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HomeNewsSatisfactory Satisfactory update 4 is out, adds hoverpacks and particle acceleratorsIt’s now left the beta branch It’s now left the beta branch One of my favourite memories from the past 15 years of doing this daft job was atEVE Online’s fan fest. A developer on stage in a packed auditorium announced a more efficient way to move items between cargo holds, and the crowd around me erupted with “We just won the World Cup”-level cheering....

HomePodcasts The Weekspot podcast: Outriders wins the Most Alright video game awardOkay is sometimes okay Okay is sometimes okay Ever since the demo failed to wow people back in February, it was pretty clear thatOutridershad a ceiling. Not an outrageously low ceiling, but a ceiling nonetheless. Still, even with launch issues a lack of anything extraordinary, it’s actually a pretty decent video game. But, before myself and Matthew spoke about the surprisingly popular third-person shooter on this week’sWeekspot, we discussed all the news of the last seven days in Headlines & Hot Takes....

HomeHardwareNews There’s a new batch of AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs on the wayThe Ryzen 5000 G-series will only be available in pre-built PCs, though The Ryzen 5000 G-series will only be available in pre-built PCs, though AMD have announced six new additions to their family ofRyzen 5000 CPUstoday, including their first pair of budget-focused Ryzen 3 chips. Based on the same Zen 3 architecture and 7nm manufacturing process as their existing Ryzen 5000 CPUs, the Ryzen 5000 G-Series will also come with integrated Radeon graphics chips capable of delivering “smooth 1080p gaming” without the need for a dedicated graphics card....

HomeNewsWhat The Dub What The Dub is a Jackbox-esque party game where you dub daft dialogue over old movie clipsIt’s a bit like Mystery Science Theatre 3000 It’s a bit like Mystery Science Theatre 3000 If there’s one thing I’ve actually enjoyed during the last year of lockdowns, it’s been how much more frequently I hop into online party games with my pals to mess around. That’s probably why I’m drawn toWhat The Dub....

HomeNewsRoblox A Roblox roleplayer scammed their way into real White House press briefingsWho ever said roleplay doesn’t pay off? Who ever said roleplay doesn’t pay off? What does it take to get your questions answered during the White House press briefing? Less than I’d have imagined, apparently, thanks in part to Covid-19 protocols. A player in aRobloxpolitical roleplay group managed to invent a journalist persona for themselves that was good enough to fool their supposed colleagues and have their questions asked to White House press secretary Jen Psaki multiple times....

HomeGuidesOutriders Best Outriders Trickster build: solo and endgame builds with the Trickster skill treeThe best Trickster builds for solo and endgame The best Trickster builds for solo and endgame Outridersallows you to choose between four powerful classes for your character after finishing the prologue; and of those, the Trickster is one of the most popular. Excelling at close-range skirmishes and extreme damage spikes, there are plenty of great tools out there for creating an overpowered Trickster....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Hero Power Mage deck list guide - Forged in the Barrens - Hearthstone (April 2021)AKA: Hero Tower Mage. AKA: Hero Tower Mage. Mage’s Hero Power has been beefed up big time in Forged in the Barrens. The deck list here has been created with this in mind, along with the Watch Post package to disrupt your enemy’s plans. Some have taken to calling this deck ‘Hero Tower Mage’ because of it....

HomeReviewsOutriders Outriders review: A dopamine-dispensing closed loop for your monkey brainShiny space-trousers Shiny space-trousers Outridersis a looter shooter, a type of game in which space-trousers will sometimes come whizzing out of enemies after you kill them and lay there on the floor, glowing seductively, until you pick them up and appraise them. Occasionally these new space-trousers will be rarer than the pair of space-trousers you’re currently wearing, so you put them on and feel marginally happier about your day, until the unavoidable realisation that an even better pair of space-trousers must still exist - swooshier, with better stitching and inscrutable magic abilities - compels you to continue on your merry onslaught....

HomeFeaturesMinecraft The best Minecraft performance modsBuilding blocks Building blocks When I first read about theMinecraftjava mods that could triple the game’s framerate, I took it in the same spirit as those programs that claim you can download more RAM, or various sites telling me about hot singles in my area. That is, I felt lied to. But as downloader and tester, I did just that and discovered that the claims were true....

HomeNewsVVVVVV VVVVVV is about to get its first update in almost seven yearsIt takes a VVVVVVillage It takes a VVVVVVillage In last year’sannouncement postfor the source code, Cavanagh wrote, “Looking back through it myself all these years later, I find it really funny how much of it is basically just the same parts copy and pasted over and over, with the values changed. This basically makes it impossible to read and maintain ten years later, but back when I was in the thick of it, it made it really fast to iterate and add new things....

HomeNewsCozy Grove Cozy Grove launch trailerWatch on YouTube Cozy Grove launch trailer There’s a bit ofSpiritfarerto it, in that you’re performing your tasks for the departed, but its hand-drawn isometric art also reminds me ofDon’t Starve- only, like, Don’t Starve if it got really into Cbeebies instead of Tim Burton movies. It has a a dose ofAnimal Crossingto it, too: the events on the island occur in real-time, and your dead chums will only give you so many tasks to perform in a given day....

HomeNewsTemtem Temtem, the monster taming MMO, gets Cipanku island on April 13thMeet the first mythical Temtem Meet the first mythical Temtem Temtemis another game that found popularity at the beginning of 2020 - which, as you know, was roughly six years ago. The monster taming MMO has been relatively quiet in the year since, but its next major island-adding expansion will launch on April 13th. Apost on the Temtem siterecaps the past year of early access development, and makes a reasonable case for itnothaving been a quiet year for the game....

HomeNewsSay No! More Cathartic office beat ‘em up Say No! More is out now and looks radSay it like you mean it Say it like you mean it Saying “no” is tough, especially at work. We’ve all had ridiculous requests and nonsensical directives from superiors in past gigs, right? Never fear though, the way of the yes-man is coming to an end and the era of the no-folks is on the horizon....