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HomeHardwareFeatures AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT reviewA 1440p powerhouse with a very unfortunate pricing problem A 1440p powerhouse with a very unfortunate pricing problem The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT arrives at an awkward time for next-gen graphics card buyers. In the four months since AMD’s first RDNA 2Big Navicards arrived on the scene, we’ve seen little to no improvement in the general availability of these new GPUs, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the RX 6700 XT ended up suffering exactly the same fate when it launches tomorrow on March 18th, disappearing within an instant of going on sale and the prices of any remaining models skyrocketing as a result....

HomeNews Destiny 2’s Grandmaster Nightfalls are back, and still a great challengeTurning Destiny into a tactical shooter Turning Destiny into a tactical shooter Grandmaster-difficulty Nightfall Strikes have returned toDestiny 2and yep, they’re still mega-tough missions full of punishing modifiers. It’s great. As I’ve saidbefore, GM Nightfalls turn Destiny into a tactical shooter where every fight is a puzzle to solve and every corner a potential deathtrap. They’re difficult in a way that makes them better, not just harder....

HomeNewsDisco Elysium Disco Elysium - The Final Cut launches March 30th with new questsThe Final Cut also adds full English voice acting The Final Cut also adds full English voice acting Mid-life crisis detective RPGDisco Elysiumwas a favorite of mine, and a lot of other folks, when it launched in 2019. It’s about to get even better, thanks to The Final Cut edition that’s adding new quests and lots and lots of additional voice acting....

HomeFeaturesNecrobarista Have You Played… Necrobarista?I’ll drink to that I’ll drink to that Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time…Of all the games I played last year,Necrobaristais probably the one that’s stuck in my mind the longest. Aside from the fact it’s as stylish as hell (and has anincredibly rad soundtrack), Necrobarista’s ruminations on death, moving on, taking responsibility for your actions and generally dealing with the everyday chaos of being alive feel incredibly timely in this day and age, and I instantly felt a connection with its lively cast of supernatural cafe staff....

HomeFeaturesLoop Hero How Loop Hero’s impossible mishmash of ideas came to existIt all started with a little dude stuck in a rut It all started with a little dude stuck in a rut Loop Herofeels like a mishmash of six different genres, cobbled together into a game that shouldn’t work, but does. Elements of its DNA are pulled from other sources, such as the loot, the base-management and even deck-building, but these are assembled in such a way that makes the final game feel unique....

HomeFeaturesEcosystem How the mind of a virtual eel brought my PC to a standstillSorry Miss Jackson. Sorry Miss Jackson. Alas, however, the existence of this heartbreaking toad-on-a-rope is entirely its own fault; I may have set up the world around it, but I kept my hands out of the machinery of life. The blame for the Teneon’s flailing necktie of a body lies firmly at the door of natural selection - or at least the astonishing simulation of it that lies at the heart of Tom Johnson’sEcosystem....

HomeDeals Razer’s excellent Raptor monitor is £200 off right nowThe T-Rex of gaming monitor deals The T-Rex of gaming monitor deals TheRazer Raptor 27is one of thebest 1440p gaming monitorsI’ve ever tested. The only problem is that it’s usually crazy expensive, with its regular asking price all the way up at an eye-watering £700. It’s a difficult monitor to recommend on that basis, but happily, both Amazon and Ebuyer have lobbed £200 off it this week, taking it down to a much more agreeable £500....

HomeNewsValheim Valheim players built a roller coaster and I would like a go pleaseI’ll pay for my ticket in copper ore I’ll pay for my ticket in copper ore Viking survival gameValheimis home to some impressive player builds, one of which has made meeternally jealous. But there’s a new one in town, and it too, has me hankering to pay a visit. For one clan have built a longboat roller coaster that starts atop of a mountain, and it is quite something....

HomeFeaturesValheim A boar in Valheim loves me and nothing else matters anymoreThat’s my boar, that’s my son That’s my boar, that’s my son Remarkably, my friends and I’s viking clan enteredThe Carrot AgeinValheimlast week. Given the magnitude of what we’d accomplished, we thought our great march into Orange County and beyond would slow. Hah, how naive we were. For we have welcomed new life into our camp; a hairy, robust life that we deeply cherish....

HomeNewsSid Meier’s Civilization 6 Civilization 6 adds Portugal and zombies next weekAs well as two new World Wonders As well as two new World Wonders Sid Meier’s Civilization 6is not the sort of game I expected to add zombies, and yet developers Firaxis have announced just that. Last night, they dropped some details about the strategy game’s next paid DLC, which arrives on March 25th. It’s introducing a Zombie Defence mode where dead units can spawn as bitey corpses and infect your other troops....

HomeNews Crusader Kings 3’s Northern Lords flavour pack and major free update are out nowCut your hair like a viking Cut your hair like a viking Crusader Kings 3’s Northern Lords flavour pack is out now. It’s a set of Norse and Viking-themed cosmetics and events for Paradox’s grand strategy game, and it’s relatively minor. The free update that comes alongside it however is much larger, and adds winter, an expanded duelling system, and randomly generated poetry....

HomeNewsEVE Online Eve Online coming to browsers thanks to cloud gaming with Eve AnywhereNo escape from Eve anywhere, unless the internet is bad No escape from Eve anywhere, unless the internet is bad I can’t tell whether it’s an act of kindness or lifemurder thatEve Onlineis launching a cloud gaming version you can play inside a browser. Developers CCP say Eve Anywhere, as they call it, removes barriers to entry for newcomers while being “extremely convenient” to veteran players....

HomeNews Fortnite Season 6 adds new beasts and biomes todayIt all kicks off with a special singleplayer mission It all kicks off with a special singleplayer mission FortniteChapter 2 Season 6 has arrived in the usual Fortnite fashion, with a whopping great event that has changed the game’s map and added in a load of new stuff to discover. This season, named Primal, has introduced, well, lots of “primal” things. You’ll be able to explore a new prehistoric biome, hunt animals across the island, and use their loot to craft yourself some weapons....