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HomeNewsThe Magnificent Trufflepigs This romantic adventure game looks like Firewatch in northern EnglandUncover mysteries with your walkie-talkie and a metal detector Uncover mysteries with your walkie-talkie and a metal detector “Romantic metal detecting adventure” isn’t a group of words I’d have expected to write today, but it turns out romance is always possible with a bit of history and mystery.The Magnificent Trufflepigsis an upcoming adventure in northern England in which main character Adam digs up some buried mysteries on an old farm while talking to his pal Beth....

HomeFeatures What’s better: drifting, or dinosaurs?A battle of the D A battle of the D Drifting A driftorama in Forza Horizon 4 Honestly, why would you ever drive forwards if you could drive sideways? Entire films and anime series have been built upon the fact that drifting is cool. It feels fantastic too, coaxing a car into doing something it’s really not meant to and feeling it buck until suddenly there you are, going sideways....

HomeNewsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Steam store page was briefly deletedCS: GO, CS: STOP, CS: It’s back again now CS: GO, CS: STOP, CS: It’s back again now Valve are out of control! Not content withceasing development on Artifact this past week, they seemed to delete one of their other multiplayer games,Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, from the Steam store earlier today.Thankfully, it looks like it was a mistake, and it’s back now....

HomeNewsForza Horizon 4 Forza Horizon 4, the best racing game, is now on SteamBetter than Burnout Paradise Better than Burnout Paradise Forza Horizon 4has arrived on Steam today after a couple of years of being solely available on the Microsoft store. Meagre news, maybe, but I’ll take any excuse to evangelise this supremely silly, beautiful, joyful racing game. And I’ve never played a Forza before it, and I don’t even really like cars....

HomeNewsComparatively Famous Guess the prices of celebrity messages in this fun free browser gamePaul Chuckle is HOW CHEAP? Paul Chuckle is HOW CHEAP? You can playComparatively Famousfreeover through this link. It’s for one player, though you defs can enjoy playing while your pals on Discord/Zoom/whatever are also playing and shouting e.g. “ONLY $49 FOR PAUL CHUCKLE?” The game is five rounds long, with the first four asking you to rank three celebs in order of price, with bonus points for guessing the price of a random one....

HomeHardwareFeatures Samsung 980 SSD reviewBringing the fight to WD’s Blue SN550 Bringing the fight to WD’s Blue SN550 Having recently kickstarted the race toward the best PCIe 4.0 SSD with the launch of their super fast980 Pro, Samsung are finally expanding the rest of their 980 NVMe family. Much to my surprise, though, this isn’t the long-awaited 980 Evo. Instead, Samsung appear to be diverging from their traditional Evo / Pro series with this latest NVMe drive, simply calling it the Samsung SSD 980....

HomeNewsValheim Silence Valheim’s deer once and for all with this modFinally, my ears can rest Finally, my ears can rest The PC Gaming Weekspot: Anthem! Valheim! It Takes Two! Other Stuff!Watch on YouTube The PC Gaming Weekspot: Anthem! Valheim! It Takes Two! Other Stuff! Am I okay? No, not really. But this mod is one step towards freedom. A release from the shackles of the deer. Finally, I will be able to chop wood in peace, and as I retire both to my virtual bed, and real life bed, I won’t hear a single bleat....

HomeNewsStronghold: Warlords Stronghold Warlords, a strategy game about castle building and sieging, is out nowThe first major new game in the series for 7 years The first major new game in the series for 7 years There’s not many games coming out in March, but those that are seem to all be revivals of old and beloved PC series. I’m thinkingStartopia, I’m thinkingEvil Genius, and I’m thinkingStronghold: Warlords, which is out now....

HomeNewsThe Bus The Bus, a bus simulator, promises a 1:1 recreation of BerlinPlus multiplayer and modding tools to come in early access Plus multiplayer and modding tools to come in early access The Bussits at the opposite end of the spectrum fromForza Horizon 4(which arrived on Steam today) but the road to my heart has lanes for both giddy arcade racing and bus simulators. This particular bus simulator has ambitions, too....

HomeNewsNBA 2K21 What makes a game worth $70 to you?Longevity? Development time? Sweet, sweet nostalgia? Longevity? Development time? Sweet, sweet nostalgia? Game prices: they’re going up. Or at least that’s what a lot of big games companies seem to want them to do. During a recent tech conference, Take-Two Interactive said they reckon players are ready for games to jump up the $70 (about £50) price point, and want to focus on justifying why their games, likeNBA 2K21, are worth that much....

HomeNewsWhisker Squadron Whisker Squadron is procedural Star FoxFrom the developers of Race The Sun From the developers of Race The Sun That headline just about covers it. InWhisker Squadron, you steer a polygonal ship as it flies along planet surfaces and through spaceship interiors to do battle with enemies big and small. Also all the pilots are cats. There’s a work-in-progress video below. Whisker Squadron trailer - January 2021Watch on YouTube...

HomeNewsAmong Us Among Us introduces quick chat option that’s “faster and safer"Keep your lobbies clean, crew Keep your lobbies clean, crew Attention crewmates,Among Ushas added a new quick chat text feature that they say is meant to be a faster and safer alternative to open text chat. Instead of typing out text freely, the radial text chat menu includes several different categories of callouts you may need to use. The update came with a few bugs throwing a wrench in player lobbies, but Innersloth have since released another update over the weekend to address many of them....

HomeNewsDisintegration Disintegration developers V1 Interactive are closing downFour months after multiplayer servers were shut down Four months after multiplayer servers were shut down “We are sad to inform you that V1 Interactive is officially closing,“they announced. “We want to thank all the talented people at V1, both past and present, who helped make the last 5 years wonderful. And a heartfelt thanks to the amazing community that supported us.” Disintegration Is A Messy Mix Of FPS And RTS | Disintegration Campaign ImpressionsWatch on YouTube...