to $30 / £23.50 compared to the Steam price Save up to $30 / £23.50 compared to the Steam price Resident Evil Villageis the talk of the town, and you may well be wondering where the cheapest place to pick it up is. We’ve scoured every legitimate key-totin' outfit in the land to find out - on both sides of the Atlantic....

HomeFeaturesValheim The joy of an ignoble death in ValheimI would have made a terrible Viking I would have made a terrible Viking It’s a beautiful day in the meadows of Viking survival gameValheim; I’m ambling about picking raspberries, looking for stones and promising-looking sticks. They don’t take long to find, and with trembling hands I attach one to the other, and create a crude axe. I seek out the nearest tree to unleash my wrath upon....